Alone in the Dark

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. 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. 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. 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. "The original script took the Alone In the Dark premise and depicted it as if it were actually based on a... full article at wikipedia