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Alone in the Dark

When the lights go out, the terror begins.

5.8(175)19821h 33m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
$1.4M
Language
English
  • escape
  • blackout
  • siege
  • revenge
  • murder
  • mental institution
  • slasher
  • maniac
  • mental illness
  • meat cleaver
  • escaped mental patient
  • mailman

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Behind the camera

Director

Jack Sholder

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR12 Nov 1982
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical187 Dec 1982
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM21 Jul 1983
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical10 Jun 1983
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical186 Jan 1984
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalVM141 Oct 1983
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical2 Jul 1988
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical1 Oct 1985
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical18 Oct 1984
  • NorwayNO

    • Theatrical184 Nov 1983

Frequently asked questions

Alone in the Dark was released on 12 November 1982.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    JPV852

    10/4/2021

    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**

  • W

    Wuchak

    6/13/2022

    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 Dark" (1982) is a fai…

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