鬼屋之影 House of the Long Shadows

译　　名　鬼屋之影
片　　名　House of the Long Shadows
年　　代　1983
产　　地　英国
类　　别　喜剧 / 悬疑 / 惊悚 / 恐怖
语　　言　英语
上映日期　1983-06-17
豆瓣链接　https://movie.douban.com/subject/1307419/
片　　长　USA: 100 分钟
导　　演　皮特·沃克 / Pete Walker
演　　员　小德思·阿纳兹 / Desi Arnaz Jr.
　　　　　　文森特·普莱斯 / Vincent Price
　　　　　　理查德·托德 / Richard Todd
　　　　　　诺曼·罗辛顿 / Norman Rossington
　　　　　　Julie Peasgood Julie Peasgood
　　　　　　Sheila Keith Sheila Keith
　　　　　　彼得·库欣 / Peter Cushing
　　　　　　约翰·卡拉丁 / John Carradine
　　　　　　克里斯托弗·李 / Christopher Lee
编　　剧　厄尔·德尔·比格斯 / Earl Derr Biggers
　　　　　　乔治·M·科汉 / George M. Cohan
　　　　　　迈克尔·阿姆斯特朗 / Michael Armstrong
　　　　　　迈克尔·阿姆斯特朗 / Michael Armstrong
制  片  人　Yoram Globus Yoram Globus
　　　　　　米纳罕·戈兰 / Menahem Golan
音　　乐　理查德·哈维 / Richard Harvey
摄　　影　Norman G. Langley Norman G. Langley
美　　术　Michael Pickwoad Michael Pickwoad

简　　介　

　　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 $20000 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.

幕后揭秘

　　如果你是老恐怖片的爱好者，尤其是英国汉默电影公司恐怖片的爱好者，那这部电影你一定不能错过，因为，当年汉默公司四位德高望重的恐怖电影演员彼得·库欣（1913.5.26——1994.8.11）、约翰·卡拉丁（1906.2.5——1988.11.27）、克里斯托弗·李（1922.5.27——）和文森特·普莱斯（1911.5.21——1993.10.25）一起出演了这部电影，这是四位恐怖大师的唯一一次合作，也是彼得库欣和克里斯托弗·李两位老朋友生前最后一次合作，意义非凡。