Prince of Darkness
1987
Before man walked the earth...It slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening.
Directed by John Carpenter
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- John Carpenter
- Written by
- John Carpenter
- Produced by
- Larry Franco
- Composers
- Alan Howarth, John Carpenter
- Cinematographer
- Gary B. Kibbe
- Editor
- Steve Mirkovich
- Studios
- Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
- TMDB
- 6.8/10 (1,187 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 60% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 50/100
- IMDb
- 6.7/10 (53,252 votes)
Cast
Donald Pleasence
Priest
Lisa Blount
Catherine Danforth
Victor Wong
Prof. Howard Birack
Jameson Parker
Brian Marsh
Dennis Dun
Walter
Susan Blanchard
Kelly
Anne Marie Howard
Susan Cabot
Ann Yen
Lisa
Ken Wright
Lomax
Dirk Blocker
Mullins
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Calder
Peter Jason
Dr. Paul Leahy
Robert Grasmere
Frank Wyndham
Thom Bray
Etchinson
Joanna Merlin
Bag Lady
Alice Cooper
Street Schizo
Betty Ramey
Nun
Crew
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Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — OCCULT Pt 13: Prince Of Darkness (1987) & In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)
Appears in
Birthing the Antichrist
Carol Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Occult - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Religious Transcendence
Scream Factory
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