Frenzy

Pros: Story, Direction, Action, Cinematography
Cons: Frenzy should be better known

Bob's Your Uncle: Frenzy (1972) After his big projects of the 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, his name securely made in movies, returned to his native England in triumph after a 20-year hiatus. According to the notes on the DVD, Hitchcock turned down a ...

Pros: Suspense, atmosphere, great script, and the way it ends with such a ...bang!
Cons: Protagonist has a sometimes nasty attitude. A few improbable happenings.

When a man is accused of a crime he didn't commit, it makes for one of the most awe-inspiring (albeit overused) character situations in a movie. Across every genre, it is a plot device that works wonders -- 12 Angry Men, The Dream Team, The ...

Pros: Hitchcock humor, directing and story, fine tuning
Cons: The hero is a bit of a cad

Frenzy was Hitchcocks's next to the last movie. It never gained a large measure of popularity here in The US for one good reason; the American public did not know any of the "stars"..and stars brought the people to the theater.
The movie was...

Pros: perfect combo of murder, and humor
Cons: too bad the director didn't have a little more time

With Frenzy from 1972 Alfred Hitchcock is pitch-perfect in realizing his own vision and sharing it with the viewer. There’s a serial killer working the streets in London raping and strangling women with a neck tie, the last of which is discovered ...

Pros: Hitchcock's direction, Barry Foster, London setting
Cons: Violence and nudity may not appeal to some

Whenever we think of the body of work produced by Alfred Hitchcock, most of us think of the films he made in the forties, fifties, and early sixties. We tend to think of Hitchcock's work in Hollywood's golden age. It's generally assumed by a lot of...

Pros: Modern, Suspenseful, Black Comedy
Cons: none

Alfred Hitchcock made this film in 1972 and it was playing in Portland, Maine in July of 1973. I know this because my husband and I went to see it the day after our wedding. Not most people's idea of a honeymoon, but it was all we got. We were used to...

Pros: Fine British cast; Hitchcock's macabre humor; droll British dialogue
Cons: The rape/strangulation scene involving Foster and Leigh-Hunt is still quite shocking, even today.

It had been a slow nine years for the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. After his 1963 horror classic THE BIRDS, Hitchcock made three films--1964's MARNIE; 1966's TORN CURTAIN; and 1969's TOPAZ--that were all considered, to put it gently, below the ...

Pros: suspense, direction, creepy thrills, comic relief
Cons: dislikable hero, unlikely ending

The career of British director Alfred Hitchcock stretched from the 1920s through the 1970s. He made many great films during these decades, the last of which was Psycho. Subsequent Hitchcock films were less well received. The Birds (1963)...

Pros: great acting, funny in a few places, suspenseful story
Cons: can't think of one

I wonder if there is any other name in filmdom that gets the same response from an audience as that of Alfred Hitchcock? "The Master of Suspense" we call him, and the title is deserving. I'm not sure there is any other director that has been...

Pros: brilliant cinematography at times; some funny parts
Cons: flat characters; poor cast; disappointing overall

Frenzy is the first Hitchcock film to merit an "R" rating from the censors. After seeing this film in class, it deserved the rating. Granted it was filmed in the 70s and lacks a great deal of Hitchcock suspense (ie- North by...

Pros: Perfectly remastered audiovisuals; excellent subtitles; good featurette sports rare footage of Hitchcock
Cons: None

This review was first posted to Amazon on January 22, 2009: http://www.amazon.com/review/R 14R2S88KPBYXA/ref=cm_cr_rdp_pe rm/I've read a few complaints about the first DVD edition of "Frenzy," most of which were gripes regarding the disc's ...