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.
去掉前因後果，直接把嚇人點子拍出來倒也省事。衣櫃和人體模特不錯。
特别喜欢前半段的状态，松弛有度而且有令人思想回味的空间；后面的剧情内容却渐渐丢失了质感，空洞苍白而且草率地结束了整部电影。三星。
可以消磨时间看看，咋会有这种超级大拼盘恐怖片
有些刻意的诡异和老套的剧情，唯一的好处就是短篇形式了，让人可以没有负罪感地开倍速。期待很高，但是看完之后只想说两个字，就这?
咱就是说恐怖片还真不需要字幕就能看
[视]R血，十个故事，有怪兽、古装、中文元素。四个女团成员，颜值有保障。故事顺序是豆网主页简介的倒序，今天两次简介问题
就一个牙科那个能看。2022-5-22 17:13:19
短片合集也还不错，就前几个故事还可以该惊悚的都有惊悚，《隧道》《红衣服》《二手家具》这几个故事恐怖氛围不错的！颜值也很在线！
跟最近几年的《世界奇妙物语》一个水平，比不过之前的
哈哈哈哈 全都嗝屁啦 消遣时间还是可以的
短平快，细节是不能深究的了，分段式爱好者还挺能接受这节奏，虽然是可以做得精细一点。
一种流离平凡无力的生活影像。城镇变迁中没有选择的能力。
我觉得这勉勉强强算及格。十个故事全都有头无尾，高潮还没开始就结束了。倒是里面俊男靓女算是养眼可那演技除了吱哇乱叫也没啥了。这电影真丢韩国恐怖片的脸
大部分只是交待一个粗糙的情境而已，效果还是一惊一乍式的，没有情感，没有意义。因为是短片集，竟然也就看完了
都市传说集锦 ，也就还好，质低量大，一部看足。
年轻导演处女作，就当了解一下柬埔寨的生活和文化了
齿虫这个故事还行，扩展一下可以拍一部丧尸片。人类高质量男性之人体模特故事也还行，密室逃脱也是不错的，除此其他故事太弱了
三星给电影，一星给青年导演。土地迟钝，机器轰鸣，人们的脚趾和生活狡黠地溃败，新的时代在电钻尖端闪烁。
#首尔怪谈
10个小故事串起来的恐怖故事合集，1隧道 2红衣服 3齿虫 4招魂记 5邻居 6古董衣橱 7冥婚 8镜子中的女人 9人体模特 10密室逃脱，我对齿虫蛮感兴趣的
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