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 ,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. 猜拳电视剧演员表花儿是谁演的1919年,俄国内战。为躲避战火,斯拜罗斯(Vassilis Kolovos 饰)带着妻子戴娜(Thalia Argirioua 饰)和一双儿女,随着难民潮辗转来到希腊。十几年过去,俄国难民不断聚集,最终形成一个名为“新敖德萨”的小村庄。斯拜罗斯的养女艾莉妮(Alexa ndra Aidini 饰)如今已长成落落大方的漂亮姑娘,并和心爱的小伙同时也是她的非血缘兄长埃里克西斯(Nikos Poursanidis 饰)生下一对双胞胎。为了逃避养父的控制与霸占,艾莉妮与爱人开始漫无止境的逃亡。时间进入1936年,一家人暂时得以安定。为追寻音乐梦想,埃里克西斯告别妻儿远赴美国。在此之后,战争统治着这个世界,也摧毁了艾莉妮苦心经营的家庭。在混乱的大时代的背景下,他们随波逐流,生离死别…… 本片是“希腊三部曲”第一部,并荣获2004年欧洲电影节国际影评人费比西奖。