冰刀

   非凡资源网 提供本片资源  　　This early 70#39;s giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmograhy and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi#39;s best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the exlosive Naoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did lenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are riing 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.br\　　Technically the film is suerb, containing great cinematograhy in the beginning when we learn about the main character#39;s trauma towards trains. From this oint on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for examle, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi#39;s ability to build susense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren#39;t so many murders in the whole film, only the susense circulating around the murderer#39;s identity.br\　　One susect is a devil worshier which brings new asects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes lace in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hyocritical morale of church and suerstition. 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 erformance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental ain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too ositive a sight about female sex since they all are exressed 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 examle, but equally susenseful and visually also interesting.