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.
敢于如此尝试的导演，要不是哗众取宠的投机者，就是很有本事的手艺人。温导在我看来显然属于后者，也难怪被大制片厂抢着合作。
握草，又是老温常用的最后揭密发大招。希望家暴施暴者看完会脖子发凉。要是没有《白发魔女》里大boss印象太深少了点惊喜，会再加一星。
将所有悬念系于一点就像整段相声只有一个包袱，如果不响会适得其反，本片一体两面的高概念其实很前期就已经曝光，剩下的无非是生理上的实现形式，温子仁纵使下了很多功夫去设计逆行的动作逻辑，但只要核心悬念一破，作为悬疑剩下的就只有垃圾时间了，这一点着实很像信条，甚至连逆行设计的瑕疵都像，尽管牢房警局两场虐杀可称今年的名场面，但整个剧本的薄弱显而易见，一些逻辑上的不合理也比较掉价，温子仁还是温子仁，但灵气已经变成了匠气
看的是爱奇艺删减版。梅小时候是小天才演得，她演戏好模式化。
《白发魔女传 狼女1993》魔教姬无双（吴镇宇 饰）和自己亲生姐姐连体共生，这个温子仁改的很艺术，基本上没有痕迹。连体照片都是背对背，我上传的被删除了，这个连体是脑子都连上了...
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但是怪物的造型很有感觉
前半部分真是一点亮点也没有，让人昏昏欲睡。故事不新鲜，节奏太拖沓，最后半小时杀戮场面尚可。
更多是悬疑片而不是恐怖片，一想到温子仁都这么成名了居然还只能拍这种低成本的B级片就心酸啊……因为够cult所以额外多加一颗星。
温应该专门盖一个房子，以后拍片更加节省成本了
21_161。从“某”开始攻击监狱和警察局时那画面就变得好笑起来，看着他那身板飞来飞去对不起画面实在是变得滑稽起来。前半还是好看的，悬念做得好，效果也够刺激
还是温子仁猛，这么老派的拍法竟然不显乏力，鬼屋+狂杀片爱好者将会得到双倍快乐。
前半段氛围还不错，出人意料，但后半部分就沦为动作片了，温子仁是拍海王上瘾了
是那种新瓶装旧酒式的恐怖片，希区柯克的悬疑、德帕尔玛的冷冽、阿基多的浓艳被移植到如今好莱坞的新语境中，再加上技巧性的360度旋转与俯视镜头，运动被赋予了全知视角，感官的释放完全是无引领的迷宫式冲撞。但剧本么……
我居然在一开场就猜到谜底是啥了……果然多年来恐怖片惊悚片不是白看的。不过最后谜底揭晓时那段虐杀太爽了，场面拍的相当棒。
本片展示了强奸不给堕胎的危险后果，呼吁世界尽快保证女性堕胎自由。背后有人，反手反脚设定好新奇，打斗起来也有视觉奇观，导演棒棒哒！
女犯监狱里那一段看笑了，莫不是请了一群舞蹈演员群演
特别是倒着走路
（众所周知，能在中国上映的“恐怖片”，都不叫恐怖片）
这个，似乎从科学的角度解释了下加百列的存在，但它又很不科学地能控制电流……
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