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Prince Of Darkness
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783255293
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, Surround Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0783255292
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D21234D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2003
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: October 23, 1987
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Editorial Review:
The B picture lives on in the films of John Carpenter. Prince of Darkness weds supernatural horror with quantum weirdness, when a group of theoretical-physics students, led by their professor, Birack (Victor Wong), joins forces with a priest (Donald Pleasence) to forestall the coming of the Dark Lord. His Darkness has been imprisoned in a cylindrical container as a swirling green plasma since time immemorial, and is now beginning to find his way out. All of this is bolstered by a lot of fancy science talk (all of which is real, I can assure you--someone did his homework), which allows us to settle down, say okey dokey, and enjoy the thrills that this presages. As the title character spreads his contagion through the group of students, holed up in a church to study the sequestered Satan, the film shapes up as an homage to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, much like Carpenter's earlier film, Assault on Precinct 13. But this adds the twist of quantum physics dovetailing with religious orthodoxy, and in the bargain spawning numerous zombie minions. There are plenty of squishy splatter opportunities, the kind that make some affected people say, "This is a bad movie!" while they grin from ear to ear. Look for Alice Cooper as a street schizo. I think you'll recognize him. --Jim Gay
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Some secrets aren't meant to be tampered with
Fans of science and religious horrors will find this to be an interesting combo, one that has been fighting the other for as long as we know. This however is not the source of friction in the movie, here the science takes a huge lead and infuses the movie with eerie sense of reality that some might not feel otherwise, for those who aren't afraid of the devil, this movie will chill them as there is some gross, dark stuff going on that walks a fine line between bizarre and disgusting, seeping into ... Read More
Rating: - What if God was really the Devil? VERY underrated Carpenter film!
Prince of Darkness is not John Carpenter's best movie (that would be--no, not Halloween--Assault on Precinct 13), but it certainly ranks right up there with the best, and it is certainly his most underrated film. Unfortunately it is relatively overlooked compared to his more famous films.
Carpenter wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym "Martin Quatermass," a nod to the old Hammer Quatermass sci fi films, which he clearly loves. His script is an impressively intelligent one, and ... Read More
Rating: - Scary with Possibilities
There are many great reviews on the content of this film, so I won't repeat them here. However, the one aspect of this film that made it one of the most frightening and one of the most memorable films for me was the science - in respect to people from the future trying to communicate with those in the present to warn them about the imminent arrival of Satan so they could change the future outcome. The technology in this future was limited, and could only come through as fractured messages and images ... Read More
Rating: - One of my faves!
This movie puts me in mind of Pet Sematary... One of those movies that's creepy and hoakie at the same time.... Good Movie!
Rating: - This 'water' is deadly....
In the 1980's, John Carpenter was a horror icon with such productions as the Halloween series and the remake of Howard Hawks' "The Thing". A little-acknowledged masterpiece called 'Prince of Darkness' was made in 1987 and has been one of his finest creations.
The storyline revolves around a sinister secret that has been kept in the basment of an abandoned Los Angeles church. On the death of the last memeber of a mysterious sect, another priest opens the door to the basement & discovers ... Read More
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