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.
主演：玛格丽特·库里,奥布瑞·普拉扎,查理·戴,克里斯·埃文斯,比利·艾希纳,塔莉娅·莱德,蕾拉·阿波娃,雅克尼尔,加比·比恩斯,克里斯汀·康奈利,格洛里亚·桑多瓦尔,莉娜·霍尔,唐·斯瓦泽,Josh Pafchek,卡莱·布朗,格雷格·宾克利,克里斯坦·安迪多米,吉娜·麦克罗伊,肖恩·菲利普·格拉斯哥,Sean Dillingham,Silvia Bond
主演：连姆·尼森,帕米拉·安德森,保罗·沃尔特·豪泽,希·庞德,丹尼·赫斯顿,凯文·杜兰,科迪·罗兹,莱莎·寇希,大卫·伦格尔,巴斯塔·莱姆斯,迈克尔·比斯利,维布尔·弗利茨杰拉德,Princess Elmore,杰森·麦克唐纳,塞尔吉奥·杜克,扎卡里·瓦斯克斯,里昂·贝克维思,乔伊·希尔,卡尔·吉丽亚德,克里斯托弗·科克,Chase Steven Anderson
