Alone in the Dark (1982)
- Directed by
- Jack Sholder
- Genre
- horror film, slasher film, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 164 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family is trapped in their home during a blackout as four escaped mental patients go on a rampage. The patients are former inmates of the family's psychiatrist father.
suspensefultensegrittyclaustrophobicdarkcreepy80s retro
What happens
Alone in the Dark is a 1982 American slasher film co-written and directed by Jack Sholder in his directorial debut, and starring Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Donald Pleasence, Dwight Schultz, and Erland Van Lidth. The plot follows a psychiatrist's family who are besieged by four escaped mental patients during a power blackout. Following Stunts and Polyester, Alone in the Dark was one of the earliest films produced by distributor New Line Cinema. The film was shot on location in Bergen County, New Jersey and Palisades, New York in the fall of 1981. New Line Cinema released the film in Michigan on October 1, 1982, with its release expanding to California and New York on November 19, 1982. It grossed $1.4 million at the United States box office and received mixed reviews at the time of its release, though it went on to develop a cult following in subsequent years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Hospital Massacre (1982)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.