A laugh-out-loud turkey.
Alone in the Dark (2005)
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Reviews Counted:115
Fresh:1
Rotten:114
Average Rating:1.7/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: You wake up in the middle of the night with the feeling someone is in the room with you. You get a flash of panic as you fumble for your bedside lamp. But when you turn on the light, no one is... You wake up in the middle of the night with the feeling someone is in the room with you. You get a flash of panic as you fumble for your bedside lamp. But when you turn on the light, no one is there. You might feel safe…but just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. Watching. Waiting. Existing at the fragile boundaries of our perception. There is a world around us, a world most of us never see - or never want to see. As a child, Edward Carnby was given irrefutable proof of that world. He hasn't slept well since. Now, twenty years later, Edward is a paranormal investigator. When the irrational and the inexplicable become undeniable, he is there. He is not out to change your mind. But he may be the only one who can save your life. Now, the greatest mystery of Edward's past is about to become the most dangerous case he has ever faced. Nineteen people have disappeared, and they have only one thing in common - each one grew up in the same orphanage as Edward. Looking for answers, Edward learns that an ancient artifact of considerable power has been discovered in a long-lost shipwreck. Amidst mounting danger, he turns to Aline Cedrac, a brilliant anthropologist who's also his ex-flame - and the only person he really trusts. In a world of ancient evils, lost civilizations, shadowy government conspiracies, and deadly paranormal threats, Edward and Aline come together to confront a supernatural enemy unlike anything they've ever seen before…one whose very existence could threaten all of humankind. -- © Lions Gate Films [More]
Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, William Sanderson
Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, William Sanderson, Robert C. Bruce, Ed Anders, Daniel Cudmore, Darren Shahlavi, Francoise Yip
Director: Uwe Boll
Director: Uwe Boll
Screenwriter: Michael Roesch, Elan Mastai, Peter Scheerer
Producer: Shawn Williamson, Wolfgang Herold
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Reviews for Alone in the Dark
Never trust a movie that opens with a written introduction scrolling by that's longer than the collected works of Tom Clancy.
Too stupid to watch, too loud to nap through, Alone in the Dark shows just how tenuous Plan Nine From Outer Space's hold on that 'worst movie ever' title really is.
Ultra-violent, hyper-mindless and bruisingly loud, Alone in the Dark makes its video game predecessors look like Masterpiece Theater.
It doesn't even qualify as 'so bad it's good,' although by that standard it does have its moments.
Alone in the Dark is no better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster, even if you happen to reach into a trash can.
As an audience-participation midnight movie, Alone in the Dark has potential.
Frighteningly bad cinema is the only thing scary about Alone in the Dark, which gives video-game movies an even worse name, if that's possible.
So poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that it's not even at the straight- to-DVD level.
It's tempting to call Alone in the Dark one of those movies so bad that it's almost good. But that might send the wrong signal to Hollywood.
The film is filled with hilariously bad performances, expository dialogue and production values that suggest it could have been a low-budget film-school project.
I didn't see director Uwe Boll's zombie dud House of the Dead, but on the evidence of Alone in the Dark, he belongs in the pantheon of hopelessly inept directors.
Alone in the Dark presents splatter fans with garden-variety gore, and gives action-horror fans loud, unscary special effects rather than genuine suspense or bang.
Tara Reid responds to the camera like she’s just caught a paparazzo; every line of dialogue begins with, ‘Hey guys,’ be it ordering lunch or reacting to mortal danger.
No subtext, no moral, no cultural observation, no substance; if it had calories, they would be empty
(Christian) Slater and (Tara) Reid share quite possibly the most awkward love scene ever recorded on film.
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