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.
儿童冒险类的恐怖电影，一般水平，就连所谓的剧情转折也毫无惊喜可言，而且夜书的故事真的无趣。当然，我很喜欢阿利克斯恐怖片粉丝的人设，那卧室里的海报---阶梯下的恶魔、猛鬼街、群尸玩过界、天师斗僵尸、糖果人、怪形、鬼娃回魂......看着就过瘾
自从上了年纪就好喜欢王真儿。三星普通电影，多给一星是弥补评一星的那个大病。
剧情很老套，主要亮点在于卖腐+影射极右政客，Laurent Laffite这个角色真的太好笑了
虽然但是，那么多电影博主强推，但真的挺一般
劇情錯亂沒有任何銜接感，女二還是個忘恩負義的傢伙，把別人對她的好視為理所當然，甚至還莫名的道德至上，整個混亂到不行，女主也是真的很慘。
就影片故事来讲，比第一部好看，至少比第一部讲故事精彩一点，小孩子变水猴子的设定也比直接安排个怪物要有看头，虽然瑕疵多，当个故事看还好。
个人认为这部剧的亮点在于有深度。它关于人性，关于批评腐朽文化，大结局挺感动的，可怕的不是妖魔鬼怪，而是人心。也不知道在豆瓣评分为什么这么低，我觉得一部好的作品是能和观众有一种对话，无言的对话，直击人心的对话，一种共眠。
原来还尼玛是个续集 两人真就有上一次合作 城郊的另一边2
Of course, it’s another queer-baiting movie🙂！故事叙述急促混乱，节奏把控非常稚嫩。但是画面，布景，和配色真的很美很舒适。最喜欢的场景是The Jungle
还行 有点恐怖童话的感觉。不知道为啥女巫那么好看。
can't even finish the whole thing
故事编的在网大中真的还可以啦，看到最后竟然有被感动到！弟弟还真中国版《水形物语》了😂
类似鸡皮疙瘩系列故事，角色都很天真，作为儿童片算是合格啦。
还蛮喜欢这个阴郁潮湿的感觉～水怪最后看的时候甚至有些可爱～剧情还可以
我为什么要耗费宝贵的两个小时看垃圾……看之前的期待是Billy Elliot 2，结果这是披着芭蕾皮的gossip girl。虽然请了Camargo和Osiel Gouneo客串，但是呈现出的专业性甚至还不如黑天鹅，既不尊重芭蕾本身也不尊重真正舞者的付出。用强劲对手在最后一刻选择放弃来解决主角的困境这个设置真是太烂俗了，明明POB现役的两位首席Louvet和Marchand互相竞争一起进步最后双双获得成功的经历要真实感人的多。女主角演技和舞姿一样僵硬，哥哥自杀的女主角叫Marine这个设定真是恶意满满。
前面看不懂，看到结尾才懂，水猴子是弟弟，作妖的是镇长。
好久没看过恐怖片了，两部放在一起看，还是有点儿意思的～
所为国产恐怖片来说，挺不错的。最后挺让人感动的，给人整哭了。
2022-06-24
案件没什么质量，也没什么看点，但硬生生讲了两个小时，这是我对本片最大的不满。两星。
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