Alone in the Dark

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

Genre : HorrorThriller

Runtime : 93 mins

Release Date : 1982-11-12

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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 ...

Cast

Jack Palance

(Frank Hawkes)

Donald Pleasence

(Leo Bain)

Martin Landau

(Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff)

Dwight Schultz

(Dan Potter)

Erland van Lidth

(Ronald "Fatty" Elster)

Deborah Hedwall

(Nell Potter)

Lee Taylor-Allan

(Toni Potter)

Phillip Clark

(Tom Smith / Skaggs)

Elizabeth Ward

(Lyla Potter)

Brent Jennings

(Ray Curtis)

Gordon Watkins

(Detective Burnett)

Carol Levy

(Bunky)

Keith Reddin

(Billy)

Annie Korzen

(Marissa Hall)

Lin Shaye

(Receptionist at Haven)

Dorothy Dorian James

(Mom)

John Weissman

(Bicycle Messenger)

Jana Schneider

(Spaced-out Girl at Club)

Robert Pastner

(Customer in Diner)

Larry Pine

(Harry Merton)

Frederick Coffin

(Jim Gable)

Mallory Millet-Jones

(Anchorwoman)

Laura Esterman

(Woman Voyager)

Michael Earl Reid

(Cursing Voyager)

Paula Raflo

(Voyager)

Steve Dash

(Dr. Barkin)

Michael Medeiros

(Club Manager)

E.D. Phillips

(Jailer)

Norman Beim

(Cop at Haven)

Ken Burns

(Cop at House)

Ralph Corrado Jr.

(Looter)

Snooky

(Singer)

Tish