Prince of Darkness
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Synopsis
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.
Cast
- Donald Pleasence
- Jameson Parker
- Victor Wong
- Lisa Blount
- Dennis Dun
- Susan Blanchard
- Anne Marie Howard
- Ann Yen
- Ken Wright
- Dirk Blocker
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- Sep 19, 2021
imo they shouldn't have opened the big scary cylinder
David SimsOct 6, 2020NEVER GO TO GRAD SCHOOL!!!! A group of grad students team up with the Catholic Church to investigate a jar of Nikelodeon's Gak which is housed in an ancient church in downtown Los Angeles that looks like a set from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." The Gak contains…
Will MenakerJul 15, 2020Not Carpenter’s best, but maybe his best idea: a stripped-down vision of the battle between theoretical science and spiritual evil, rendered by the ignored homeless schizophrenics of Los Angeles, a swarm of bugs, and a bunch of yuppie intellectuals who become fodder for…
Sean Fennessey -
demonic slime????? yuuuuppppp thats gonna be a five out of five stars for me
sarah squirmOct 10, 2019T H I S I S N O T A D R E A M Y O U W I L L N O T B E S A V E D P R A Y F O R D E A T H Not sure if it's his best but it is my favorite because it's sort of like if all the siege logic, team hangouts and grotesque supernatural horror Carpenter had already…
Josh LewisOct 7, 2022for the first half, I was like, this isn’t even scary, and then for the entire second half, I was like, oh so this is one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen…
fran hoepfner - Sep 14, 2016
I've seen Prince of Darkness before but last night is the first time I really felt it. The sense of true dread and heaviness that these scholars can't fully measure. It's safe to say that the collective SOV dream they all have from 1999 is the scariest thing to ever be…
ScumbalinaJul 3, 2019divine revelation is inscribed in unicode; angels speak through the language of differential equations. prophetic nightmares are recorded in shaky videotape and disseminated through disbelieved dreams. Carpenter unearths the sublime gothic excess beneath the stultifying…
JudeFeb 13, 2023Getting into the Valentine's Day mood by watching people puke Satan into each other and reach through mirrors to touch the devil's dad
Branson Reese
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- Arsal likedPrince of Darkness
Prince of Darkness is slow-burn horror with an apocalyptic edge. It’s eerie, philosophical, and totally Carpenter. Not as punchy as The Thing, but it lingers in your mind. Great atmosphere and unsettling dread throughout.
Craig Bennett is "meh" onPrince of DarknessMaybe I expected too much since it was Carpenter, but it just didn’t connect with me. Felt like 2 genres of horror forcibly mashed together and it just didn’t quite work.
Kward0610 likedPrince of DarknessI really enjoyed this one. A super underrated John Carpenter film led by the always great Donald Pleasence. This one had some truly horrific moments. Awesome movie.
- Orlando Ramone lovedPrince of Darkness
One of John Carpenter’s least appreciated horror gems. The tone is foreboding and extremely creepy. Might be considered too slow and cerebral for most viewers.
Avery Malachite likedPrince of Darkness"Normally I like to be dominated by women." - Walter Shout-out to Walter for holding the Guinness World Record for most out of pocket one liners in a movie.
Andrikk0s lovedPrince of DarknessImagine sleeping and you hear Calder’s laugh “This is caca” in my country we call it “Kakka” “Normally, I love being dominated by women”
- Cairo likedPrince of Darkness
I gave all the characters new names and made up a huge, highly confusing and terribly incestous family tree. I had a LOT of fun.
Superbad lovedPrince of DarknessTurns out I had seen this before but this time I actually watched it through New favorite Carpenter movie
South Philly Dilly Dilly Jawn lovedPrince of DarknessMan, this RULES!!! Cannot go wrong with Alice Cooper in a horror film directed by John Carpenter.
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It’s an endearingly odd, consistently creepy film that hearkens back to the director’s previous work.
Keith Phipps
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Prince of Darkness (1987) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Prince of Darkness (1987)?
The movie is 1hr 42min long.
What's Prince of Darkness (1987) about?
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.
Who's the cast of Prince of Darkness (1987)?
- Donald Pleasence as Priest
- Jameson Parker as Brian Marsh
- Victor Wong as Prof. Howard Birack
- Lisa Blount as Catherine Danforth
- Dennis Dun as Walter
- Susan Blanchard as Kelly
- Anne Marie Howard as Susan Cabot
- Ann Yen as Lisa
- Ken Wright as Lomax
- Dirk Blocker as Mullins
Who's the director behind Prince of Darkness (1987)?
John Carpenter directed Prince of Darkness (1987).
Who produced Prince of Darkness (1987)?
Larry Franco produced Prince of Darkness (1987).
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