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Prince of Darkness

Movie
1987
1h 41m
R
English
Horror
User Score: 
6.6
Critic Score: 
56
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A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Prince of Darkness Poster

Prince of Darkness

R
Movie
1987
1h 41m
English
Horror
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Rating
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6.6
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CRITIC SCORE
56

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Donald Pleasence
Father Loomis
Lisa Blount
Catherine Danforth
Victor Wong
Prof. Howard Birack
Jameson Parker
Brian Marsh
Peter Jason
Dr. Paul Leahy
Robert Grasmere
Frank Wyndham
Thom Bray
Etchinson
Alice Cooper
Street Schizo
Directed By: John Carpenter
Written By: John Carpenter (Screenplay)

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Saint Pauly says...
3 years ago
It's films this bad that make me wonder how people can prefer John Carpenter over Rob Zombie when it comes to horror. Yes, Carpenter had made a couple of classics, but nothing Zombie has made comes even close to the directing disasters of Prince of Darkness or The Ward. Is it one of those "so bad it's good" deals? Because everything about this movie -- the directing, the script, the acting, everything -- screams amateur.
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larissaj says...
11 years ago
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One of my favorite older horror movies. It's a little "over the top" but that's John Carpenter's style. The best part about this is the unusual take on the original of good/evil.
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Mr. Sackamano says...
2 years ago
Fun to finally see the 3rd film in his apocalypse trilogy after all these years but no replay value for me on this one boys
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Whitsbrain says...
4 weeks ago
Another fun John Carpenter movie. It's not really scary, it's just entertaining. The story is relatively simple and the ancient evil that's been kept a secret for 2000 years is certainly ominous. However, the apocalyptic potential of the green goo lacked any real world wide scale sort of threat. I fail to understand how the mirrors managed to provide a portal into Hell. They seemed like they existed only to show off a cool visual effect. There are several minor gory moments including a pretty disturbing sequence where a dead man falls apart after being held together by cockroaches. Victor Wong was great as Professor Birack but Donald Pleasence as the Priest was mostly corny and overdone. The porn-stache on Jameson Parker was distracting. Dennis Dun was great as usual.
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drqshadow
5/10  3 weeks ago
Quantum mechanics meet demonic possession in John Carpenter’s independently-released return to horror, following a brief flirtation with other genres. In _Prince of Darkness_, he depicts a class of university physics students who enter a boarded-up church to observe the jar of swirling, simmering More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
When an elderly priest passes away, one of his colleague discovers a mysterious green liquid hidden in a cylinder deep beneath a long-abandoned church. Rather misguidedly, as it turns out, he invites a group of enthusiastic students to come and investigate it's properties. Big mistake! It was hidden More
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John Chard
6 years ago
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 More
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