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Alone in the Dark

5.8

Released November 12, 1982Runtime 1h 33min

When the lights go out, the terror begins.

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

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Masada Productions

New Line Cinema

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Jack PalanceFrank Hawkes

Donald PleasenceLeo Bain

Martin LandauByron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Dwight SchultzDan Potter

Erland van LidthRonald "Fatty" Elster

Deborah HedwallNell Potter

Lee Taylor-AllanToni Potter

Phillip ClarkTom Smith / Skaggs

Elizabeth WardLyla Potter

Brent JenningsRay Curtis

Gordon WatkinsDetective Burnett

Carol LevyBunky

Keith ReddinBilly

Annie KorzenMarissa Hall

Lin ShayeReceptionist at Haven

Dorothy Dorian JamesMom

John WeissmanBicycle Messenger

Jana SchneiderSpaced-out Girl at Club

Robert PastnerCustomer in Diner

Larry PineHarry Merton

Frederick CoffinJim Gable

Mallory Millet-JonesAnchorwoman

Laura EstermanWoman Voyager

Michael Earl ReidCursing Voyager

Paula RafloVoyager

Steve DashDr. Barkin

Michael MedeirosClub Manager

E.D. PhillipsJailer

Norman BeimCop at Haven

Ken BurnsCop at House

Ralph Corrado Jr.Looter

SnookySinger

TishSinger

Crew

Adrienne Hamalian-MangineScript Supervisor

Jack SholderDirector

Jim BighamFirst Assistant Director

Matthew MalachSecond Assistant Director

Jack SholderStory

Robert ShayeStory

Michael HarrpsterStory

Jack SholderScreenplay

Scott MacQueenProduction Assistant

Rachel TalalayProduction Accountant

Todd RankinProduction Assistant

Marjorie PhillipsProduction Assistant

Linda LaiasProduction Coordinator

Bill HaleProduction Assistant

David GoodmanProduction Assistant

Conrad FinkProduction Assistant

William BellettiereProduction Assistant

Gale GoldbergLocation Manager

Benni KorzenExecutive Producer

Sara RisherAssociate Producer

Robert ShayeProducer

Dee Dee WehleCasting Director

Robert MaierProduction Manager

Stephen MarroUnit Manager

Scott MacQueenStunts

Stephen AbramsonProduction Controller

Nera BendorScript

David FrancoMusic Supervisor

John A. GallagherLocation Scout

Jean StandishMusic

Pino BernardiniMusic

Neil Eric WengerEditorial Staff

Carole PennerAssistant Editor

Suzanne O'SullivanWardrobe Supervisor

Wendy HubschmanCostume Assistant

Star GabrielleCostume Assistant

Robert ZimmermanFirst Assistant Camera

Barry WetcherStill Photographer

Peter SperaGrip

Alex LiveseyCamera Loader

William KlayerBest Boy Electric

John FosterGaffer

Richard ElianoCamera Loader

David BeckermanBest Boy Electric

Gilles ArnaudElectrician

Tom AndersonKey Grip

Greg ZollStunts

Webster WhineryStunts

Tony FarentinoStunts

Michael EstlerStunts

Cliff CudneyStunt Coordinator

Mike ChristopherStunts

Matt VogelSpecial Effects

Mel ZelnikerSound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard WilliamsBoom Operator

Steven VisscherAssistant Sound Editor

Joe MasefieldSupervising Sound Editor

Lou KleinmanDialogue Editor

Allan ByerLocation Sound Mixer

Elisha BirnbaumFoley Artist

Renato SerioOriginal Music Composer

Joseph MangineDirector of Photography

Arline GarsonEditor

Henry ShradyArt Direction

Alexandra De MarandeCostume Designer

Tom BrumbergerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Lyzanne GoodsonHairstylist

Lyzanne GoodsonMakeup Artist

Anthony HughesAssistant Makeup Artist

Don LumpkinSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Tom SaviniSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Joan BrockschmidtArt Department Assistant

Amy DiazArt Department Assistant

Jill FrankProps

Joshua HarrisonProps

William NeumannCarpenter

David RealeProps

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Reviews

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...

**_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 ...