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　　本片为西班牙及阿根廷2014年上映新片。防卫森严而又宁静的街区里 惊现佩德罗 ·莎泽瑞塔的尸体。这件事很快便被传开了。死者是一名被怀疑杀害了自己妻子的商人。为了掩盖莎泽瑞塔的死亡事件，当地一家著名的报社找到了一位从前专写黑暗灵异小说的作家贝蒂布来破案。究竟杀害莎泽瑞塔的到底是谁？他的死与他的妻子有关么？2010年戈雅奖 最佳新进演员得主Alberto Ammann主演，奥斯卡最佳外语片《他们眼中的秘密》制作人共同制作。

　　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 andor 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.