Alone in the Dark (2005)

A detective of the paranormal slowly unravels mysterious events with deadly results.

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Elan Mastai, Michael Roesch

Stars:

Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff

Bottom Rated Movies #13 | 4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Slater	...	Edward Carnby
Tara Reid	...	Aline Cedrac
Stephen Dorff	...	Cmdr. Richard Burke
Frank C. Turner	...	Sam Fischer
Matthew Walker	...	Prof. Lionel Hudgens
Will Sanderson	...	Agent Miles
Mark Acheson	...	Captain Chernick (as Mark Atcheson)
Darren Shahlavi	...	John Dillon
Karin Konoval	...	Sister Clara
Craig Bruhnanski	...	80's Sheriff (as Craig Brunanski)
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	Deputy Adams
Dustyn Arthurs	...	Young Edward
Catherine Lough Haggquist	...	Krash
Ed Anders	...	James Pinkerton
Brad Turner	...	Beat Cop

Storyline

Edward Carnby, detective of the paranormal, unexplained and supernatural, investigates a mystery (the recent death of a friend) with clues leading to "Shadow Island" that brings him face to face with bizarre horrors that prove both psychologically disturbing and lethal, as he discovers that evil demons worshiped by an ancient culture called the Abskani are planning on coming back to life in the 21st century to once again take over the world... and only he and a young genius anthropologist with an incredible memory (and his ex-girlfriend), Aline Cedrac, stand in their way, at a gateway to hell. Standing in Carnby's way, however, is the impact that a brief encounter with an evil spirit called the Queen had upon his mind, as he slowly finds himself overpowered by the forces of darkness as they eat away at his very sanity...

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Plot Keywords:

monster movie | rocket launcher | bad movie | crap | trash | 

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Taglines:

Can mankind defeat the army of darkness unleashed by an ancient evil cult?

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Every piece of body armor worn by the various extra foot soldiers during major battle scenes is paintball body protection made by JT USA.

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Goofs

When the agent is showing Edward pictures of people that have disappeared he says that there are only 3 pictures, but, he is actually showing him 4 people.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Prof. Lionel Hudgens: [narrating] In 1967, mine workers discovered the first remnants of a long lost Native American civilization - The Abkani. The Abkani believed that there are two worlds on this planet, a world of light and a world of darkness. 10,000 years ago the Abkani opened a gate between these worlds. Before they could close it, something evil slipped through. The Abkani mysteriously vanished from the Earth. Only a few artifacts remained, hidden in the world's most remote places. These artifacts...

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Alternate Versions

As with House of the Dead, the aspect ratio was changed from 2.35:1 to 1.85:1 for the American market.

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Leonard Part 6 (2015)

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Soundtracks

Synthetic Generation
Performed by Deathstars
Words by Andreas Bergh
Music by Emil Nödtveidt
Published by Universal Publishing AB
Courtesy of Nuclear Blast

User Reviews

Spectacular Crap-fest

I don't know where to begin. Tara Reid needs to be stopped before she's put in another movie. Stephen Dorff looks like he got his character's motivation from Val Kilmer in "Top Gun". Slater sleepwalks through this dreck. The direction, editing, sound (do we really need a heavy-metal video in the middle of a gunfight?), costumes (bulletproof vests with muscles on them), and hey, there's no discernible plot either. It amazes me that no one attached to the project stopped and said, "hey guys, this just doesn't make any sense, let's start over". Hopefully Slater's career can rebound from this disaster.

Hands down the worst film I've ever seen.

Details

Country:

Canada Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alone in the Dark

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,834,421, 30 January 2005

Gross USA:

$5,178,569

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,693,645

Company Credits

Production Co:

AITD Productions, Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Herold Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min 99 min (Unrated Director's Cut) 94 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS DTS-ES (DVD release) Dolby Digital EX (DVD release)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1