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Alone in the Dark (1982)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1982 Wide

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This is a very enjoyable tongue-in-cheek horror film about some homicidal maniacs who break out of an asylum and terrorize a psychiatrist's family on a dark and stormy night. Martin Landau and Jack Palance are particularly funny, but there are some genuine scares as well. One scene, in which a frightened woman is menaced on her bed by a maniac thrusting a butcher-knife up through the mattress, is a clever send-up that will nevertheless linger in the memory. The coda, in which the crazy Palance

R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Jack Sholder

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1982 Wide

On DVD: Sep 13, 2005

Cast

Jack Palance
Frank Hawkes
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Leo Bain
Martin Landau
Bryon "Preacher" Sutcli...
Dwight Schultz
Dan Potter
Erland van Lidth
Ronald "Fatty" Elster
Deborah Hedwall
Nell Potter
Phillip Clark
Tom Smith/Skaggs
Lee Taylor Allen
Tonie Potter
Frederick Coffin
Jim Gable
Steve Daskawisz
Doctor
Laura Esterman
Woman Voyager
Brent Jennings
Ray Curtis
Carol Levy
Bunky
Michael Medeiros
Club Manager
E.D. Phillips
Jailer
Larry Pine
Dr. Harry Merton
Keith Reddin
Billy
Michael Earl Reid
Cursing Voyager
Jana Schneider
Spaced-out Girl at Club
Lin Shaye
Receptionist at Haven
Annie Korzen
Marissa Hall
Paula Raflo
Voyager
Ken Burns
Cop at House
Elizabeth Ward
Lee Taylor-Allan

Critic Reviews for Alone in the Dark

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2) | DVD (2)

The movie's tongue-in-bloody-cheek satire of psychobabble sets it apart.

April 9, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

The premise isn't plausible and Palance, Landau and Pleasence deserve more screen time, but this has enough off-beat and darkly comic moments to make it passable. And the final scene is a hoot.

March 24, 2007 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

Palance, Pleasance, and Landau ensure that, while it might get a little dry and silly at times, Alone in the Dark sure isn't boring.

November 18, 2005 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

Uneven, but sometimes creepy, sometimes quirky thriller.

March 19, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Probably the best movie I've seen during this marathon. 'Alone in the Dark' is trenchant, intelligent and gleefully pulpy with Oscar-winning actors at their scenery-chewing maximum. Martin Landau, with glassy eyes and a Grinch-like smile, quotes scriptures as if he were on high and the simple task of wishing someone

October 21, 2011