Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark is a 2005 action horror film loosely based on the fourth installment of Infogrames' video game series of the same name. Directed by Uwe Boll, the film stars Christian Slater as supernatural detective Edward Carnby (the main character in the games), and also features a cast of Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C. Turner, Matthew Walker, Will Sanderson, Mike Dopud, Mark Acheson, Darren Shahlavi, Karin Konoval and Ed Anders. Upon release, the film was both a commercial and a critical failure, receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews and being considered one of the worst films ever made. Despite this, a sequel was released in 2008.
Plot
Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) is a supernatural detective who specializes in the occult and other paranormal subjects. He was apparently the subject of strange experiments when he was a child, leaving him with heightened abilities as well as a "sixth sense" that allows him to sense the paranormal. Throughout the film, we also learn that Carnby used to work for Bureau 713, a secret government organization that seeks to protect the world from paranormal dangers.
More details
author | Michael Roesch Peter Scheerer |
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contentLocation | United States of America |
director | Uwe Boll |
editor | Richard Schwadel |
genre | action horror live-action science fiction |
keywords | another dimension detective maya civilization mayan natural history occult secret government organization sixth sense |
musicBy | Bernd Wendlandt Oliver Lieb Peter Zweier Reinhard Besser |
producer | Shawn Williamson Uwe Boll Wolfgang Herold |
productionCompany | Boll KG Entertainment Brightlight Pictures Herold Productions Infogrames Entertainment |
publisher | Concorde Filmverleih |
recordedAt | Vancouver |
theme | monster movie science fiction horror |