Night Train to Venice (1993)

Directed by

Carlo U. Quinterio

Genre

thriller film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

2.3 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A thriller set aboard a night train to Venice. Strange figures and violent dogs appear to a passenger. The story is hard to follow and has a dreamlike quality.

dreamlikegothicatmosphericdarkconfusingluridslow-movingunsettling

What happens

Night Train to Venice is a 1993 German contemporary gothic-horror film directed by Carlo U. Quinterio. This international production was a cooperation of British, Italian, and German artists, including Hugh Grant, Malcolm McDowell, Tahnee Welch, Evelyn Opela, Kristina Söderbaum and Rachel Rice (Big Brother 9 winner). It was filmed in 1993 and released worldwide in 1995. The film has been criticized for the non-linear plot it follows and the obvious references to the Gothic genre. In a radio interview in 2002, Hugh Grant deemed the film the worst he has ever been in. The thriller presents a labyrinthine combination of sexual transgression, darkness and intrigue, bearing a strong similarity to other Gothic texts, including Dracula. The story itself features obscure icons, such as the constant appearance of a woman and child dressed in white, ferocious Rottweilers with a taste for human flesh, Venetians in strange masks and recurring figures of the Commedia dell'arte; all of these elements wrapped in a dream-like atmosphere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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