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.
赌场构造了一个对于性和金钱极度压抑的红黑空间，而沙发，西装的物象，还有反常的视角和怪异的叫声，让这个片有了《双峰》的味道，故一切念头和动作就有了双峰式的合理，亦可称之不合理。最后长达五分钟，两指隔窗而交的，是红、黑和受到极刑至血肉模糊又再度恢复新生肉体，以罪为界，以爱相连。
有著濃厚存在主義色彩的電影，以裝飾華麗的賭場帶出角色內心黑暗過去的設計，主人公那種在經歷痛苦後揮之不去的創傷後壓力癥候群，都環繞在整部電影里，讓他們飽受身心的折磨。雖然算牌人能夠依照牌桌上出現的卡片做出分數加減，借此判斷這場賽局對於賭客的有利程度，但這場名為人生的賭局卻沒有這麽簡單就能計算預測。
只是想看看oscar听他声音的我没想到这是一部这么深邃的片子…… 难受的高潮还是在最后的转折
扑克手的特写，广角长镜头的梦魇，迷茫的自我救赎，对布列松的招魂，施拉德的回光返照。
5/10给我这种观影体验的今年只有两部，一部是《算牌人》，一部是《热带往事》。自带一种迷人的氛围，但这种氛围究其根本却让人觉得冗长无比。影片有一股日式黑暗的氛围（导演曾拍摄过《三岛由纪夫传》），由一个糜烂的创口开始过往，一切如图鱼眼镜头般变形成不可逆转。扑克牌牵扯一种连锁反应，和故事形成轴转体系，但故事如此朴素真不应该。
Boys help boys(不是。/《算牌人》不讲算牌，不讲赌博，甚至也不打算讲复仇。/回想起来看过的和听说过的保罗施拉德电影，导演确实拍的一直是同一个故事。/鱼眼回溯过往的方法为什么在每个评论都夸一遍，虽然很好但是——很稀奇？没懂为啥都在夸。/奥斯卡伊萨克帅到令人喷血。我承认我看他看得目不转睛。昨天刚夸了一遍哈维尔巴登。（这真是属于南美长相的一周。）/导演有一种自己的“反高潮”。尤其一个半小时结合拉进度条看内容的时候会有感觉。/结尾致敬《扒手》明确。/多嘴说一句，帅哥男主搭的不是幼龄傻白甜也不是符号化的尤物，同龄、风韵犹存但也像是有故事的样子。希望这种平权细节能多有。
摄影有布列松那味，但是一看到男主屁股那么大就又……不是那味。长镜头监狱那段，真的挺帅。
Oscar Isaac is FINEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
想要去靠出租车司机但还是失败了，故事处理的不够丝滑，他自身其实也根本没获得救赎，就像always win的usa，有些事做了就做了，再怎么美化自己也没用。
并没有那么差，但又的确很多时候并没有满足类型期待。
可能我对算牌也没啥兴趣
在干净，顺滑的数字平面上，许多调度都极为迷人，别的没了
形式上的性冷淡感拉的满满的，如同故事的底色般苍白。
叫你回家探亲，不要去白给啊小伙子
nonononono除了监狱里的几个镜头和奥斯卡伊萨克 这部电影浪费了我宝贵的两个小时
这个题材这个故事，如果是昆汀或者McKay来拍，可以想象能拍到多high，但Shrader就是全程格外控制，节奏纹丝不乱，与男主克制内敛、甚至阴郁的性格相吻合。鱼眼镜头中扭曲的回忆，广角放大的特写细节，构建出带有超现实主义的惊悚风格。Oscar的表演波澜不惊，却惊雷于无声，张力十足还不乏魅力，不知道是今年会是遗珠还是赢来首个奥斯卡提名。
这苦闷下要迸发出来的能量 镜头声音节奏都喜欢。我有点儿觉得i feel you 这想法又莫名可笑。
5.2 PTSD的高级包装，信息的简化促进人物和观感处于失控的紧绷感，除了奥斯卡在其他角色都是多余的
讲自我救赎的公路片，男主角的人设细节设计的很好，剧情拍的太平淡了，观感有点闷
4.5星。运镜非常有特点，喜欢鱼眼广角镜头和霓虹灯小屋~
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