Alone in the Dead of Night

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inta k @intuciic 02/03/2020 what a retarded and absolutely stupid movie See more 02/05/2019 A very claustrophobic slow burn horror film that really gets into your head. I don't want to spoil the ending, but it's terrifying and a fitting end to the film. See more 02/04/2019 Alone in the Dead of Night is about a young woman, Mallory, who is tormented one night by a series of disturbing and horrific occurrences. Mallory must survive the night in her apartment as it is too dangerous for her to leave and she is unable to contact help with a broken cell phone. There is a lot that goes on in Alone in the Dead of the Night. The film does a good job of blurring the line between what is reality and what might be the tormented visions in Mallory's head. Where the film excels is during certain scares that were very effective and made my skin crawl. There's some very well done effects makeup and there's one moment with a gruesome wound that I can't stop thinking about. I think Alone in the Dead of Night will be a hit with horror fans and particularly those who appreciate the very attractive lead actresses. See more 02/02/2019 In the usually-dubious horror genre, it's understood that so many films marinate themselves in freshly-liberated blood and annoying unreality. Only once in a great while does one cross your plate that is so intelligently taut and so precisely crafted that it sticks to you with some inexplicably weird but equally thrilling moral queasiness. Matty Castano has reached that higher plane with the anxiety-inducing Alone In The Dead of Night, a film which somehow induces a savage smile as it simultaneously disturbs at the very highest of levels. Mallory and Gwen are two gals made believably great pals by the writing of Castano and his wife. Mallory has experienced the typical recent dramas that come with being afflicted with the everyday human condition, and Gwen is there for her as the unwavering support figure. As a token of her immovable friendship, Gwen gifts her traumatized friend a necklace, and off we go on our ride to the Dark Side, complete with discharging skin ailments a boatload of legitimately-felt tension. We know who and what Castano is allowing us to see here, but whether or not these manifestations are real is something he entrusts to Mallory's psychology, and to our own. Admittedly, I didn't know anything about Castano before tripping down this rabbit hole. But Alone in the Dead of Night strongly indicates that the psychological mind bender is his indigenous turf. There's a load of classic Hitchcock in here, with carefully constructed craft and a nuanced understanding of what truly disturbs the mind. While Alone In the Dead of Night also incorporates impressive effects, those elements play a distant second to what amounts to a masterclass in cerebral horror writing. While the film's budget is an unknown, one gets the sense that any limitations there have only sharpened the director's focus on producing an infinitely otherworldly story within a tightly confined physical space. See more Read all reviews

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