Steve-war Amusing in a so bad it's almost fun kind of way. But it's not fun. It's simply tedious. Unless you enjoy set pieces so dark you don't have a clue what's going on, apart from the fact you know an actor with false monster hands and a leather jacket is involved. Avoid. Thank me later.

Michael Ledo The movie was simply bad and not even "best in bad" type of campy. The movie has a needless 1950's prologue and epilogue. But let's not stop there, how about some 50's soundtrack music. Break out Peter Gunn. William Devane plays a Steven King type of author whose daughter has been brutally murdered by the alien. He tore her head off, although we really don't get to see any blood or gore. The police are baffled in what turns out to be a serial killer known as the Mangler Zombie. Cathy Lee Crosby plays the late night blond TV newscaster, long before FOX required them all to get implants and wear shiny lip gloss. She ends up with William Devane in a lame seduction scene. Oh BTW there is no sex or nudity to go with the no blood and guts. How it got an "R" rating, I couldn't tell from the movie.There is also an elderly woman who plays a Jean Dixon type of person who sees the alien killing in the future of a young wanna-be movie star whose name she doesn't know. She is upset that the inept secular police don't take her seriously.The alien, we are told, kills to get stronger, although there was no way of telling. We really didn't know why there was one lone alien predator in California. When the alien attacked two things happened first: 1) The lights went out. 2) The alien had his own theme kill whisper music like Jason...daaaark...nessss. Oh and one more thing, the alien had frickin' laser beams shooting out of his eyes.The movie is borderline camp, which is not where you want to be.

TOMASBBloodhound The Dark is truly one of the worst films I've ever seen. Certainly the worst I've reviewed since Jaws of Satan last winter. One must wonder how much of this film Tobe Hooper directed, or if he could have made it watchable had he stayed on for the whole job. Apparently it was originally supposed to be just another rampaging zombie file. But by the time it was finished, we had a villain wandering the streets of L.A. shooting people with lasers from his eyes. Yikes! The primary star is William Devane, an always watchable actor. He plays a successful author once convicted of manslaughter. Why did they need these two angles for his character? The answer... they didn't. Anyway, Devane's daughter is the first victim of the "Mangler" and he sets out to pressure the hapless police force to solve the crime. But each night, there is another victim and nobody has any plausible explanation. Kathy Lee Crosby plays a news anchor looking to soak up the ratings for this story for herself. There are other useless characters such as a psychic who can predict future victims. There is a struggling young actor with a drinking problem. There is a mind-boggling appearance by Casey Kasem as a forensic pathologist. He actually gives one of the better performances. How many Scooby Snacks did they have to give him to take the role? The Dark is one of the most boring films I've ever seen. That is its main problem. So little action its incredible. Considering how much is said about the "horrific" nature of the murders, we see little if any gore. The final five minutes where the killer is zapping an army of cops with his laser eyes is hilariously cheap, but at least there is finally some action in the film. A complete waste of your time. Do not handle heavy machinery until you have had at least 8 hours of sleep after watching this crud. 1 of 10 stars.The Hound.

user-1147 the dark is OK, a little boring in parts, but a good spell of deaths to make up for it. people in loss Angeles are being mutilated and it's up to a murdered woman's father and a reporter to track down the killer. just the same old laser beam death gets a little tedious, but there are a couple of exceptions, like a boy who gets thrown through a wall and a man who has his head torn off. there is good use of the dark, both outside and inside buildings. a couple of suspenseful scenes make this film a touch scarier. the ending scene is quite good, with a fight with the police and the murdered girls father saving the reporter by burning the creature. overall, the film is fairly good and the tedium of the film being the only downfall.