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.
对不起这么好的cast。两代Mr Darcy出演，结果并没有让我100%投入，还是剧情不够引人入胜。 每个人的故事都不容易，全片从1.5小时后开始精彩起来了。当Colin从Jean的感情中自我解脱出来后，这个拥抱来得沉重又不舍。无论婚姻是否在咆哮中隐藏，还是有人能让你牵挂和情绪稳定的。只是在面对国破家亡时，命运未卜，别无选择
好喜欢这种色调类型的电影啊！虽然故事老套，看那个大白牙哈哈哈哈
想象力很丰富，画面也不错，啪啪取暖也是很搞笑
全程拍的没感觉到这事儿有多难，战事有多紧张……
设定烂剧情烂演员烂，随便一部科幻短片都能吊打他，这名导水平也太水了
虽然是情报工作，但毫无谍战的紧张刺激。脸叔改14遍文案和长得略像查尔斯王子的驻西班牙大使的两次奉献是华点
轻松好看的科幻喜剧小品。
没想到天性浪漫的法国人居然可以在科幻和喜剧之间反复横跳，而且还挺好看。人工智能领域很多前沿话题，比如脑机接口、意识转移、机器人的自由意志等等都在片中有所展示。
法国人真的很喜欢拍这种很有意思又没意思的电影。
虽然只是一间房子，特效上也没有大手笔的渲染，却将高质量生活下的苦恼描绘的淋漓尽致
设定烂剧情烂演员烂，随便一部科幻短片都能吊打他，这名导水平也太水了
这果然法国人的脑洞，机器人如果反了干嘛需要人类做宠物，瞎扯
蛮惊喜的。英国范儿我喜欢！脸叔还是帅的，不过那段感情戏不是很有必要，故事本身的悬念和转折已经够充实了。
本该90分钟结束的电影，拖拖拉拉了。谍战片很新颖的题材，可惜演砸了
還是很Jean-Pierre Jeunet！蠢蠢的但是很感動
虽然只是一间房子，特效上也没有大手笔的渲染，却将高质量生活下的苦恼描绘的淋漓尽致
历史上的肉馅计划，如果没有感情的出轨戏会更好，不过这就是人。
虽然是情报工作，但毫无谍战的紧张刺激。脸叔改14遍文案和长得略像查尔斯王子的驻西班牙大使的两次奉献是华点
確實比較一般，Jean和Iris的感情線有點牽強。駐紮西班牙的上校也算‘為國捐軀’了～
/2022.5.31/不知所云。感情戏毫无意义。
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