Alone in the Dark

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<div> <B>*Blood* *Violent* *Strong Language* *Nudity* *Sexual Situations* *Gory *</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1982/Color/92 Min./RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video & New Line Cinema/Rated R</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Director.............Jack Sholder (Nightmare on Elm St. 2, The Hidden)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.......Jack Sholder (By Dawn's Early Light, Renegade)</B></div> <div> <B>Music.................Renato Serio</B></div> <div> <B>Producer...........Robert Shaye</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.....</B></div> <div> <B>Story by Jack Sholder, Robert Shaye & Michael Harpster</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dramatis Personae </B></div> <div> <B>Frank Hawkes.......Jack Palance (City Slickers, Dracula)</B></div> <div> <B>Leo Bane...........Donald Pleasence (Halloween, Prince of Darkness)</B></div> <div> <B>"Preacher".........Martin Landau (Space 1999-TV, House of Usher)</B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Dan Potter.....Dwight Schulz (The Long Walk Home)</B></div> <div> <B>"Fatty" Elster.....Erland van Lidth </B></div> <div> <B>Nell Potter........Deborah Hedwall</B></div> <div> <B>Toni Potter........Lee Taylor-Allan</B></div> <div> <B>Tom Smith (Skagg)..Phillip Clark</B></div> <div> <B>Lyla Potter........Elizabeth Ward</B></div> <div> <B>Ray Curtis.........Brent Jennings</B></div> <div> <B>Detective Barnett..Gordon Watkins</B></div> <div> <B>Bunky..............Carol Levy</B></div> <div> <B>Billy..............Keith Reddin</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: Pure horror folks. Don't bother trying to convert anybody with this one. It's too scary. The pace is fantastic and the direction is slick. The cast, as should be apparent above, is brilliant. Martin Landau is super as the preacher - does he look like Drayton Sawyer from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or what? The film plays endless psychological nightmare games with the viewer artfully building suspense for the final blood-curdling showdown. People who work in group homes or institutions should probably avoid this one unless they have a bizarre sense of humor and enjoy hearing their own jargon parodied mercilessly. Campy at times yes. Good? It's about as good as slasher films get.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: YIKES! Preacher heads over to Mom's Diner and is served a dead fish topped with a big frog. Dr. Bane (Donald Pleasence) gives a sermon and Mom and the only other customer chime in while he splits ol' Preacher in half - genitals first! Whoa! This crazy camp beginning is only a dream, but it sure gets your attention. Young Dr. Dan Potter has relocated to work with his former teacher Dr. Bane at his New Age insane asylum (Dr. Bane smokes pot on duty.) "the Haven", where the guys on the third floor are understatedly described as a pretty rough bunch. The patients (excuse us, "voyagers") are not too thrilled to see Dr. Potter, who is replacing their favorite, Dr. Murton. In fact, the paranoid schizophrenic voyagers think he killed their confidant for his job and they know just how to get even. When and where is their only problem. While Dr. Dan, his sister, and his wife visit a concert by the "Sick F-cks", a blackout strikes Springwood, NJ. Termed either an act of sabotage or an act of god by authorities, Preacher claims he made it happen. Yep, the Haven is blacked out too, knocking out the electric security system and the boys formerly on the third floor are under way in a Cadillac with the body count at two and promising to grow. The police assure that they shouldn't be hard to catch in their hospital outfits, but they pick up some stuff (sporting goods, clothes) during the looting spree that accompanies the blackout. The police and Potter's family discover that one of the voyagers was in Dr. Potter's house during the afternoon, and for security purposes a police officer and a young man are invited to stay for dinner. 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