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Writer:
Stanford Whitmore (writer)
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Release Date:
27 April 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
After fear...beyond terror...there is THE DARK! more
Plot:
An alien mutilator stalks and kills human prey during the night. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Maayybe something good, maayybe something bad more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

William Devane ... Roy Warner / Steve Dupree

Cathy Lee Crosby ... Zoe Owens
Richard Jaeckel ... Det. Dave Mooney
Keenan Wynn ... Sherman 'Sherm' Moss
Warren J. Kemmerling ... Police Captain Speer (as Warren Kemmerling)
Biff Elliot ... Detective Jack Bresler
Jacquelyn Hyde ... De Renzy

Casey Kasem ... Police Pathologist
Vivian Blaine ... Courtney Floyd
John Bloom ... The Dark
Bill Derringer ... Herman Burmeister (as William Derringer)
Jay Lawrence ... Jim Hampton
Russ Marin ... Dr. Baranowski
Vernon Washington ... Henry Lydell
Mel Anderson ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Mutilator
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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:16 (theatrical rating) (cut) | UK:18 (pre cert VHS) | Australia:M | Norway:18 | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The television station is KFVI. The last part "FVI" refers to this film's production company, Film Ventures International. When Shelley is by the movie theater at the beginning of the film, we can see three movie posters, Chi sei? (1974) (better known as Beyond the Door), Grizzly (1976) and _Power, The (1980)_. These films were produced by Film Ventures International. more
Quotes:
Police Captain Speer: Zombie? Mangler? Now, I don't wanna hear those two words again! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Times Square (1980) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Maayybe something good, maayybe something bad, 19 February 2006
4/10
Author: jbhard from United States

I was handed this 'golden garbage' DVD for my birthday (Moe!) and all I can say is paybacks are a bitch. The Dark definitely belongs in the "Plan 9 from outer space" category. If you seek serious horror then avoid this like a Chris Tucker 'movie'. However, if failed attempts of the past make you howl with laughter than look no further than this turkey. Failing test screenings as a zombie movie it was reworked into an alien menace movie with hilarious results.

It all starts with an apology (or prologue if you prefer) that attempts to convince the audience that if electric eels can shock than who knows what's out in space(!?) This amounts to freeze framing the 'zombie movie' and superimposing laser bolts from the creature's eyes and an explosion onto the victim. That's great but the characters solving the crimes keep describing horrible mutilations (!?) I would say the acting is terrible but the lines they are given to say are horrendous. We never actually see a spaceship so 'it' apparently fell to earth on it's own. I'm dying to know how and why it's dressed like a mailman (or a factory worker in his coat sans the lunch box). The addition of a mysterious psychic (?) that shows up at inexplicable times means you know your in beer-cinema country.

Take it or leave it. I'm already stuck with my copy.

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