Frenzy is one of Hitchcock's final films, and a collector's item for this very reason. But it is a rather unsatisfying suspense thriller coming from the man who brought us Psycho, the Birds and others. But we cannot blame Hitchcock, whose desire for his features to become more 'dangerous' would force him to leave the glamour of Hollywood to make Frenzy on a low budget in Britain. He originally scripted a film called 'Kaliedoscope Frenzy' to be shot in America, but the studios refused to finance undeniably due to the film's preposed high nudity and violence quota. To be quite honest, the high (not especially by today's standards) levels of violence and sex (rape) don't really add to the film, and such areas had been explored far more subtly and more powerfully in Psycho. The acting varies from satisfactory to inept, and Hitch's cameo is far too easy to spot. ok, perhaps that last bit was nit-picking slightly. Anyone looking for a stylish, violent thriller should check out Dario Argento's 'Deep Red', a film that Hitchcock is known to have admired.
