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　　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.

　　美国气候学家杰克（丹尼斯•奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）认为，温室效应正在引发地球的大灾难，北极冰川的融化，会让地球回到冰河世纪那样的劫难。他的提醒并没有引起美国当局的重视，一切都已经太晚：飓风、冰雹、洪水、冰山融化、极度严寒，一系列的地球巨变引发了一场不可挽救的灾难。美国政府组织北纬30度的民众转移到赤道周围，场面一片混乱。更糟糕的是，杰克的儿子，正困在曼哈顿的图书馆里，靠烧书生火来维持体温。大家怎样才能逃过这场灭顶的灾祸？冰天雪地的地球何时才能回暖？

　　“克隆人技术”一出即刻引起全社会关于伦理、道德的讨论，然而也有一帮人开始密谋如何偷得这一先进技术进行圈钱，发财致富。作为一名警察，也同样作为“克隆”技术缔造者的女儿，儿时父亲被杀，“克隆”笔记被偷一幕从未忘记。十年如一日，在克隆人不断出现的错综复杂的状况中追踪杀父仇人，企图找回“克隆”秘籍，只是意想不到的是，真相竟如此令人不堪和难以接受……

　　为了静下心来研究学问，老实木讷的数学家大卫•萨莫（Dustin Hoffman 达斯汀•霍夫曼 饰）协同妻子艾米（Susan George 苏珊•乔治 饰）回到位于英国乡村的老房子。艾米性感大胆的穿着引来村中男人们粗鄙的目光，而大卫看似懦弱的外表更让他们有恃无恐。某日，他们借打猎之名将大卫引出家门，随后对艾米进行轮奸，面对这种种羞辱，大卫只能强颜欢笑。
　　某晚，低能儿尼尔斯误杀心仪的女孩，仓皇中他逃入大卫的房子。愤怒的村民要求大卫交出尼尔斯，在被拒绝之后，他们试图强行进入。愤怒的大卫忍无可忍，大开杀戒……