鬼屋 之影

A quick glimpse at the cast for this film  would ma
ke any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual mo
vie doesn't live up
to tho se hig
 h expectations, b
ut it's
far from bein
g a ll  bad. De

si Arn
az Jr.  (!) p

lays an autho  r w
ho m

ak 
es
a crazy $2 0 ,000 bet  with  hi s 
publish
er that  he  could  write a grea
 t novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him  th e k
eys to an old aband

oned house where he won't b
e disturb ed. Not tr
ue. On ce he ge ts ther
e he is inte rrupted by a multitude of guests inclu ding a family which consists  of  John  Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent  Price. They are
gathered t
here in a  twiste d family  reunion  to release their  brother from the room   he's been impri  soned in for forty years. 
E ven Chris t
opher Lee dro p

s by as Corrigan, the man who has just  purc h ased the hou
 se. Soon, they realize that the ca ge
d b rother is loose and  out for reve
 n
ge.　　 Wha t a grea t plotline

 
and what
a drea m cast! This movie should hav e been a
 
he ll of a lot bette
r
 . It's hard to  pinp o int  th e exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. S
ure th e h ouse h
as no electricity but I think
t he y took the title of the  m
ovie
a  li ttle too liter al
ly. Scenes afte
r scenes are b arely visible and the actors' fa ces are undecipherab le. Only the m
oments in the m
ai n di nning hall are well lit. Also, t
he great act ors  are
given very little 
to do. Cushing gets  a few chuckles as t h
 e 
 scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine  are somewhat was ted here. Wel l, at lea st Price ge ts  the  be
st 
line 
of the film 
`Please don't int
err
upt me  w

hile I am soliloq
uiz
ing. ' A
nd on
the plu s sid e, the story has enough twists  an
d turns th 
roughout to keep one`s interes t and the 
ending, whi le a bit of a cop
-out,  mana ges to s urprise.