Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1982-11-12

Languageen

Runtime1h 33m

Budget$1,000,000

Revenue$1,400,000

Production

Masada Productions, New Line Cinema

5.8(169)

•1982•1h 33m

Alone in the Dark

"When the lights go out, the terror begins."

Horror Thriller

Overview

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

Director

Writing & Screenplay

Cinematography

Principal Cast

32 credited

Jack Palance

Jack PalanceFrank Hawkes

Donald Pleasence

Donald PleasenceLeo Bain

Martin Landau

Martin LandauByron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Dwight Schultz

Dwight SchultzDan Potter

Erland van Lidth

Erland van LidthRonald "Fatty" Elster

Deborah Hedwall

Deborah HedwallNell Potter

Lee Taylor-AllanToni Potter

Phillip Clark

Phillip ClarkTom Smith / Skaggs

Elizabeth WardLyla Potter

Brent Jennings

Brent JenningsRay Curtis

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