Alone in the Dark (1982)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jack Sholder

Escritores:

Jack Sholder (story) &
Robert Shaye (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 noviembre 1982 (USA)

Género:

Horror

Frase comercial:

Too frightened to breathe...

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Siege | Psychopath | Doctor | Blackout | House

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Decent

Reparto

Jack Palance	...	Frank Hawkes
Donald Pleasence	...	Dr. Leo Bain
Martin Landau	...	Byron 'Preacher' Sutcliff
Dwight Schultz	...	Dr. 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

También conocida como:

Solos en la oscuridad (Spain) [es]

Duración:

92 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Canada:(Banned) (Ontario) | Canada:R (Ontario -- Re-rated 1992) | Finland:(Banned) (1984) (heavily cut) | Finland:(Banned) (1984) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (self applied) | Italy:VM14 | Australia:M | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:(Banned)

Locaciones de Filmación:

New Jersey, USA

Compañía:

Masada Productions

Trivialidades:

While writing the screenplay for Alone in the Dark, Jack Sholder was inspired by the writings of R.D. Lang, who theorized that 'psychotics' were actually people having difficulty adapting to an already psychotic world. The character of Dr. Leo Bain was suppose to be something of a parody of Lang.

Citas:

Dr. Leo Bain: I told him that if he does not stop this nonsense immediately, I shall hang him up by his heels and chop him in half.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The House That Freddy Built (2006) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Insects Rule My World

Decent

Alone in the Dark (1982)

** (out of 4)

Four mental patients (two played by Martin Landau and Jack Palance) escape from the asylum planning to kill their new doctor during a citywide blackout. Since the DVD announcement it seems everyone was calling this a great, if somewhat forgotten slasher but I was somewhat disappointed. The first hour is pretty slow with not too much action but the final half hour really picks up the pace and has some mild suspense. Palance, Landau and co-star Donald Pleasence all chew up their scenes like they're going out of style, which is pretty fun since two would go onto win Oscars. I caught up on the twist ending early on but the "final" ending is a real hoot.