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.
3.5。把這部電影稱為蝻片可以提前列為年度最令我不理解的十大行為之一。加蘭回退到了一個內核極為簡單的驚悚文本，漏洞百出但不失精簡有效地展現出了恐男心理正當產生的一種途徑。
喜欢这个故事…………… 透露着一股绝望又残忍的诗意
牛逼.........一定要看未删减版，连环分娩的场景我因为来不及躲避一下全程直视，可能会造成一段时间不小的心理阴影了......
居然有这么多人在今天凌晨看完整个cult电影。前面很美。
81/100。加兰的镜头一直都好美啊，绿色杂乱的森林，绿草中破旧的房屋，暗红色调的房间，都让我非常喜欢。结尾的那场戏绝对是我今年印象最深的戏份之一。节奏不可避免地因为恐怖场景而有些杂乱，但控制得也挺不错了。用千人一面的男人来讽刺男权，我觉得是很有新意也很有力度的一种讽刺方法。另，加兰的恐怖从没让我失望过。
想探讨女性社会问题很好，但这也描写的太激进了吧。就这么直接以复仇者般挥刀乱砍一气，倒是的确可以让极端的一类女权主义者兴奋起来，但作为电影作品也太直白了点吧。像是极端女权者以最恶毒嚣张的姿态喊了一句：“男人没一个好东西”观影过程就像一场歇斯底里的谩骂，没有起到任何正面的教育意义。用力过猛，矫枉过正，适得其反。希望女性话题的电影不要沦为资本赚钱的工具，而是真正认真严谨的探讨，敏锐的揭露，努力的共同寻找方法，毕竟这是一个严峻且严肃的社会问题。（但该夸的地方还是要夸：视觉效果还是很牛）
女主太丑了，穿得衣服也难看，背景乐诡异难听得要死，故作高深，但是风景是真美，然后光影交错下的雕像面孔是挺诡异吓人的，导演如此丑化男性，搞性别对立，都去搞百合吧，真是居心叵测，很垃圾的一部电影。
前半段很厌男，后30分钟是个啥？？导演真的很喜欢他的“湮灭”风
A24真的很喜欢拍这种神神叨叨的电影。前面画面还挺美的电影，怎么最后会这么辣眼睛。男人都是一个样。控制欲强、暴力、污言秽语、好色、幼稚、傲慢，喜欢暴露和窥探，他们可以变着花样地伤害女性，女性只能通过暴力手段来保护自己。男人是不可靠的，可靠的只有女性自己。最后那段“连环生人”的过程让人惊掉下巴，cult程度可能会载入cult片史册。最可笑的是，男人在那一番折磨自己和摧残对方之后，居然说出想要的“只是爱情”。我觉得这句台词是这部电影里最精华的部分。
非常明白导演想表达什么。身为女性，就是原罪，无论如何，都会被捏碎。但是拍的过于奇特，风景真的特别美，这么美的地方确实毒瘤应该都该消失🫠
符号是直给的，隐喻是表层的，但图像上绝对能载入cult影史（到后半段越看越兴奋。直接联想到阿伦诺夫斯基的《母亲！》一类强符号性的寓言作品，海报之一也让人想到《趣味游戏》，同样不断地对观众实施精神强暴。
论亚历克斯·加兰怎么处理 “男性凝视” ，给了你血淋淋分叉的手掌还不够还要给你套娃式的分娩体验，A24引领邪典先锋当之无愧！
惊悚暗喻！调色美！用最唯美的画面展现最细思极恐的故事，教堂中的女性器官和男性面貌压抑到窒息，不论是南拳社会的宗教，幼稚的巨婴男童，道德制高点给予人们信仰的牧师，伪善的房东还是婚姻控制狂的丈夫…各层次对女性的迫害，而他们可以无限滋生，换来的却是因为爱…这才是女性恐惧的根源啊
我靠 其实本来都觉得无聊了，但后来开始套娃实在精彩。比钛那段还来劲。
男性导演拍恐男片总给人一种略显刻意的违和感
当下经历的恐怖与过去的心理阴影并行。原本是不错的点子，男人的共同面孔和不同暴力形式，还有身体恐怖的生育戏都设计的不错，但摇摆在堆叠隐喻甚至明喻和做一部类型化的偏僻恐怖片之间，剧本完全是崩坏与稀烂，走女主内心线路使得Men之间的联系交代不充分。而影像方面很好看也有代入感，拍出了美丽到诡异的英伦农家庄园。
男人看了惭愧自省，女人看了惊恐悲凉，已经高于一般恐怖片而到了用表现主义展现男性社会对女性无形压迫的范畴
心理惊悚恐男cult片，整体氛围营造得很不错，对男权社会下的一次隐喻，男人的恐怖复杂且多样萦绕在女主身边，而且他们永远不停孕育重生，结尾和有些部分看得有点生理不适。
年度惊悚片，男权世界里，男人是其他男人们的帮凶、影子、分身、镜像，电影里尖锐的侵入感塑造的极好，不靠一惊一乍吓人的欧美恐怖片并不多见，女主和男主好演技，男主一人分饰多角不带重样的
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