L'ultimo treno della notte (1975)

Director:

Aldo Lado

Writers:

Roberto Infascelli (story)
Renato Izzo (writer)
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Release Date:

8 April 1975 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Most movies last less than two hours! This is one of everlasting torment!

Plot Keywords:

Blonde | Sexual Assault | Stripping | Darkness | Psycho

Cast

Flavio Bucci	...	Blackie
Macha Méril	...	Lady On The Train
Gianfranco De Grassi	...	Curly
Enrico Maria Salerno	...	Professor Giulio Stradi
Marina Berti	...	Laura Stradi
Franco Fabrizi	...	Perverted Train Passenger
Irene Miracle	...	Margaret Hoffenbach
Laura D'Angelo	...	Lisa Stradi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kay Beal	...	(uncredited)
Francesco D'Adda	...	Ticket controller (uncredited)
Richard Davis	...	(uncredited)
Giovanni Di Benedetto	...	Stradi's honorable guest (uncredited)
Dalila Di Lazzaro	...	Stradi's guest (uncredited)
Daniele Dublino	...	Stradi's guest (uncredited)
Patty Edwards	...	(uncredited)
Norma Knight	...	(uncredited)
Rita Moscatelli	...	Marie (uncredited)
Delbert Moss	...	(uncredited)
Anna Taddei	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Aldo Lado

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Roberto Infascelli		story
Renato Izzo		writer
Aldo Lado		writer
Ettore Sanzò		story

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Gábor Pogány

Film Editing by
Alberto Gallitti

Production Design by
Franco Bottari

Costume Design by
Franco Bottari

Production Companies

• European Incorporation

Distributors

• Bryanston Distributing (1976) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Best 1 Video (1985) (Belgium) (video)
• Blue Underground (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Central Park
• Shameless Screen Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Don't Ride on Late Night Trains (UK)
Last House - Part II (USA) (poster title)
Last Stop on the Night Train (USA) (dubbed version)
Late Night Trains (UK)
New House on the Left (USA)
Night Train Murders (Philippines: English title)
Second House on the Left (USA)
The New House on the Left (USA)
Torture Train
Violenza sull'ultimo treno della notte (Italy) (alternative title)
Xmas Massacre (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-16 | Australia:(Banned) | UK:18 (2008 rating, uncut) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (re rating) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) | USA:R | UK:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Company:

European Incorporation

Trivia:

The film was rejected for a UK cinema certificate in 1976 by the BBFC and later ended up listed as an official video nasty. It was released fully uncut (as "Night Train Murders") in 2008 on the Shameless DVD label.

Quotes:

Curly: We're only gonna cut her a little.

Movie Connections:

Version of Jungfrukällan (1960)

Excellent Italian sleaze/shocker.

Aldo Lado's "Night Train Murders" aka "The Late Night Trains" is a "Last House on the Left"(1972)rip-off.Unlike Craven's shocker this one is very serious-there is no comedy here.The film is extremely suspenseful and pessimistic.For thirty minutes Lado creates a slow burn of quiet menace,eventually uniting very sadistic Macha Meril(she played the psychic in Argento's "Deep Red"),two thugs and and the two girls(Irene Miracle and Marina Berti).When the terror begins,it's cold and unmerciful.The scenes of sexual humiliation and violence are pretty hard to stomach,even though they are often suggested off camera or hidden in the darkness of the train carriage.The knife rape scene is very disturbing.The score by Ennio Morricone is extremely beautiful and haunting.The acting is very good,particularly from Macha Meril.The film is pretty tough to find,but if you like sleazy and nasty Italian cinema give this one a look.10 out of 10.