The upcoming Blu-ray of Silvia Dionisio’s Terror Express (1980) appropriately sports my font Cinema Macabre on its cover art, with a straightforward title treatment that does at least take full advantage of the alternative characters built into this font. You’ll notice that all four of the lowercase ‘r’ characters have a slightly different appearance, which is a feature you’ll find in virtually all of my fonts— there to help avoid repeating characters, which always ruins that hand-drawn aesthetic.
The Cinema Macabre font was heavily influenced by the Italian Giallo brand of horror, a more murder-mystery-led genre made famous by films such as Suspiria, Deep Red, and Tenebrae, so it’s great to see the work go full circle.
I haven’t seen the film myself, so here’s a description from press release to give you a taste of what to expect;
All aboard the sleaze train! Terror Express is a wild Italian horror-thriller heavily influenced by Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave, directed with panache by Ferdinando Baldi (Treasure of the Four Crowns). When Giulia (Silvia Dionisio, Live Like a Cop Die Like a Man) jumps on a night train to meet up with a John for a quick buck, she has no idea of what chaos will ensue when three ruthless thugs hop on board. Turning the train into their personal hunting ground, Giulia and her fellow passengers are prey for their perverted games. Until they strike back… with a vengeance!