A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
合家欢好片，请恕我脑容量不够，涉及数学的、滚啥来着看不懂🥺
安迪真的会因为这样一个电影而去买巴斯吗？很抱歉如果我是安迪，我真的不会。
理性让我们狭隘 爱让我们自由
很暖心的小电影，电影里的一切似乎都在宿说着温馨，我们无不为着那些朴素的热情和善良所感动
他们的阔绰在于思想，一般人都只是为了自己发达而已。
最近听到dream a little dream of me的频率有点高呀，很可爱的故事不是吗？
心中的喜剧片，好看没得说
阖家欢的老年生活，爱情➕亲情的叙事，这次换偏执的年轻人做反派了哈哈哈。轻松愉快适合放松～
比尔问老白需要叶子吗？老白说：我不知道那是什么东西。
美好、温馨又励志。#彩票中奖后的普通生活#
无法避免地想起老白的毒师帝国刚起步时财源滚滚的感觉…
i love their attitude to their right now.
叙事不太行，很多都没讲清楚，题材是ok的，感觉可以拍的更好
“你有一种大胆与羞涩的美妙融合，我被深深吸引。”
- Ivan, we are going too fast!
好难看的纯美式套路爆米花电影，将一个真实故事改编得TMD的毫无营养、毫无剧情……可惜了题材
让我想起了去世的爷爷，以前家里抽屉里一叠叠彩票，一本本彩票计算书，可惜生活不是电影，允诺的新房子，也只是自以为会中的彩票奖金，成为了美丽的谎言。
To infinity and beyond!!!
工作了一周之后看着会很开心的电影，总是羡慕比我聪明又人好的人
比尔问老白需要叶子吗？老白说：我不知道那是什么东西。
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