Alone in the Dark (2005)

Horror / Action / Thriller

1 hr. 36 min.

Horror/action/thriller based on the video game, starring Christian Slater as a supernatural detective out to stop a cult from unleashing demons into the world. January is a dumping ground for bad horror movies, you know.

Rated R for violence and language

Directed by: Uwe Boll

Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Mark Acheson, Daniel Cudmore

Theatrical Release Date: 1/28/2005

Release Type: Wide

U.S. Box Office: $5,132,655

Video/DVD Release Date: 5/10/2005

Distributor: Lions Gate Films

Country: Canada

Language: English

Offsite: IMDB | Official Site

CRITIC	RATING	QUOTE
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington	3	There are some stupid films that rock, if you turn your brain off and enjoy them. Alone in the Dark isn't one of these, though it is very stupid.
E!	0	This movie, which is based on a videogame, is so poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that it's not even at the straight-to-DVD level.
filmcritic.com Pete Croatto	2	The boredom factor remains firmly in place throughout, despite attempts to rouse us.
New York Post Russell Scott Smith	0	Forget creepy demons, shadowy conspiracies and ancient evils. The only real mystery about the incompetent and unscary new horror movie Alone in the Dark is why Tara Reid doesn't show her boobs.
TV Guide Ken Fox	3	...tedious...
Reel Tim Knight	2	...mind numbingly bad...
Slant Magazine Nick Schager	2	Saying Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark is better than his 2003 American debut House of the Dead--possibly the worst horror film of the past decade--is akin to praising syphilis for not being HIV.
Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown	0	...the film on your teeth after a three-day drunk possesses more cinematic value.
New York Times Stephen Holden	0	...so inept on every level, you wonder why the distributor didn't toss it directly into the trash.
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas	4	...visually striking, but the plot is confounding.
LA Weekly Chuck Wilson	4
Village Voice Benjamin Strong	1	...an embarrassingly unscary monster mash...
Onion AV Club Keith Phipps	2	...an incomprehensible, murkily photographed film featuring faded stars who look like they'd rather be anywhere else.
Maxim Paul Ulane	0	We know it's early, but it's official: Alone in the Dark is the funniest movie of 2005.

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ALL AVERAGE CRITIC RATING	1.6
AVERAGE USER RATING (0 ratings)	-