In a battle a dying prince asks a warrior to relay news of his death to his father, the king. Now the Warrior must make his way to fulfill his promise.
在一个演员家庭中,大姐汉娜(米亚·法罗 Mia Farrow 饰)的丈夫——经济人埃利奥特(迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰)正为小姨子莉(芭芭拉·赫希 Barbara Hershey 饰)神魂颠倒。二姐霍莉(黛安娜·维斯特 Dianne Wiest 饰)戒 掉了毒品,如今为经济拮据苦恼正考虑赚钱的生意,而汉娜的前夫——电视台编导米基(伍迪·艾伦 Woody Allen 饰)终日幻觉自己得了脑肿瘤,四处求医痛苦不堪。小妹莉与孤僻的画家情人弗雷德里克(马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰)相处,是后者唯一的倾诉对象。埃利奥特难耐情欲,终于与莉发生了关系,霍莉在一连串打击后意外的获得了事业和爱情的拯救……围绕在这个演员家庭周围的所有人,经历着情感和事业的重新洗牌。
又是一年圣诞节,伴随着欢快温暖的圣诞歌曲,人们疯狂涌入超市抢购圣诞节猎物,为此不惜大打出手,仪态尽失。经过一轮混战,汤姆(亚当·斯科特 Adam Scott 饰)和莎拉(托妮·科莱特 Toni Collette 饰)这对夫妇扛着大包小包,历经艰苦,总算带着麻烦不断的一双儿女贝丝(Stefania LaVie Owen 饰)和麦克斯(恩杰伊·安东尼 Emjay Anthony 饰)回到家中。晚餐时间,性格各异的亲戚们准时到来,让这个家里热闹的同时也给主人们带来不小的烦恼。小麦克斯刚刚和人打过一架,因为别的孩子说圣诞老人子虚乌有,饭桌上亲戚家的孩子挑衅的说法更令他怒火中烧。当晚,诡异的冰血暴袭来,神秘的怪物突降人间,仿佛要给不相信圣诞老人存在的愚蠢人类以严厉的惩罚…… 本片根据德国民间传说改编。
A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, and then watches as the brother becomes the prime suspect.
In Swedish film collective Crazy Pictures feature "Den blomstertid nu kommer" Sweden faces a mysterious attack while Alex tries to reunite with his youth love, Anna.
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 andor 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.