Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
惊悚+灵异，纯纯的密室逃生，节奏把控不错，尺度很大，这个尺度不是说的血腥暴力，主角看到那些灵魂是之前被虐杀的未成年人，还能清晰看到被虐杀时的伤口和血迹，这是怎么过审的……我觉得全球会拍出未成年人这种情况的电影都不算多
有那么些无聊 中段很明显在节奏上断篇了 就很像开个腾讯会议拉一桌给男主培训培训快点逃走
做个真正善良的人，连亡灵都会帮你，还有什么理由不勇敢，奋起一战。
被一部惊悚片感动哭了Finn is dope！！
被最后的反杀惊艳到了，所有的电话提示都用到了，巧妙的编剧！
如果让我回忆，成长过程中一定有噩梦，有援助者的缺席。然后这些噩梦在我身上留下伤痕，让我成长。然后让我反思，那些缺席者缺席的原因。如果对应到影片中，噩梦是所有伤害芬尼和孩子的人，缺席者就是父辈们。有些遗憾的是，想探索的心里惊悚立意比较一般，气氛的把握也不太足，最重要的，角色的塑造缺乏张力，这就造成故事推进缺少紧张感和切身感受的威胁感。总让我游离去思考其他的事情…比如西格蒙德·弗洛伊德…我总想如果他老人家看到这部电影会怎么去剖析创作者呢（摊手狗头）
差點睡著的節奏 全程三星給小妹妹 願距大了 不要長殘🫥 沒有聰明的妹妹 怎樣顯得哥哥笨實
强设定➕弱节奏，让故事有点飘忽，还有看起来似乎没什么必要的亲子关系设定，以及结尾的各种突变，比如Fenn的战斗力，Grabber的心态，父亲的忏悔等等。
设定有点意思，铺垫过长半小时了才切题，之后就顺畅无比，男主耐力定力心理状态稳得一批，接完电话还不忘说谢谢，不到最后一刻绝不放弃，很厉害
2.没有自己的灵魂!!!!!
碇真嗣大战变态杀人魔，勇敢的少年啊快去创造奇迹！ 7/16 @ Golden Village Vivo City
一部套路模版片却这么爽，反派更加凶残变态归功于伊桑霍克，勇敢的妹妹和五位受害者的力量保护了男孩，最后的反杀复仇电话嘲讽真的爽翻了，Mason年纪小演技好撑起了不错的独角戏。
面对各种暴力时的友爱、坚定、互助，可以跨越生死阻隔，甚至创造奇迹，但最终一定是回归到自立，永不放弃。惊悚奇情的外壳，热血意气的内核。几段纪实复古质感的影像声画以及正能量的导向是亮点。小男主反击时全场鼓掌。
最恐怖的就是妹妹这个角色！你会惊奇的发现把这个角色的所有戏份全部删掉对整个故事包括结局没有任何影响！！简直恐怖到爆！那为什么要加这个角色？哦原来是导演想告诉我们青少年成长过程中会遇到一些父母不理解的问题然后我们要自立之类的这些东西。
节奏铺陈略显沉闷，室内解密逃生，室外追查支线等方式割裂感较严重且互动观感不佳，至男主与反派对峙时才真正意义上让观者大呼痛快，为本片昏昏欲睡的前半部打入一剂猛药达到回春效果。
虐童犯终于遭天谴了，碰到个会通灵的兄妹，不过他死了是不是也变鬼了？
其他小孩真可怜，破解谜题的小哥怎么也想不到自己会被兄弟杀死。这黑色电话打来的都是鬼。这鬼都是男主同学都帮他逃出这个地下室。好结局，看的好开心。小女孩可爱极了。
观感不错，本质上还是偏儿童电影。小男孩成长的过程很有阶段性，可以清晰感受到他在“朋友的帮助”（其实就是自己）下对抗父权，并逐步完成自我纵向的发展。
除了节奏随意，全员演技捉急外，对这片子最大的疑惑是：这真的是个恐怖片吗？
害 感觉Scott导做新尝试了 但还是好失望 还不如险恶来得简单直接
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