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L'ultimo treno della notte (1975)
There is something about a train that is tragic
Kudos for the production team to be able to create a European homage to The Last House on the Left by setting it on an overnight train with diabolical creeps reminiscent of The Incident recruiting an unlikely female partner to torment two other women on the train, with elements of The Accused with regards to voyeurs' and participants in the young women's cruel predicament.
Although the plot is comparable to The Last House on The Left, I was impressed at the technical details of setting the incident on a moving train, with its enclosed spaces and no where to run, no where to hide environment even with the windows at the interior corridor. Unlike TLHOTL which took place in the woods away from help, there were other people nearby who were either complacent or negligent in intervening on their behalf, creating a creator sense of empathy for the characters as a result.
The finally did well to create a natural, yet surreal tableau for the arena of revenge, with the Christmas Day setting, smoke pots to create fog/mist, radio broadcasts of the young girls demise with details that would not be included in a news broadcast, and a nod to the real evil of exploitation and indifference as the perpetrators were dispatched while those who were catalysts for the abuse walked away without consequence.
Clickbait (2019)
Watching Clickbait opens your screen to a cavalcade of amusing characters
A bemusing and satirical take on suspense and horror in the age of fleeting fame for internet influencers, Clickbait delivers a just right to the bite of Toot Strudel comfort food with theme and character archetypes that are lucid and accessible, yet with with a variety of flavors for the viewer to choose from, starring Colby Stewart, Brandi Aguilar, and Seth Chatfield. Directed with less trauma inducing tropes than Troma by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein, Clickbait is light and easily filling treat for the genre.