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Alone in the Dark

1982 93 min ★ 5.9 Horror, Thriller

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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Cast

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

Details

Director

Jack Sholder

Screenplay

Jack Sholder

Tagline

"When the lights go out, the terror begins."

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$1,000,000

Production

Masada Productions, New Line Cinema

Reviews

JPV852

October 4, 2021

★ 8/10

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

★ 6/10

**_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...