The Dark is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by John Cardos and starring William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, and Casey Kasem.
However, since Hooper fell behind schedule, the producers fired him and replaced him with Cardos.
[2] Cardos disclosed that initially, the monster was intended to be a "large, retarded giant of a human being", who was kept locked in an attic by its parents until it broke free, but halfway through production the producers decided they wanted the monster to be more "electronic" in nature and shoot laser beams from his eyes.
[4] While Cardos felt the film was overall decent, he disagreed with the producer's decision to change the monster so late in production.
[5] Jim Knipfel of Den of Geek awarded the film two stars out of five.