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A quick glimpse at the cast for this film wo uld make any horror fan gidd y wi th glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectation s, but i t's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a c razy $20,000 bet with hi s publis her that he cou ld w rite a great novel in on ly 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won 't be disturbed. Not t rue. O nce he gets there he is interr upted by a multitude of guests incl uding a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Pe ter Cushing and Vince nt Pric e. They are gathe red there in a twisted family reunio n to release their brother from the roo m he';s been imprisoned in for forty years. E ven Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who h as jus t pu rchased the hou se. Soon, t hey realize that the caged brother is loos e and out for revenge. Wh at a great plotl ine and what a drea m cast! This movie should hav e bee n a hell o f a lot better. It' s hard to pinpoi nt the ex act probl ems with the fi lm, but I woul d ventu re t o say that the lack o f lighting was a majo r fault. Sure the h ouse has no electr icity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes af ter scenes a re bar ely visible and the acto rs' fac es are undecipherab le. Only the momen ts in the main dinning hall are well l it. Also, the great actors ar e given very little to do. Cush ing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are some what wasted here. W ell, at least Pr ice gets the best line of t he film: `Pleas e don't interru pt m e while I am soli loquizing.' A nd on the p lus side , the sto ry has enough twists an d tu rns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise. 想到那个神出鬼没的东西，印颜的心又剧烈跳动起来，“本来，昌长老感觉能按住那条大 尾巴，可是，不知怎的，它突然又 厉害起来，然后，那小冥兽， 好像鬼魅 一般，借着地利，连着抹了 西才他们的脖 子，昌长老没办法，才完 全放开了身体
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