Prince of Darkness

1987 "Before man walked the earth... It slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening."
6.7| 1h42m| R| en| More Info
Released: 23 October 1987 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/prince-of-darkness/
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A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.

Genre

Horror

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Director

John Carpenter

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Prince of Darkness Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Wordiezett So much average
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
hrkepler 'Prince of Darkness' is not master of horror John Carpenter's best film and it is weakest in his so called "Apocalypse Trilogy", but Carpenter is such director whose more mediocre work surpasses other genre director's film by miles. In 'Prince of Darkness' Carpenter again manages to perfectly create creepy and claustrophobic atmosphere (although might not as good as in 'The Thing') and the horror doesn't need to rely on jump scares and fancy special effects. Only Carpenter can build up such a slow an intense waiting of the doom.After some flops at the box office John Carpenter had fallen into discountenance by the mayor studios 'Prince of Darkness' was again independent film with modest budget. The low budged doesn't take anything away from the movie, on the contrary it doesn't show like a low budget film (I guess it's Carpenter's experiences working on shoestring budgets). The build up is little slow, and the action parts are little corny some times (without right amount of cheese it wouldn't be Carpenter's film), but the dialogue is magnificently written and characters (except some expendables) are rather intelligent and avoiding too much horror movie clichés. Again, Carpenter manages to create an eerie synthesizer soundtrack, that is pleasure to listen, but is not recommended to listen on your ipod while walking on dark streets.'Prince of Darkness' is above average atmospheric and intelligent horror film that uses many interesting ideas and avoids to slump into horror film clichés. It should please hard core horror fans, and is must see for John Carpenter fans.
jonnnk Why are people rating this 10/10? Ha..really ? Carpenter fans who will rate anything he does as masterpieces.. I didn't see this back in the 80's..Maybe I did , It's just that forgettable. An hour into it, still waiting for something to happen..Right now they could switch the entire main cast and I would barely notice..At first I was excited seeing some Big trouble actors..That quickly faded with such boring nothing characters the whole movie It has the vibe that it should be a good movie..Just isn't..
Jeff Potts This review has potential spoilers. Suffice to say, it is still a very creepy film after nearly 30 years, and you need go no further than that.I read some of the negative reviews about this movie, and about the acting, and I just sort of shake my head. They are missing one of the key aspects upon which this movie stands: disbelief. And it's also the same reason why you can watch this film maybe 40 years later, and it would probably still creep the livin' h*ll out of you.Indeed, it starts a little slow. The music Carpenter adds for the non-dialog scenes builds a very thick sense of dread. But it's when they get the graduate students is where this film gets legs. The students and the professors, all of whom are very scientific and rational people, are asked to analyze something that only lives in what modern Man thinks is nothing more than Dark Age superstition. Yet, the green goo is there, in all of its horrible glory. Moreover, not only are they asked to PROVE that this is evil incarnate, but find a way to stop it. And their reactions reflect their basic struggle to come to grips of what they are seeing.And yet, Carpenter's sound track rolls on. It really does give you the creeps.And that's the genius of the film: the fact that the security of modern thinking has just been ripped away in one fell swoop, and you're staring straight into a chapter or two of Revelations of John, in the flesh. And you're trying to turn it all back with test tubes and computer print-outs. Even early in the film you get the impression that this isn't going to end well.And then there is the dream sequences that lengthen as the movie rolls. This is also key to the movie, for reasons that I won't explain because it is a potential spoiler.To that end, this is a film whose premise is to turn Christianity on its head. For those of faith, this is a bit of an issue. I personally put that aside - it's a horror film, and a flight of fancy. All in all, this film is best experienced in the dead of the night, in a darkened room, alone. That you'll get it.The last scenes in the movie are undoubtedly the best.
Tbo7 I guess when the creative juices are flowing, you've just got to roll with it. But this movie is beyond awful. The entire movie has this lame synth beat playing that kills any sense of tension. The characters are all boring, and the acting very wooden. The creature effects are awful too, with "super soakers" basically being the enemy's most lethal weapon. Also I have never heard so much exposition in a movie. Literally every other scene is a professor explaining what's happening, and what's about to happen. When you have to resort to that, the movie shouldn't even be made. Audiences she be able to understand just through a more fleshed out story and better film making.It's a decent concept, but when pen met paper I have no idea how someone okay'd this. I guess Carpenter just had that much sway at the time.Do yourself a favor and skip this pile of trash. This is the kind of trash that shows up on sci-fi or adult swim at 3am, but it's not even funny, or bad on purpose.