Uwe Boll (“BloodRayne”, “House of the Dead”) torments us again with another videogame adaptation. I have never played any of the “Alone In The Dark” games so I have no idea if it resembles them or not but what I can tell you is that this is a terrible film.

“Alone In The Dark” features a needlessly complicated story where a paranormal investigator by the name of Edward Carnby (Christian Slater “Broken Arrow”, “True Romance”), uncovers the mysteries of an indigenous American tribe as well as his own childhood. Along the way he will have to blast his way through waves of creatures that lurk in the dark.

Christian Slater is usually bland and his performance in “Alone In The Dark” does nothing to change his reputation. Tara Reid (“American Pie”) plays Edward’s girlfriend, Aline, and she too is forced to shoot at everything that moves. The other characters in the movie are not remotely interesting and I did not care about any of them. The creatures in this movie are complete rip-offs of the Xenomorphs from the “Alien” franchise and they have the cheek to call them ‘Xenos’. The monsters look terrible as the special effects look really cheap and nasty.

This sci-fi/action/horror flick is a complete bore and it features some of the worst action sequences I have seen in a long time as they take place in the pitch black with only the gunfire producing any light. “Alone In The Dark” looks cheap, the acting is bad and the editing is dreadful. I’m unsure if fans of the videogames will find anything of any value here but I imagine anybody with any sanity would find this to be a bad movie. The only positive I can think of is that it is not quite as awful as “House of the Dead”.