Just when i was starting to wonder if I’d see any reviews this year WORSE than the ones received by Elektra… along come Alone in the Dark. Oh wow… no seriously folks.. this film is getting HAMMERED by the critics from every angle.
I was looking forward to catching Christian Slater in a flick again… I guess this couldn’t be called a tripumphant return. Just take a look at some of the horrific things that are being said about this film. Keep in mind, these aren’t just a couple of bad reviews… ALL of them are this bad.
“This horror film, spun off from an old Atari video game, is so inept on every level, you wonder why the distributor didn’t release it straight to video, or better, toss it directly into the trash.”
— Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES“Alone in the Dark co-stars perpetual party-girl Tara Reid as an archeologist. That alone should give you some clue as to how bad this movie is.”
— Bob Townsend, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION“There are some stupid films that rock, if you turn your brain off and enjoy them. Alone in the Dark isn’t one of these, though it is very stupid.”
— Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE“Terrible beyond belief, like the worst 1940s serial ever made. As for Slater and Dorff…well, they’ve been in worse movies–wait a minute, no they haven’t.”
— Frank Swietek, ONE GUY’S OPINION
Wow… I want to go to it now just to see for myself how bad this film is. Guess I know what I’m doing this weekend. Maybe that was the studios strategy all along?
