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.
还可以吧，但火候欠佳。说不上来，哪儿块有点不得劲儿
（霰弹枪口径最大可以达到26.72毫米，但最常见的口径是18.53毫米和15.63毫米；弹丸通常为铅制）
片尾的数据令人心惊，却又在意料之中，这就是女性生存的世界，这就是男权社会。
太催泪了。扎實，情感刻劃和表达，完全滿分。女主雖然遭遇不幸，氣氛壓郁，但全劇充滿愛和掙扎、人文關怀。
教科书般标准但也无甚新意。布洛克精确表演加一星。
本身电影是有瑕疵的，但不妨碍正义的力量。在印度，每16分钟就有一个女性被强奸😭！可悲的是，强奸犯没有重罚，印度女人没有任何依靠的保护。一个人沉默，一群人沉默，每一次的装聋作哑，带了更多无止境的伤害。
初看以为有深层探讨，越看发现越平，群演让人印象深刻。。。
【2.5】执导层面挺有看头，节奏和气氛都维持得不错。但这个故事的呈现本身太低效率了，几处值得发挥的地方几乎都被编剧阉割或忽略掉，只为了顺利达到主线叙事上的煽情目的。
该片的节奏更加紧凑，沉浸感更强
直到最后才啪的把真相给你
"Can you practice what you preach, or would you turn the other cheek?"
罪犯身份和犯罪前科只是外壳，诺拉的镜头里包裹着更为炎凉的世态：阶层固化本身就注定了这些“蝼蚁之辈”永生打着无法撼动的“原罪”烙印，注定无法被主流社会所接纳或救赎。在这场以命相抵的博弈中，所谓“饶恕”只是美国富人阶层向下投以怜悯一瞥的自我感动，和底层人永远无法实现“生活还要继续”的自我和解。他们带着无法被摘除的标签在夹缝里苟延残喘，左冲右突最后也只是在鬼打墙里撞得头破血流。在一个对人评级愈加脸谱化、扁平化、数据化的系统中，没有时间等他们解释，更没有路径供他们翻盘。那些发生在幼年时惶恐不安的黑色梦魇，如同被演奏出来的阴沉而哀伤的乐章，最终抵达的依然是血脉和基因中早就铺设好的危险命途。
即使有女总理、女警官，依旧不能保护女性公民，如此可悲讽刺的现实。
单从电影来说，真的很一般，但不可忽视电影所传达的社会意义
桑德拉这张死人脸 姐姐愣是演出了妈的感觉 监狱内外的人没什么两样 顶罪有点牵强了 汉斯季默配乐
当强奸似乎成为老生常谈但却好像无药可解，当女性被迫要用一种骇人的方式才能引起人们严肃的注意力，这真是社会的悲哀。
陈词滥调哈哈，Sandra Bullock一如既往的Poker face。
当强奸似乎成为老生常谈但却好像无药可解，当女性被迫要用一种骇人的方式才能引起人们严肃的注意力，这真是社会的悲哀。
2022/4/3 6.0 印度女性权益话题，但前半部分着墨过于用力，导致女性形象甚至被贬低。整体拍摄手法显得很单一很标准化。
前有《杰伊·比姆》，现有《星期四》，印度电影敢于直击现实痛处这点真的令人叹服。虽然大致能猜出剧情的走向，但最后的反转确实出人意料，让人脊背发冷…片尾报纸的标题似乎更适合当电影名：A Thursday When India Woke Up。最后想借用未婚夫的话大喊一句：“Salute the people who deserve it”！
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