Year: 1989
Duration: 01:35:04
Directed by: Jeff Kwitny
Actors: Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson, Victoria Zinny
Language: English
Country: Italy | Yugoslavia | USA
Also known as: Amok Train, Winds of Evil, Il treno, Dark Train
Description: Beverly, modest and shy virgin, traveling with a group of fellow students in the Yugoslav wilderness to see the ancient folk rituals. But first teen nearly burned alive, and then a long ride on the train, run by the devil. Pupils one by one kill. In the end, when Beverly already have to sacrifice unclean, but …
Review: Treated film is the third part of the trilogy unspoken , the plot does not tie together , except that the presence of mysticism. The first part was called ” Behind the door » «Beyond the Door» ( Italian: «Chi sei?»), Second shot himself Mario Bava – “Shock » «Schock / Beyond the Door II». Here director noticeably lacking skills of Italian classics . And do not even appear in the picture cheapness major flaws , but the fact that the story sags badly : no exciting action or meaningful dialogues , covering emptiness. Often completely silent characters simply shoot camera , diluted panoramic shots dull areas.
Square plot of concentrated common “pain points” of the genre, with a group of American children – students coming to the mysterious Eastern Europe , where they will be exposed to no one evil. Screen personify evil fate befell the local Yugoslav population , mainly of old men and women living in squalid huts. They even did not have to portray – outside rustic look depressing produces a frightening experience for young newcomer children , including the actors themselves and not just their characters. One of the girls with a special birthmark on his stomach has long been elected Prince of Darkness , to conceive an heir of people, so quickly learned that going around mysticism, encroach on their American life in foreign guests jeans get away before he could jump into the passing train . But for witchcraft nor distance plays no role , so horrible death gradually overtake each even on the road …
With such a mild transient supply main part of the story is locked exclusively on the train, with small branches. Unseen Evil deals with guys and conductors using strange unexplained manifestations of the dark forces : that anyone in the oven will tighten , the people fall under the wheels , and then looking in the mouth girl larvae zavedutsya ! .. Posted it all out of balance : sometimes good and sometimes things with sham things matter. Large-scale scenes with obsessive train turned not beautiful, visually , where we clearly notice the exploding plastic toy compositions and imaginative writers have not everything went smoothly . The fact that the train rails do not need it right on the ground goes where it wants , and what there – water swims ! It is clear that he was enchanted , but if used computer effects were not satisfactory , and when in front of us was a toy for the most unfavorable effect on the eyes .
Actually the complete lack of logic is the basic stumbling block when viewing. Characters involved , realizing that they were going to unmanaged magical train, is not particularly eager for the leading part , even banal not try to jump off . But decide to build a bomb … (! ?) To undermine the train. And then like crazy twists and turns extremely much.
The ending just looks awkward , like the film itself , which apparently lost his way with the director filing mixing genres, not brought to mind : disaster movie with inexpressive visual effects miserable thriller interwoven with magical and religious base of the village satanist in Eastern Europe , which the Americans had never heard , seeing her in his imagination populated almost ghosts or zombies in the national dirty clothes . Yes, all tight ( sagging parts), predictable and full of cliches.
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Had this on VHS since it was on cable back in the day. I like the movie, but haven’t seen it anywhere since then. Thanks for posting this. Great quality as well…beats my old worn out video cassette any day.
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A shy co-ed and her classmates travel to Europe to see a ritual. With a satanist/professor with them, he lures them into deadly traps to become sacrifices to Satan. One co-ed is a virgin, the main key to bring Satan back to life. But can the co-ed lose her virginity before Satan controls the world? (IMDB)