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.
女儿男友这个角色真是栩栩如生，就是我在德国遇到的极端素食婊，表面说是个人选择，当和你混熟后就开始在你吃肉时对吃肉行为指指点点，让你毫无胃口。电影还算有趣，但剧情和结尾可以做得更好。
虎头蛇尾，太可惜了。这个焦点访谈一样的结局搞得跟内地广电特供版似的，唉～
凡事如果太极端（例如围脖女拳），就变味了。所以这些素食主义者被一个个吃掉时，我还挺爽的
傻逼字幕组是不是还觉得自己很幽默？让你翻译不是让你胡编
是一部还蛮有趣的黑色喜剧,没有很血浆,很多桥段会让人...噗嗤一下笑出声
还不错，挺欢乐的，关键是看饿了，也想来两块美味的火腿肉。。
上次看的是《生吃》，法国人老是喜欢排这种类型的电影。
喜剧恐怖片，说到黄秋生的时候我笑了，果然就是那么简单的卖肉。
黄sir这个梗我是接住了 冰血暴的梗也接住了 也许他们进去 是最好的人物归宿
幸存能看的就是最大的炸弹，杀了人纸永远包不住火，导演适时跳一下黑人警察、心脏起搏器芯片，稍微紧张一下，剩下的尺度一般般的一般般
很欢乐，很政治不正确。穆斯林、黑人、素食者、肥胖人士、妇孺儿童…这些平时不敢调侃的群体被尽情的揶揄了一番，大概是苦这群人久矣。电影充满了各种冒犯，夹带私货的字幕组也一样。
我尊重任何素食主义者，但是这片子拍的太好玩了hhh
法国人拍这种黑色幽默是真有一套。一开场就很抓人，节奏很快，跑上来10分钟就开始把ren大卸八块了。观影过程很流畅，及其紧凑，没有很浮夸的剧情。以往对法国电影是敬而远之的，但这部戏又让我路转粉。
哈哈哈哈哈超解压啊，黄秋生真的笑死好吧！如果有续集，来个联动ok?
其实还可以，只不过有些小细节还需要打磨。你能想象到一个喜剧和惊悚混合体的故事么？就像片里提到的“伊朗猪肉”一样荒诞的一整个故事。
怎么让观众不憎恨主角呢，他可是在杀人，那是犯罪。
前面还是比较沉闷的，直到轮船上才开始精彩，象棋部分拍的比较精彩，总体来说不过不失，表现的还是人类精神的伟大，像《心流》中阐述的，人有了精神的依靠，可以战胜再大的困境，哪怕在牢笼中，你也可以自由翱翔！男主是《暗》里的警察，演的不错！
结局太惊悚和唏嘘了，竟然一切都是主人公的想象。。。
太恶趣味了，结局怎么回事？突然就结束了。220420//
《象棋的故事》告诉我们——最残忍的刑罚并不是对肉体惨绝人寰的摧残，而是让一个人明白什么是彻彻底底的孤独。就如同你站在月球上遥望远方那个水蓝色的星球，而张目四顾只有沉寂一片的惨白。这种孤独能给人最难以预测的成长。Ｂ博士与自己对弈的目的是超越了所有功利的。他只为了证明自己还活着，象棋是他在那个没有时间的空间里能够抓住的唯一东西，这种反人类的成长让天才也为之失色，如果我们不去理会这部作品的批判性，那么还有一个直击我们灵魂的问题，真理是否就藏在无尽的痛苦之中？
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