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Quick Info

Rating

5.8/10

Release1982

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,000,000

RevenueN/A

Production

Masada Productions

New Line Cinema

Movie

Alone in the Dark

1982

1h 33m

5.8

Horror

Thriller

Synopsis

A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

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