HorrorThriller

Alone in the Dark

- When the lights go out, the terror begins.

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

Release Date : 1982-11-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Masada ProductionsNew Line Cinema

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Frank Hawkes

Original Name : Jack Palance

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leo Bain

Original Name : Donald Pleasence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Original Name : Martin Landau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dan Potter

Original Name : Dwight Schultz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ronald "Fatty" Elster

Original Name : Erland van Lidth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nell Potter

Original Name : Deborah Hedwall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Toni Potter

Original Name : Lee Taylor-Allan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tom Smith / Skaggs

Original Name : Phillip Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyla Potter

Original Name : Elizabeth Ward

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ray Curtis

Original Name : Brent Jennings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Burnett

Original Name : Gordon Watkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bunky

Original Name : Carol Levy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Billy

Original Name : Keith Reddin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marissa Hall

Original Name : Annie Korzen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Receptionist at Haven

Original Name : Lin Shaye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mom

Original Name : Dorothy Dorian James

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bicycle Messenger

Original Name : John Weissman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spaced-out Girl at Club

Original Name : Jana Schneider

Gender : Female

Character Name : Customer in Diner

Original Name : Robert Pastner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry Merton

Original Name : Larry Pine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jim Gable

Original Name : Frederick Coffin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anchorwoman

Original Name : Mallory Millet-Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman Voyager

Original Name : Laura Esterman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cursing Voyager

Original Name : Michael Earl Reid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voyager

Original Name : Paula Raflo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Barkin

Original Name : Steve Dash

Gender : Male

Character Name : Club Manager

Original Name : Michael Medeiros

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jailer

Original Name : E.D. Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop at Haven

Original Name : Norman Beim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop at House

Original Name : Ken Burns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Looter

Original Name : Ralph Corrado Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singer

Original Name : Snooky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singer

Original Name : Tish

Gender : Male

Reviews

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-10-04

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

@Wuchak

2022-06-13

**_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+