Alone in the Dark

Nov 12, 1982

1h 33m

★ 5.8

When the lights go out, the terror begins.

Overview

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

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Cast

Frank Hawkes

Jack Palance

Leo Bain

Donald Pleasence

Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

Martin Landau

Dan Potter

Dwight Schultz

Ronald "Fatty" Elster

Erland van Lidth

Nell Potter

Deborah Hedwall

Toni Potter

Lee Taylor-Allan

Tom Smith / Skaggs

Phillip Clark

Lyla Potter

Elizabeth Ward

Ray Curtis

Brent Jennings

Detective Burnett

Gordon Watkins

Bunky

Carol Levy

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