Prince of Darkness
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Movie Reviews of Prince of Darkness
Movie Review: Have a sip of Green Goo....there, now don't you feel better?
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie begins with an old priest dying as he clutches a strange little box to his chest. Father Loomis (played by Donald Pleasence) takes the key and discovers the two thousand year old secret hidden beneath the church, strange vat that is now beginning to come alive with green goo.
Loomis goes to Professor Howard Birack (played by Victor Wong) who lectures on parapsychology at the local college, and requests that he and his students join him at the church to study the peculiar icon. Birack brings along his students, Brian, Catherine, and Walter (plus expendables) where they meet Loomis at the church, ready to spend the night there with the radiologists and biologists and other specialists Loomis has lured towards their doom.
John Carpenter has filled `Prince Of Darkness' with as much creeping dread as `The Thing', `Into The Mouth Of Madness', and `Assault On Precinct 13'. The tone of his `Doom-Doom' soundtrack makes even a vat of green goo seem very sinister. And sinister it is. After luring Susan to the basement to take a peek at it, she notices that the goo is dripping upwards, just before our friendly vat gives her a taste. Now Susan wants to share the flavor with everyone else.
The goo wants to spread itself around, and Birack discovers that it is sentient and has a purpose. With the homeless people acting as minions to the goo and trapping the Priest and students inside, they must put their heads together and discover not only what the goo wants from them, but what it is trying to achieve through them.
`Prince Of Darkness' is a creepy, suspenseful horror flick, perfect for those nights alone with no one to cuddle except your plush Cthulhu. Donald Pleasence and Victor Wong give excellent performances, and Dennis Dun (playing Walter) has always been one of my favorite character actors. Suspense, rotting people, crazy bums, Alice Cooper, sinister atmosphere, beetles, zombies, stabbings, senseless spoutings of false wisdom, and green goo. What more could a horror fan wish for?
On a personal humor note, see if you do not find yourself wishing that every time Brian (played by Jameson Parker) looks into the mirror, he will catch onto how horridly ridiculous his moustache is and shave that dang thing off! Enjoy the movie!
Movie Review: Carpenter's best work . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
John Carpenter's made some great horror films, and 'Prince of Darkness' is my hands-down favorite Carpenter flick. First and foremost, the music does it for me every time. Sometimes Carpenter's score do miss their mark, but this time, the music is dead on perfect. Beyond this, the movie overall is wonderful. The opening title sequence (which does extend quite a bit into the film itself) does a great job of setting up the characters and the beginning of the drama at hand. Once the film picks up, it really doesn't let you go until the end, and even then, to the very last shot, the film reminds you that, for the briefest of moments, it had you. Oh, it had you. Alice Cooper makes his first theatrical film appearance with this film, but he appears briefly. Instead, the film centers mostly around Brian Marsh, a grad student brought in as part of a group of collegiate-types to investigate something dark and sinister in the basement of an old church. A lot of people I know pan his performance, but I felt Jameson (TV's "Simon & Simon") Parker's performance was solid and that look of confusion he wears throughout a bulk of the picture seems appropriate to the events unfolding around his character. Donald Pleasance's presence as a Catholic priest who bregrudgingly recruits the team of college students and professors, scientists and theorists, adds a sense of credibility to the threat involved, as well as the film itself. And Victor Wong - he's just fun to watch. I love this movie.Movie Review: John Carpenter gives us yet another fantastic horror film.
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes I happen to agree with the review below mine and have to say that this film is one of John Carpenter's best and is my favorite allong with The thing and Halloween. It has a very smart storyline and has a quiet unique and interesting idea about Quantum physics and satanic possesion, trust me it will make sense later in the film. When a group of graduate students and scientists discover an ancient canister containing an evil-looking liquid in an abandoned church all hell breaks loose as the liquid seems to come alive and turns some members of the group into zombies, but even worse it releases Satan. I remmember watching this film as a kid and being absolutely terrified by it especially at the scene where the chinese guy gets stuck in the small room or closet when he then sees the possessed female and starts panicking and tells the guys to get him out of there , soon her stomach starts to fill up and her face was very grotesque and disgusting it almost gave me nightmares seeing this part now and I just had to laugh at what used to be frightening still it is a very entertaining and enjoyable horror film. You'll also get to see a short cameo by Alice Cooper as a demonicly possessed bum who provides one of the best death scenes in the film when he kills one of the scientist, anyway I highly recommend this great and exciting film to all horror fans and two thumbs up!.Movie Review: Great movie with a wild twist at the end ! ! !
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of My more favorite John Carpenter movies I have to say.
The movie starts off with 2 plots, one is a university which focuses on a class room for para-psychology, the other is the last Priest of a secret order holding something dies.
The church contacts the parapsychology proffessor which brings back to one plot. The Professor has his students spend the weekend 'grudginly' at this church to study something but no one knows as of yet what it is.
While setting up in the church they meet others from the uni who are to work with them, radiologist, biochemist, ancient language student, etc...
Alice Cooper played the part of a street bum, I guess the leader of them who becomes possessed and with the help of the other bums keeps the students locked in the church so they cant get out...
Alice Cooper was perfect for the part because he had no speaking roles I have to admit but still very good movie with a shocking build up and a twisted ending that will make many think hard about things in general in life which to Me is a sign of a good movie...
Although this movie may not be at the top of your collection, it is well worth getting and watching over and over on occations...
Enjoy!
Movie Review: It is evil. It is real. It is awakening.
Summary: 5 Stars
After the box office failure of Big Trouble In Little China, John Carpenter turned away from the big budget studio system and attempted to return to his independent movie roots with Prince of Darkness. The end result is, by and large, successful, though Carpenter did (and has) lost quite a few fans for maintaing such a fierce devotion to b-movie story stelling.The death of an eldery priest uncovers a secret that has been hidden from the world for well over 2,000 years. In the basement of a Los Angeles church there is...something. Something that appears to be changing...growing...becoming aware. Can a group of scientists unravel the secret before it is too late?
Prince of Darkness can best be described as Quatermass And The Pit as written by H.P. Lovecraft. While the movie contains numerous flaws (after a promising opening, it chooses to go the simple make 'em jump, cheap scare route), it still, by and large, overcomes them by virtue of Carpenter's strong grasp of mood and story. Taken as a simple low budget thrill ride, the movie delivers. Highly recommended.