Alone in the Dark (1982 film)

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Alone in the Dark is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Jack Sholder (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Robert Shaye. Sholder wrote the screenplay based on a story he co-wrote with Shaye and Michael Harrpster. The film stars Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz, and Erland Van Lidth, and follows a psychiatrist's family who are besieged by four escaped mental patients during a power blackout. Following Stunts (1977) and Polyester (1981), Alone in the Dark was among the earliest films that New Line Cinema produced. Principal photography took place in the fall of 1981 at Bergen County, New Jersey and Palisades, New York on an estimated $1 million budget. New Line Cinema released Alone in the Dark in Michigan on October 1, 1982, with its release expanding to California and New York on November 19, 1982. The film grossed $1.4 million domestically and received mixed reviews from critics at the time of its release, though it went on to develop a cult...

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