Alone in the Dark (2005 film)

Alone in the Dark
Theatrical release poster
Directed byUwe Boll
Written by
Based onAlone in the Dark
by Infogrames
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMathias Neumann
Edited byRichard Schwadel
Music by
  • Reinhard Besser
  • Oliver Lieb
  • Bernd Wendlandt
  • Peter Zweier
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 28 January 2005 (2005-01-28) (United States & Canada)
  • 3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) (Germany)
Running time
96 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • Germany
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[2]
Box office$12.7 million[2]

Alone in the Dark is a 2005 action horror film directed by Uwe Boll and written by Elan Mastai, Michael Roesch, and Peter Scheerer. Based on the video game series of the same name, it stars Christian Slater, Tara Reid, and Stephen Dorff as paranormal investigators who combat a supernatural threat. The film's story is a loose adaptation of the game Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001).

Upon release, the film was panned by critics for the story, dialogue, special effects, and Reid's performance. Holding a 1% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Alone in the Dark is considered one of the worst films ever made. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing $12.7 million on a $20 million budget, although the home media releases were more successful. A sequel with a different cast and story was released to home media in 2008; Boll served as a producer.[3]

  1. ^ "Alone in the Dark (2005)". Library and Archives Canada. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Alone in the Dark II". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 October 2012.