Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
我感觉挺好的，悬疑，结果出乎意料，音乐好听，风景很美，餐厅也很漂亮，演技在线，美中不足女主演年轻时候的妆容感觉有些出戏，有些岁数了，不过演技还是很好的。
作为小成本B级片还不错，虽说剧情弱了些，但让人脑洞大开的僵尸口喷沼气能源超越了N多末世片，而且血浆也足够，哈哈。
时隔多年居然出了第二部，还是挺好看的，想象力丰富，血浆管够，就是主角方光环太强了，太破坏平衡性了。不知为什么，总觉得男主很像斯巴达克斯第一季那个已故男主。
上部的兄妹登场怎么画风都变了，黑鬼姐妹也没介绍，大奶妹自带吹风机一副凤凰女的拽样，地堡战挺精彩，末日机械风
2022.4.**僵尸竟然是动力来源，口气当汽油，变异僵尸能控制僵尸
挺娱乐的，尤其是改造人丧尸，有日本怪兽片那种B级味了
《僵尸来袭2：末日》比第一部还烂，只有更多的血浆更多的暴力更多的动作戏，剧情忽略不计，结尾显然又留个坑，需要的话可以再拍（属实看不下去了）
坏人死于话多！！
我每天把生活的琐事都分享给池塘里的乌龟，但池塘里并没有乌龟。因为那只乌龟其实是我自己
依然逃不出美式喜剧的既定圈子 典型爱女心切的顽固父亲 荒诞无稽的连理亲家 支离破碎的家庭和久未愈合的家庭矛盾 在温情和感动中互相理解与爱对方 但拍的实在没有任何新意 熟悉亚当桑德勒的观众甚至能脱口而出下一幕如何发生 笑点会在哪里 拍摄门槛极低的电影 曾经的年轻教父也已经满鬓斑白步履蹒跚 其他再无亮点
血浆爆米花，没看过前一部。僵尸做沼气源的创意还挺好玩儿的。
开头味还挺对，混不吝的废土朋克僵尸生态闭环了一刚，后面就整个视觉系爽片了，绝绝子
没看第一部，初看这部的话。。。会觉得有点无趣，但是吧，相信我，你会越看越带感的，看到最后竟然觉得，诶，还可以诶
挺有意思的。一开始觉得那个女的跟胖子长得像，结果剧里还真是表亲哈哈哈。节奏飞快，从头打到尾。上一部男女主的戏份都少了挺多。
难得也没有歌舞，非常另类的一部印度电影。
4.5
这年头不故弄玄虚的好好按照时间顺序讲故事，同时还讲了一个不侮辱我智商的故事的电影，哪怕全是套路我也给四星。
喜剧，现代童话故事。欢笑中带着一丝温情。片中迈阿密的风光真不错。最后老奶奶高歌一曲的时候，真的还是蛮感动人的。给4星有点高了，7分还是应该有的，就凭观后带来的欢乐喜悦心情。
拍的很好。不错的僵尸片，尤其把僵尸作为资源的设定，真的很新颖。
2分钟长的伪长镜头很舒适，抛去一切刻板设定与刻奇剧情，电影的题眼应该就是“其他乐队成员呢？”“去世了”“那就大声点”
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