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.
不要嫁到人生地不熟不讲英语的罗马尼亚就对了！
结尾到男主与杀人犯各自离开房间后在走廊四目相对那刻就可以结束了。
Sundance genre film always much fun
电影就那样，比同类型的差了一些。妹子好可怜啊，这个大叔不算变态。
“he probably just has a little crush on you” 男人心目中对crush的表达在接收端看来是一件多惊悚的事；电影对气氛的营造太棒了，看完之后坚定了我学拳击的决心（以及女主的男朋友…这个HE是你的救赎，要是女主真折了你最好忏悔一辈子
7分左右吧，唐山事件之后看这部片子会有全新的看法，这不是简简单单的一部恐怖片，我觉得相比于恐怖，本片更专注于女性在日常生活中的不安感，尤其是像女主这种处在人生地不熟，连语言沟通都难的情况，而外人尤其是男性与旧思想老人对女主的遭遇都很容易觉得女主想太多，唯有同为年轻女性才会共情。
Burn Gorman一露脸还会有人觉得他没问题吗（。剧作相对平庸，让它不那么差是因为一些细节把握得还可以，以及确实能让一些被尾随过的观众——比如我——有被trigger到。我也得进超市或步行街去把尾随者甩掉，我也曾经把这种事告诉朋友，结果是被嘲笑（surprise），或者听到对方说“像我们这种丑人就不会遇到这种事”。似乎他们觉得自己有在安慰或者出主意，就像电影中的所有其他人一样，结果往往是我们说了第一次，听到这种可笑的反馈之后，就再也不会选择寻求他人帮忙。女主至少有胆子反侦察
她老公一天到晚不相信自家老婆也就罢了，还拿她最紧张最在意的事当梗讲给同事听，没想到惊悚片也能让我生气……
女导演拍出的有时候就是缺乏逻辑，感觉危险，不弄点防身的工具？都在别人楼里打照面了，还不敢问，那你去干嘛？
女导演拍出的有时候就是缺乏逻辑，感觉危险，不弄点防身的工具？都在别人楼里打照面了，还不敢问，那你去干嘛？
场景、氛围都没问题，但最后的结局有点草草了事。虎头蛇尾的电影。
电影的色调很漂亮，尤其是女主从男主公司走出来那一段！
把那种融于生活的恐惧拍得好真实，并不歇斯底里但压得人窒息，只是结局依旧理想，你知道现实中不会是这样。
铺垫很长，没有营造出氛围。而是让我觉得无聊。。 女主来到了男主的国家鸟国，都讲鸟语语言不通。偶尔有年轻人说英语可以沟通。男主天天要去工作。女主偶尔配男主聚餐。自己只能无聊一个人在城市闲逛。但是她突然发现家对面楼里会站着一个男人一直看着自己。看不清。但是跟对方招手，对方竟然也招手。女主十分害怕。草木皆兵。去看电影也觉得后面坐的人跟踪自己。去超市也有人跟踪自己。吓得后面溜走。男主耐着性子跟女主去超市查监控，拍下了照片。并且报警让警察和男主去看看那个男人是不照片里的。男主回来表示女主无理取闹，就算是，也只是邻居去同一个超市买东西很正常。然而一切是因为男主女主逛街路过凶案现场。电视也报道说有个连续杀人魔杀了四个女性，还割头。女主反向跟踪发现住对面的人是一个酒吧清洁工。刚好里面一个舞女是自己邻居。
这剧情70多分钟可以完的，铺垫太长，浪费时间。
7 陌生的语言 已知的恐惧 氛围压迫感真不小 看的相当蛋疼/压抑 娱乐属性不高 最后的结尾完全出戏 只能勉强理解为对之前故意塑造的窠臼女性形象的打破和重生/hate jump scare
紧张氛围烘托得不错，剧情太俗套了，属于用脚趾都能猜到的那种。
听不懂罗马尼亚语也没有字幕时和女主一样懵逼的沉浸式体验不错。
这是那种适合在长途大巴上偶尔瞟一眼的东欧恐怖片
咋滴最后是诈尸了还是鬼魂出身出来复仇了？这样的男人你不早点看清楚认明白还等啥呢？连你都不信，还不让他早点玩蛋去！不过这剧情也的确是莫名其妙，后面说连环杀手抓住了，结果邻居和她还是被抓住杀了，那到底谁是连环杀手？想表达什么呢，有人偷看绝对就是变态？搞不懂，最后的结果也是一头雾水……
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