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2005 Certificate 15
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Based on the video game, Alone in the Dark focuses on Edward Carnby, a detective of the paranormal, who slowly unravels a mysterious events with deadly results. Read more

Starring Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C. Turner
Director Uwe Boll
Genres Horror

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Alone In The Dark

Based on the video game, Alone in the Dark focuses on Edward Carnby, a detective of the paranormal, who slowly unravels a mysterious events with deadly results.

Starring Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C. Turner, Mathew Walker
Director Uwe Boll
Studio MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Horror
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 24 Oct 2005
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Alone In The Dark

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Donald Pleasence is the head of a New Jersey lunatic asylum keeping its really dangerous criminal inmates — among them Jack Palance and Martin Landau — under electronic surveillance. When a power failure occurs, the violent psychos break out and head to the home of the asylum doctor. This is a repetitive mishmash of stalk-and-slash themes and jump cuts. Aside from a promising opening dream sequence, a fleeting apparition (created by gore veteran Tom Savini) and an interesting “who's really crazy?” denouement set at a punk rock concert, the debut horror feature from director Jack Sholder (The Hidden) is a below-par maniacs-on-the-loose saga that revels in its own shock excesses. And, by the way, no one in the entire movie is ever alone in the dark.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Based on a video game, this derivative drivel offers the scary notion of government agents of the paranormal equipped with enough fire-power to fight the next world war; otherwise, it's just an interminable night-time shoot out with giant lizards.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 62 out of 68 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Move along, nothing to see here...

    ..this is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever had the misfortune of seeing.

    Director Uwe Boll has made another film based on a series of computer games from the mid 90's.

    Christian Slater plays a paranormal detective, with Tara Reid playing his ex-flame. The film has something to do with orphans, and Demons from an ancient culture taking over the world. That's where my understanding of the movie ends.

    As the 'story' 'progresses' (2 words missing from Boll's dictionary), you start believing you were either abducted by aliens or you fell asleep for 10 minutes, as you begin to wonder what is going on, on the screen. It actually does feel like 10 minutes were taken out here and there.

    The special effects were awful, and looked like they were produced by someone submitting a piece of work for school...perhaps that just add's to the cheesyness factor.

    Either way, the movie was absolutely dire, you will walk away from the movie wondering what the hell it was you just saw, and start questioning how Boll is getting funding for his next movies.

    Avoid Uwe Boll and any movie he has made, like the plague. Lets just hope he doesn't balls up Bloodrayne or Far Cry.

    Don't bother watching this movie unless you were a fan of the game, and if you were, you'll still end up being dissapointed.

      • Ollie from London, England
      • Posted 25 Jul 2005 02:03

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  • 31 out of 39 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Not bad but not great

    An average horror flick, may be worth 3 stars if you are a big fan of the game .

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