1975·Thriller·1h 34m
7.0
★
Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. Unfortunately a pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize the pair.
Directed by Aldo Lado
rape
germany
sadism
hostage
italy
nymphomaniac
revenge
sexual harassment
murder
train
mental illness
psychotic
voyeur
rape and revenge
video nasty
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Cast
Flavio Bucci
Blackie
Macha Méril
The Lady on the Train
Gianfranco De Grassi
Curly
Enrico Maria Salerno
Prof. Giulio Stradi
Marina Berti
Laura Stradi
Irene Miracle
Margaret Hollenbach
Franco Fabrizi
The Voyeur on the Train
Dalila Di Lazzaro
Nurse Pauline (uncredited)
Rita Moscatelli
Marie (uncredited)
Giovanni Di Benedetto
Intellectual on the Train
Selan Karay
Navy Officer on the Train (uncredited)
Alberto Squillante
Joe (uncredited)
Crew
Aldo Lado
Director
Aldo Lado
Writer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Micaela Esdra
Vocals
Rita Savagnone
Vocals
Demis Roussos
Theme Song Performance
Popular Reviews
16 reviews
dparasol
7.0★ · 01/20/26
Watching a quick train movie while I, uh, get my hands on Mr. Vampire 1992. Incidentally, this goes on my train movies list, which unfortunately features other films with sexual assault.
I remember having an idea about what this movie was about when I found it, but now that I'm actually watching it, I'm not sure what I'm in for. There's a photo of one of the women on the train in an orgy, which maybe gives me some sort of a clue. (It wasn't what I thought, but if anyone has a playful romp of a porno set on a train, let me know.)
This film is here, just in case you'd ever wanted to watch a remake of Last House on the Left which confronts questions like what sort of society should we live in? What is the root cause of violence? Should we have more control over our children or less?
As it stands, it's a good example of its genre. This movie's tense, incredible sound and soundtrack and some really interesting ideas. Some key sequences also have this incredible gloomy lighting, first in candlelight and then lit with an even gloomier blue when the nymphomaniac blows the candle out. Of course, every time the film becomes gloomier, it also becomes more tense, and the psychopathic tendencies of the two hoodlums grows more apparent. Immediately after the, uh, big event of the film, the morning comes and we're left with a sober gray morning.
Really feels different hearing that fuckass Demis Roussos song at the end of the film compared to the beginning. Utterly fucking diabolical.
"Hey! You'd do better to find out if your dick's still working, tiger."
I remember having an idea about what this movie was about when I found it, but now that I'm actually watching it, I'm not sure what I'm in for. There's a photo of one of the women on the train in an orgy, which maybe gives me some sort of a clue. (It wasn't what I thought, but if anyone has a playful romp of a porno set on a train, let me know.)
This film is here, just in case you'd ever wanted to watch a remake of Last House on the Left which confronts questions like what sort of society should we live in? What is the root cause of violence? Should we have more control over our children or less?
As it stands, it's a good example of its genre. This movie's tense, incredible sound and soundtrack and some really interesting ideas. Some key sequences also have this incredible gloomy lighting, first in candlelight and then lit with an even gloomier blue when the nymphomaniac blows the candle out. Of course, every time the film becomes gloomier, it also becomes more tense, and the psychopathic tendencies of the two hoodlums grows more apparent. Immediately after the, uh, big event of the film, the morning comes and we're left with a sober gray morning.
Really feels different hearing that fuckass Demis Roussos song at the end of the film compared to the beginning. Utterly fucking diabolical.
"Hey! You'd do better to find out if your dick's still working, tiger."
Watching a quick train movie while I, uh, get my hands on Mr. Vampire 1992. Incidentally, this goes on my train movies list, which unfortunately features other films with sexual assault.
I remember having an idea about what this movie was about when I found it, but now that I'm actually watching it, I'm not sure what I'm in for. There's a photo of one of the women on the train in an orgy, which maybe gives me some sort of a clue. (It wasn't what I thought, but if anyone has a playful romp of a porno set on a train, let me know.)
This film is here, just in case you'd ever wanted to watch a remake of Last House on the Left which confronts questions like what sort of society should we live in? What is the root cause of violence? Should we have more control over our children or less?
As it stands, it's a good example of its genre. This movie's tense, incredible sound and soundtrack and some really interesting ideas. Some key sequences also have this incredible gloomy lighting, first in candlelight and then lit with an even gloomier blue when the nymphomaniac blows the candle out. Of course, every time the film becomes gloomier, it also becomes more tense, and the psychopathic tendencies of the two hoodlums grows more apparent. Immediately after the, uh, big event of the film, the morning comes and we're left with a sober gray morning.
Really feels different hearing that fuckass Demis Roussos song at the end of the film compared to the beginning. Utterly fucking diabolical.
"Hey! You'd do better to find out if your dick's still working, tiger."
I remember having an idea about what this movie was about when I found it, but now that I'm actually watching it, I'm not sure what I'm in for. There's a photo of one of the women on the train in an orgy, which maybe gives me some sort of a clue. (It wasn't what I thought, but if anyone has a playful romp of a porno set on a train, let me know.)
This film is here, just in case you'd ever wanted to watch a remake of Last House on the Left which confronts questions like what sort of society should we live in? What is the root cause of violence? Should we have more control over our children or less?
As it stands, it's a good example of its genre. This movie's tense, incredible sound and soundtrack and some really interesting ideas. Some key sequences also have this incredible gloomy lighting, first in candlelight and then lit with an even gloomier blue when the nymphomaniac blows the candle out. Of course, every time the film becomes gloomier, it also becomes more tense, and the psychopathic tendencies of the two hoodlums grows more apparent. Immediately after the, uh, big event of the film, the morning comes and we're left with a sober gray morning.
Really feels different hearing that fuckass Demis Roussos song at the end of the film compared to the beginning. Utterly fucking diabolical.
"Hey! You'd do better to find out if your dick's still working, tiger."
Rob
4.0★ · 01/16/26
Those dudes are enough to give someone a phobia of trains
Those dudes are enough to give someone a phobia of trains
emma
1.9★ · 04/30/25
interesting that this film is labelled as a revenge film. by now i consider myself a bit of a connoisseur of rape revenge films. this movie is a rape revenge film. it's even supposedly based on ingmar bergman's the virgin spring and the wes craven remake, the last house on the left.
i see the lineage. i see the similarity. late night trains is a rape revenge film. and the thing is, there isn't even a satisfying revenge. it lacks the "showmanship" of craven's last house. i haven't seen the virgin spring but i bet it's wayyyy better than whatever this garbage is. furthermore, one of the perpetrators is just let off scot-free. are you kidding me? it really is a "can i copy your homework? i promise i'll change it" moment. furthermore, the revenge literally comes in the last 10 minutes. so for the rest of the film, you just feel the dread building up. which is effective i guess. this film suffers from the same problems many rape revenge films suffer from, which is prioritizing the terror of women and brutalization of their bodies to justify violent retribution. again, i understand the theory that it places men in the place of women. but is it really feminist to brutalize and abuse women for the sake of getting men to feel just a scrap of empathy?
i've seen enough rape revenge films after my capstone project (which is officially finished and turned in by the way. yay!). i turned this on thinking it was going to just be another giallo flick. man was i wrong.
i see the lineage. i see the similarity. late night trains is a rape revenge film. and the thing is, there isn't even a satisfying revenge. it lacks the "showmanship" of craven's last house. i haven't seen the virgin spring but i bet it's wayyyy better than whatever this garbage is. furthermore, one of the perpetrators is just let off scot-free. are you kidding me? it really is a "can i copy your homework? i promise i'll change it" moment. furthermore, the revenge literally comes in the last 10 minutes. so for the rest of the film, you just feel the dread building up. which is effective i guess. this film suffers from the same problems many rape revenge films suffer from, which is prioritizing the terror of women and brutalization of their bodies to justify violent retribution. again, i understand the theory that it places men in the place of women. but is it really feminist to brutalize and abuse women for the sake of getting men to feel just a scrap of empathy?
i've seen enough rape revenge films after my capstone project (which is officially finished and turned in by the way. yay!). i turned this on thinking it was going to just be another giallo flick. man was i wrong.
interesting that this film is labelled as a revenge film. by now i consider myself a bit of a connoisseur of rape revenge films. this movie is a rape revenge film. it's even supposedly based on ingmar bergman's the virgin spring and the wes craven remake, the last house on the left.
i see the lineage. i see the similarity. late night trains is a rape revenge film. and the thing is, there isn't even a satisfying revenge. it lacks the "showmanship" of craven's last house. i haven't seen the virgin spring but i bet it's wayyyy better than whatever this garbage is. furthermore, one of the perpetrators is just let off scot-free. are you kidding me? it really is a "can i copy your homework? i promise i'll change it" moment. furthermore, the revenge literally comes in the last 10 minutes. so for the rest of the film, you just feel the dread building up. which is effective i guess. this film suffers from the same problems many rape revenge films suffer from, which is prioritizing the terror of women and brutalization of their bodies to justify violent retribution. again, i understand the theory that it places men in the place of women. but is it really feminist to brutalize and abuse women for the sake of getting men to feel just a scrap of empathy?
i've seen enough rape revenge films after my capstone project (which is officially finished and turned in by the way. yay!). i turned this on thinking it was going to just be another giallo flick. man was i wrong.
i see the lineage. i see the similarity. late night trains is a rape revenge film. and the thing is, there isn't even a satisfying revenge. it lacks the "showmanship" of craven's last house. i haven't seen the virgin spring but i bet it's wayyyy better than whatever this garbage is. furthermore, one of the perpetrators is just let off scot-free. are you kidding me? it really is a "can i copy your homework? i promise i'll change it" moment. furthermore, the revenge literally comes in the last 10 minutes. so for the rest of the film, you just feel the dread building up. which is effective i guess. this film suffers from the same problems many rape revenge films suffer from, which is prioritizing the terror of women and brutalization of their bodies to justify violent retribution. again, i understand the theory that it places men in the place of women. but is it really feminist to brutalize and abuse women for the sake of getting men to feel just a scrap of empathy?
i've seen enough rape revenge films after my capstone project (which is officially finished and turned in by the way. yay!). i turned this on thinking it was going to just be another giallo flick. man was i wrong.
LambertoPRO
7.0★ · 02/10/25
Pfui Teufel, noch schnell die drölfzig Triggerwarnungen und dann einsteigen bitte. Was L'ultimo treno della notte hier in knapp 90 Minuten abfeuert, ist schon reichlich schmierig.
Die Gesellschaftskritik wird zwar mit dem Vorschlaghammer serviert, aber subtil bleibt hier eh nichts.
Die Gesellschaftskritik wird zwar mit dem Vorschlaghammer serviert, aber subtil bleibt hier eh nichts.
Pfui Teufel, noch schnell die drölfzig Triggerwarnungen und dann einsteigen bitte. Was L'ultimo treno della notte hier in knapp 90 Minuten abfeuert, ist schon reichlich schmierig.
Die Gesellschaftskritik wird zwar mit dem Vorschlaghammer serviert, aber subtil bleibt hier eh nichts.
Die Gesellschaftskritik wird zwar mit dem Vorschlaghammer serviert, aber subtil bleibt hier eh nichts.
Gojira
7.0★ · 02/16/22
Das Bemerkenswerte an NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS ist für mich, dass ausgerechnet die beiden Bösewichte im Kontext noch die "Guten" sind. In dem irdischen Jammertal dieses Films, wo all die feinen Damen und Herren ihr gutbürgerliches Verhalten nur als Fassade haben, während dahinter die Abgründe lauern, sind die beiden Männer zwar Monster, aber wenigstens authentisch miese Schweine.
Ansonsten singen alte Kameraden im Zugabteil Nazilieder, der Kardinal zwinkert dem Ministranten lüstern zu und der deutsche Herbst lässt die ersten Blätter fallen.
Am Ende, wenn die Fassade der Eltern eines der Opfer fällt und sich in Akten der Gewalt entlädt, sorgt selbst dieser eigentlich als Katharsis geeignete Moment für die düstere Schlusspointe, die beweist, Du kannst das mieseste Stück überhaupt sein, wenn Du der richtigen Klasse angehörst, passt das schon.
Ein düsteres Meisterwerk, das das Vorbild LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT imho klar übertrifft.
Ansonsten singen alte Kameraden im Zugabteil Nazilieder, der Kardinal zwinkert dem Ministranten lüstern zu und der deutsche Herbst lässt die ersten Blätter fallen.
Am Ende, wenn die Fassade der Eltern eines der Opfer fällt und sich in Akten der Gewalt entlädt, sorgt selbst dieser eigentlich als Katharsis geeignete Moment für die düstere Schlusspointe, die beweist, Du kannst das mieseste Stück überhaupt sein, wenn Du der richtigen Klasse angehörst, passt das schon.
Ein düsteres Meisterwerk, das das Vorbild LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT imho klar übertrifft.
Das Bemerkenswerte an NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS ist für mich, dass ausgerechnet die beiden Bösewichte im Kontext noch die "Guten" sind. In dem irdischen Jammertal dieses Films, wo all die feinen Damen und Herren ihr gutbürgerliches Verhalten nur als Fassade haben, während dahinter die Abgründe lauern, sind die beiden Männer zwar Monster, aber wenigstens authentisch miese Schweine.
Ansonsten singen alte Kameraden im Zugabteil Nazilieder, der Kardinal zwinkert dem Ministranten lüstern zu und der deutsche Herbst lässt die ersten Blätter fallen.
Am Ende, wenn die Fassade der Eltern eines der Opfer fällt und sich in Akten der Gewalt entlädt, sorgt selbst dieser eigentlich als Katharsis geeignete Moment für die düstere Schlusspointe, die beweist, Du kannst das mieseste Stück überhaupt sein, wenn Du der richtigen Klasse angehörst, passt das schon.
Ein düsteres Meisterwerk, das das Vorbild LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT imho klar übertrifft.
Ansonsten singen alte Kameraden im Zugabteil Nazilieder, der Kardinal zwinkert dem Ministranten lüstern zu und der deutsche Herbst lässt die ersten Blätter fallen.
Am Ende, wenn die Fassade der Eltern eines der Opfer fällt und sich in Akten der Gewalt entlädt, sorgt selbst dieser eigentlich als Katharsis geeignete Moment für die düstere Schlusspointe, die beweist, Du kannst das mieseste Stück überhaupt sein, wenn Du der richtigen Klasse angehörst, passt das schon.
Ein düsteres Meisterwerk, das das Vorbild LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT imho klar übertrifft.