The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
一点都不恐怖，趣味性很强倒是真的，美术设计也不错，最喜欢的部分是男主讲故事然后女巫各种挑剔，太有意思了，男主被迫赶稿像极了写文填坑的我
一般吧，演技还行，剧本不行呀，很容易猜到剧情。
制作算得上精良，情节也紧凑，主题依然是，世界上最危险的怪物总是人。
我太热爱这种儿童向邪典了，看冒险小虎队长大的影响。
作祟的肯定是人，而且是出场就温和热心的人，老套路。旗袍挺好看。看到她的手臂，不禁想到了灵儿。
额～～其实也不是很恐怖，剧情看到一半就能想到结局了，国产恐怖片也就这样吧，主线就是个基因突变和寻亲记
她的鞋每双都很厚底😂颜真的很🉑
我是来看美女贴贴，不是想看两人雌竞…而且kate也太bitch了点，从早期藏缎带到后来污名化m的伤口，我真想叫翠果跨洋过去打烂她的嘴。
一星给两个主演美丽的脸（）看完全片真的会觉得几分钟的cp剪辑赢了
媲美《无辜者》故事写得太好了 很有新意 女巫也很美
倒是比我想象中有趣一些...神经病女巫还蛮有意思的
最后居然看哭了 这个是上海女子图鉴的主角
kids推🧙🏻♀️进锅炉我真的是xsl哈哈哈
昨天无意间看到此片，挺好看比以前那些怪兽的好看多了，最后还是挺感动的
Nightbooks.2021.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.HDR.HEVC-CM 绝命毒师里的她还变年轻漂亮了
能看⋯開場 就啪啪⋯法式浪漫不懂⋯二小時看過熱鬧⋯
还可以，小男孩挺可爱，但总感觉像谁。故事一般，舞美不错
儿童恐怖片？就是吓唬熊孩子的电影？还是一惊一乍的靠音效膈应大人的小孩子演的电影？反正不好看！
所有场景 颜色 道具 背音 都很好
儿童可以看。成人的话，这仨人演技很烂。儿童不像儿童，成人不像成人，老人不像老人。台词水平也有我国风采！
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