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　　中年演员朱白岸来到与妻子初识的小岛，想寻求与妻子美好的回忆。一来到岛上就遇到渔民们信仰的佛头被偷窃事件，岛上人心惶惶，在追查佛头失窃的事情。朱白岸在这座岛上分别邂逅了三个女人，每一个都与他有着千丝万缕的关系，但最后他都用奇特的手法将她们杀死，随后自杀。
　　而朱白岸来到这座海岛的原因，或者说，他和妻子的经历给予他关于人生的觉悟，也慢慢浮出水面。在他自杀几周后，村民在海里打捞起朱白岸和丢失的佛头......诗句“谁家玉笛暗飞声，散入春风满洛城”贯穿全片，在诗人的想象中，笛声飞遍洛阳，传遍传承，这在片中似乎也在暗示着什么。原来，这关于爱的相逢和杀戮，不过是朱白岸的一场大梦。身外身，梦中梦正是本片的基调，现实与梦境到底哪个更真实是本片探讨的问题根源。

　　莎拉•邓克利夫是一个有严重自杀倾向的孕妇。她即将生产但产前反应严重；年纪轻轻却嫁给了一个她不爱的男人；还有童年时悲惨的回忆，以及危险善妒的前男友都在不断纠缠着她，让她的生活痛苦不堪。就在这时，街对面搬来了一个奇怪的老头，引起了莎拉的好奇心，在她如一潭死水般的生活中激起了一点涟漪。随着和这位新邻居的相识相知，莎拉发现他绝非一个普通人，而是有着惊人的经历和秘密。一晚，前男友又来纠缠，丧心病狂的“捅死”了新邻居并威胁要杀死莎拉和孩子。曾经不止一次想投入死神怀抱的莎拉，此时不得不鼓起勇气拼命求生。

紧接《足球流氓》高潮剧情，西汉姆联的几名成员跟米尔沃尔的众多成员被监禁。他们很快发现了监狱生活的残酷，监狱里狂热的球迷会受到惩罚或奖励，比如挨打，额外多一次洗澡或访问的机会，这激发了一些极端的行为。由于监狱过度拥挤被波要释放一部分幸运的人，命运使西汉姆联跟米尔沃尔一争高下，这次的赌注显然是最高的，因为自由是他们的的更需要追求的目标。

　　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.

　　In the Mohave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger sister Myra. In a 24-hour period, Olga must deal with Myra's desire to go to a town dance with a cad, the appearance by happenstance of George, an old boyfriend whose conduct is never above suspicion, and the overnight presence of two women recently divorced in Reno, who, with a chauffeur, are carrying valuable jewels. George gets wind of the jewels and plays with Olga's heartstrings to set up a robbery. Myra arranges to sneak off with her beau. It's hot, and the heat lightening is crackling on the horizon. Is Olga's life of peace and hard work in the desert about to change for the worse?