The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
看creepy老两口杀杀人跳跳舞竟然觉得还蛮温馨，也是受够那些teenage obsessed虐杀和复仇了
仍旧是公路惊悚片的套路，标配都是一群有男有女的小年轻+农场变态杀人狂，只是把作死玩法改成了拍黄色小电影，贡献了不少裸露镜头。杀手也从高大威猛的形象改成备受衰老煎熬的退伍老夫妻，战斗力主要来自别人的关心，气氛则主要靠白发皱纹与变态性幻想来营造～而他们之所以杀人原因也是很简单的老头不行了老太婆却想要，想来老去的不举比惨遭屠杀更加可怕~渴望年轻肉体的欢愉，算是提供了一个比较猎奇的角度，只是前期节奏太过缓慢，不匹配屠杀气质，好在尺度上有一定把握，女主最后的车轮爆头反杀虽在意料之中，也还是有喷射的快感。所以片名X的意思应该是操！
PS Brittany Snow 唱的 Landslide，竟然从恐怖片里有这么一段温柔的歌曲。
我知道了，X的意思就是——关爱老年人X生活
不够带劲，而且这老年人床戏简直是精神污染。
关爱老年人性生活。一开始看着有点莫名其妙，到后来逐渐明白，可讽刺的是，我们都会老去，都会干涸软弱体力不支和回忆并羡慕青春时光。bgm点个赞叭
半夜看到，荒诞对比营造出了独特的戏剧感，结构回环对应工整精巧，营造了恰到好处的惊悚感
本来以为又是一个突破类型的惊悚片，没想到只是卖情色的铅黄。
對同虐殺電影的修正意義,大於內容和取材的70年代背景,Ti West是深明類型方程式, 活取《活死人之夜》的鄉村大屋空間,和《閃靈》Jack 走入217號房對老年身軀恐懼,設置的驚喜需要觀眾對虐殺電影的熟識與共同認知才可發生,因此不難理解為何美國觀眾笑聲滿滿,可能發現導演一直與他們開各種in joke, 比如Jenna Ortega不演陰陽怪氣反而是保守善良,又比如電視上的宣教影像是刻意設疊的陷阱。沒有誇大殺人者能力,設置的機關中招機率土氣得令人失笑,更不用期待如《Don't Breathe》的老盲人如有超能人,那《X》可稱得上寫實型虐殺電影？看著老夫老妻發生傳教士式性行為並不可怕,而是你虐殺又好,性愛也好都無法取回青春的殘酷現實,電影中的黑間比2022年版《蝙蝠俠》黑得更有層次,更有理由。
稍微电影手法与拍摄技术有那么一点不尽如人意。剩下的无论是构思、恐怖还是血腥感，都是很棒的。磨坊电影就是这样的，我仿佛看到了罗伯特·罗德里格兹与昆汀·塔伦蒂诺的感觉。毕竟人家是A24出品，恐怖大厂，不好瞎说话！
A24还是专心卖预告片吧，成品和预告完全是两部电影，正片既不porn也不horror，空洞且傲慢
好玩独立但一般。恐怖片还是很能凸现导演风格的，近几年这种砍杀恐怖片的景美术都差不多，架构也大多延续“电锯杀人狂”模式。能玩的出花样的就是杀人前的铺垫了，A24这个小成本玩的不是很差的原因导演占很大一头，很少有纯大俯拍、反复蒙太奇…等独特风格，观感还好，jumpscared有点多，到后来剩最后俩人的时候节奏慢了，有点特意升华性自由的主题了（这个用A片真的洗不白）结尾比较黑色幽默，很河里
影迷与影视工作从业者的娱乐片？多处匹配剪辑 镜面分屏 跳切拉紧不同空间与人物 框架构图 运镜 用得不错 小而精 结尾笑出声 中间有段乏力了 三星半
前一個小時很好，但當進入黑夜，殺戮開始後，還是難免落入了俗套。"I will not accept a life I do not deserve."
首先想到的朱文在《老年人的性慾問題》里那句「兩個滿頭白髮的老人努力著要在一起完成一次性愛，你如果心裡因此萌生了一種下流荒淫的感覺，那麼我認為你不僅缺乏基本同情心，而且是一個毫無理解力的人。」
致敬与回魂，对电影艺术的透彻运用！就是剧情过于单薄，内核简陋，余味不足。
还好是看的解说…前面倒及格，从杀人起便没了技术含量…
haha非常完整有趣啊直到最后一秒！后面节奏私心crazier faster会更好 有一个“燃烧”时刻
确实很有艺术性！！只是导演有几个片段的快剪让我不明所以，米娅高斯恐怖片女神yyds！以及老年人x生活值得关注
真正的老人，颤颤巍巍的杀人狂，居然还是为了性，其他就没什么恐怖的了
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