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.
表叔叔好无辜啊，他不过是心地善良就被卷进事件里。就问你们有么有见过这么礼貌充满尊重的鬼？你不心甘情愿它就不吃你，跑完完了还吧门关上。女主智商欠奉，最后反杀的时候略爽，但是依然有点不知所云。
近期看过的最佳恐怖片，说唱歌手的蹩脚韵脚搭配血腥残酷的画面简直又离谱又搞笑
邪教的内核，之外也没什么，就是惊吓……最后，弱女子反杀，意外成为新主！
川粉女主误入邪教，大战魔鬼圣婴，但她自己何尝不是邪教一员呢
有些地方找吓到我了 所以先不说手机怎也就质量这么好还不离手吧…女主也是绝绝子
不太明白为啥一直看到自己死去妈妈，这是啥寓意
这是第一部让我为反派着急上火的恐怖片，支撑我看完全片的唯一动力就是想看这个傻b女主怎么惨死，可是反派鬼神太弱效率太低，着实让人火大😂
我还挺喜欢这怪物的设计，不过它好弱啊，不敢吃作恶的人，只敢吃普通的人，居然还能被女主弑母的狠劲吓回箱子里。所以这部片表现的其实就是一个“弱肉强食，适者生存”的主题吧？怪物会让自己不敢吃的恶人来为自己服务，房东的父亲不知道是因为什么恶行被箱子怪选中的，房东的哥哥是因为弑父被选中，女主则是弑母。但它又能给予他们什么回报呢？治愈身体的伤和疾病吗？房东的哥哥的确是有难以治愈的病，房东也说过他没有钱给哥哥看病，这个好处对他们兄弟确实有吸引力。可是女主需要的是钱啊，是在漂亮国过上优渥的生活啊，她又不是偷渡来美国看病的，这种水平的交换条件能吸引得了她替怪物抓猎物吗？
非法移民美国租房遇变态房东兄弟（一个是真的恶魔）
如果能忍受晃动镜头、嘈杂的声效以及脑残女主人设的情况下，这会是一部精彩的SB屌片。可惜比起导演前作逊色很多。
非法移民美国租房遇变态房东兄弟（一个是真的恶魔）
大家都是无脑冲动型，比如女主，你回去拿钱，在屋外等可好？女主叔叔来了之后，报警可好？而且，一点都不吓人....
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气氛营造比较到位，场景也搭的挺好，但是不够恐怖，再吓人一些就更好了。女主还是挺单纯的，各种被骗，不过最后吃到了石箱的好处，是不是要黑化呢，这里一个小小的悬念。故事总体比较简单，前面部分甚至有一点无聊，后面还行。这个怪物设计的很棒，第一次见到这种造型，很新颖，好评！但是太弱鸡了吧，怎么就只能投喂，自己没有能力，白白长得这么大个子。女主环境中挣扎醒来就啥事没有了，客观存在的链子都没了，这点确实离谱了。男主明明醒着，也被抓住吃掉了，当然最后也有台词表面他陷入幻觉。总体中规中矩的片子， 怪物造型好评。上面那个最多赞的，17赞的评论，片子都没看懂搁着瞎评论，还这么多人给他点赞，无语。弑母是在幻觉里，这种杀掉最亲的人才能走出幻觉的段落很老套了，还有被坏人抓住最后暴走反杀也是很老的套路了，他都没看过的吗？
真太晃了，剧情都看不到了，一整个不知所云，而且女主真的犯贱达人，非常想打她一拳。
现实中悬疑，悬疑见人性，人性终现实，现实是残酷！
前面看着觉得还可以，氛围营造的比较细腻，但随着故事的发展就觉得有点烦了，很多地方逻辑也不太通顺，看到最后对这个结尾也挺失望，感觉闷了口气在胸口，影片结束也没能释放。怪物造型不错，也就仅此而已吧。
Somehow kinda like it …
大概是最近恐怖片都太烂的缘故，看这部觉得很不错了。
这节奏实在不敢恭维，有点太拖沓了，剧情设置的有点问题。我觉得怪比故事更吸引人。
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