疯狂圣诞假期

　　An astronaut and his android double travel back to the time of King Arthur.

　　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.

　　充满抱负的，却不得志的漫画家约翰在纽约打拚。因为得知母亲生病的消息，他不得不和怀孕8个月的女友 Rebecca（安娜·肯德里克饰），先后回到那个他一直试图永远逃离的家乡。重返小时成长的城市，他一方面要和许久不见的家人照顾生病的母亲，又要处理好与高中求学时期的爱情竞争对手，热情过度的的前女友的人际关系。随着重新进入自己的家庭，他慢慢发现，不单单是自己面临着工作、爱情、生活上面的困境，自己父亲的小公司面临破产，大哥离婚后依然不断纠缠前妻，母亲的病似乎非常凶险，霍拉斯家的每个人都面临着自己人生的困境，逃无可逃，他们不得不面对这一切问题。

　　肯雅（桑娜·莱瑟 Sanaa Lathan 饰）是公司里的核心员工，在不久的将来将会成为公司合伙人，然而，就在她的事业蒸蒸日上一马平川的同时，肯雅的感情生活却是一片空白。孤独和寂寞之中，肯雅决定主动出击改变现状。
　　肯雅和名为布莱恩（西蒙·贝克 Simon Baker 饰）的男子来了一场浪漫的约会，可约会的过程却并不如肯雅想象的那样美好。不仅如此，布莱恩是一个彻头彻尾的白人，肤色的差异无时不刻都在困扰着肯雅。就在肯雅和布莱恩的感情渐渐走上正轨时，马克（布莱尔·安德伍德 Blair Underwood 饰）出现在了肯雅的身边。无论是个性还是兴趣，马克都和肯雅十分合拍，这让肯雅陷入了难以抉择的境地之中。