Search - Alone in the Dark on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1982 DVD Release: 09/13/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Horror, Thriller, Horror Comedy

This is a very enjoyable tongue-in-cheek horror film about some homicidal maniacs who break out of an asylum and terrorize a psychiatrist's family on a dark and stormy night. Martin Landau and Jack Palance are particularly funny, but there are some genuine scares as well. One scene, in which a frightened woman is menaced on her bed by a maniac thrusting a butcher-knife up through the mattress, is a clever send-up that will nevertheless linger in the memory. The coda, in which the crazy Palance has a bizarre encounter with a spaced-out punk chick in a nightclub, is a real gem. Recommended. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Jack Palance - Frank Hawkes
Donald Pleasence - Dr. Leo Bain
Martin Landau - Bryon "Preacher" Sutcliff
Dwight Schultz - Dan Potter
Erland Van Lidth - Ronald "Fatty" Elster