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.
熟悉的音乐，熟悉的配方，熟悉的法语梗，再拍点！多少也不嫌多ꉂ ೭(˵¯̴͒ꇴ¯̴͒˵)౨”
91高龄的东木，年纪在那了，表演的状态很勉强，说说台词就够完成任务的样子。
3.5 不知道是否是因为此乃沪上近期硕果仅存的非院线，觉得观感高于6.5分，一老美、一老墨、一公鸡的公路片，即使结局谁都能预料到，即使谈不上很强的情节性，可是这路上的萧条美墨边境小镇竟有几分超脱世俗的遁世的魅力，生活简单居民淳朴食物也不错，也许在圣母的庇护下，所有过去的伤痛和不堪得以掩埋；遥想很久很久很久以前少年自己的观影初期看到泪奔的《完美的世界》，也想起去年电影节大银幕又拜过了老爷子正年轻帅呆的镖客三部曲，心头突然升起万般感触，珍惜东木头吧，有几人能陪伴观影旅程那么多年，又有几人可以目睹他戏里戏外逐渐年华老去
虽然故事太合家欢了，但是看到夫人和姐姐就很快乐
老头超过九十岁了吧？做导演功力还在，做演员真替他捏把汗！
有的导演再怎么重复自己也不会让人讨厌，比如阿莫多瓦，比如东木。每次看老东木的片子，都想换辆美系suv，然后找条空荡荡的公路听着乡村音乐驰骋。
Madison , would you do me the honor of being my wife?
Wednesday怎么可能不是亲生的 毕竟她和她妈简直一模一样
完美的世界重新演绎，温柔怀旧。但是越是看下去越发现这个故事讲得太浅，过多依赖对白，叙述成为故事发展的动力，观众很容易出戏。或者换句话说如果本片不是东木老爷亲自出演，完全没那么多人看分也不会高。
爸爸的教育方式很好 家长要是能学会“I let you down”就好了
是谁花一个半小时看章鱼人大战牛头鸡……一点都不亚当斯…
老得连走路都有点蹒跚的德州老牛仔，居然还能机智地摆脱墨西哥警察和保镖，把孩子带回美国爸爸身边，还顺路赢得了小酒馆老板娘的芳心，真不知道东木先生是高级黑还是低级红。
分界线
治癒人心的西部童話，老爺子今次的處理可用「返老還童」來形容。
没想到老爷子在耄耋之年拍了一部墨西哥家庭温情片，一如当年老西部片里退隐江湖的游侠悍匪一样，走完这辈子最后一次长途旅行，终于找到自己的归宿所在。简单的对白，轻微的冲突，都在刻意淡化矛盾；取而代之的是云淡风轻与波澜不惊。电影里的macho，银幕外永远的纯爷们。
超爱！这部变公路片了，个人更喜欢这种节奏，一家人萌翻，老舅MVP了
咖啡馆投影仪想看91年那部结果点出来是这部只能硬着头皮看了QAQ
情节很正能量，一点也不哥特，只有妆容造型哥特而已。
3.5 - 该是一部浪漫主义的片儿啊 - 牛仔/迟暮/际遇，略显刻意的冲突，可以看出老派的导演/呈现方式。一种随心所欲心不在焉的表述，也可能是风格使然，所以不强求逻辑/主线，适合去感受影片的情绪。画面，声效，音乐的处理还是成熟的，但是前半段的明暗一直让我怀疑自己的视力。。。或许是最近暗房呆太久的缘故。
这种老人+动物+小男孩成长的中成本制作在十年前还是迪士尼最拿手的题材，而如今却只有东木能拍得出来了。相较10年代后期的几部片，本片对于东木来说确实算是信手拈来的小品，但依然温柔如故
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