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.
虽然故事一直很平很平很平很平，但还是被黑灯瞎火的那句台词戳到了……可能这就是是枝裕和的魔力吧……
影片拍得平实无过错，却也平庸了些。7.0分。
凯奇这几年最好的电影，没有之一，还完债了吧。就是剧情结尾走向太仓促了，一个演员怎么都做不到特工身手的，这又不是逃学威龙……
是枝裕和牺牲自己的名誉，帮人贩子和遗弃者完成了救赎。
关灯那部分有打动我，但是作为全片关键台词我又觉得逻辑不对。
emmm........老掉牙但还是讨厌不起来Cage（女儿美貌
想知道如果凱奇看完劇本以後不同意出演，導演會怎麼辦
越来越觉得电影游戏化和“元”特质成了商业片制作的趋势，可是剥去这层形式，故事还是很老套，夹杂着各种影视梗也像是在自恋…
还是编剧的问题。。。。没什么巧思，平铺直叙且没有啥亮点，卖力的表演也不能挽救啥
片子很烂，意料之中。但我很疑惑的只有一点：为什么尼古拉斯凯奇会喜欢卡里加里博士的小屋？
影评都太有趣了，指摘一个事先昭示的“童话故事”太理想化哈哈哈哈哈。是枝裕和就是在讲一种“明知故问”，让所有人物以“完全不像人的善”做世俗认定反人类的行为，整个叙事的高效和绵里藏针的力量就显现出来了。婴儿转运是所有人从现实生活中逃离的一刻——我们必须真的相信自己所做一切是为善，才有可能继续活下去。“我们都想帮你”“你们丢过孩子吗？杀过人吗？”所有人都在质问，假装自己真的有质问他人的资格，这大概就是是枝裕和想说的吧。这个世界只有孩子能质问自己的父母“我为什么被生下来”，可当他能问出这句话时，就失去了问的时机。三个不同年纪的男性和抛弃孩子的母亲，这个叙事太东亚了，女人终身都无法拒绝做母亲，妈的。
挺好看的 就是没给wild at heart里的cage穿蛇皮衣 细节不够还原
也算是可爱的。结尾女儿问有没有人看过《帕丁顿熊2》，已经看过的凯奇什么也没说，只是陪着再看了一遍。这个片段dejavu了。谁没在爱的人面前撒过几个温柔的谎呢 ★★★☆
自我调侃的尼古拉斯.凯奇有一种别样的魅力，搞笑的地方常常从现实跳进影片里，来回切换更加有趣。其实后半段就觉得这应该是戏中戏，不然中间那些无厘头简直离谱，不过总体来说，终于从低潮走出来的凯奇，值得掌声。
依然是无血缘关系的临时家庭，结局差点意思。
其实是枝裕和本可以选择拍一部：1）血缘家庭；2）类型内部拓展；3）类型外部融合 三条路任选一条，哪怕加一个国外debuff，结果都不会太惨，但最后他选择了非血缘家庭概念拓展并类型融合，而且在海外，四个debuff直接把自己玩儿死了。
希望这部电影能助凯奇，拍一下投资大的电影，至少别浪费演技。
不忍心说不好，但全片又像为了这份“不忍心”而在努力一样，然而该怎么批评“不够残忍”呢？现实都已经这样了
电影本身不怎么样,但是演员自传式演绎自己的生涯况且是凯奇,再加上回忆杀..
其实是枝裕和本可以选择拍一部：1）血缘家庭；2）类型内部拓展；3）类型外部融合 三条路任选一条，哪怕加一个国外debuff，结果都不会太惨，但最后他选择了非血缘家庭概念拓展并类型融合，而且在海外，四个debuff直接把自己玩儿死了。
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