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A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.
Umberto Amambrini
- Ticket Collector
- (uncredited)
Torindo Bernardi
- Train Passenger
- (uncredited)
Francesco D'Adda
- Ticket Collector
- (uncredited)
Richard Davis
- Santa Victim
- (uncredited)
Giovanni Di Benedetto
- Intellectual on the Train
- (uncredited)
Dalila Di Lazzaro
- Nurse Pauline
- (uncredited)
Daniele Dublino
- Guest at Stradi's House
- (uncredited)
Patty Edwards
- Guest at Stradi's House
- (uncredited)
Dante Fioretti
- Cigar-Smoking Man on the Train
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaIn 2015, the film was released on Blu-ray under the 88 films label as "Night Train Murders" in the UK. It is fully uncut.
- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- Quotes
Lady On The Train: It is man who has created this horrible immorality that threatens to destroy everything that's good in our society. Religion and philosophy don't mean a thing these days! We're on the brink of anarchy!
- Alternate versionsBanned by the BBFC for 1976 cinema release under the title 'Late Night Trains'. Released uncut in UK on pre-cert VHS under the title 'Night Train Murders' in November 1981 and banned as a video nasty in July 1983. Also released cut in UK on pre-cert VHS under the title 'Late Night Trains'. This release was missing about 1 minute of violence and nearly 2 minutes of non contentious material. Remained as a video nasty since 1983 and finally granted 18 certificate uncut by BBFC in UK in 2008 for DVD release, released uncut on all US and UK media since 2004 . Uncut and R rated in the US.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
- SoundtracksA Flower's All You Need
Sung by Demis Roussos
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Atmospheric and psychologically nuanced
"The Night Train Murders," also known as "Last Stop on the Night Train," follows two teenage girls riding an overnight train on Christmas Eve from Munich to be home with their families for the holiday. Unfortunately, two thugs are also onboard, who happen to find an unlikely accomplice when they decide to brutalize the two girls in an empty car. Things, however, get increasingly complicated when they find themselves in the company of one of the girls' parents after de-boarding.
The Italian equivalent to Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left" (or Bergman's "The Virgin Spring"), "The Night Train Murders" follows a familiar plot, so it needs to excel in other areas in order to set itself aside from its source material; and it more or less manages to do this, with some caveats. Where "Last House" took place in bucolic New England, "Night Train" sets itself within the confines of a train (a tradition dating back to Hitchcock's "Lady on the Train") running through rural Germany, and the film is extremely atmospheric for this. The Christmas Eve setting, though ultimately inconsequential to the narrative, does give the film another sinister layer.
The film is really well shot and there are some fantastic overhead views and other shots of the narrow train corridors that make for claustrophobic chase sequences. There is some contrived social commentary peppered in from the doctor father in the film, who waxes poetic about contemporary violence, but what's more interesting is the involvement of an austere woman on the train who finds herself a voyeur, and ultimately, a participant, in the brutalization of the girls. The psychology behind this is truly fascinating, and Macha Méril plays the part perfectly. The violence inflicted on the girls is difficult to watch, and the anonymous woman's participation in it is riveting. The conclusion, per the source material, is expected, but is also handled with stylish flair.
Overall, "The Night Train Murders" is a grim and stylish retread of a familiar story, but the material is handled well and the film boasts several disturbing scenes and a general atmosphere of foreboding and dread. Some people have tended to classify the film as an example of genre sleaze, though I didn't necessarily get that vibe from it. The violence here is more implicit than it is gratuitous, and the thematic overtones keep the film from edging into outright exploitation; it's more of a character study in the terrible things people are capable of in the most arbitrary of circumstances. 8/10.
The Italian equivalent to Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left" (or Bergman's "The Virgin Spring"), "The Night Train Murders" follows a familiar plot, so it needs to excel in other areas in order to set itself aside from its source material; and it more or less manages to do this, with some caveats. Where "Last House" took place in bucolic New England, "Night Train" sets itself within the confines of a train (a tradition dating back to Hitchcock's "Lady on the Train") running through rural Germany, and the film is extremely atmospheric for this. The Christmas Eve setting, though ultimately inconsequential to the narrative, does give the film another sinister layer.
The film is really well shot and there are some fantastic overhead views and other shots of the narrow train corridors that make for claustrophobic chase sequences. There is some contrived social commentary peppered in from the doctor father in the film, who waxes poetic about contemporary violence, but what's more interesting is the involvement of an austere woman on the train who finds herself a voyeur, and ultimately, a participant, in the brutalization of the girls. The psychology behind this is truly fascinating, and Macha Méril plays the part perfectly. The violence inflicted on the girls is difficult to watch, and the anonymous woman's participation in it is riveting. The conclusion, per the source material, is expected, but is also handled with stylish flair.
Overall, "The Night Train Murders" is a grim and stylish retread of a familiar story, but the material is handled well and the film boasts several disturbing scenes and a general atmosphere of foreboding and dread. Some people have tended to classify the film as an example of genre sleaze, though I didn't necessarily get that vibe from it. The violence here is more implicit than it is gratuitous, and the thematic overtones keep the film from edging into outright exploitation; it's more of a character study in the terrible things people are capable of in the most arbitrary of circumstances. 8/10.
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- Also known as
- Last House - Part II
- Filming locations
- Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria(train station scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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