Prince of Darkness (1987)

R10/23/1987Horror1h 42m
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Before man walked the earth...It slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening.

Overview

A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.

Top Billed Cast

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    Donald Pleasence

    Priest

  2. Cast 1

    Lisa Blount

    Catherine Danforth

  3. Cast 1

    Victor Wong Chi-Keung

    Prof. Howard Birack

  4. Cast 1

    Jameson Parker

    Brian Marsh

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    Dennis Dun

    Walter

  6. Cast 1

    Susan Blanchard

    Kelly

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    Anne Marie Howard

    Susan Cabot

  8. Ann Yen

    Lisa

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    Ken Wright

    Lomax

Then it really is Old Scratch knocking at the door. Something of the forgotten John Carpenter movie, Prince of Darkness shows both the good and bad side of the supremely talented director. The story is a beaut, a bit skew-whiff, but unmistakably Carpenter territory as Satan exists in some sort of parallel universe. How he manifests himself is narratively a bit tricky, but still it makes for good horror, especially as the old religious angle finds Carpenter - in the guise of Donald Pleasence - chortling away to himself in a way that Old Nick has been prone to do. Cue bugs, green goo, z...