{"id":6,"date":"2006-03-04T10:46:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-04T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6"},"modified":"2021-01-21T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T22:23:36","slug":"alone-in-the-dark-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Alone in the Dark (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I told him that if he does not stop this nonsense immediately, I shall hang him up by his heels and chop him in half.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong><br \/>\nSeveral psychotic criminals (including Martin Landau and Jack Palance) escape from an experimental insane asylum run by Donald Pleasence, and terrorize the house of a doctor (Dwight Schultz) and his family. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donald Pleasence Films<\/li>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Jack Palance Films<\/li>\n<li>Martin Landau Films<\/li>\n<li>Mental Illness<\/li>\n<li>Psychopaths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this cult horror flick starts off with an interesting premise but loses its momentum and originality about halfway through, giving way to &#8220;ugly violence&#8221; and &#8220;stupidity&#8221;. Nonetheless, it&#8217;s fun watching Martin Landau and Jack Palance together in a film, and Donald Pleasence is excellent as the well-meaning but gravely clueless asylum director. The moral of the story: never, ever assume that all psychopathic criminals need is someone to &#8220;understand them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martin Landau&#8217;s creepy portrayal as The Preacher<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau-1536x820.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau-505x270.png 505w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Landau.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Donald Pleasence as the fatally naive asylum director<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence-1536x826.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Pleasence.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jack Palance as the one &#8220;redeemable madman&#8221; in the bunch<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2-1024x546.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2-1536x819.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2-506x270.png 506w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Palance2.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography-1536x834.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Alone-in-the-Dark-Cinematography.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a fan of slasher flicks and\/or &#8220;insane asylum&#8221; movies.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0083542\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/11\/19\/movies\/alone-in-the-dark.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I told him that if he does not stop this nonsense immediately, I shall hang him up by his heels and chop him in half.&#8221; Synopsis: Several psychotic criminals (including Martin Landau and Jack Palance) escape from an experimental insane asylum run by Donald Pleasence, and terrorize the house of a doctor (Dwight Schultz) and his family. Genres: Donald Pleasence Films Escape Horror Jack Palance Films Martin Landau Films Mental Illness Psychopaths Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - 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