Night Train Murders

Starring:Flavio Bucci, Macha MÃ©ril, Gianfranco De Grassi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Marina Berti, Franco Fabrizi, Irene Miracle, Laura D'Angelo, Giovanni Di Benedetto, Delbert Moss, Patty Edwards, Anna Taddei, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Norma Knight, Kay Beal, Daniele Dublino, Francesco D'Adda, Richard Davis (II)
Director: Aldo Lado
Studio: Blue Underground
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Night Train Murders

You can tell yourself it's only a movie... but it won't help!

Description

Night Train Murders

You can tell yourself it's only a movie... but it won't help!

Customer Reviews:

Take The Bus Next Time.......2007-01-21

Italian cinema in the 1970's, the home of cheap imitations and ruthless money obsessed producers whose last concern was the creative or artistic endeavours of their directors. Despite the mercenary capitalism of Italian film production, a few genre films of note drifted out of the mediocrity. Aldo Lado's 1975 effort "The Night Train Murders" lies in that perilous middle ground between an interesting film with some value and a shameless rip off, of in this case, Wes Craven's "Last House on the Left". From a narrative point of view the films are identical and so is the rather feeble moral message about violence and the society that breeds it. Naturally the sadistic sexual violence is deeply unpleasant and its impact is increased by Ennio Morricone's Spartan and uncharacteristically minimalist soundtrack (excluding the truly awful Demis Roussos theme song). This brutality left me rather hollow and empty. However Lado's does have cultural value. It builds on a concern present in many Lado films, which is the uncompromising exploitation of a younger permissive generation by a bored, apathetic and dangerously decadent bourgeoisie. What gives this film added virulence is that the bourgeious is represented by an astonishingly sadistic woman. She plays the young thugs like mindless puppets as they act out her darkest and sickest fantasies. The films conclusion punishes the young thugs with death, but the female sadist survives which implicitly suggests that bourgeious exploitation will continue. The same message can be found in Lado's superior giallo "Short Night of Glass Dolls". The film is made with polish and style by Lado, who is an accomplished director, he eschews the rough and ready cinema verite approach of Craven, to produce a uniquely European take on this revenge tale. However this doesn't excuse the film or the sour taste it leaves in the mouth.

E train to Austin.......2006-05-08

You know I picked this up on a whim and guess what???? Mikey like it! It is a classic B movie with some surprises. The Thugs were real good thugs,the school girls were good.I mean it is an all right movie worth a look. Really 31/2 stars.

las thouse on left 2??.......2006-05-05

Obviously inpsired by Last House, this is a cool Italian expoitation genre flick.

Quite disturbing, and more darker in tone believe it or not the Last hosue. Superb music too by none other than Ennio Morricone.

check it out if you like European genre films!

"Hey, we'll just cut her a little.".......2005-10-09

If Bunuel had ever made a "genre film" it would have been a lot like this.

I rented this thinking it was going to be just another slasher movie, but imagine my surprise when a few minutes into the movie I realized that the director, Aldo Lado, actually had some talent and shot a film that was not only engaging, but quite beautiful.

I won't ruin the movie by giving away a bunch of spoilers but lets just say two girls on the way home for Christmas have a bad (to say the least) encounter with two petty thieves who are unknowningly being manipulated by a rich (and ultra-seductive) female passenger played by Macha Meril, who was in Bunuel's erotic masterpiece BELLE DE JOUR.

If you're a gorehound looking for wall to wall guts (or nudity) then you'll be disappointed, but if you want to see an intelligently made film about the darker side of human nature then check it out. Make sure you watch the interview with director Lado, very interesting.

Sick.......2005-09-14

There is absolutely no reason to watch this film. I believe anyone that would own this film and watch it more than once, should be in therapy.

It is not erotic, sexy or have any point whatsoever. In addition, the quality is very poor. Don't waste your time. This film will depress you and make you feel guilty for watching it. It's human behavior at it's very worst.

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