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.
敢不敢大胆一些，别设定一个双商下线的丈夫角色来拖延剧情，或者就是女主的一场臆想最后杀了无辜的邻居。电影不能求鱼得鱼！
凭着女人的本能……
看到开头说会保护你就知道这丈夫多半没啥用处了……
与另一部《偷窥者》同样的题材，但剧情的推进比《偷》要逊色一些，《偷》的反转是蛮惊艳的。还有，本片没有把杀人动机描述清楚，既然之前和死者有过纠纷，就不担心事后警察会联想到而受到怀疑？惊悚的程度还不是特别令人满意。如果有另外一个结局，比如女主精神分裂产生的幻觉，不知道效果又会怎样……
很精致的一部惊悚片，但应该女性更能理解这其中的惊悚元素吧…
无法共情的只能嫉妒你们好幸运。
还可以吧 没有偷窥者精彩 最后反转是我爱的he
还可以吧 没有偷窥者精彩 最后反转是我爱的he
结尾有点爱咋咋地，
细节抓的挺到位……那样的房子其实我也想过要住一下……就是细节太多了，全部在最后12分钟释放
浪费了一个半小时，尤其是看完偷窥者的对比后，这个无头无尾的破片
- 要不是女主的颜，真看不下去。
前3/4太文艺片风格和色调一度让我以为是女主疑神疑鬼了 骚瑞我有罪
非要弄个傻逼男主做靶子。。。
3.5吧，还算比较不错的，气氛营造的还可以
氛围感很不错。近年比较流行这种窥探类电影。
氛围营造的不错，而且越到后面越让人紧张，女主内心的绝望让观众感同身受，结局的反转既让观众松了口气，也让很多的疑惑得到了解答，整体不错，如果对凶手的动机做些合理的铺垫的话可能更紧凑和流畅吧……
- 要不是女主的颜，真看不下去。
非常中规中矩。我觉得应该谢谢契诃夫——第一幕出现了手枪意味着………
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