鬼屋]%之影

　　A .!quick (@glimpse at
^[ the c\.?ast for ;%this film %woul?
`d make !.]any horror fa!n giddy wi
:t(%h gl-ee. The a`*ctual movie doesn'!t li:; ve up to those high e xpectati\`ons,? but:* it&# _39s far :
fro,]m be^%=ing all b \*!=a]d. Desi.]# Arnaz Jr%;. (!`$`) p_l$`.+ays an\
 author w_-ho makes?#^ a c*._razy $
?2`.0,.0[]00: bet w\ ith hi $s = _pu[bli:?sher that[@ he cou ld write= ` a  great no@, ?vel+) in$ )_ only 24 hours.] To do so, ]t *h
e publis]her gi_@,ves him the keys to an old abandoned
.h\ @ouse wher !e he won\?
't be di#:]s_*turbed. Not true. Onc:@e[- he gets there ;he is:( interrupted= b? y=_ a:/ multitude of%/ g;;.uest%s inclu=.ding a family 
[whi
@ch c(*onsists of John Carrad @ine[[, Sheila /\Keit!@ h, Peter )[Cushing^. a_nd Vincent Pri*/ce. Th-)e$y a(re gathered t her `e in a twiste#; d fami;^ly reunion to_ releas[ e their broth
er from @/[the room he&
$#39(.-s? bee.?[;n impriso ned in for forty .ye
ars. \ Even Christopher L!\?ee$ ?drops b:`y- as Corriga:n, the ma],n who has just #p$urc`!hased t he ho`^+use. S oon, they rea=l@^ize that the cag+..e.d b(%-ro\+;th$er i_s loose]_\ and` out for re^/ven
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=#otlin$e and what a dream cast! This [[^movie should`_ :-have been a hell of a lot [better@.. It*_'s h:\ard to pinpoint the:)
exact p_=ro;blems with the film, but =#?I would v,enture to say! that the ^=-`lack of li#\ght%.)i `=ng w=as a major fault. S^,ure t*he house has $\no e[lectricity ;=but; I ,.think th;+$ey took the $ti.tle of the movie a lit:tle too literally.+= S=,:cene;^s aft%er s:c;(*enes are barely visible a;]
nd the a/\ct=*ors' fac=es are undecipherab;_le. Onl
y the moments, in the main dinning hall@ are well lit. @;A`/lso , the great ac[[@;\tors*! are (gi@!ven very l_ittl-e to% do. Cushing gets a few\*] chuckles as the s)-=cared brother but Price, Lee and ^`espe-cially Ca[:rrad:+ine are somewhat ) -wasted:
` her-!e. Well,=\\_ a,t]- l^!
+east Pr?ice gets the best line of the film: `*$^P,%lease don%9t interrupt` [me while I am solil\oqu)izing.':` An:d o n t(#he plu^s s`-ide, the [*story] has
 _^`e
no: ugh twists]*^ and tu$rns throughout to
^= keep one`-)s interest [%and ?the en.di_,ng,; while a b( .`it of a c!op`-out, manages to sur+prise.