这绝对是老派恐怖片迷的宝藏!文森特·普莱斯、克里斯托弗·李、彼得·库欣这三大“恐怖皇帝”居然同台飙戏,光是看他们互相飙戏就值回票价了。文森特·普莱斯、克里斯托弗·李与彼得·库欣三位老戏骨的联袂出演堪称绝响,他们褪去过往的阴森面具,以充满自嘲意味的表演演绎过气明星的窘迫,戏中戏的设定更增添了元电影色彩。文森特·普莱斯那副"我早知道有鬼但我偏要装优雅"的派头,配上克里斯托弗·李永远板着的苦大仇深脸,两人一对视我就憋不住笑。比起刻意的惊悚,它更像一场“老戏骨群英会”:彼得·库欣眼神一眯,就能让你猜出他藏了颗假宝石;普莱斯的鼻音吐槽,比任何鬼叫都让人想笑到拍腿。
这片子骨子里是艾灵顿恐怖片公司的做派——破旧古堡、密道藏书、降神会摆拍,连惊吓桥段都像从三十年代抄来的。剧情里的连环骗局套着骗局,导演故意让廉价布景和穿帮镜头暴露在外,反而成就了一种自嘲式的机智。
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.相关搜索:
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