Night Train to Venice

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Night Train to Venice is a contemporary Gothic film made in 1993 and directed by Carlo U. Quinterio. The plot involves a young journalist (played by Hugh Grant) who is travelling to Venice to drop off a copy of his book on European Neo-Nazism. On the way there, he encounters Neo-Nazi thugs, and a bevy of odd characters.

Night Train to Venice has been criticised as a ridiculous film featuring a non-linear plot and frequent corny references to the Gothic genre.^{[citation needed]} The film is a labyrinthine combination of sexual transgression, darkness and intrigue. Night Train to Venice bears a strong similarity to other Gothic texts, including Dracula. Dracula features a man who travels to a European destination and becomes prey to his mysterious surrounds, in Night Train to Venice, Martin (played by Hugh Grant) travels to Venice, and on the way meets with the illusive yet evil character, 'stranger' (played by Malcolm McDowell) who has mysterious powers over dreams. These powers cause Martin to lose his memory.

The film features such obscure icons as the constant appearance of a woman and child in white, ferocious dobermans who have a taste for human flesh, Venetians in strange masks,figures of the Commedia dell´arte, and cross-dressing Neo-Nazis. This international Production is a Cooperation of American, Italian and German artists like Tahnee Welch, Evelyn Opela, Kristina Söderbaum, Sylvia Angelina Amaris, Hugh Grant, Malcom Mc Dowell, Burkhard and Matthias Kosminski,Samy Langs and many more.