Four psychopaths, Hawkes (Jack Palance), a former prisoner of war, Sutcliff (Martin Landau), a pyromaniac evangelist, Elster (Erland van Lidth), an obese child molester and Skagg (Phillip Clark), a serial killer are permanent residents of a psychiatric hospital administered by Dr. Leo Bain (Donald Pleasence). When the security system fails and they escape the facility, their target is their new psychiatrist (Dwight Schultz), who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
This forgotten gem is an early slasher movie from New Line Cinema. It has its flaws, but the incredible ensemble cast (Palance, Pleasence, and Landau, in particular) make it an entertaining film well worth a watch. Join us as we discuss the memorable cast and history of this early film from the House Freddy (Krueger) built. Listen as Johnny Has the Keys hides from not one but four psychopaths stalking us alone… in the dark.
SHOW NOTES:
- Alone in the Dark (1982)
- Original trailer
- Jack Palance
- Donald Pleasence
- Martin Landau
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Halloween (1978)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
- Straw Dogs (1971)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- The Evil Dead (1981)
- Dario Argento
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- R.D. Laing
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Spellbound (1945)
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