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.
她是高明的猎手，和她一样。
Jamie的颜值穿搭声音好爱🥺
可能本身就有宗教情结的观众，看这种电影更容易动情，俺是觉得有点点无聊。。
我太俗了我不能理解这个宗教信仰(必须跟男的结婚但是允许心里爱着另一个？好像忠于信仰实际却与信仰背道而驰。
不知自己是不是变得太cynical 如果拍成自我认知与欲望的探索与成长，而不是这没有希望且滑稽的“等待拯救”滥俗故事会好很多。没有结果的事情，有什么好拉扯呢 move on！
没明白为什么订婚了还要让女朋友留下…… 如果信仰令你痛苦是否还要继续信仰呢……
两个小女主的颜值OK，就是某些信仰真的李姐不了，没有设身处地的经历，很难get剧里的角色的三观。认识了一种不同生活方式吧。
yclf已成为本人年度最佳姬片...两位眼神一碰感觉可以起火，打五星纯属是翻来覆去看了好几遍看出感情了
女一真是大冤种，被一个连怎么爱自己都没搞清楚的人伤了又哄，所以结局是怎样，别搞开放式好不好，人家娃马上都会说话了，这启蒙教育太差了
宗教背景下看着有点压抑，经常他们有一些亲昵嗯举动时就怕有人突然发现，不过结合时间背景来看，蛮现实的，希望大家都不会迷茫，不会屈服于世俗吧。 最后提一下，最后几分钟看下来就一个感悟：不婚不育，青春永驻。
为青少年的爱情增添了宗教背景，蛮讨巧，不过看得更压抑了。宗教之下，多是盲目虔诚。不婚不育，青春永驻。
或许就是因为几乎按着原版来拍的 少了当代表达反而让片子没有了油腻的青春感//我们似乎从来都是“长大了你就明白了”这样的教育 并不会真的让你明白寻找人生中真正热爱的重要性 也不会告诉你做自己会有多快乐 只会告诉你人生短短几十年必须要完成某几项世俗意义上重要的事情仿佛成功尽在掌握 我们仿佛没有试错的机会也没有走弯路的时间//可惜了 反叛太难 我们最后还是会认同唯一一种价值观
青少年的暧昧和情欲描绘得淋漓尽致，背后的拥抱禁忌暧昧，这个场景是我的最爱，我永远拒绝不了拥抱。每次看她们亲吻都抑制不住地紧张，总是害怕她们被发现，多么可悲。
以为在蹦床上努力空翻，就能翻过平庸。在泳池里使劲憋气，就会不再普通。最划算的不是逃掉了自习，而是钻进泳池。最珍贵的不是追上了公车，而是没错过你们。最大的收获不是转体三十七周半，而是为平庸且普通的自己努力了一次。我们可以做海洋公园的劳力，被婚恋网站欺瞒，却不能被取消青春的表演资格。
俩新人演员也是尽了力了。
可以当做违命前传，中间部分挺甜的，结局猝不及防
情感上沒什麼relate的，真的很難想像可以這麼久愛著一個人否定一個人。太瘋愛情我不配有。
浪费我生命的一个小时。我还从没给拉片打过这么低的分，就是个自传吧？不然不能写成这样吧
这片看得我ptsd了😅这什么魔鬼现实剧情，撩完又选择结婚生子又吃回头草/想不清楚人生又什么都想要的人离单纯小姬佬远一点！！
不用说爱，握住你的双手，在我的信仰下亲吻你。“我一个人的信念足以支撑我们两个。”多么荒唐又多么坚定。
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