this is my favorite horror film and a close 2nd to poltergeist. i saw one dark night when it first came out in theaters in 1983 at the theater where i worked. i was born in 1963 and so i have a certain love for 80 horror films and despite them being a little dated and the dialog not well written. what i thought was so original about it was that the phenomenon of psychic vampirism has not been addressed (at least and to my knowledge at that time) and is a very real phenomenon. i do not care if adam west was in it (nothing against him and but his supporting role was not memorable) and but thought meg tilly was good casting. the little known donald hutton (from brainstorm and invaders from mars) as an ambiguous scientist who oversaw studies on ramar abilities was sadly overlooked. as a gay guy and i was paying more attention to david mason daniels and meg tilly unfortunate but gorgeous boyfriend. he selling real estate in texas now. i felt the film realistic in two ways represent raymar and who was discovered to have murdered 6 girls in his surreal apartment and had a funeral that was sparse in attendance and reflecting the fact that not only was he mysterious and a hermit and but a killer. as you know and these types are buried without fanfare. second and if corpses were going to be telekinetically mobile and they would hover and dragging their feet. the filmmakers could have gone for the schlock walking and groaning and arms out stretched zombies and but opted for what would be believable. kudos. the buzzing electrical discharge from ramar eyes at his throne coffin (like he overseeing his kingdom of dead) and cast an eerie magenta light in the mausoleum that will stay with you for years. if you have ever gone to a mausoleum and even on a sunny day and you will notice that they have their own rosetta lighting caused by stained glass windows. don not get me started on the cavernous silence. even ramar himself looked like someone who could pass as an eccentric and perverted old man. the score was one of a kind and memorable and and i keep kicking myself for not getting it on cassette when it first came out. the track shooting was done where it was supposed to be. i especially liked the carefully planned characteristics of each corpse represent the bride and the badly decomposed child still holding its teddy bear and the grandmother and the tall thin black guy and and the half faced world war ii vet and and the green slimed eyed elderly gent who was the first to greet the sisters clique initiators. even corpses can be good actors and i suppose. the only thing i had to groan about was the arm that came out of one of the vaults and choke julie boyfriend couldn not possibly be done unless a corpse was put in laying on it stomach and feet first and but why. it looked a little to fresh too. the film begins eerie and with us never seeing ramar face (until the last quarter of the film and which is like unwrapping a birthday present) as he is picking up teen girl runaways in his daughter psychic flash. we then see coroners hauling his body away in his one bedroom apartment where we see he experimented his telekinetic craft by phasing dishes into his wall. the rest does drag as the heathers like sisters group baits julie into a final initiation by spending the night inside the mausoleum and but it is a well placed build up to the unleashing horror later. the movie isn not bloody in any sense of the word. the goriest part is when ramar daughter uses a compact mirror to feed his power back to him and and he bubbles then melts. i have always felt that a power like ramar could never die and a sequel could be worth looking into. i can see it now represent one dark night ii represent turning in the grave. but let face it the film stands alone. i heard the film had other titles and but the original fits. a remake would be pointless. but if there were to be one and i would write better dialog and and lengthen some scenes such as show the studies on ramar abilities done in the lab instead of hearing about it on a tape recorder. in this information age and something like that would be well documented on dvd. and more corpses. why just raise the ones in the mausoleum when ramar power could spread to the graveyard too. let just say i would hate to be one of the persons who had to clean up the mess at the end of the climax while something that too can be shown. i think having one of the initiating sisters recognize one of the corpses as a relative would have added some good if disturbing character. with cg effects and some awesome scenes with ramar animating cremated remains would be off the wall. say what you will about and one dark night but it has it all. so see at least once in your life. or death. 
this is my favorite horror film and a close 2nd to poltergeist. i saw one dark night when it first came out in theaters in 1983 at the theater where i worked. i was born in 1963 and so i have a certain love for 80 horror films and despite them being a little dated and the dialog not well written. what i thought was so original about it was that the phenomenon of psychic vampirism has not been addressed (at least and to my knowledge at that time) and is a very real phenomenon. i do not care if adam west was in it (nothing against him and but his supporting role was not memorable) and but thought meg tilly was good casting. the little known donald hutton (from brainstorm and invaders from mars) as an ambiguous scientist who oversaw studies on ramar abilities was sadly overlooked. as a gay guy and i was paying more attention to david mason daniels and meg tilly unfortunate but gorgeous boyfriend. he selling real estate in texas now. i felt the film realistic in two ways represent raymar and who was discovered to have murdered 6 girls in his surreal apartment and had a funeral that was sparse in attendance and reflecting the fact that not only was he mysterious and a hermit and but a killer. as you know and these types are buried without fanfare. second and if corpses were going to be telekinetically mobile and they would hover and dragging their feet. the filmmakers could have gone for the schlock walking and groaning and arms out stretched zombies and but opted for what would be believable. kudos. the buzzing electrical discharge from ramar eyes at his throne coffin (like he overseeing his kingdom of dead) and cast an eerie magenta light in the mausoleum that will stay with you for years. if you have ever gone to a mausoleum and even on a sunny day and you will notice that they have their own rosetta lighting caused by stained glass windows. don not get me started on the cavernous silence. even ramar himself looked like someone who could pass as an eccentric and perverted old man. the score was one of a kind and memorable and and i keep kicking myself for not getting it on cassette when it first came out. the track shooting was done where it was supposed to be. i especially liked the carefully planned characteristics of each corpse represent the bride and the badly decomposed child still holding its teddy bear and the grandmother and the tall thin black guy and and the half faced world war ii vet and and the green slimed eyed elderly gent who was the first to greet the sisters clique initiators. even corpses can be good actors and i suppose. the only thing i had to groan about was the arm that came out of one of the vaults and choke julie boyfriend couldn not possibly be done unless a corpse was put in laying on it stomach and feet first and but why. it looked a little to fresh too. the film begins eerie and with us never seeing ramar face (until the last quarter of the film and which is like unwrapping a birthday present) as he is picking up teen girl runaways in his daughter psychic flash. we then see coroners hauling his body away in his one bedroom apartment where we see he experimented his telekinetic craft by phasing dishes into his wall. the rest does drag as the heathers like sisters group baits julie into a final initiation by spending the night inside the mausoleum and but it is a well placed build up to the unleashing horror later. the movie isn not bloody in any sense of the word. the goriest part is when ramar daughter uses a compact mirror to feed his power back to him and and he bubbles then melts. i have always felt that a power like ramar could never die and a sequel could be worth looking into. i can see it now represent one dark night ii represent turning in the grave. but let face it the film stands alone. i heard the film had other titles and but the original fits. a remake would be pointless. but if there were to be one and i would write better dialog and and lengthen some scenes such as show the studies on ramar abilities done in the lab instead of hearing about it on a tape recorder. in this information age and something like that would be well documented on dvd. and more corpses. why just raise the ones in the mausoleum when ramar power could spread to the graveyard too. let just say i would hate to be one of the persons who had to clean up the mess at the end of the climax while something that too can be shown. i think having one of the initiating sisters recognize one of the corpses as a relative would have added some good if disturbing character. with cg effects and some awesome scenes with ramar animating cremated remains would be off the wall. say what you will about and one dark night but it has it all. so see at least once in your life. or death. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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