TERROR EXPRESS! (1980) Horror-Sex on an Express Train
1066DVD
Sex-Horror
Explosion on an Express Train to Rome
Original Italian title: LA RAGAZZA DEL VAGONE LETTO (The Girl
in the Sleeping Car)
also known as HORROR-SEX IM NACHTEXPRESS (Sexual
Horror on the Night Train)
Three
brutes, Dave, Phil and Ernie, board an express train bound for Rome.
It's obvious that their only intention is to cause trouble as they intimidate
and verbally abuse the other passengers just for fun. While the train
speeds along, things turn very nasty when they lock and seize control
of an entire express car. A young wife is raped by two of the thugs
in a cramped bathroom. Meanwhile, another passenger named Juliette -
a prostitute who often rides the train and whores for businessmen -
is attacked by Phil. She becomes the pawn in a series of vicious assaults
and tortures. A short while later, the three hoodlums force the male
passengers to role a dice to decide which will rape a 16 year old virgin
traveling with her parents (a game made even more tasteless because
her father is one of those rolling the dice).
Without
question, this ultra sleazy film is influenced by Wes Craven's LAST
HOUSE ON THE LEFT. But it is more reminiscent of shockers like
HOUSE
BY THE EDGE OF THE PARK [which was also lensed in 1980). Actor
George Eastman wrote it (under his real name, Luigi Montefiori) for director
Ferdinando Baldi, just prior to writing SEXY
NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD, PORNO
HOLOCAUST and HARD
SENSATION for Joe D'Amato in 1981 (for those projects he used
the curious Tom Salina alias).
Filmmaker
Ferdinando Baldi was considered one of the all-time best directors of
Spaghetti Westerns, helming a number of the truly great entries (i.e.,BLINDMAN,
HATE
THY NEIGHBOR, FORGOTTEN
PISTOLERO, VIVA
DJANGO, et al). Baldi had become a friend of George Eastman,
after working with him on numerous films, and was impressed with his controversial
BESTIALITA.
He requested that Eastman deliver something that would take his craft
beyond traditional westerns and crime films. This film certainly became
known as Ferdinando Baldi's sleaziest project while attracting an impressive
number of hot genre performers. Director Baldi - who sometimes signed
his films as Ted Kaplan or Ferdy Baldwin - proudly put his real name on
this one. Mr Baldi retired from filmmaking in 1988. He died in his sleep
at age 90 in November 2007.
An
Italian film in English language; widescreen format (16:9), totally uncut
version (88 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras
include trailers.
Violence/Extreme
Sexual Themes/Nudity/Rape/Sexual Brutality/Drugs
for Mature Audiences
