A quick glim#pse/ a=?=t the cast for this film wo_;u)ld make @any horror f#an gidd,y !;with glee. The, actual movie doesn't liv(e up to [$ those hi,gh# !e-xpect\ations, _]:but it;:_';_ s far)(, fro,m /)bei %@n[g all+?;? + b??$/:ad. $Desi /%Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author wh/%o mak $)es a crazy $20`,/,000=$=: bet with his publis.^her that he cou% l#d writ) e a great novel in \onl]\*y 24 h%ours. To [do ,so, the publ,],ish*er+ gi_[v/;\es hi)=$=m !!the^ k ,ey#^]s to an + _ old%:  a+ban??doned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there$ he ,is interrupted/` by a m?ultit[ude /of gu-.,ests including a !%family w%
hich co+/nsis-#ts of / John ! Carr adine, She`(ila )@Keith, Pet;.,er Cus: hin
g a=nd Vinc =!en t Pr\ice.
 They [are gathered there in a twisted fam=ily reu:
nion to release their brother* from the,[*[ roo\]m he's been impri\_soned $`
in for forty years.?=[+ Even Christo`pher Lee drops; by(_ as Cor%[= rigan, - t=-h?@e man wh(
o has (just pur[]chased th%e h ouse. _? S-(;oon, th/+ey  re`,ali(ze that the cag^ed brother
. is loose and ou#[)t fo^-r revenge.　　What a gre ::at plo[tline_+ and$/! what a dr_
eam c$.%(ast! This)$? movie sho/:uld ]
have b)@?een a hel/[]l !?of, a lot bet:!(ter. @I+t's `)h^ard to  p:#inpoint the exact pr[oblems ! wit
/ .h the film,, but @` I w#ould v
enture to )say\* that th?e lack of lig=^htin%g w$as a major fault. @Sure the hous?e h as no electricity but I think t?h]] ey t$,ook the ` title;=* of the movie `a little] t@o` ?o literally. Scenes after scen.es a^re bar-ely visible ; _and the act%ors'! #fa[ces are un]
(de.ci%(+pherabl-e.%,!  Only the  (mome-nts in:\ the mai_:n dinni_]+n%g ha *=l`^l$ are )#w:+ ell lit. @Also, the ! grea+t actors are given very l ` ?it_+tle to` do._ Cu?shing gets a*/* few chuckles as the-% scar:%_ed brother*^# but Price, L. e.@/e  and es.$pecially Carr%@adine are /!)somewha%_t wasted here. Well*/, at least Price gets the best line- ]
of the fil`m `Pleas]\\-e d@on't in/terrupt me whi_\ le I am ]! soliloquiz]$(ing.' A+nd on th:e%( plus s_^ide, the st)(ory 
ha+s! enough twis/ts and tur, ;n.s $thr/@-oughout to k(e^_ep one`s interest  and t)he ending, while a-! bi t o$ f a cop-out, manag
==es t-o [surprise.