Horrorsex im Nachtexpress (1980)

Horrorsex im Nachtexpress: Directed by Ferdinando Baldi. With Silvia Dionisio, Werner Pochath, Zora Kerova, Gianluigi Chirizzi. Three thugs commandeer a couple of cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.

“Directed by Fernando Baldi, this Italian train-bound thriller is pure exploitation, its plot clearly inspired by the success of infamous shocker Last House on the Left and its many imitators (most notably, Aldo Ladou0026#39;s Night Train Murders).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLike so many disaster movies of the u0026#39;70s, the film begins by introducing us to various passengers destined for a most unpleasant journey, and the three despicable slime-balls responsible for their suffering: David (Werner Pochath), Ernie (Carlo De Mejo) and Phil (Fausto Lombardi). After an excruciatingly long establishing shot of the train leaving the station, the film gradually picks up speed, with the trio of dirt-bags making eyes at all of the hot women, and causing trouble for the conductor (Gino Milli), who makes extra cash by pimping out lovely hooker Juliet (Silvia Dionisio) to the passengers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe sleaze starts when dissatisfied wife Anna (Zora Kerova, from Cannibal Ferox) allows Ernie to have sex with her in the washroom; the couple strip off and get down to business, but to Annau0026#39;s surprise, they are joined by David, the men forcing her into a standing-up threesome (one riding up front, the other in the caboose?). Meanwhile, Phil tries to break into Julietu0026#39;s cabin for a little fun of his own.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne of the passengers, a policeman escorting prisoner Peter (Gianluigi Chirizzi) to Germany, intervenes, but is overpowered by the thugs, who take his gun; Peter is released and his handcuffs used to constrain the copper.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNot sleazy enough for you so far? Well how about this then? Sexy teenager Evelyn (Fiammetta Flamini) is feeling hot, so her father (Roberto Caporali) suggests she gets naked, which she does, before slipping back under her bed covers. Dear dad then goes to visit Juliet, insisting that the hooker wears his daughteru0026#39;s nightdress and lets him call her Evelyn. Thatu0026#39;s right… dadu0026#39;s got a thing for his daughter! Naughty, naughty!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFrom here-on in, its continuous sex and general debauchery, until the train stops so that a wheel-tapper can inspect the train, at which point nice-guy convict Peter decides to play the hero and fight back. I was hoping for some satisfying violence to round off the film, the three extremely irritating baddies fully deserving of grisly and graphic demises, but Baldi really fumbles the ball here, his trio of obnoxious jerks killed off in really lame fashion: David is hit by a passing train (at least I think thatu0026#39;s what happens; itu0026#39;s unclear and very dark), Ernie is pushed off the train while it is moving, and Phil is stabbed by Peter, the actual stabbing occurring off the edge of the screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s enough depravity to keep most exploitation fans happy for the duration, but the ending needed to be much stronger to qualify the film as a classic of the genre. 5.5/10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.”