Alone in the Dark
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Critics Sentiment
Family barricades themselves as patients launch all out assault
Frank witnesses Dr. Merton on television and flees into night
The film crashes from its peak siege tension at 7.8 down to 4.2 with the abrupt and unsatisfying ending.
Alone in the Dark starts moderately with solid setup and cast introductions, building momentum through the escape premise critics found original. The film peaks during its intense final siege sequence that reviewers consistently praised, but crashes with an ending widely criticized as abrupt and unsatisfying.
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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
Gordon Watkins
Detective Burnett
Carol Levy
Bunky
Keith Reddin
Billy
Annie Korzen
Marissa Hall
Lin Shaye
Receptionist at Haven
Dorothy Dorian James
Mom
John Weissman
Bicycle Messenger
Jana Schneider
Spaced-out Girl at Club
Robert Pastner
Customer in Diner
Larry Pine
Harry Merton
Crew
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