Alfred Hitchcock: Téboly

Probably the highest quality film of Hitchcock's late directorial career, which somewhat deviates from his most famous classic films. This thriller about the search for a ruthless killer of women not only has the classic Hitchcockian element of a man unjustly accused of a crime but is also complemented by elements of black humor, has a decent pace, and a quality cast. Overall impression: 80%. (2010.04.24)

Frenzy is a transcription of the novel Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square (1966, Czech translation has not been released) by Arthur La Bern. Hitchcock played with London clichés, quoted Jack the Ripper, Agatha Christie, and offered a thriller about a tie-wearing killer. The various civilian characters referencing this or that, which the viewer knows very well, as well as the famous London fog, are entertaining. There is a clever wife of the investigator, who has a strange hobby of creating crazy bluffs with great foreign names, or a terrible secretary from the local marriage bureau, and finally a pair that arose from that very meeting through an advertisement. Good characters, suspenseful crime, London at your fingertips, no problem. (2023.04.23)

I'm fascinated with the certainty that Hitchcock was able to mix black cynical humor and 100 per cent suspense, and there is no fun to be seen anywhere. And that basically describes Frenzy. No need for actors with big names, no need for a giant budget, no need for even a sympathetic protagonist... I enjoyed it anyway. And I will enjoy returning to the scene of the first murder or the ride on the back of the truck, as much as to those terrible dinners or the trial behind the opening and closing doors. (2020.11.01)