A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
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Jack Palance
Frank Hawkes
Donald Pleasence
Leo Bain
Martin Landau
Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff
Dwight Schultz
Dan Potter
Erland van Lidth
Ronald "Fatty" Elster
Deborah Hedwall
Nell Potter
Lee Taylor-Allan
Toni Potter
Phillip Clark
Tom Smith / Skaggs
Elizabeth Ward
Lyla Potter
Brent Jennings
Ray Curtis
Director
Jack Sholder
Screenplay
Jack Sholder
Tagline
"When the lights go out, the terror begins."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Masada Productions, New Line Cinema
JPV852
October 4, 2021
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
June 13, 2022
**_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 D...
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