This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.
看了DNEG的VFX BreakDown之后，竟然整个城市、汽车都是3D模型，镜子戏也是各种绿幕的奇技淫巧，比影片本身还有意思，佩服。
"This is London. Someone has died in every room in every building and on every street corner in the city."
精神病人欢乐多，2个女主还是喜欢的，可惜后半段不知道讲了啥，为神经而神经。
观影体验还不错，氛围营造很足，作为商业片值得两小时。不过最后结局反转的价值观传达很不当代
视听出彩，对白精妙。但主题含混，高潮的对决到底传达了怎样的价值观点，被男性权力压制的女性复仇不正是主角认同的行为？
Solid storyline and acting. Such a quality thriller.
不恐怖，主要的悬疑点在于女主和梦中那个女孩的关系，一开始以为是重生转世，一开始又以为梦中的杰克是凶手，一直到结尾的反转。这一点可以说是做的比较成功的，但是整体观影感受来说，红色基调场景营造出来的血腥感过于浓重，看着不适。至于为什么女主会做这样的梦，并没有做出很好的解释，因为这并不是一部灵异电影。整体而言有新意，但是缺点也很明显，个人可以接受，但不是很喜欢。6分吧
太难看了，想不到埃德加赖特也拍浪费资源的电影，这部电影最大的优点，也是最大的浪费，是正确选择了两个好女主
一个比较简单的悬疑故事也可以通过复古风格的渲染、通过霓虹灯光、60年代歌舞的表现变得非常丰满
3.5 借当代小镇青年的都市vintage怀旧乡愁的壳讲了一个男性视角下的女性题材故事，意思就是复古和女性主义都没有处理好，导致了前半段和后半段叙事的割裂，不论是60s的SOHO/男性凝视/女性互助/小镇和城市的互动都显得十分悬置，尤其是最后的和解和男性忏悔，不还是以男性气质去形容女性吗……不过伦敦处处有鬼魂还是很有意思
能看到很多电影的影子，赖特的影迷、歌迷属性还是太重了点，两个年代并没有很好的融合到一起，导致电影从半程开始基本沦为了一场视觉大秀，当然那些镜头拍的的确不错，但是放在了一个比较差的故事里
不敢相信是EW的作品，也许他接了个美恐剧场版的活。
期望很大略有失望。一开始我觉得灯光很不错但也许是没有在影院观看的缘故，看了两小时红蓝转换有点疲了，对于两性关系探讨有力程度也不如《前程似锦的女孩》。安雅这几年在纯欲与强势之间反复横跳，托马辛妹子一幅呆萌呆萌但很聪明的样子倒很适合惊悚片
第三幕全部崩坏，痛苦面具疑惑脸，反转大可不必，甚至直接导致山姆克拉弗林从帅气酱油变成难顶工具人。。。
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没有传说中的那么有趣啊！及其乏善可陈的一部矫情拧巴片，女主的人选和角色设定实在让我喜欢不起来，其实看到中间已经猜出个一二来了，但没想到内核命题是如此陈腔滥调，片子前半部分实在是没什么味道，后面的节奏倒是起来了，真真假假的一顿折腾，抽丝剥茧剥白菜看的还算没有尿点，但真凶起了杀心想一并灭口，按在这么个老谋深算的角色上也太显低级了，这么大岁数了还能再折腾几年啊？图个什么啊？且抵消了我对她所有不幸遭遇的同情和怜悯，处理的跟美国恐怖故事似的，到最后被怨灵包围逼迫时强行点题开始共情，弄得整部片子就好像是一个笑话，你要是穿越题材的兴许我还会觉得高级些，年代复古感做的还不错，这安雅现在真是够红的，但今后选片要注意了，千万别只沦为花瓶！
摄影很丝滑，音乐很搭配，服道化都很棒，对镜子的使用很巧妙，关键是两位女演员演的也都很好，她俩都是新生代中的佼佼者。
这反倒是好一阵子内看到的最好的犯罪惊悚片了。最后披露的真相倒是并不新鲜，甚至提前就能预感到，但是如今摄影、CG技术大大丰富了镜头语言的表现形式。各种不可能的长镜头成为可能，对镜子的精妙利用毫不输《黑天鹅》。
你们不要对埃德加赖特要求这么高嘛……拍的没什么问题，他一直都是在拍这种东西啊，只是机巧的情节就是没劲，但国产电影里不都想做这种机巧还做不到嘛……
ATJ真tm丑 整部片子都在搔首弄姿 吐了 fuk
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