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      Alone in the Dark

      R Released Jan 28, 2005 1h 38m Horror Adventure Mystery & Thriller List
      1% 121 Reviews Tomatometer 11% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score When the investigations of supernatural detective Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) lead him to uncover a long-lost tribe called the Abskani, he finds out that they worshipped demons. These evil creatures are now attempting to resurface in the world, and Edward can stop them only with the help of Aline Cedrac (Tara Reid), an archeologist who also happens to be his old flame. With sinister forces attempting to take over Edward's mind, can he and Aline stop them before it's too late? Read More Read Less
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      Inept on almost every level, Alone in the Dark may not work as a thriller, but it's good for some head-slapping, incredulous laughter.

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      Dan R Based loosely on the computer game series of the same name, 2005's 'Alone in the Dark' is rightly hailed as one of the worst films of all time. SYNOPSIS: 'A detective of the paranormal slowly unravels mysterious events with deadly results.' This is just terrible. It's worse than TV movie bad, and really only had a tenuous link to it's source material if that's why you're here. I bet you're sorry now aren't you? It uses violence for violence sake to shock and hold an audience. But it's not working sorry. Considering some of the high profile names of the cast, they should be ashamed of themselves for these totally pathetic performances. And the monsters? Yuck. Go away. Burn this with fire and destroy every digital copy in the world. It's a true punishment to watch this. 1/10 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/10/24 Full Review Carson P Oh yess this movie is that bad it's as bad as everyone has said leave it to an untalented hack like uwe boll to get Christian slater and Tara Reid and Stephen dorff to give the most laughably awful performances in one of the most laughably awful movies ever alone in the dark is so cheap looking and so ameatuerishly made that it's the perfect example of what incompetent filmmaking is especially in the sci fi action horror genre nothing about this movie was good the plot made no sense starting off as something that could be interesting but right away gets incomprehensible from some unorthodox dream sequence to a poorly staged chase scene nothing is explained of how that old man who looked like he managed to save from an apocalypse of monsters ruling the earth later becomes their leader the action is so poorly shot and the chemistry between the actors is nonexistent I don't know how any great actor would sign on for this but I heard Christian bale was actually almost set to be in the film but didn't end up and that's a sigh of relief I don't want a talented actor to star in a movie this god""" awful he must have read the script and declined being in it like he would have said what Daniel stern said when declining being in home alone 4 saying it's an insult and total garbage and that is what alone in the dark from 2005 is it's an atrocious piece of garbage and the worst film ever made next to battlefield earth, manos and plan 9 not even those heavy metal songs made this film be any cool there wasn't even a single cool moment or even a scene soo bad it's amusing it was just plain terrible and the film is soo bad it's bad and even worse the ending Made no sense at all how did the city get evacuated and what was that thing running at slater and Reid did they even save the earth from monster apocalypse but in the end we may not even care as this film has no engaging charachters or a storyline that makes sense whatsoever it's no wonder why uwe boll is considered the worst director of all time he has not made a single good movie not even rampage was good considering it was direct to dvd and direct to dvd films are trash this film itself should have been released straight to dvd it's not cinemetic worthy whatsoever it must not be seen by any film fan or anyone who wants to se good films or is a fan of masterpieces like godfather or saving private Ryan or lord of the rings or Casablanca and many others this is a movie bad on every aspect and only those who like bad movies that are as bad as battlefield earth would not mind it but that doesn't mean anything this film is an atrocious piece of garbage at of course gets a big fat F- Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/04/24 Full Review ana luisa u Que horrible horrible película los personajes son planos insoportable el humor es horrible los efectos son malos la película es tan gringe y aburrida es un 1.1 de 10 Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/18/23 Full Review Gabriel P worse than house of the dead Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/29/23 Full Review William A Just because a movie is horrible doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/01/23 Full Review Matt H It's perfect afternoon time killer movie here in the 2023+ era. Loved Tara Reid here as a 29 y.o. Museum Curator and Skater's BFF/GF hottie. &$); the critics it's a mid-2000s chill with your favorite movie watching friends and relax 🍿 movie!🎥 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nell Minow Common Sense Media Stupid horror movie based on an Atari game. Rated: 1/5 Apr 10, 2019 Full Review Keith Phipps AV Club Beware the film that confuses before it even begins. Apr 10, 2019 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff, the reigning princes of Hollywood schlock, join forces in this brain-dead adaptation of a popular video game. Jan 5, 2007 Full Review David Keyes Cinemaphile.org How do you savage something this pathetic, this completely unbothered by the basic concept of passable composition? Rated: 0/4 Sep 12, 2017 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) Who needs plot when you have plenty of bullets and heavy metal. Aug 24, 2017 Full Review Sebastian Zavala Kahn Más Gamers Don't watch Alone in the Dark. Not even as a joke. It's eighty minutes that absolutely no one can give you back. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 0.5/4 Feb 7, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis When the investigations of supernatural detective Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) lead him to uncover a long-lost tribe called the Abskani, he finds out that they worshipped demons. These evil creatures are now attempting to resurface in the world, and Edward can stop them only with the help of Aline Cedrac (Tara Reid), an archeologist who also happens to be his old flame. With sinister forces attempting to take over Edward's mind, can he and Aline stop them before it's too late?
      Director
      Uwe Boll
      Producer
      Uwe Boll, Wolfgang Herold
      Screenwriter
      Elan Mastai, Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer
      Distributor
      Lionsgate Films
      Production Co
      Brightlight Pictures Inc.
      Rating
      R (Violence|Language)
      Genre
      Horror, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 28, 2005, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 19, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $5.1M
      Runtime
      1h 38m
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby SRD
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)