The plot revolves around the lives of four ex-convicts trying to turn over a new leaf. Ah Hu (Lian), Mad Dog (Lei), Jian Ren (Lim) and Sha Bao (Chin) start a food and beverage business, but their past catches up with them as Ah Hu's teenage son, played by Shawn Ho, gets into trouble for selling drugs.
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.
故事紧接着上一集发展,小狗贝多芬和露西终于走到了一起,过上了幸福的生活,露西还为贝多芬生下了四只可爱的小狗,一家人其乐融融。然而,这四只小狗崽却让孩子们陷入了烦恼之中,如果让爸爸知道家里一下子多了这四个小家伙,那还不非得翻了天不可。 虽然挨了老爸一顿臭骂,但善良的布鲁诺先生(凯文·杜恩 Kevin Dunn 饰)还是收留了贝多芬和露西的孩子们,一家人前往宁静的小村开始了悠闲的度假。然而他们并不知道的是,布鲁诺的前妻瑞吉娜(黛比·玛扎 Debi Mazar 饰)早已经盯上了小狗崽们,她想将它们偷到手,卖掉大赚一笔。得知此事的贝多芬率先行动,带领妻儿躲到了山中,瑞吉娜紧随其后。