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Alone In The Dark
Directed by	Uwe Boll
Produced by	Shawn Williamson
Written by	Elan Mastai, Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer
Starring	Christian Slater Tara Reid Stephen Dorff
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release date(s)	January 28, 2005
Running time	96 min.
Language	English
Budget	$20,000,000
Gross revenue	$8,191,971 (Worldwide)
Followed by	Alone in the Dark II
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Alone in the Dark is a 2005 Brightlight Pictures horror film very loosely based on Infogrames' popular video game series of the same name. It is directed by Uwe Boll, and stars Christian Slater as supernatural detective Edward Carnby. The film's tagline is Evil Awakens. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Download high resolution version (442x655, 61 KB)Alone in the Dark movie poster This work is copyrighted. ... Uwe Boll (pronounced []), born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. ... Michael Roesch (born April 24, 1974) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. ... Peter Scheerer (born December 16, 1973) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. ... Christian Slater(born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. ... Tara Reid (born November 8, 1975) is an American actress. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lions Gate Films. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Alone in the Dark II is a sequel to the 2005 movie, Alone in the Dark. ... The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. ... Brightlight Pictures Inc. ... “Horror Movie” redirects here. ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). ... Uwe Boll (pronounced []), born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. ... Christian Slater(born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. ...

Upon its release, Alone in the Dark received poor reviews from critics and video game devotees alike. It grossed $2,834,421 in its opening weekend.

Cast

• Christian Slater — Edward Carnby (replaced by Rick Yune for the sequel, Alone in the Dark II.
• Tara Reid — Aline Cedrac
• Stephen Dorff — Commander Burke
• Will Sanderson — Agent Miles
• Françoise Yip — Agent Cheung

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Opening text crawl (background story)

The opening text crawl details the background story of the film. It has received some criticism for its length and unnecessary voice-over from Blair Erickson, who made some early drafts of the script.

Characters

• Edward Carnby - Raised at an orphanage under Sister Clara, Carnby lost his memory when he was ten years old. At twenty, he was recruited by Bureau 713, gaining knowledge on the paranormal soon after. His current assignment is investigating his past along with researching the disappearance of the Abkani. Due to the experiments conducted on him as a child, he has the ability to sense paranormal activity and has increased strength and speed, which allow him to perform acrobatic moves that a normal human could not do.

• Aline Cedrac - An archaeologist and museum curator. She is the ex-girlfriend of Edward Carnby and knowledgeable about the Abkani and their culture.

• Richard Burke - The Commander of Bureau 713, formerly worked under the direction of Carnby.

• Professor Hudgens - Conducted top-secret experiments in Bureau 713, which were shut down after one of the orphaned children escaped—Edward Carnby. Hudgens still works for 713 but now as a science officer. Hudgens is deeply interested in the history of the Abkani, and has gained insight into the "Xenos", nightmare creatures linked to the Abkani's mythos.

• Fischer - Fischer leads the medical unit of Bureau 713. He is one of Carnby's few trusted allies and friends.

• James Pinkerton - Former Agent of Bureau 713 who went missing in action in the 1980s. He and Hudgens were in charge of the investigation of the disappearance of goldminers at Brutan Goldmine. Pinkerton became an experiment for Hudgens, who attached a Xenos creature to his spine. His abilities included increased awareness, strength, speed and willpower.

• Sister Clara - Sister Clara runs an orphanage and one of the orphans under her care was Edward Carnby. In the eighties, she was persuaded by Professor Hudgens to allow experiments on the orphans. She keeps this secret from everyone but is inwardly guilty for her immoral actions.

Game references and similarities

• The game version of Alone in the Dark features an ending that takes place on the morning after and is open-ended, showing a mysterious cab driver pick up Edward Carnby or Emily Hartwood and whose destination is unknown. The film version also offers an ending which takes place in the morning when something mysteriously startles Edward Carnby and Aline Cedrac.

• Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare mentions Edward Carnby as part of a paranormal agency known as Bureau 713. The film version goes into greater detail as this is part of the focus of the film.

• Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare features creatures that thrive in the darkness, have invisibility and can be harmed by light and electricity. The film version features creatures known as Xenoms that can be invisible and can be harmed by light and electricity.

• The film version features a storyline with elements found in the games. The kidnapping of the orphaned children in the film is similar to the kidnapping of Grace Saunders from Alone in the Dark II. The disappearance of the orphans is similar to the disappearance of Detective Ted Striker from Alone in the Dark II. The closing of the gateway of darkness storyline from the film is similar to Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare which requires the protagonists to close a gateway of darkness. The film version also features a scientist doing experiments on people which is similar to Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.

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An early version of the script

Blair Erickson came up with the first drafts of the script for Alone in the Dark. According to Erickson, Uwe Boll changed the script to be more action packed than a thriller. Erickson stated his disgust and his working relationship towards Boll on Somethingawful.com. Uwe Boll (pronounced []), born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. ... Something Awful, sometimes abbreviated to SA, is a cynical comedy website based in the United States. ...

"The original script took the Alone In the Dark premise and depicted it as if it were actually based on a true story of a private investigator in the northeastern U.S. whose missing persons cases begin to uncover a disturbing paranormal secret. It was told through the eyes of a writer following Edward Carnby and his co-worker for a novel, and depicted them as real-life blue-collar folks who never expected to find hideous beings waiting for them in the dark. We tried to stick close to the H. P. Lovecraft style and the low-tech nature of the original game, always keeping the horror in the shadows so you never saw what was coming for them. Thankfully Dr. Boll was able to hire his loyal team of hacks to crank out something much better than our crappy story and add in all sorts of terrifying horror movie essentials like opening gateways to alternate dimensions, bimbo blonde archaeologists, sex scenes, mad scientists, slimy dog monsters, special army forces designed to battle slimy CG dog monsters, Tara Reid, "Matrix" slow-motion gun battles, and car chases. Oh yeah, and a ten-minute opening back story scroll read aloud to the illiterate audience, the only people able to successfully miss all the negative reviews. I mean hell, Boll knows that's where the real scares lie."^[1] A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... This article is about the author. ... This article is about the 1999 film. ...

Unrated Director's Cut version

An Unrated Director's Cut was released in Germany, France and Australia and was #1 on the German DVD market for three weeks.^[2] This version of the movie, contains about eight to ten additional minutes of footage, and it was released on DVD in North American on 25 September 2007.^[3] In the newest version of the film virtually all of the scenes with Tara Reid in them have been removed by Boll himself.^{[citation needed]}

Original movie and game tie-in concept

Originally, the film version of Alone in the Dark was to be released with Alone in the Dark 5, the fifth title in the series; however, the creators of Alone in the Dark, Eden Games, delayed the game and reworked it entirely from scratch. This appears to be one of the causes for the public backlash from gamers on how the film version of Alone in the Dark appeared to deviate from the Alone in the Dark game franchise save for the fact that the film was in some ways a sequel to Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. Uwe Boll stated his disappointment on the region 1 DVD commentary but also said that Atari had face shots of Christian Slater for the newest game - Alone in the Dark 5, which comes out in 2008. Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). ... Eden Games (known as Eden Studios until 2003) is a game development studio which is most well known for the Need For Speed: V-Rally series of games, as well as the recently released Test Drive: Unlimited. ... Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). ... Uwe Boll (pronounced []), born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. ... The following is an excerpt of the article entitled DVD. For the sake of convenience, the terms Region 0, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 8 redirect to this page. ... Christian Slater(born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. ...

Reception

Alone in the Dark was panned by nearly every film critic. Rottentomatoes.com ranked the film a score of 1% as of December 2007 and lists it as the 2nd worst reviewed movie of all time. At Metacritic, it was a score of 9%. Reviews frequently blamed the film's excessive gunplay and absent plot on its videogame origins[1], however those aware of the game series were less forgiving of Boll's change of tone.[2] Rotten Tomatoes (http://www. ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ...

Alone in the Dark was given several accolades highlighting this poor reception:

Alone in the Dark won three 2005 Stinkers Awards: The Bad Cinema Society (formerly known as the Hastings Bad Cinema Society) is a Los Angeles-based group of film buffs and movie critics devoted to honoring the worst films ever made. ...

• Worst Picture
• Worst Director (Uwe Boll)
• Worst Special Effects

It also won one Calvin Award:

• Worst Picture

Alone in the Dark received two 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards nominations: The Golden Raspberry Awards are given to the worst movies of the year. ...

• Worst Director (Dr. Uwe Boll)
• Worst Actress (Tara Reid)

Despite this criticism, a sequel is set for 2009 in which Christian Slater will not return.

Soundtrack

The German band Solution Coma contributed the title song. A soundtrack was released on NuclearBlast America and had two discs.

Disc 1

1. "Vredesbyrd!" – Dimmu Borgir
2. "What Drives The Weak" – Shadows Fall
3. "Cyberwaste" – Fear Factory
4. "Touch Of Red" – In Flames
5. "Devour" – Strapping Young Lad
6. "Peace" – Agnostic Front
7. "Landing" – Moby
8. "Gone Forever" – God Forbid
9. "Down Again" – Chimaira
10. "Lost To Apathy" – Dark Tranquility
11. "Blacklist"-Exodus
12. "Imperium"- Machine Head
13. "Stabbing the Drama"- Soilwork
14. "Daylight Dancer"- Lacuna Coil
15. "Panasonic Youth"- Dillinger Escape Plan
16. "Rational Gaze"- Meshuggah
17. "Wish I Had An Angel"- Nightwish
18. "Mother of Abominations"- Cradle of Filth

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1. "Dead Eyes See No Future" – Arch Enemy
2. "The Devil Incarnate" – Death Angel
3. "Medieval" – Diecast
4. "Daughter Of The Damned" – Fireball Ministry
5. "The Weapon They Fear" – Heaven Shall Burn
6. "Eraser" – Hypocrisy
7. "Blood And Thunder" – Mastodon
8. "The Great Depression" – Misery Index
9. "Ghost" - Mnemic
10. "Slaughtervain" – Dew-Scented
11. "Souls To Deny" – Suffocation
12. "Watch Out" – Raunchy
13. "As I Slither" – Kataklysm
14. "Outnumbering The Day" – Bloodbath
15. "Deconstruction" – All Shall Perish
16. "Minion" – Bleed The Sky
17. "On Earth” – Samael
18. "One Shot, One Kill" – Dying Fetus
19. "99" – The Haunted

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See also

• Films considered the worst ever
• List of films based on video games

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References

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External links

• Official site
• Alone in the Dark at the Internet Movie Database (score 2.2/10 (10,825 votes) as of January 2007)
• Alone in the Dark at Metacritic
• Alone in the Dark at Rotten Tomatoes (where it has a score of 1% as of June 2006)