Prince Of Darkness
by John Carpenter
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Actor: Dennis Dun, Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount, Victor WongDirector: John Carpenter
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Gary B. Kibbe
Writer: John Carpenter
Editor: Steve Mirkovich
Producer: Andre Blay
Producer: Larry J. Franco
Producer: Shep Gordon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Prince Of Darkness
Movie Review: PRINCE OF DARKNESS-Carpenter has done better
Summary: 3 Stars
PRINCE OF DARKNESS was a three star movie experience for me and I believe John Carpenter has done much better work. I found myself at first drawn into the seemingly interesting plot, only to be let down by the weak ending. I find that many of Carpenter's movies suffer from weak ending syndrome, but not nearly as much as this one.
Don't get me wrong, I really like Carpenter's work. As the story was being revealed, the plot and premise appealed to my interests in both religion and science. However, the ending could not live up to the great premise and once it turned into a sloppy slasher movie my dissapointment was very great indeed.
I went to see this film when it first opened in 1987 and saw it in a upstate theater in Suffern NY with a then close friend who shared my interest in horror films. We both agreed the film was very interesting and promising as the story developed. That is, until the very weak ending was revealed.
Summary of Prince Of Darkness
A priest summons a professor to an old church to see a canister of liquid satan. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/07/2003 Starring: Donald Pleasence Victor Wong Run time: 102 minutes Rating: R Director: John CarpenterThe 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
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