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.
爱乐之城x横道世之介x火花…的感觉，没想到有一天能看到这种融合
很好看，是我喜欢的类型，LMM再一次正中我口味。马上迎来30岁、“想红要趁早”的焦虑，ddl逼近却写不出歌的崩溃，女友关于要不要搬去另一座城市的逼问，从小一块长大的好基友得了艾滋病的绝望...一切如同火烧眉毛交织在一起，而影片的呈现却并不显得凌乱。舞台与现实的无缝衔接，迸发出很感染人的戏剧张力，这就是天才音乐剧人的故事感和节奏感吧。片子里的歌都好好听啊！！又一张可以加入循环曲目的电影bgm。加菲虽然胶原蛋白流失了，但让我更加刮目相看，好莱坞真心没有花瓶，曾经的偶像小生也这么会唱会演。
天花乱坠但毫无重点、不知所云。严格点说连合格的cliché 合集都算不上吧。（尤其老爷身世那条线只想让我大喊“Are you fucking kidding me?”）
这种人社会里有不少，可惜能冒尖的真是凤毛麟角；有人为他树碑立传，也不枉他人世走一圈了。
作为处女作无可指摘，太厉害了！就是今年的爱乐之城，叙事节奏出色，每首歌的创作灵感正是乔纳森自己的生活点滴，从传记电影到自传音乐剧再到他的生活，环环相嵌，有感动有遗憾，不落俗的励志片，音乐、转场设计、镜头想象力都好，加菲的表演也很棒
自我感动罢了。精准的剪辑和抓人的旋律很容易就渲染出情绪，也很容易暴露出剧作的空洞。优秀传记片不同于粉丝电影之处就在于人物的立体和表达的独立。而本片在这两者上的绝对短板让其注定只能是粉丝电影。本片其实在中途抛出了几个非常有价值的议题以及随之带出的矛盾：艺术家将正在进行中的亲密关系作为创作素材是否有悖于伦理，以及艺术家人格固有傲慢的消极一面。但是这两组矛盾全都在最后伴随着主角早已被观众所知的成功莫名其妙地消失了。所有的精湛技术只是为了讲一个1.0的鸡汤奋斗故事，再动人的旋律也会变得无聊和虚假。就传记片而言，本片导演离拍出《登月第一人》的查泽雷差着十万八千里。
Don’t know which is the worst, the music, the singing or the story #134
就是电视剧拍法，故事也是电视剧，除了美丽的衣服和布景外没啥好说的，但是我好感动，大家都很礼貌，每个人都柔和镇定，结局也很正向。不过同性线删掉真是讨厌啊
Jon 这个原型人物采取 Monologue 的方式代入他曾经的几部剧中台上台下 融合生活困境 友情挣扎 创作焦虑 爱情平衡 看到对角色保留了好坏两面 没有所谓的纯净化当然不错 可惜还是很难产生接近感 拍摄不易 很多因 covid 的原因无法做到更好的更逼真的效果 让很多百老汇的传奇人物都出场表演也棒 但是 Larson 的真实一生与他的几部作品都让我很疲惫 个人问题 应该是天然对 musical 的一切都太疏离了 听感视觉两个层面完全不欣赏
滴答，滴答……这是时间的声音，生命的声音，死亡的声音。在最后的那声响起之前，你会作何选择？
happy ending for everyone的流水账
合家欢电影 英式幽默我也能get好多笑点，老夫人的艳遇故事哈哈哈
加菲表演还是很不错的，但是片子容易让人看不进去，尤其是前半部分。Vanessa声音真好听。
临近年底，好片如潮。我被《倒数时刻》深深击中！
关于创作焦虑的部分还是拍的挺准的，但整体还是太平庸了。
但事实更多是终其一生努力活成一个普通人。
一边是默片重获新生转为有声电影，一边是老妇人离世，另一种形式的死与新生。
一开场Jon Larson介绍自己是音乐剧编剧时声称one of the last my species，到如今LMM把他的故事搬上银幕，this movie is a love letter from one Musical-theater writer to another.
就是电视剧拍法，故事也是电视剧，除了美丽的衣服和布景外没啥好说的，但是我好感动，大家都很礼貌，每个人都柔和镇定，结局也很正向。不过同性线删掉真是讨厌啊
电影只在结尾提了一句RENT，甚至一首RENT的原声都没出现，但是从头到尾都是RENT的影子和故事，电影本身只值三星，但是因为RENT所以值五星，也正是这部电影，终于有那么点懂RENT了，传奇即传奇本身。
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