别被片名骗了，这其实是1964年出品的悬疑惊悚佳作。 如果你钟情于关注女性精神状态的哥特式惊悚片，或者想欣赏前辈演员那跨越时代的表演魅力，这部片子绝对值得一看。尤其是影片高潮部分，那场在疯人院公演的戏份，简直是“幽闭恐惧症”的极致狂欢——不仅是简单的吓人，更层层剥开了恐惧背后的荒诞与讽刺。影片叙事紧凑，采用了非线性闪回结构，将60年代的摩登浮华与哥特式的阴郁氛围巧妙融合，营造出一种令人窒息的压抑感。对于喜欢黑电影、超现实主义或想看老派心理惊悚片的观众来说，这部片子绝对能给你带来独特的心理刺激。 如果你是个钟情于“锁在房间里逐步揭秘”的剧情片爱好者，或是痴迷于复古哥特氛围的影迷，这部片子绝对不容错过。

The lady is Mrs. Hilyard, a wealthy poetess who lives in a three-story city mansion and her cage is her elevator, which stops a dozen feet short of the main floor due to an electrical failure on a July 4th weekend. She rings her outside alarm, eventually noticed by a drunken derelict, who breaks into the house, ignores her plight and helps himself to various items and alcohol. He leaves with his loot but returns a while later with a plump prostitute and three teenage hoodlums, who proceed to terrorize Mrs. Hilyard as they wreck her home.