Night Train Murders
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Movie Reviews of Night Train Murders
Movie Review: E train to Austin
Summary: 4 Stars
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.Movie Review: Take The Bus Next Time
Summary: 3 Stars
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.Movie Review: Alright, but not great
Summary: 3 Stars
Let me start by saying that I am trying to watch all the most infamous/controversial movies of all time so that I can write a book about them. This particular movie, while showing above and beyond what might be shown in a typical movie, does not come close to measuring up to any of the really extreme movies of its genre like "The Last House on the Left," "I Spit on Your Grave," "Red to Kill," etc. "Night Train Murders" is a story of two women who take a train through Europe and are attacked by four of their fellow passengers. None of the characters come across as being particularly intelligent nor is it possible to really have empathy for any of them since you can't identify with the characters well.
As far as being an extreme film, "Night Train Murders" falls short in my opinion. It does have some scenes that would be very unappealing to most audiences, but they are done with terrible special effects, even for the time the movie was made (1975). There also aren't very many of these scenes and they are quite short.
An additional issue with this movie is the quality of the DVD. The copy I bought wouldn't work in computers. It would only work in an actual DVD player. Most movies I watch will work in both, but this one would not. I tried it on multiple computers, and it wouldn't work in any of them!
Movie Review: Not One Of My Favorites
Summary: 3 Stars
People say that this movie is "more graphic" than "The Last House On The Left" No. This movie is knowhere near as bad as that movie.
Made in 75' Its the story of two teenage girls that travel through Europe on a train. While they are on the train this group makes the girls do sexual things to them. SPOILER HERE. The group ends up killing the two girls in the end.
I dont think this movie is sexuely graphic. If you are Looking for a graphic rape type movie look for "I Spit On Your Grave" "Last House On The Left" or "Trip With The Teacher." Dont get me wrong its not a bad movie just not real great. If you can find it cheap. Pick it up at amazon.
Movie Review: not all its cracked up to be
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this film thinking it would be much like last house on the left except on a train, and it was. The biggest dissapointment about it though is that its not as gory and the few killings there are in the film just arent brutal. It is well filmed though and very watchable.