I remember being scared by the Lovecraftian horrors of the original Alone in the Dark game.
Today, film reviewers are scared of the recent adaptation. But for different reasons:

• Washington Post: "Supremely idiotic."
• San Fransisco Cronicle: "So mind-blowingly horrible that it teeters on the edge of cinematic immortality. "
• The New York Times: "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. "
• Entertainment Weekly: "Far be it from me to dismiss a man's effort (Uwe Boll) in a sentence, but the film on your teeth after a three-day drunk possesses more cinematic value."
• The Hollywood Reporter: "One of those rare instances of a movie being so bad ... it's still really bad."
• New York Daily News: "No better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster, even if you happen to reach into a trash can."

And they say games don't make for good cinematic material...
See more reviews at Metacritic.

posted by Jonas Heide Smith  # 9.2.05