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Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

Horror · Thriller · 1982

A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

Movie details

Alone in the Dark

“When the lights go out, the terror begins.”

1982 Horror · Thriller 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Alone in the Dark?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jack Sholder

Written by

Robert Shaye · Michael Harrpster · Jack Sholder

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Frank Hawkes

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Leo Bain

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz

Dan Potter

Erland van Lidth

Erland van Lidth

Ronald "Fatty" Elster

Deborah Hedwall

Deborah Hedwall

Nell Potter

L

Lee Taylor-Allan

Toni Potter

Court is in session

Put Alone in the Dark on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.