Alone in the Dark
A quartet of murderous psychopaths breaks out of a psychiatric hospital amid a blackout and lays siege to their doctor's house.
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Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine
Jack Sholder
Matthew Malach
Jim Bigham
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JPV852
Simple but entertaining suspense-thriller with a fun cast that includes Jack Palance, Martin Landau and Donald Pleasence. The horror element was decent and acting pretty solid for the most part. The one minor twist in the finale I had an inkling about yet was still effective. Would make for a great viewing on Halloween night. **3.75/5**
Wuchak
**_Inmates escape the loony bin with Pleasence, Palance and Landau_** During a blackout, several violent patients break out of a progressive asylum in New Jersey (Jack Palance, Martin Landau & Erland Van Lidth) and threaten a new doctor and his family at their farmhouse (Dwight Schultz, Deborah Hedwall, etc.). Donald Pleasence is on hand as the eccentric head of the facility. "Alone in the Dark" (1982) is a fairly obscure horror flick that borrows from “Silent Night, Bloody Night” (1972), “Halloween” (1978) and “Night of the Living Dead” (1968). Pleasence, Palance and Landau are a highlight; basically veteran actors making some extra cash in their twilight years and having a good time doing it. Lee Taylor-Allan (Toni) and Carol Levy (Bunky, the babysitter) stand out on the feminine front. The latter is good-looking, but needed to eat some cheeseburgers. While nothing spectacular, the movie has some welcome quirks and highlights, such as the idea of a “progressive” sanitarium, Toni’s situation (she’s recovering from a recent nervous breakdown), the contrasting of different levels of crazy whether inside or outside of mental institutions and the performance of The Sic F##ks at a local club. Speaking of the latter, a member of the band ran into Palance several years later and informed him who he was. Jack responded, “We were all sick f##ks in that movie.” The film runs 1 hour, 32 minutes, and was shot in New Jersey (Ridgewood, Newark, Hillsdale and Englewood). GRADE: B-/C+
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The directors of Alone in the Dark are Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine, Jack Sholder, Matthew Malach, and Jim Bigham.
The cast of Alone in the Dark includes Donald Pleasence as Leo Bain, Ken Burns as Cop at House, Laura Esterman as Woman Voyager, Jack Palance as Frank Hawkes, Dwight Schultz as Dan Potter, Martin Landau as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff, Steve Dash as Dr. Barkin, Lin Shaye as Receptionist at Haven, Frederick Coffin as Jim Gable, Michael Medeiros as Club Manager, Michael Earl Reid as Cursing Voyager, Erland van Lidth as Ronald "Fatty" Elster, and more.
The duration of Alone in the Dark is 1h 33 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Alone in the Dark trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Alone in the Dark was released on 12 Nov 1982.
Alone in the Dark is listed under Horror and Thriller on Fanbiz.
Alone in the Dark has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Simple but entertaining suspense-thriller with a fun cast that includes Jack Palance, Martin Landau and Donald Pleasence. The horror element was decent and acting pretty solid f..."
