# Alone in the Dark (1982)

> During a citywide blackout, escaped psychiatric inmates turn a psychiatrist’s farmhouse into a claustrophobic arena of revenge and survival.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/26134

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Jack Sholder
- Cast: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz, Erland van Lidth, Deborah Hedwall, Lee Taylor-Allan, Phillip Clark
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083542/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, tense, darkly humorous, halloween night, late night horror marathon

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- [Nightmare at Shadow Woods (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/17230)
- [Stage Fright (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/12342)
- [Night of the Living Dead (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/11617)
- [Hell Night (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/17332)
- [Scarecrows (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/25511)
- [Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/10712)
- [Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/18456)
- [Malevolence (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/37325)

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