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.
一开始的时候觉着网络电影的海报仿用了《水形物语》的色调。没太感兴趣，朋友推荐看过以后感觉真不错~90年代老旧电影的胶片风格，剧情人物都皆有可观之处，可惜收尾剧情还是略有些免不了俗~国产K怖片里算是比较难得~
真的有点看不懂…………女主到底是真傻还是装傻，到底是真爱还是代替品………一脸懵………
听说是国产惊悚片佳作，结果看了之后也不过尔尔……
贼可爱的儿童恐怖片，女巫抓小孩儿给自己写恐怖故事听哈哈哈哈设定很有意思，画面也闪闪亮亮五颜六色的很好看。糖果屋整个亮晶晶✨连监狱的栅门都有亮闪闪，图书室非常漂亮。
并没有评论说的这么差，作为吃饭时的下饭剧还是值得一看的。
在B站睇到有些片段几重口暗黑嘅，就睇咗全片……m……女巫（不是原初那只）几靓女。
本来以为是黑色童话版的一千零一夜，结果到头来还是糖果屋杀老巫婆的老酒故事，全新解读了一番后，想法倒是不错挺好玩的，但影片越往后走感觉越无趣，跟前两年凯特大魔王那部嘀嗒屋差不多，低配版的雷迪嘎嘎造型令那位演员根本就撑不起来，没有丝毫魅力风格和个性，且把角色都给毁了，没什么特别吓人的点，也没什么特别出色的点，就那间暗夜荧光花圃还算比较有趣，四眼小男孩是不是鬼庄园一的那个，乍一看浑身上下都是戏但他演的太用力了，现在的童星真不行，一上戏一股模子感，真没我们那个时候的孩子自然有灵气，打发下时间还可以，但要说想拍成一部别具一格的恐怖片或者黑童话那就差得远了，毕竟蒂姆波顿还失过手呢！
作为网络电影，故事尚算完整，恐怖氛围的营造也相当到位，无论是格调还是音效，前一个小时确实有不少场景是令人毛骨悚然的。取景和镜头有其局限性，谜团的设计缺乏深度，也欠周详，比较容易可以推理出走势，甚至结局。从表面上看，电影说的是姐姐到一个偏僻的村庄寻找弟弟，并和三位不同的弟弟产生了三段完全不一样的羁绊的故事，本质则是揭示了因果循环与善恶报应。满手鲜血的“水猴子”更多的是作为一个悲剧角色而存在，虽然身世凄惨，但最后也为救人而付出生命，算是还了旧债。村里迷信和作恶的老一辈人也得到了应有的下场。当然，部分细节还是偏粗糙，例如道具、服饰；人物形象也设计得不够鲜明；不少逻辑不够合理，经不起思考与推敲，硬伤较明显。部分叙事也显得混乱与拖沓，令整体观感打了一定折扣。整体水平在三星，不过不失吧！
前面恐怖氛围很到位，但实际没有什么恐怖情节，结局很感人
刚刚看完#网飞# 出品的电影#夜读惊魂# #Nightbooks# （以下可能涉及剧透……）
民国版劳拉大战中土格鲁姆，加一星以兹鼓励。没整容的女主看起来针不戳。
可恶的女巫竟敢绑架孩童，我上去就是吧唧一口。
戴安娜小姐姐太好看啦。还有个翻版金城武……
两个芭蕾女孩成了闺蜜，还有点蕾丝，然后又开撕，美国女孩戴安娜太恶毒，还好欧洲女孩克里斯汀受伤后没自杀，并在几年后释怀，原谅了她，否则又让人郁闷了。舞跳得好不好看不出，但两个女孩都是大长腿，看上去170-175的样子，看了人物简介，我看的还挺准。克里斯汀的眼睛更纯美，更欧洲，原来是混血。
十月是万圣节的季节，night book刚在Netflix放出来我还以为是给小朋友看的家庭片。结果，我自己在看看被吓得不要不要的
作为网络电影，故事尚算完整，恐怖氛围的营造也相当到位，无论是格调还是音效，前一个小时确实有不少场景是令人毛骨悚然的。取景和镜头有其局限性，谜团的设计缺乏深度，也欠周详，比较容易可以推理出走势，甚至结局。从表面上看，电影说的是姐姐到一个偏僻的村庄寻找弟弟，并和三位不同的弟弟产生了三段完全不一样的羁绊的故事，本质则是揭示了因果循环与善恶报应。满手鲜血的“水猴子”更多的是作为一个悲剧角色而存在，虽然身世凄惨，但最后也为救人而付出生命，算是还了旧债。村里迷信和作恶的老一辈人也得到了应有的下场。当然，部分细节还是偏粗糙，例如道具、服饰；人物形象也设计得不够鲜明；不少逻辑不够合理，经不起思考与推敲，硬伤较明显。部分叙事也显得混乱与拖沓，令整体观感打了一定折扣。整体水平在三星，不过不失吧！
我认为两个女主最后一幕在夜色中见面时，M不应该对她说：弗吉尼亚，人生低谷是福分，重新崛起也是福分。她应该说：Don't you know I loved you?
儿童片，但挺有意思，格林童话无限套娃。前期夜读part非常无聊，感觉是剪辑的锅，又慢热又不紧凑，有些透露线索的部分做的非常难以让人提起兴趣。后面逃出来的时候就有意思了，男女主直接变成糖果屋主角，糖果屋外面还是孩子的骸骨，联想一下林中女巫芭芭雅噶，很难不猜到糖果屋内存在真实女巫。果不其然Ritter只是后继者，真正吃人的妖怪竟然变成了“睡美人”，靠故事输氧~笑死个人，怎么《恶灵玛丽安》的套路这里又出来了，你们恶魔啊女巫啊竟然还追文催更是吗( ﾟOﾟ)本来就是觉得三星吧，但男孩的故事说出来怪伤心的，永远别因为自己跟别人不一样就否认自己，更不要放弃自己的爱好，活在别人的凝视中不值得哈！最后无毛猫延续了《惊奇队长》带来的噬元兽传说，十分给力 ( ꒪Д꒪)ノ
女主挺强的，挺惨的。一如既往延续了国产鬼片的特点，看的不是鬼，是人心。建国以后，不允许成精。😂
第二部比第一部《城郊的第一边》好笑多了，最有趣就是他们在酒吧讲的那个关于鹦鹉的笑话，还有商场卡丁车追逐赛还是场香蕉面包的道具赛，拍得很新颖，另为还有每部双男主必有的睡一张大床房的搞笑情节，开头勾引心理医生那段也蛮刺激的，车顶割头笑死，最后讨厌黑人的白人市长自己也顶着一张大黑脸太讽刺意味了，法国这个系列10年出一部，演技也不减当年，搞笑情节更是有了大大的提高，他们的对视也越发感性了，期待第3部
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