A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations
Katie O'Grady
- Officer
- (voice)
Betty Moyer
- Mom
- (voice)
Shelly Lipkin
- Dad
- (voice)
Emily Sahler
- Catherine
- (voice)
Laura Duyn
- 911 Operator
- (voice)
Nico Floresca
- Little Girl
- (voice)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActress Jules Willcox broke her foot while shooting one of the first action scenes of the movie. She decided to finish the shoot in a boot, and with the help of her stunt double Michelle Damis. Some scenes had to be finished a few months later, when Jules was fully healed.
- GoofsIncorrectly regarded as a goof: Around 27 minutes when Jessica's vehicle swerves off the road, she realizes that one of the tires of the trailer has been slashed by somebody. Yet Jessica notices something is wrong after driving for many minutes and miles. If a tire gets slashed you will lose the tire pressure very quickly and would feel the effect within minutes. However, at 35:56 the kidnapper comments that he couldn't cut all the way through at the rest stop.
Featured review
A Taut Exercise In Tension & Suspense
Smart, suspenseful & straightforward, Alone is a lean-n-mean survival horror that employs the genre elements in effective doses to deliver a tense, thrilling & terrifying ride. Packing a simple premise and implementing a minimal approach to bring it to life, this sturdily crafted chiller also benefits from believable performances from its cast and is gripping from the get-go.
Directed by John Hyams, the film doesn't wait too long to introduce the villain, and is up-n-running with the main plot almost right after acquainting us with our protagonist. While the story doesn't break any new grounds, Hyams is still able to get plenty of mileage out of the basic setting & structure by keeping things grounded at all times and allowing the situation & surroundings to heighten the suspense.
The tension-building is carried out with precision by letting our anticipation come into play and the cat-n-mouse scenario that ensues once the scene moves into the wilderness only makes the ride all the more arresting. Jules Willcox aptly articulates her character's fear & predicament while Marc Menchaca plays the antagonist with stone-cold demeanour. Each scene between the two is nail-biting and both actors play their part responsibly.
Overall, Alone is an intelligently directed & brilliantly acted example of its genre that's more than aware of its strengths & limitations and is executed with such flair & simplicity that our investment in the story is almost instantaneous. It is efficient in its storytelling, calculated in its handling of elements and unrelenting in ratcheting up the nerves. Add to that, it is briskly paced, tightly edited and doesn't overstay its welcome. In short, a solid entry in survival horror subgenre.
Directed by John Hyams, the film doesn't wait too long to introduce the villain, and is up-n-running with the main plot almost right after acquainting us with our protagonist. While the story doesn't break any new grounds, Hyams is still able to get plenty of mileage out of the basic setting & structure by keeping things grounded at all times and allowing the situation & surroundings to heighten the suspense.
The tension-building is carried out with precision by letting our anticipation come into play and the cat-n-mouse scenario that ensues once the scene moves into the wilderness only makes the ride all the more arresting. Jules Willcox aptly articulates her character's fear & predicament while Marc Menchaca plays the antagonist with stone-cold demeanour. Each scene between the two is nail-biting and both actors play their part responsibly.
Overall, Alone is an intelligently directed & brilliantly acted example of its genre that's more than aware of its strengths & limitations and is executed with such flair & simplicity that our investment in the story is almost instantaneous. It is efficient in its storytelling, calculated in its handling of elements and unrelenting in ratcheting up the nerves. Add to that, it is briskly paced, tightly edited and doesn't overstay its welcome. In short, a solid entry in survival horror subgenre.
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- Aug 6, 2021
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Box office
- Budget
- $750,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $537,589
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $182,473
- Sep 20, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $642,502
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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