Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1987-10-23) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $14,182,492 |
| Screen: | John Carpenter |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions, Carolco Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Latin, English |
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- 9221: Donald Pleasence - Priest
- 27539: Lisa Blount - Catherine Danforth
- 11395: Victor Wong Chi-Keung - Prof. Howard Birack
- 47441: Jameson Parker - Brian Marsh
- 11392: Dennis Dun - Walter
- 158986: Susan Blanchard - Kelly
- 184436: Anne Marie Howard - Susan Cabot
Crews
- 56125: Andre Blay - Executive Producer - Production
- 56126: Shep Gordon - Executive Producer - Production
- 8751: Steve Mirkovich - Editor - Editing
- 24956: Gary B. Kibbe - Director of Photography - Camera
- 11770: John Carpenter - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 11770: John Carpenter - Director - Directing
- 15445: Alan Howarth - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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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 exi ....
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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 mistak ....
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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 thea ....
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