History Film / AloneInTheDark2005

* CoitusEnsues: Aline shows up at Carnby's home while he's sleeping and they just start boning. And they never speak of it again.

* HotScientist: Aline Cedrac, played by, oddly enough, Tara Reid (better known for her roles in ''Film/AmericanPie'' and ''Film/TheBigLebowski''). Boll actually says in the commentary that ''the glasses and her hair in a bun make her look really intelligent''. One critic remarked that this would be "like casting Dame Creator/JudiDench as a crack whore".

* TheLivingDead: [[spoiler:Agent Cheung]] raises her head a split second too early as as Agent Barr walks past her dead body in the cavern.

''Alone in the Dark'', released in 2005 and directed by Uwe Boll, is a very loose adaptation of [[VideoGame/AloneInTheDark the franchise]] that popularized and [[TropeMaker kick-started]] the SurvivalHorror genre of video games. The film uses a few character names and basic plot elements from 2001's ''Videogame/AloneInTheDarkTheNewNightmare'', but this is where the similarities between the two continuities end.

A direct-to-video sequel entitled ''Alone in the Dark II'' was released in 2008, starring Creator/RickYune as Edward Carnsby, Creator/LanceHenriksen, Bill Moseley, and Creator/DannyTrejo. Uwe Boll produced, but did not direct, the second movie (the actual directors, Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch, were also the directors for the ''Film/HouseOfTheDead'' sequel ''[[Film/HouseOfTheDeadIIDeadAim Dead Aim]]'').

A direct-to-video sequel entitled ''Alone in the Dark II'' was released in 2008, starring Rick Yune as Edward Carnsby, Creator/LanceHenriksen, Bill Moseley, and Creator/DannyTrejo. Uwe Boll produced, but did not direct, the second movie (the actual directors, Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch, were also the directors for the ''Film/HouseOfTheDead'' sequel ''[[Film/HouseOfTheDeadIIDeadAim Dead Aim]]'').

A direct-to-video sequel entitled ''Alone in the Dark II'' was released in 2008, starring Rick Yune as Edward Carnsby, Creator/a LanceHenriksen, Bill Moseley, and Creator/DannyTrejo. Uwe Boll produced, but did not direct, the second movie (the actual directors, Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch, were also the directors for the ''Film/HouseOfTheDead'' sequel ''[[Film/HouseOfTheDeadIIDeadAim Dead Aim]]'').

The film begins with an extended opening text crawl (narrated!) that tries to shed some light on the story, which involves [[{{Precursors}} an ancient race called the Abkani]], an experiment by a MadScientist named Lionel Hudgens, and an orphanage from which he took many of his test subjects. One of these orphans, paranormal investigator Edward Carnby, is called upon to investigate the remnants of the Abkani, hoping to find out how that's connected to his past ([[EasyAmnesia since he can't remember it at all]]).

What follows is a chain of events that brings Edward back to his old girlfriend, Aline Cedrac ([[PromotedToLoveInterest who, in the original games, was not romantically linked to him]]). Eventually, the two of them run into members of Bureau 713 (of which Edward is coincidentally a former member), fight off hordes of aliens, and engage Hudgens in a final showdown.

A direct-to-video sequel entitled ''Alone in the Dark II'' was released in 2008. Uwe Boll produced, but did not direct, the second movie (the actual directors, Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch, were also the directors for the ''Film/HouseOfTheDead'' sequel ''[[Film/HouseOfTheDeadIIDeadAim Dead Aim]]'').