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剧情简介

This early = 7$_0'/< s giallo by  Umberto Lenzi is cer@ta /inly among `#the best i: n his film.ograp[hy and also in the wh[ol\`e genre?-@+. Per@-
sonally I th ink Le!]nz(i^'s#+<@ bes+t \_fi)[<l\`ms?!! are) the funn*y cartoon-;^tu@rned-fil"!m Kr<iminal[, the st"[;yl&is$]h gi
allo Seven Blood-Sta#ined O\?rchids/, @! %the explosive Napoli viole%^nt^_]a an#*:d t:his. *I ^'n the eight, %ies he"&# di%['d plenty]% of film trash in form of \Ea:`ten Alive_+,_ ] *=Hi_!tcher $)`in the Da)rk or Black Demons, 'all %;.?of which '' are #ripp;]\$ing &^something!! off a%&*ndor v"+[$e ry dull -)and slow moving. Knife of Ice cam= ^e whe:n the gial(\=l*o boo_ m was a&t its hott*+est and the re`@sult/.> i<s con:vinci! n^g.　　[?_-$Technic*!!
al%)ly
the fil
,.m=. is sup;erb, contain' in*=g great+.?
cinematograph y i^ =n the begi<nning wh..]e"n we % learn abou-^t the main c=$harac/ter'_.s trauma towards; t `>rai>ns. From th,+]&is po+ !int o&`'<n, Lenzi shows/ us :^ ,his[ abil)ity $> to b(:enefit [& ]th<e]. widesc&reen and, for ex>*ample, the bicycle ride nea-r the forest@?? is ge`;;;nuinely beautiful_#! This ` + s?cene also 
shows Lenzi's ability -;to build suspens e, ve&. ry slow?%@*ly but meaningfully. After all, `the= re aren't so m('any!&_ $%mu. $rders in th*<e wh^<ole film, on'ly "! t&#\h+ %e , >suspense circula>ting = around&- the mur:[d; >erer's identity[.　　O`'/ne suspe&ct is a devil worsh*^ip^per which (brings new "><"aspects t`):?o the my #stery. Si<nce t he final scene$` ^]"+takes p` lace in a church, o&\
ne can+- "won:=*#de>r#? if Len
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a,nte."-d to* comment on somet?='hing,& maybe the hypocritical% morale-` of church and supers,":tition." #_>The ?;main c -haracter (Carrol Ba= ker)`+ is mute which` demands a lot from her .face and ey*.es. The actress .-=works very well, giving us a believab(le performance circu
l"*a.ting ar?*;ound the emotions \(of f =@ear '$and _\/mental ,\pain. The o`;t?%"h$er ac!t )ors\ ]are good, too. The /fin%_ally, ho`@wever, m[-ay>$, @_no&t g:ive too posit%i%\ve\_ ( a sigh;+ t ; about ;-#--fem!=al ! e sex si/nce they all are exp\;\ressed @-r>ather ! ]
negatively in% the "-[\f=@
i'>_lm, o:.:ne /? way or another. Still this is ea:sily #\(among the )
[\most noteworthy i ?=n 
th) e g:enre, \not as- bloody &(%:a s th:e A+rgento fi>:lms,
f>or ex
ample, -#`;"but e<;-qually^%': suspenseful a-%.nd v;"[is!&:.ually a'lso interestin"!g.