Movie Review: Alone In The Dark.

The Hook: Super, scary creatures hunting and being hunted in the dark. (Aliens wannabe, part seventeen…)

The Score: D

The Thoughts:

Man, I wanted to like this movie, I really did. The previews didn’t look that bad, and I was happy to see Christian Slater get top billing in a movie again (what was his last one? “Hard Rain”? That was a long, long time ago…) Unfortunately, this is NOT the comeback vehice he should’ve hopped onto.

The special effects were great, top notch, for the most part. But FX don’t make the movie, as Anacondas and Resident Evil 2 can attest to. When you have bad dialogue, sad acting (a pretty but vapid Tara Reid) and illogical action sequences, you have one sticky mess on your hands.

On one hand, I applaud myself for seeing a movie on my own volition WITHOUT consulting the reviews at RottenTomatoes.com. On the other, I could’ve saved that $8.50 to put toward something more worthy (Assault on Precinct 13, perhaps…)

You live, you learn, and by all means, avoid “the Dark..”