Frenzy is
one of the few British movies Alfred Hitchcock made after moving to America. It
is a well thought through movie, with enough riddles to keep you engaged. The
movie is well done, and the way things played out, I didn’t suspect they’d go
that way from the beginning.
If anyone else did, then they’re better at riddles than I am, because the movie
starts with a murder and an introduction to what we’re about to be involved
with: a serial killer who’s a sadistic sexual predator. It then shifts focus to
people who have nothing to do with the murder at hand.
The movie takes
us into the life of a man, Dick Blaney, whose luck seems to have run out as
everything is going wrong for him. He’s at the losing end of everything. The
movie further introduces more people, like the detective trying to solve the
case and his very intelligent wife, who seems to be taking some kind of cooking
class.
The movie adds
even more characters to this twisting plot: Blaney’s wife, his girlfriend, and
his very annoying boss.
Now, here’s the
masterpiece of Hitchcock. There’s a side character we see once or twice at the
beginning of the movie. He doesn’t have much screen time early on, unlike the
others mentioned above. Then, all of a sudden, he shows up in an unexpected
place, and here we have the murderer. The focus of the movie shifts from
everyone else to him.
Here we have a
murderer on the loose and a man wrongfully accused of the crime, going to jail
for it. We also have an inspector who isn’t convinced he has the right man and
continues to investigate.
I have to be
honest—I was blown away by the masterful way Hitchcock directed this movie. The
way the focus switches, making you wonder how everything will tie together, is
brilliant. The moment Blaney walks out of his wife’s office after knocking and
getting no answer, all the pieces start to fall into place.
You have to see
this movie for Hitchcock’s masterful directing. I think this is one movie
anyone who wants to make a thriller should watch before they take a seat in the
director’s chair.
If you like thrillers and good suspense, Frenzy is for you. It is worth noting it is not one of the best Hitchcock movies to see, but it is still worth seeing.
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