这当然是一部恐怖电影的四星级佳作,尤其是杰瑞米·艾恩斯贡献出神级的精湛表演,不断错乱着观众的神经。更何况结尾昭然时呼唤出“垂死病中惊坐起”的绝望,完全传达出原作中贝蒂戴维斯的独白:
“Did you..Did ever wake up in the dark feeling...feeling all alone? Oh I mean terriblely alone. No one... No one else on earth just the dark around you and that..that awful scary empties? ”