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.
落魄的过气男演员和前妻育有一女,离婚后,妻子带着女儿改嫁警察局局长。一日,演员父亲带着爱女一同去参加试镜,被留在车内的女儿却离奇失踪。警长父亲得知消息后,也加入搜索的行列。然而,搜救的过程中种种丑陋真相竟一一开始浮现。
荒凉的德文郡沿海索吉尔岛。十个陌生人被邀请到这座与世隔绝的小岛上做客,却没有任何一个人知道邀请者的庐山真面目。十人到达之后,只有一段神秘的录音记录响彻于耳。它揭穿了每一个人并不光彩的过去,这十个人都曾涉及过杀人案件。面对赤裸裸的指证,每一个人都惊慌失措。而更令众人惶恐不 安的是,他们正按着一首可怕童谣的歌词而逐一离奇死去。桌上的十个印第安小瓷像,正露出邪恶而诡异的笑容。 本部悬疑惊悚影片《十个小黑人》改编自著名英国推理小说作家阿加莎·克里斯蒂的同名畅销小说。
Peat有个幸福的一家三口之家,可爱的女儿让她在社交平台上也小有名气。有天女儿意外走丢了,Peat四处贴寻人启事、上节目都没有办法找到女儿的踪迹。直到有天警察告诉她,疑似找到了女儿的衣物,通过化验DNA也曝光了一个惊天的秘密:女儿的DNA和丈夫是不符的。这说明了什么,大家都心照不宣。所有人包括丈夫都告诉Peat停止寻找女儿,女儿已经死了。Peat作为母亲的直觉不愿相信自己女儿已经死了,为了寻找女儿自己去接触如何用枪、雇了一个私家侦探调查,然而真相的背后却比自己想象的还要复杂,也把他们带入了一个危险的境地……
卢兹,一个年轻的出租车司机,把自己拖到一个破败的警察局的入口。一个恶魔实体跟着她,决心最终接近它所爱的女人。
八年来,坚强的男孩赫苏斯一直呆在地下的军事基地里度日,自从启示录战争爆发后就再也没有回到地面,与赫苏斯困在一起的还有其他八个精英队员,领导人玛丽亚和她的情人巴勃罗;同性恋卢卡斯和助手;天文学家马格达莱纳和少女安娜;士兵佩德罗和寂寞的犹太人,他们负责保卫这里的安全。陆地已经由核辐射所变异的丧尸大军占领,他们不仅要时刻准备为尸群入侵而战斗,还要处处提防着各种未知鬼怪的突然袭击,可以说他们每日都在恐惧的阴影下度过。不仅如此,他们还要解决因自身内部的矛盾,如果稍有差池他们便会招致瞬间灭亡的惨剧。但无论如何,他们所奉行的只有一个原则:为了生存而生存。也许他们是人类在宇宙中唯一的一群幸存者…… 影评:此电影虽然不太出名,但却获得过国际影展六项大奖,被称为次世代恐怖悬疑片的里程碑。本片以极低的成本拍摄出了好来屋级大片效果,无论是画面还是声效都极具震撼力,阴柔的灯光特效和演员的演技将影片所表现出的恐惧绝望感发挥的淋漓尽致,骇人听闻的故事内容(情节与人物名字皆参考圣经)与离奇的怪物设定也是本片的一大看点。此片悬念部分做的非常出色,片子把所有伏笔都埋在了最后,所以不到最后一刻你是不会知晓事件真相的,到时影片所展现出的魄力绝对会把观众震惊。