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Frenzy [DVD] [1972]

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  • Actors: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers: Anthony Shaffer, Arthur La Bern
  • Producers: Alfred Hitchcock, William Hill
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Oct 2005
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005N8BM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,187 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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By the time Alfred Hitchcock's second-to-last picture came out in 1972, the censorship restrictions under which he had laboured during his long career had eased up. Now he could give full sway to his lurid fantasies, and that may explain why Frenzy is the director's most violent movie by far--outstripping even Psycho for sheer brutality. Adapted by playwright Anthony Shaffer, the story concerns a series of rape-murders committed by suave fruit-merchant Bob Rusk (Barry Foster), who gets his kicks from throttling women with a necktie. This being a Hitchcock thriller, suspicion naturally falls on the wrong man--ill-tempered publican Richard Blaney (Jon Finch). Enter Inspector Oxford from New Scotland Yard (Alex McCowan), who thrashes out the finer points of the case with his wife (Vivian Merchant), whose tireless enthusiasm for indigestible delicacies like quail with grapes supplies a classic running gag.

Frenzy was the first film Hitchcock had shot entirely in his native Britain since Jamaica Inn (1939), and many contemporary critics used that fact to account for what seemed to them a glorious return to form after a string of Hollywood duds (Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz). Hitchcock specialists are often less wild about it, judging the detective plot mechanical and the oh-so-English tone insufferable. But at least three sequences rank among the most skin-crawling the maestro ever put on celluloid. There is an astonishing moment when the camera backs away from a room in which a murder is occurring, down the stairs, through the front door and then across the street to join the crowd milling indifferently on the pavement. There is also the killer's nerve-wracking attempt to retrieve his tiepin from a corpse stuffed into a sack of potatoes. Finally, there is one act of strangulation so prolonged and gruesome it verges on the pornographic. Was the veteran film-maker a rampant misogynist as feminist observers have frequently charged? Sit through this appalling scene if you dare and decide for yourself. --Peter Matthews



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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars prime Hitchcock, his last great achievement, 4 April 2008
By H. Serkan SILAHSOR (Ankara, TURKEY) - See all my reviews
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Albeit not as glorious as Hitch's classical psychological thrillers like "North by Northwest", "Vertigo", "Psycho", "The Birds", "Dial M For Murder" and "Rear Window"; "Frenzy" has its own charm and beauty and should be regarded as Hitch's last great achievement in the twilight of a brilliant career.

The premise of the film is nothing new: a case of mistaken identity. A man wrongfully accused of serial murders, and he must uncover the truth about the killings and clear his name. In "The 39 Steps", "North by Northwest", "Young and Innocent", "The Wrong Man" and "Saboteur" we saw a similar theme. But, at least one factor makes "Frenzy" so worthwhile: this is Hitchcock's first and only film to be given an 'R' rating by the MPAA during his 51-year career.

In earlier works, Hitch generally preferred to imply violence rather than openly showing it on the screen, leaving enough room for viewer's imagination. But, in "Frenzy" there are flagrant displays of lurid violence, especially the first murder scene, which plays on themes of explicit and prolonged rape, and slow strangulation. Also, the moment in the rear of a potato truck during which the "Necktie Killer" attempts to wrench the evidence off the corpses' hand by breaking her fingers stiffened by rigor mortis. It has good thrilling elements as well as Hitch's patented ghoulish humor. Just like famous shower scene of "Psycho", this is one of the most memorable scenes in Hitch's career.

Yeah, "Frenzy" has unsympathetic characters played by unknown and non-Hollywood-type cast, no beautiful locations, no icy blondes, no romances, no high dramas, no MacGuffins... It is neither atmospheric nor mysterious, yet it has a realistic feeling that works on numerous different levels. Recommended... (3.7/5.0)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of late HITCHCOCK & a key 70s film set in London, 9 April 2005
By Jeff Markham (Walton-on-Thames, UK) - See all my reviews
FRENZY is excellent and shocking in equal measure. Elegantly scripted by playwright Anthony Shaffer and with the usual quota of standout sequences - the camera's slow track out on to a Covent Garden street from the flat of the killer, a blackly comic, desperate attempt to retrieve a vital clue by breaking the fingers of a corpse dumped in a lorry-load of potatoes, and the droll understatement of the detective's mealtime conversations with his wife. Supremely enjoyable late Hitchcock.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly for all Hitchcock fans, 29 Oct 2003
By P. Woods (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frenzy [VHS] [1972] (VHS Tape)
Hitchcock's first film to receive an adult Rating is truly one of his best.The Plot is in a typical Hitchcock fashion, it is about a sex criminal known as the "Necktie Murderer" and like most Hitchcock movies the trail is leading to an Innocent man and he must try to prove his innocence by finding the real murderer who is his so called mate, don't worry I didn't give anything away cause it basically tells you at the start.
It is a truly remarkable film and it will be an absolute Joy ride for Every Hitchcock fan.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent period piece from the old Master
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Published 1 month ago by sap59red

4.0 out of 5 stars These days, ladies abandon their honour far more readily than their clothes...
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4.0 out of 5 stars I love the quaintness of the film
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5.0 out of 5 stars beautifully interpreted misunderstandings
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4.0 out of 5 stars Mr Rusk, you're not wearing your tie...
Remembered by many as Hitchcock's final great movie (although his next, and last, movie Family Plot is, in my opinion, unfairly maligned), Frenzy can certainly be described as a... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Reviews!
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Hitchcock returned to Britain after almost twenty years and made this, one of his last films. Read more
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The three scenes inlcuded in the Amazon description are the highlights of the film, the potato scene an impressive example of Hitchock creating suspense out of the audience's... Read more
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