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Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)
The streets of London's famous Convent Garden are the scenes of grisly rape and murder. The "Sexual Maniac" as identified by the police rapes his victims and then strangles them with his necktie. The press have since identified him as the "necktie ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Classic Film GuideClassic Film Guide
This terrific comeback for the great director is also on my top 10 (Alfred) Hitchcock list. ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Classic Film Guide
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
One of Hitchcock's final movies is also one of his goriest -- his first R-rated feature -- and most dryly funny. ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
The career of British director Alfred Hitchcock stretched from the 1920s through the 1970s. He made many great films during these decades, the last of which was Psycho. Subsequent Hitchcock films were less well received. The Birds (1963) was profitable, ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.07 out of 4 stars for DVD Review e-zineDVD Review e-zine
"He wanted to become more explicitly violent." states screenwriter Anthony Shaffer concerning Alfred Hitchcock’s approach to the making of his 1972 thriller "Frenzy". As "Frenzy" was the first Hitchcock film to earn an "R" rating, the Master of ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at DVD Review e-zine
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
an often gruesome and violent, but nonetheless engrossing, mystery thriller mixed with moments of delicious black comedy ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
Londres est terrorisée par une succession de meurtres dont l'auteur demeure inconnu ; des femmes meurent étranglées par une cravate que l'assassin laisse au cou de ses victimes. ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for not coming to a theater near you (Teddy Blanks)not coming to a theater near you (Teddy Blanks)
Frenzy was Hitchcock’s penultimate picture, and his first in the 1970s, a decade that saw a renaissance in American cinema—but it would curiously harken his return to Britain. He hadn’t made a feature in his native country for over thirty years, ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at not coming to a theater near you (Teddy Blanks)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
As a brutal serial killer stalks the streets of London, the police have few leads and no suspects. This means the bodies continue to surface and with no end in sight, as their hard work seems to lead into dead ends each time. This killer preys on women ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Nicholas Sylvain)DVD Verdict (Nicholas Sylvain)
Returning to London, England, after a twenty year vacation, Alfred Hitchcock created Frenzy, a film that put a new twist on his oeuvre and pushed into new ratings territory. Though languid in its pacing, and not nearly as shocking or frightening as it ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at DVD Verdict (Nicholas Sylvain)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)
Alfred Hitchcock's homecoming would have to be a macabre one, and Frenzy doesn't fail on that score—it's not confetti and floats, but rather corpses washing up on the shores of the Thames that characterizes Hitch's first film made in the U.K. in ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
The helicopter shop that opens Frenzy, lavishly gliding over the River Thames and under London's Tower Bridge to Ron Goodwin's triumphant score, is a splendid visual gag; England lays out the symphonic fanfare to welcome Alfred Hitchcock back home, and ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Slant Magazine
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
What’s up with Alfred Hitchcock and women? It’s well documented that the great director had a misogynistic streak, but this was usually subtle enough that it didn’t significantly harm his movies. Not so with Frenzy. It’s the story of a ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Time Out (--)Time Out (--)
Hitchcock's return to Covent Garden, 'wrong man' plotting, the neuroses of sexual immaturity, and black-humoured slapstick ironies, tied up neatly in Anthony Shaffer's screenplay from the novel by Arthur Le Bern about the panic wrought by the 'necktie ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Time Out (--)
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 2.59 out of 4 stars for www.that-movie-site.com www.that-movie-site.com
Alfred Hitchcock's films were thrilling to audiences and critics alike more often than not, so when he embarked on a three-film drought with Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1966) and Topaz (1969), Hitchcock knew his next release was critical. Luckily, for ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at www.that-movie-site.com
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 2.54 out of 4 stars for culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
By the time Frenzy was released in 1972, Alfred Hitchcock was in something of a slump. While Marnie had its admirers, most found it a slipshod exercise in psychobabble. Topaz and Torn Curtain were both drab, anemic espionage thrillers, sorely lacking ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
Frenzy (1972) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
A woman's naked, strangled body washes up on the shores of the Thames - the Necktie Murderer has struck again. That same morning, argumentative Ex-R.A.F. man Dick Blaney (Jon Finch) loses his job as a barman and has to go to his ex-wife (Barbara ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
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Frenzy (1972) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Frenzy (1972) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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