History YMMV / Frenzy1972

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! The Video Game
* SpiritualSuccessor: It's pretty ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation insteaad of arcades, being an action game set in the 1930s where you're an AcePilot in a biplane kicking ass and taking down a dictator's private army by yourselves. Both games have similarities in visual elements and a number of identical bosses as well, including a robotic BadSanta mech and a giant FrankensteinsMonster.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's pretty much a 1990s updated version of ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'', being an action game set in the 1930s where you're an AcePilot in a biplane kicking ass and taking down a dictator's private army by yourselves. Both games have similarities in visual elements and a number of identical bosses as well, including a robotic BadSanta mech and a giant FrankensteinsMonster.

* JerkassWoobie: Richard Blaney, he's definitely TheMeanBrit, but is WronglyAccused of being the Necktie Killer and lost the two women in his life who understood him, Brenda and Babs, to the real killer - his own friend Rusk.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/AnnaMassey, as the murdered Babs Milligan, had performed in Creator/MichaelPowell's 1960 film ''Film/PeepingTom'', which was also about a London serial killer and is regarded as precursor to Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. But Massey's character in ''Peeping Tom'' was not killed. Powell had started out by working for Hitchcock on his early British films.

* RewatchBonus:
** The scene where Blaney visits Rusk at the fruit market after losing his job at the pub. On first viewing, it's just some exposition about Blaney and his life. On rewatch, when you pay close attention to Rusk, he seems to be dropping hints about his intentions. He's the one who suggests to Blaney that he should see his ex-wife, and he also says something about how beautiful Babs is. Rusk may have been planning his next murders and the framing of Blaney for a while.
** Since we don't really learn Rusk's last name until later in the film, on first viewing we don't catch the significance of Brenda calling him Mr. Robinson when he shows up at her office.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/AnnaMassey had starred in Creator/MichaelPowell's film ''Film/PeepingTom'', also about a serial killer in London. Her character survived in that film, while the one in ''Frenzy'' is killed. Also, Powell had started out working for Hitchcock in his early British films, and ''Peeping Tom'' came to be regarded as precursor to ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.

** Since we don't really learn Rusk's last name until later in the film, on first viewing we don't catch the significance of Brenda calling him Mr. Robinson when he shows up at her office.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/AnnaMassey had starred in Creator/MichaelPowell's film ''Film/PeepingTom'', also about a serial killer in London. Her character survived in that film, while she's murdered in ''Frenzy''. Powell had started out working for Hitchcock in his early British films, and ''Peeping Tom'' came to be regarded as precursor to ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people aren't even aware it's based on a novel. Even though he was a prolific writer of crime fiction and true crime, Arthur La Bern is largely forgotten except for having his book ''Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square'' turned into this film.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people aren't even aware it's based on a novel. Even though he was a prolific writer of crime fiction and true crime books, Arthur La Bern is largely forgotten except for having ''Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square'' adapted into this film.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people aren't even aware it's based on a novel. Even though he was a prolific writer of crime fiction and true crime books, Arthur La Bern is largely forgotten except for having written the original book.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people aren't even aware this film is based on a novel.

* {{Narm}}: The tongue sticking out. Apparently meant to accentuate the horror of the scene, but it just looks comical.

** The scene where Blaney visits Rusk at the fruit market after losing his job at the pub. On first viewing, it's just some exposition about Blaney and his life. On rewatch, when you pay close attention to Rusk, he seems to be dropping hints about his intentions. He's the one who suggests Blaney goes to see his ex-wife, and he also says something about how beautiful Babs is. Rusk may have been planning his next murders and the framing of Blaney for a while.

* PoorMansSubstitute: Barry Foster is very reminiscent of Creator/MichaelCaine, who turned down the role of Rusk when Creator/AlfredHitchcock offered it to him.

* GeniusBonus: Not only does does someone comment "We haven't had a good, juicy series of sex murders since Christie", the basic storyline is almost identical to the [[Film/TenRillingtonPlace John Christie]] case: a FauxAffablyEvil SerialKiller successfully frames an acquaintance, but the police belatedly start investigating him.

* {{Narm}}: The tongue sticking out. Apparently meant to accentuate the horror of the scene, but it just looks comical.

* CompleteMonster: [[SerialKiller Bob Rusk]] is one of the most deranged villains in an Creator/AlfredHitchcock film. Known as the "Necktie Murderer," Rusk is implied to rape his victims, before graphically strangling them to death with his tie. Rusk displays his violent compulsions multiple times, but even frames one of the only supposed friends he has for the murders with a dead woman's item, perfectly willing to let innocents take the fall for him.

* JerkassWoobie: Richard Blaney, he's definitely a MeanBrit, but is WronglyAccused of being the Necktie Killer and lost the two women in his life who understood him, Brenda and Babs, to the real killer - his own friend Rusk.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Most viewers aren't even aware this film is based on a novel.

* CompleteMonster: [[SerialKiller Bob Rusk]] is one of the most deranged villains in an Creator/AlfredHitchcock film. Known as the "Necktie Murderer," Rusk is implied to rape his victims, before graphically strangling them to death with his tie. Rusk displays his violent compulsions multiple times, but even frames one of the only supposed friends he has for the murders with a dead woman's item, perfectly willing to let innocents take the fall for him.

* CompleteMonster: Bob Rusk. Known as the 'Necktie Murderer', Rusk is implied to rape his victims, before graphically strangling them to death with his tie. Rusk displays his violent compulsions multiple times, but even frames one of the only supposed friends he has for the murders with a dead woman's item, perfectly willing to let innocents take the fall for him.