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.
加一星肯定它在我看过的华语恐怖片中的地位，毕竟此前看到的比较优秀的华语伪纪录片形式恐怖片只有《中邪》。相比之下，《咒》引入了更多的民俗元素，并且借鉴了大量外国恐怖片的设定。可是尽管它超越了简单的冒险故事情节（相比《昆池岩》，《致命录像带2》等），但仍未能留下太多的回味空间，大黑佛母只是“恶念之神”，所以它是为恶的，它是一个难以抗衡的诅咒的祸根，这或许简化乃至消解了民俗文化的意义，主角的使命只是与一个强大而不神秘之物（一个为恶的东西）对抗，这使它和很多内涵平庸的恐怖片没有区别了，或许它比这些恐怖片最大的亮点在于，它敢于大胆地诅咒观众。于是它让“晦气”成为了自身最被印象深刻的点，而非恐怖，或者神秘。
除了背景上比较贴合，导演把观众拉进影片中这点这么说呢，有点膈应。还有伪记录，年龄越来越大，晃得我越来越不适。
满心欢喜看一部电影，却好像吃了一只苍蝇，晦气。
福祸相倚，敢情你的剧情全是不幸啊！还有很多地方没有说通，不过也不能强求了。为美术加一分吧，下次不许这么密集了！虫子像蚕宝宝，太无辜了。
以往恐怖片想营造真实感，就到伪纪录片、第一视角、镜头视角为止。柯孟融更进一步，通过视错觉、视觉残影等方式先与观众互动，接着让女主隔屏与观众对话，博取同情召唤“元气弹”直至反转（前期警告、中段对手势的推测等伏笔很多，但观众一定会看下去，剧组吃透了这种“好奇心”）。另外出彩在分几幕叙述并让过去与现在双线并进，过去线交待6年前女主跟随男友如何一步步深入男友老家、不小心接触到大黑佛母并被下咒；现在线讲述女主领养女儿遭逢神降、为救助女儿而采取措施。两线一明一暗用最大的谜团“隧道尽头有什么”挑起观众解谜欲，并将6年前隧道视频作压轴。民俗学作为背景点缀是到位的。不足是每个吓点都较老套，即使最后掀开佛母头巾一幕也无太大冲击。可谓叙述创新大于吓人手法了。
加一星肯定它在我看过的华语恐怖片中的地位，毕竟此前看到的比较优秀的华语伪纪录片形式恐怖片只有《中邪》。相比之下，《咒》引入了更多的民俗元素，并且借鉴了大量外国恐怖片的设定。可是尽管它超越了简单的冒险故事情节（相比《昆池岩》，《致命录像带2》等），但仍未能留下太多的回味空间，大黑佛母只是“恶念之神”，所以它是为恶的，它是一个难以抗衡的诅咒的祸根，这或许简化乃至消解了民俗文化的意义，主角的使命只是与一个强大而不神秘之物（一个为恶的东西）对抗，这使它和很多内涵平庸的恐怖片没有区别了，或许它比这些恐怖片最大的亮点在于，它敢于大胆地诅咒观众。于是它让“晦气”成为了自身最被印象深刻的点，而非恐怖，或者神秘。
祸福相依，生死有名。确实借鉴得有点多，又没有融合好。目测有怪谈，午夜凶铃，哭声，灵媒，女巫布莱尔等等的影子
无神论者不觉得被冒犯 只是一个梗而已 可能因为做了妈反而不觉得恐怖 就是那种管你是天王老子 老娘为了娃跟你拼了
无脑血浆片，虽然让人恶心可比让人害怕要简单
在故事上要学会做减法，这个故事拍摄技术上呈现的复杂，反而影响了观众去直面故事，最后还要融入大片式对于主题的解构，反而散掉，但我很喜欢这部电影的配乐，和影片本身一样不易让人出戏，这在鬼片领域内已做得不错，具备较高的完成度。简介里写着对真实事件的改编，影片内容里丝毫看不出太多，这也是前期宣传太强调而导致我观感上产生疑问。
“福祸相依，生死有命”，大黑佛母应该知道这句话包含的无奈吧，若男破坏了地道里的封印，对大黑佛母是福是祸呢，江湖险恶，大黑佛母这种能力不强没有知名度的外来小角色肯定会被其他鬼神打的灰飞烟灭了。
值得半年的等待，假如不怕，适合一个人看（估计没谁敢）或者两个人一起抱头看。整个故事基本能自圆其说，伪纪录片的镜头把现场感拉足，最后黑佛母揭面，超出了我的想象，有点像欧美恐怖片了《林中小屋》？人啊，千万别上错山进错庙拜错佛！
虽然说还存在着很多恐怖片的通病，主角作死和降知，然而这部电影在结构上给我了很大的惊喜，和观众互动，在观众心里留下种子，诅咒观众，太狠了
就冲反复让你记住的那句咒语和让你想最亲近的三个人，诈骗岛的气质一览无遗。
很一般，恐怖片里的平庸之作，但是烂片太多，这部还算及格。
#归来吧，远行人
一般般，无聊的封建迷信，也没什么恐怖吓人的地方，不合我口味。女主有点 刘若英+ 海清 的感觉。
柯孟融在片子里对观众的诅咒搞得我根本不敢骂了.......只敢浅夸伪纪录片的形式、布满巧思的细节、自圆其说还带浅反转的剧本真远超及格线，主观镜头有限的视角对于恐怖氛围的营建我真深深刻刻体会到了。但咱就是说，这最后一招够恶毒熬！
其实伪纪录片这么拍也没啥问题，但是集体诅咒的想法不该有。。。（以前QQ空间和QQ的梗了。。。）民俗结合伪纪录片胜过西方宗教恐怖片，但依然没有什么新意，还是被杀光。。。恐怖片的本质都是真爱片，期待有一次爱可以战胜那些entity
鬼神的设定能不能讲究一点 请点民俗学家 有藏传佛教和日本佛教的形象参考 用的是道教的符咒 还是在宗祠里 很出戏。。。
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