Unobjectionable even when it doesn't work, and certainly amusing when it does.
60
Time Out
Time Out
There's a sharp sense of humour at work in this school-of-Carpenter siege movie, even if, for all its ironic observations on madness in American society, it never cuts free of genre routine.
50
TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
This black sense of humor, combined with the playful performances of its excellent cast (especially Donald Pleasance, as the head of the asylum), raises Alone In The Dark a cut above the average maniacs-on-the-loose entry.