Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Wizard-8 With a trash movie fan's dream cast - including Donald Pleasence, Jack Palance, and Martin Landau - it's a little odd that "Alone In The Dark" has remained still fairly unknown more than thirty years after it was first released. Actually, I think there is a reason why it hasn't found a substantial audience, and that reason is that the movie is admittedly quite slow. The movie really takes a long time to unfold from one main plot turn to another. And in the climatic sequence - the doctor and his family finding themselves under siege from the psychos in their home - it takes a long time to sink in for the protagonists that they are in serious trouble. Despite these major faults, the movie is still enjoyable. The aforementioned stars and the rest of the cast give pretty amusing performances (no one is taking things completely seriously), and while the core plot unfolds slowly, the movie moves from scene to scene at a brisk pace so things never get boring. Good production values and a sprinkling of black humor contribute further to making the movie in the end an enjoyable romp for horror fans with a sense of humor.

morganmpoet Striking visuals, excellent character actors allowed to chew large chunks of scenery, good music & atmospheric, finally a nice 80's time capsule of cultural references make this one a keeper.Donald Pleasance, Martin Landau, Jack Palance all present wonderful characterizations. Between Landau & Palance these two great actors really pull out the stops with some amazing performances & I have to give the nod to Martin Landau as the crazed 'Preacher' Byron, he really gives an amazing performance although Palance is just a nose length behind in terms of off the wall performances! Some great some great shock cuts, nicely scripted thriller with I will admit some implausible plot twists but who cares? This is classic on almost every level & it's a personal favorite of mine. Very quotable lines, amazing performances, these guys (Pleasance, Palance & Landau)could act the socks of any of todays thespians on their worst day & in this film one gets the feeling they R really enjoying themselves with these characters & it shows. Worth finding & highly recommended.

Matt Downey This movie seems to go highly unnoticed, which is insane since its one of the few slasher films I've seen that actually has thought put behind it. Everyone in this film acts very well, with little bad acting, Donald Pleasence (Halloween) gives a pretty funny performance as an insane doctor. The maniacs are all fun to watch. The body count sits at 8 kills, which is a little above standard for slashers, I Gave this film a 7/10 as there still are things in the movie that don't make it as good as it could've been, but this is definitely one of the best slasher films of the early 80s and a recommended movie to any slasher film. (this is also the first movie to use a hockey mask besides Jason in Friday the 13th part 3!)

BA_Harrison Who's the craziest? The forward-thinking doctor who keeps his most dangerous patients in a less than secure environment? The members of the public who riot and loot as soon as a blackout occurs? The new-wave punks who idolise a band that glorifies violence? Or the four absolute raving lunatics who escape from a high security asylum to avenge a murder that never even happened?Clearly, it's the latter, but with Alone In The Dark director Jack Sholder does entertain some interesting ideas about society in general, and whether there is a little craziness in even the seemingly most sane of us. This unexpected level of intelligence, along with excellent performances from a superb cast (which includes Martin Landau, Jack Palance, Donald Pleasance, Dwight Schultz, and Lin Shaye), some gratuitous nudity and violence, and a pretty cool surprise towards the end, all go to make Alone in the Dark one of the more enjoyable horrors of the early 80s.N.B. Ironically, Schultz, who plays one of the sanest characters in the film, would later find fame as insane Vietnam vet Murdock in The A-Team.