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Alone in the Dark

FilmSlasher Psychological Survival

Alone in the Dark1982

“When the lights go out, the terror begins.”

Directed by Jack Sholder

IMDb 6.0RT Critics 62%Metacritic 63TMDB 5.9

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Trailer

Year

1982

Runtime

93 min

Box office

Budget

$1,000,000

🏆 1 win total

Synopsis

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

Cast

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Frank Hawkes

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Leo Bain

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz

Dan Potter

Erland van Lidth

Erland van Lidth

Ronald "Fatty" Elster

Deborah Hedwall

Deborah Hedwall

Nell Potter

Lee Taylor-Allan

Toni Potter

Phillip Clark

Phillip Clark

Tom Smith / Skaggs

Elizabeth Ward

Lyla Potter

Brent Jennings

Brent Jennings

Ray Curtis

Gordon Watkins

Gordon Watkins

Detective Burnett

Carol Levy

Carol Levy

Bunky

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Slasher Psychological Survival Mental Illness Stigma Predator And Prey Paranoia Institutional Failure Home Invasion escape blackout siege revenge murder mental institution slasher maniac mental illness meat cleaver

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Scare rating

Contains spoilers

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