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.
浪费了这么好的设定，匆匆讲完了一个没讲完的故事……
再没了。
好无聊😑。。。。怪物打女主的时候怎么那么弱？
前面都很好，结局崩盘了，可惜了这出色的惊悚恐怖片了
鹿的形象有点克，剧情挺俗的。影评第一个说什么反抗父权的实属没太大必要。索然无味的烂片不值得讨论起背后的意义
好无聊😑。。。。怪物打女主的时候怎么那么弱？
虎頭蛇尾吧 開頭其實蠻好的 氣氛營造的好 越到後面就覺得可惜了
有些一般了，恐怖氛围也一般，不过怪物造型还不错
(2.5/5)外在的部分包括取景的环境到摄影、再到恶魔的形象设计和影像的质感都很精致，但在情感内核（家庭创伤、亲情）打了一张保守牌的情况下，惊悚和恐怖氛围的设计和营造却也局限地停留在了外部（生理刺激），甚至说眼皮都不带跳一下
美术非常优秀，两个小朋友很会演，但是剧情真的好苍白。阿美利加是没啥恐怖传说了吗怎么又是温迪戈【。】
主角光环，智商下线，怪物实力缩水，恐怖片几大常见槽点都在这片子里提现的明明白白。
导演是真的沉不住气，视角得混乱导致全片的悬疑感尽失，基本上警察和老师的探案线就一点效果都没有，因为每次小男孩的戏份都会前置于这些侦察戏，让观众都知道发生了什么之后，并不是结果导向，而是仍当作谜团抛给观众，并且还有许多其实可以放在更后面的桥段，比如关于父亲刚被寄生的戏份，还要刻意用一段改变画幅的段落来作为回忆，总之就是情节编排和剪辑真的不行。而同时主题又很模糊，怪物的设定其实是有些环保主义和自然主义，对于人类破坏自然的反噬，但是除了这个设定本身，全片小男孩生活和小镇的展现却完全没有跟环保主义沾边，如果你要设定成这是一个靠挖矿而生的小镇都还好说，反倒就一群正常镇民突然被一个毫不沾边的怪物给迫害了，托罗可能只提供了怪物设计吧（有点感慨的就是这片子在疫情前就在电影院看了预告，如今快两年了才终于看到）
还可以的。镜头很漂亮，有几处很有意思的灯光，monster和死人做的都挺好的，构思也不错。问题是节奏不是很好，有点怪。另外，杀小孩的部分看的实在是太难受。
幽灵公主里边那个神和这个是一回事儿？这是要复制一个异形1的女性主义英雄套路。ps ：buck110是把除魔好刀
怪物设计不错，但想讲的东西太多——环境、儿童贫困、忽视虐待…反而都没讲好，又想拍艺术电影又舍不得大众观众结果弄出个像片中Windigo一样的四不像。ps. 秋冬阴冷灰绿的俄勒冈好美，如果不是剧本过于松散我愿意加到四星
屎坑电影，光是看到我们大卫杜楚尼跟tiktok出现在同一个电影里，已经让我心淌血~
[视][19.10.24想看]导演<黑色弥撒><逃出熔炉>，小男孩像<神童>2019，陀螺监制，怪兽部分一直不错，微血。两个破碎的家庭，西方对父辈的执着，有点烂尾。今年还有奈飞剧版<鹿角男孩>
不是没有亮点：在黑暗中轻轻叩门的声音、阴郁早熟的少年还有在理智崩溃边缘但依旧试图保护孩子的父亲。但引入原住民传说却缺少原住民参演作为注解、怪物的战力飘忽以及变身之后恐怖氛围开始直线下降，导演还有颇多要学习的地方。
前面都很好，结局崩盘了，可惜了这出色的惊悚恐怖片了
女校长真胆大,看到门后的情况 了还敢上,赶快报警啊
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