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Frenzy (1972) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Frenzy (1972) a score of 3.1371 out of 4

based on (35) 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 Hitchcockâ��s second-to-last film â�� 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 1972Â´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)

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