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.
依然只是一部小制作片子，凯奇什么时候能接一部正常的大片啊，这么好的演技可惜了
看的preview screening。果然有各种展示演技的地方，character-driven adult comedy。大迷弟萌萌哒。回家想吃K家麦片。《两个戏精》，《Paddington 2 is incredible》！
笑死我了！哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈！
是对自己的致敬，也是向外界的表达。还完债，尼古拉斯·凯奇又重回巅峰。
Is that supposed to be me? It's... grotesque. I'll give you $20,000 for it.
No.2527 还挺好看的，但是结尾有点突兀，真真假假的有些混淆。
非常平庸的剧本和拍摄，但是谁又能拒绝戏中戏的尼古拉斯凯奇呢？作为拿过奥斯卡又火遍全球同时又烂片缠身，这样大起大落的经历真的太适合这样的题材了。可惜了这次的契机。希望凯奇大叔还债结束还能重回巅峰！
“史上最好的三部电影：《变脸》《卡尔加里博士的小屋》《帕丁顿熊2》。”哈哈哈哈哈。小尼出场的时候总让我想到《坏中尉》里凯奇的灵魂街舞。 看的时候意识到自己看过那么多凯奇的片子，有些恍惚。
又名我对好莱坞又爱又恨，一方面要做角色驱动，给成人看的电影布拉布拉，结果完了发现还是标准的好莱坞式电影，这才是本片最大的笑点。。。
三星半，多半星给凯奇本人。作为连续多年啃他烂片（以各种奇怪的独立电影为重灾区）的我这个观众而言能再一次看到他主役这种院线喜剧甚是欣慰。成片并没有预期无聊，但只是感觉又多看了一部《憨豆特工》而已，抛去电影里凯奇自我调侃的成分来看它带给我的惊喜甚至还没有《威利游乐园》多。
前面真的看不下去……海报也太“妈的疯狂宇宙”了吧！
加一颗星纯属是因为...这可是尼古拉斯·凯奇啊喂！
I Fucking Love You！
电影三星 多加一星给凯奇！90年代明星里的佼佼者，不管他拍了多少烂片！可他不是烂演员～
电影三星 多加一星给凯奇！90年代明星里的佼佼者，不管他拍了多少烂片！可他不是烂演员～
算是把自己的绝大多数作品都吐槽了一遍了。但是还是更喜欢哈维啊~哈哈哈哈
自己出演自己，和年轻的自己对话，自我审视和嘲讽，叔的艰辛回春路
十分过誉，说到底只是一部有主角参与的影迷的迷影作品，戏里戏外都沾染了太多的凯奇光环，算是电影营销的又一次胜利吧。
加泰。西班牙的海滩也是很迷人的。
影片最大的反转就是这个戏中戏了吧，所以当已经猜出这个时候观感就下降了很多。但这个情怀我还是买帐的，而且影片足够有意思。
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