--- title: 'Alone in the Dark (1982)' type: 'film' director: 'Jack Sholder' released: '1982-11-12' runtime_minutes: 92 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/alone-in-the-dark-1982' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083542/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Alone in the Dark (1982) 1982 · 92 min · Horror, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis Alone in the Dark is a 1982 American slasher film co-written and directed by Jack Sholder in his directorial debut, and starring Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Donald Pleasence, Dwight Schultz, and Erland Van Lidth. The plot follows a psychiatrist's family who are besieged by four escaped mental patients during a power blackout. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jack Sholder](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-sholder) - **Screenplay:** [Jack Sholder](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-sholder), [Robert Shaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaye) - **Producer:** [Jack Sholder](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-sholder), [Robert Shaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaye) - **Original Music Composer:** [Renato Serio](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-serio) - **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Mangine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-mangine) - **Editor:** [Arline Garson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arline-garson) ## Cast - [Elizabeth Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-ward) - [Erland van Lidth](https://cinepixo.com/people/erland-van-lidth) - [Martin Landau](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-landau) - [Jack Palance](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-palance) - [Frederick Coffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-coffin) - [Lin Shaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/lin-shaye) - [Keith Reddin](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-reddin) - [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence) - [Dwight Schultz](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-schultz) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/alone-in-the-dark-1982 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3043487); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.