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.
这是国产影视拍不出来的主题，直面病毒却无能为力的绝望，这才应该是有关新冠最真实的角度，但是剧本力度不够，有些背景交代不清显得起承转合很突兀。朱迪科默的表演还行，撑得起这种大女主电影，另外爱尔兰口音古怪的很。
3.导演不爱国呀，电影里展现的情节一定是道听途说，应该谴责他！
剧情，97分钟版本，75分中等水平作品，15岁以下青少年儿童不宜观看，15岁以下青少年儿童如需观看须满12岁最低观看年龄门槛，12岁以下儿童禁止观看，满12岁、15岁以下青少年儿童须在成年家长陪同下观看（分级警告）！
看完觉得，疫情这么久，比起这些真正面临绝境的人，自己遇到的诸多艰难都太不足道了。科莫表演很棒，只是结局太潦草。但同个世界同个题材下，处于故事中心的我们拍了些什么玩意儿。
一个小护理院面对初期新冠肆虐的无力，难得一部真实展现疫情一线的作品，类似于《索尔之子》近景别虚背景的拍法让中段的long nignt充满窒息感，导演和演员在表现这一段面对新冠病人时，慌乱又细心、无助又努力的矛盾拿捏相当准确。最后一幕跳脱出来没能延续前三分之二的出色，有些可惜。
但有用么？
nobody is coming.医疗体系崩溃真是太绝望了
三星半吧，前面拍的真的好后面看得一脸懵，中间长镜头看的人太绝望了，这才是疫情中真实的情况，医疗物资短缺，疗养院和养老院成为孤岛，疫情下生命却分价值，太难受了
巨大的灾难降临，导演将镜头对准一个小小的护理院，一群resident和他/她们的护理员，隔着屏幕就能感觉到其中的恐惧感和无助感，菜鸟护理员Comer的伟大并不源自她的觉悟或技能，只是她的人性，让我们看到灾难中渺小的人类个体如何挣扎着帮助自己的同类，这恐怕是在这场灾难中我们唯一的希望。BTW，Comer是家乡话出演吗？
因为经历过疫情的各种魔幻，各种不同体制对人的管控～自己感受过于深刻，因此难以代入其中。
3.5两位主演的表演非常不错…
压抑绝望，聚焦新冠疫情不需要视角广立意高，能让人感同身受的永远是每一个普通人的遭遇和经历。（观影时间：2021年9月26日；自评：7.7；推荐指数：★★★★）
什么时候咱们这能有这样的题材？
同样是讲述新冠疫情的电影，这和XX医生带给我的震撼和喜好程度完全是天差地别。这部小制作虽然小，但依然保留了最基本的电影感以及优秀的演员表演。朱迪·科默那段救助打电话的长镜头足以刻进我的年度难忘瞬间中。本片用以小见大的方式来剖析当时的英国在面对新冠疫情时的社会生活方方面面。仅仅是通过一辆救护车，几通电话就能营造出当时的混乱和对底层人民的抛弃与谎言，可见这部电影的控诉意味有多强，更不必提最后朱迪坐在车里以打破第四面墙的方式发出的灵魂拷问了。
如果边吃边看，一个半小时的影片只能恰半小时的快乐饭。前段护理中心的生活朴实温馨，镜头平稳写意；中段新冠的冲击来得如此迅速，Sarah穿过昏暗的走廊往返于办公室和病患房间的二十多分钟的一镜到底尤为精彩和令人揪心；后段主创们的私心满溢，看得我逐渐出戏；片尾寥寥几句关于英国新冠最严重时期护理中心死亡数字的陈述，直戳NHS脊梁骨，却又好像无可奈何。Never is. （Jodie作为本片Actor & Executive Producer的表现可圈可点；新赛季埃弗顿请打趴利物浦谢谢
另：还有什么是Jodie不能演的吗？？？
比那啥拍的强多了 人家敢质问啊 最近一个个主旋律的影片 真是够了
关于新冠题材，其他任何宏大叙事和英雄主义都去他的吧。
when did our lives stop being worth the same?
外国爱拍困难，因为大路已经建好，只有困难太多的地方，才那么爱拍成功
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