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Frenzy (1972) Rank 4 Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Alfred Hitchcock's FRENZY is a return to old forms by the master of suspense, whose newer forms have pleased movie critics but not his public. This is the kind of thriller Hitchcock was making in the 1940s, filled with macabre details, incongruous humor, ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
New York Times (Vincent Canby)
You can never be quite sure when you're going to start a terrifying new descent or take a sudden turn to the left or right. The agony is exquisite. ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
With some great suspenseful sequences, including one involving Foster, a potato truck and a corpse, and some great uses of the camera for terror, Hitch made a remarkable return to making great thrillers. Besides the two great lead performances by Finch ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
Boxoffice Magazine
While there is no disputing that some of the films are better than others, Universal has gone to great lengths to insure that each films is treated fairly and equally with the others, adding more than six hours of additional documentary material ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Frenzy was Alfred Hitchcock’s second-to-last film – he was 73 at the time he made it. It was the first film that Hitchcock had made in his native England in twenty years. It was a return to the psycho-thriller territory of Psycho (1960) and proof ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
DVD Net (Amy Flower)
A dating agency customer who requires "certain peculiarities" in his partners that cannot be accommodated turns nasty, and when Blaney's ex-wife is found dead (complete with necktie) suspicions turn to the former pilot. Can he prove his innocence, or ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at DVD Net (Amy Flower)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
One of the great latter-day Hitchcocks. ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film, Frenzy, marked his first return to England after more than 20 years of filmmaking in Hollywood. In many ways, Frenzy was a return to Hitchcock's roots, not only his national roots, but the cinematic roots that had ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Films on Disc (Stuart J. Kobak)
While many were poised to beat the death roll on the critical drums after the triple whammy of Marnie, Torn Curtain and Topaz, Frenzy in many ways was a return to form for Alfred Hitchcock. It's even a return to England for Hitchcock, emphasized with ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at Films on Disc (Stuart J. Kobak)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
After making several so-so pictures in the mid to late sixties, director Alfred Hitchcock was back in vintage form with 1972´s "Frenzy," his second-to-last movie. ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
eFilmCritic.com (Paul Bryant)
There is nothing creepier than the words of a serial rapist delicately explaining how good you look to him. Let Alfred Hitchcock be the director of the actor who says those words, and shivers run through you as though he were speaking to you personally. ...read the complete Frenzy movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Paul Bryant)
User Reviews
by M. Lemire "the mo... on February 02, 2009
one of hitchcocks, greatest movies, well done, acting was well done, if you like alfred hitchcock add this movie to your ...
by Robert Buchanan "... on January 22, 2009
I've read a few complaints about the first DVD edition of "Frenzy," most of which were gripes regarding the disc's audiovisual quality. Rest assured, fellow viewer, the A/V of this disc is truly first-rate. This last of Hitchcock's greatest features was ...
by JESSICA'S DAD "Pa... on November 01, 2008
Alfred Hitchcock - The Legend Begins (20 Movie Classics)
I saw FRENZY from my Dad's collection. Hitchcock has that rare ability to evoke the most devastating fear with a minimum of on-screen blood and violence. My Dad used to say of Hitchcock films, " ...
by C Wahlman "cdub" on June 18, 2008
Continuing to utilize his infamous themes of mistaken identity and mix ups, Hitchcock puts Richard Blaney in deep trouble in this sexualized thriller.
What if everything you said and did in a matter of a few days made you the prime suspect in a string ...
by gobirds2 on May 18, 2008
From the opening shot and Ron Goodwin's very British score, 1972's FRENZY is a thriller that harkens back to the type of films he was directing in the 40's that combine his unique morbidity with incongruous humor and the element of the wrong man being ...
by Manny M. Agah on April 14, 2008
Frenzy is one of Alfred Hitchcock's finest films, shot on location in London, England. A big plus associated with this great film is Ron Goodwin's musical score. ...
by T.T. on July 09, 2007
oh wow, i don't know what to say about this movie. it is very good, please watch it! with the crap that's coming out now, this is a reminder that movies stopped being classic after the '80's (in my opinion). jon finch is hot and sexy in it! but he is ...
by John Farr "The Be... on July 03, 2007
Hitchcock's last great film--and one of his most gruesomely comic. Thirty years after leaving England, Hitchcock ventured back to make this distinctively British film, creating a virtuoso tale of suspense. Like many preceding Hitchcock heroes, Foster is ...
by Grigory's Girl "G... on February 19, 2007
This is my favorite Hitchock film. As we well know, this was Hitch's return to England after nearly 40 years or so. Most of it was shot on location (lovely to see England in the 1970's), and it has some of the greatest dialogue ever in a Hitchcock film ...
by John D. Page "mov... on May 21, 2006
after the flops marine,topaze,and torn curtin, hitch went back to england and made this modest little thriller that recalles his best work. ...
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