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Film: Alone in the Dark (1982)

Alone in the Dark is 1982 slasheresque horror movie directed by Jack Sholder ^note and it stars Dwight Schultz, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau and Jack Palance. It was also the first film released by New Line Cinema.

Dr. Dan Potter has just arrived in the psychiatric haven of Dr. Bain to replace Dr. Merton. Some of the patients, who really liked Dr. Merton, come to conclusion that Potter has killed him and now he is going to kill them.

Yeah, it's a case of primo Insane Troll Logic, but these people are insane.

One night, a power outage caused by a power plant failure lets them escape the haven. During the ensuing citywide looting, they arm themselves and start seeking out our good doctor....

These tropes were found in the dark:

Archer Archetype: Hawkes, who picked up a crossbow during the looting.
Ax Crazy
An Axe to Grind: Byron's weapon of choice, along with a knife.
Batter Up: Roland's weapon of choice.
Big Blackout
Car Fu: The postman's death.
Catapult Nightmare: Byron waking up from his nightmare.
Contrived Coincidence: Hawkes finding out that Merton is in fact alive.
Covers Always Lie: The covers of VHS and DVD releases makes it seems that Donald Pleasence's character is one of the lunatics.
Dangerous Windows
Death by Sex: Bunky and her boyfriend are killed when they are about to start have sex.
Evil Chef: Leo appears as one in Byron's nightmare.
Evil Laugh: Byron is fond of doing it.
Fearless Fool: Lyla doesn't think twice when she meets a complete stranger claiming to be her new babysitter in her home. Good thing that nothing bad happens to her.
Giving Someone the Pointer Finger
Hallucinations: The stress from the siege causes Toni to hallucinate a monster attacking her.
Insane Troll Logic: Justified, even.
Joisey
Lock Down: Third floor of the asylum will lock itself completely if anyone approaches its windows from the inside by night.
My Car Hates Me
Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Hawkes.
Neck Lift
Nice Hat: Our antagonists kill a postman for his hat.
Nightmare Sequence: Film opens up with Byron having a nightmare.
Not So Different: Hawkes' reaction when he sees the death of Byron.
Hawkes: "So... it's not just us crazy folk that kill. We all kill... when we must. And we all die... when it's time."
Once is Not Enough
Peek-A-Boo Corpse
Protect This House: Last third of the movie has the Potter family defending their home from the psychopaths.
Psychic Nose Bleed: "The Bleeder's" nose starts bleeding whenever he kills.
Pyro Maniac: Byron, who likes to burn churches with people in them.
The Reveal: Tom is actually The Bleeder.
Sinister Minister: Byron.
Slashed Throat
Unwilling Suspension
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Toni is afraid of the dark.
Window Pain
Wrestler in All of Us: Ronald does a backbreaker to an orderly when the lunatics are escaping the asylum.