The life of Richard Blaney, a young kind man, whose former wife is murdered by a serial killer, who leaves his victims with a necktie, has been changed completely, as he has been chased by the police.
One of Hitchcock's final movies is also one of his goriest -- his first R-rated feature -- and most dryly funny.
Atlantic City Weekly
April 20, 2007
Middle of the road Hitch but still terrific.
ColeSmithey.com
December 05, 2005
Even in his waning days Hitchcock created a unique brand of suspense.
EmanuelLevy.Com
January 22, 2012
Frenzy marked 3 kinds of return for Hitchcock: return to England after 20 years, return to form after some flops, and return to the kind of commercial film he's most clearly associated with.
This is the kind of thriller Hitchcock was making in the 1940s, filled with macabre details, incongruous humor, and the desperation of a man convicted of a crime he didn't commit.