三百年来，下流一把红色小提琴在数个国家流浪，下流与数人的命运紧紧相牵。仿佛有某种魔咒，让人们为这把琴疯狂着迷。小提琴的制造者，是十七世纪意大利的乐器大师（卡路•施齐Carlo Cecchi 饰 ）。妻儿死去，难抑悲伤的他，把爱人的血涂在小提琴上，从此琴就辗转流落到了奥地利。一个练琴的小男孩为了这把琴痴迷，直至倒落在舞台上。小提琴的流浪从未间断，从盗墓者，到吉普赛人，到为之自杀的作曲家波普，再到文革期间上海的一位音乐老师。这期间，无论拥有者是否明白小提琴真正价值，都逃不出它的魔力。终于，有鉴别专家知道了小提琴的秘密——它的外壳染着三个世纪前一位大师的血和泪。
回复 :某大学实验室，在一次针对爱尔兰中世纪文化的考古过程中，谢拉·惠兰教授（马歇尔·贝尔 Marcelle Baer 饰）和助手们偶然发现一个制作精巧的盒子。他们小心打开盒子，却发现里面竟是一颗丑陋怪异的头颅。更为恐怖的是，头颅发出恐怖的吼叫，致令实验室的器材遭到破坏，现场的人员也受到不同程度的损害。然而一切还未结束，他们仓促鲁莽的举止释放了已沉睡近两百年的恐怖女妖。谢拉和他的助手从此被女妖所跟踪，恐怖的事件接连发生。根据爱尔兰的古老传说，凡是听到女妖喊叫的人，必将不久于人世……
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回复 :太宰治の小説「斜陽」をもとにした本作では太平洋戦争後、没落貴族となった島崎かず子が道ならぬ恋に突き進んでいくさまが描かれる。
回复 :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 and/or 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.
