On April 19, 2011, a revised version of the novel was released with changes to modernize the content. "Down a Dark Hall", along with "Stranger with My Face" and "Summer of Fear", was the second group of 10 novels by Duncan to be updated. Duncan introduced cell phones in the revised edition, which presented a challenge because it meant that characters could just call for help. To explain away the cell phone, Duncan writes in the story that the school had no cell phone service. Duncan also changed the last name of Kit's mother and stepfather from Rheardon to Rolland because she felt that she had overused the surname Rheardon while updating some of her young adult novels. An audiobook version of the novel was released by Listening Library in 1985, and another, narrated by Emma Galvin, was released by Hachette Audio in 2011. A reviewer from "AudioFile" liked Galvin's narration, stating that she "eerily portrays the sinister school, staff, and faculty, as well as the terror of the students as events become more and more mysterious."