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Alone in the Dark
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... Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare was planned to be the starting point of a brand new trilogy, but the idea was cancelled and the series continued with the 2008 reboot.
... Derceto is another name for the goddess Astarte.
... Frederick Raynal, the creator of Alone in the Dark, made Emily Hartwood to reach a female public.
... The 90's trilogy continuity of AITD shares the same universe with the Shadow of the Comet and Prisoner of Ice series.
... Christian Slater refused to reprise the role of Edward Carnby. That is why there are two different depictions of him on the films.
... There were plans by Eden Games for a remake of the first game, but was cancelled due to financial problems.
... Alone in the Dark 2 won a prize for having "the hardest and most frustrating anti-piracy technique ever".
... A previous, different script was planned for the first Alone in the Dark movie before Uwe Boll took over the film direction.
... The Hounds of Tindalos, featured in The New Nightmare, was a reference to the Cthulhu mythos by HP Lovecraft.
... The Hunter in Illumination is rumored to actually be Edward Carnby in disguise.
... Obed Morton, a character from The New Nightmare, shared the same name as a character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow of Innsmouth.
... The concept of hurting monsters with light was actually introduced in a French comic book based on Alone in the Dark 3.
... The Alone in the Dark Prologue is an homage to the promotional game Jack In The Dark, that also acted as a prequel and teaser to the main game.

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Obed Morton is the secondary antagonist of Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, as well as the owner of Shadow Island.
Obed Morton comes from a long family line of Mortons that occupied Shadow Island. He has a twin brother, Alan Morton, and he is the son of Howard Morton and Lucy Morton. He is a worldwide famous anthropologist on the subject of the Abkanis Indian tribe that lived on the island. He has written books on the subject and been featured in anthropology magazines. He also translated the Abkanis Tablets with the help of Edenshaw.