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Frenzy

1972

Alfred Hitchcock

Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen, Anna Massey ...

7.5

16,737

Mystery London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence. Mixing black comedy and Hitchcock's most gruesome violence since Psycho, Frenzy covers classic Hitchcock territory of violent sexual deviance and the thin line between innocence and guilt. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Other directors make movies about passion. Hitchcock makes his with passion, which is why watching 'Frenzy' is like riding a roller coaster in total darkness"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"This is the kind of thriller Hitchcock was making in the 1940s, filled with macabre details, incongruous humor, and the desperation of a man convicted of a crime he didn't commit (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"The mixture of dry wit and terror is expert. Hitchcock, who was 73 when he directed, demonstrates all his old skill and romantic pessimism."	POS
United States	David Denby The New Yorker	"A masterpiece devoted to appetite in all its varieties—but it is most seriously devoted to the perversion of sexual happiness in murder and to the absence of sexual happiness in 'normal' life."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Armed with a superior script by Anthony Shaffer, an excellent cast, and a top technical crew, Alfred Hitchcock fashions a firstrate melodrama"	POS
United States	Time	"In case there was any doubt, back in the dim days of Marnie and Topaz, Hitchcock is still in fine form. Frenzy is the dazzling proof.	POS

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