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.
Not bad for a staycation Christmas
好烂的剧本… 圣诞合家欢也不能这么无聊吧 and luke真的😍之前夜班医生就好喜欢…
非常难看，完全冲着Luke的脸坚持下来的！
把老剧情里的男女换成男男重拍一遍，没什么新意。
“我们要先做5年好友，再好好谈场恋爱。”
太口水电影了，起码的感动观众都做不到，唯一亮点苏菲都没那么招人喜欢…
虽然道理我都懂，但男主和nick之间真的没有什么化学反应好吗？我很想相信，但我做不到啊😅😂，说不定把james和nick的角色互换一下感觉还会好点，我要是有个nick这样的朋友，我是不会对他有任何那方面的想法的谢谢，james笑着对男主说“我们不合适”的时候我满脸excuse me，不想要luke可以送给我的谢谢，他出场那个慢动作笑死我了，演得很好，请luke多出洞谢谢，看在luke的面上加一星, ps，男主家人这种干预男主感情生活的行为如果去掉圣诞温情的滤镜其实是挺膈应人的，这一点有些影响我的观感。
友情？爱情！不要拿一段感情去试验另一段感情。为什么两个好朋友在一起了那么多年，一个圣诞节🎄就发展成了爱情呢？男配看男主的眼神都透露着爱，但这种眼神在男主身上没有。影片抛出了那个问题但是却没给答案：如果两个好朋友试着谈恋爱，不成功怎么办？
感谢网飞爸爸提醒！一整个12月都应该是圣诞月啊！可是我却被困在无尽的工作里！也想去小镇开绿植店！！！然后每晚喝喝啤酒啥的…需要生活而不是单纯活着…
虽然很cliche 但是被甜得嗷嗷叫 下周去喝热红酒啦
我猜圣诞期间看一部平淡不好不坏的平淡电影……也还行吧
感觉一家人都是非常pushy 我看他和健身教练就挺好额… 毫无逻辑 只能说导演开心就好吧
两星给gay主流爱情片。
平安夜当然是窝在家里看圣诞节电影了，对于一开场就猜到结局的电影，还是得为Peter男友们的颜值一人一颗星
甜度爆表，脑子必须扔掉，不然会怀疑人生，简直是一出同志乌托邦，就算童话里都还得有个带恶人，这是啥？全员大善人！！而且男主男二毫无cp感啊…放着luke不要？？but！注意这个but！放在圣诞气氛下一切又都浪漫合理了起来！！这就是一个长达一个半小时的美梦啊！！！
轻松欢乐，合家欢爆米花电影，不必太纠结剧情什么的，开开心心看个圣诞欢乐电影而已。
强行让luke当炮灰，就让两0在一起吧，请james独自美丽，你值得更好。剧情后半段太刻意，太心疼James了，被当做工具人，明明 james才适合当老公，nick就适合当姐妹，奈何编剧作孽，非要姐妹磨 b。但作为国外春节贺岁合家欢片，就不要太严格了。
很简单很甜蜜的故事
12月就是有点圣诞的气氛 简单温暖舒适 “you’re important”
3.5+ 每年圣诞节都会有LAer和NYer因为爱想要搬回自己的小镇
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