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Prince of Darkness

  • 6.7 /10

  • 1104

  • 63%

Plot

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.

Cast

Donald Pleasence as Priest
Donald Pleasence

as Priest

Lisa Blount as Catherine Danforth
Lisa Blount

as Catherine Danforth

Victor Wong Chi-Keung as Prof. Howard Birack
Victor Wong Chi-Keung

as Prof. Howard Birack

Jameson Parker as Brian Marsh
Jameson Parker

as Brian Marsh

Dennis Dun as Walter
Dennis Dun

as Walter

Susan Blanchard as Kelly
Susan Blanchard

as Kelly

Anne Marie Howard as Susan Cabot
Anne Marie Howard

as Susan Cabot

Ann Yen as Lisa
Ann Yen

as Lisa

Ken Wright as Lomax
Ken Wright

as Lomax

Dirk Blocker as Mullins
Dirk Blocker

as Mullins

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • October 23, 1987

Production Companies

  • Universal Pictures

  • Alive Films

  • Larry Franco Productions

  • Carolco Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • Latin

  • English

Budget

  • $3,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $14,182,492.00

Runtime

  • 1.70 hrs

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Reviews

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…

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 deep in the bowels of this crypt for a very good reason, and once they release it they discover th…

Such an interesting film, grew up minutes from the church this was filmed at. It’s where the Pope used to stay when he came to Los Angeles, California. This was really quite unnerving when it came out, as we saw it in the movie theater, and it had people gasping and leaving the theater. I knew I was in for a good time when that started happening. I’ve loved this film ever since, raised my 3 kid…