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　　七年前，福建西陇发生一起惨绝人寰的灭门惨案，某别墅内一家五口同日惨死，在社会上引起极大的震动，然而此去经年，嫌疑人杨自道（郭涛 饰）、辛小丰（邓超 饰）、陈比觉（高虎 饰）却依然逍遥法外。现如今，这三个人都在厦门过活，杨当起了出租车司机，小丰加入了协警队伍，因意外变成傻子的陈则带着三人捡来的女孩尾巴栖息在亲戚的渔场中。这一天，拥有丰富办案经验的伊谷春（段奕宏 饰）调到小丰所在的队伍担任警长。伊颇为器重能力卓越的小丰，但嗅觉灵敏的他也隐隐觉出这个男子和当年的灭门惨案有所关联。在此期间，道哥在一次意外中结识了伊的妹妹小夏（王珞丹 饰）。仿佛冥冥之中有一只看不见的手，正将这三个决心重新做人的男人推向无法更改的结局……
　　本片根据须一瓜的长篇小说《太阳黑子》改编。

　　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.