the unpleasant home invasion genre can be trace back to wes craven early sleazefest last house on the left and with such nasty off shoot a i spit on your grave and wrong way and the visitor soon follow in the footstep of that film . here and in this early 80 italian offer the same plot be regurgitate once more and with the twist be that this one be set on a continental train . la ragazza del vagone letto know in english speaking country a terror express start out surprisingly well but about twenty minute in it take a turn for the bad and a the sex scene start to gain precedence over the more serious action and suspense . david and phil and ernie and three rich youth who wallow in terrorising and humiliate others and board a trans continental express in italy . the train be full of other passenger and among them prostitute juliette ( silvia dionisio ) who rid the train frequently and have strike up a deal with one of the porter to act a a kind of pimp and persuade the male passenger to part with their cash for a night of passion in her sleeping compartment . the three cretin quickly set about upset the passenger with their aggressive and drunken behaviour and but matter get more serious when they seize control of an entire car on the express and barricade themselves in from the rest of the train . pretty soon and they be revel in their temporary control . a young wife ( zora kerova ) be rap by two of the youth in a cramped compartment while juliette herself be subject to a prolonged sexual assault while and later the odious trio force the male passenger to role a dice in order to decide which one will rape a 16 year old virgin travel with her parent ( a concept make doubly tasteless by the fact that her father be one of the men force to play the game ) . the only passenger who seem prepared to fight back be a convict who be be escort to germany and but what hope do one man have against three arm thug . la ragazza del vagone letto get off to a decent start . various intriguing character be introduce and and the three hoodlum be show to have a genuinely unsettling influence over the traveller . though the story be clearly the stuff of exploitation and the opening scene be build up carefully and the film seem to be rise above the usual gutter level of it genre . thing fall apart during a horrid scene in which kerova be sex sandwich in a toilet compartment by two of the thug . the scene be gloatingly film and and the effect do not seem to be to generate sympathy for the victim or hatred towards the perpetrator instead and we be be ask to feel turn on . this be sensationalism at it bad . further humiliate rape follow and but the rape sequence involve too much linger camera work over act of oral sex and the female genitalia . one sequence feature the 16 year old girl teeter on the brink of hard core and feel particularly wrong . by the end of la ragazza del vagone letto it be easy to forget that it be intend a a thriller and for the final hour of the film be dedicate to pornography rather than suspense . lover of sleaze will revel in it while others might want to look elsewhere .