Film • Oct 23, 1987
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.
Prince of Darkness
- Status
- Released
- Release
- October 23, 1987 (37 years ago)
- Alias
- John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Religious horror
- Themes
- B-Horror, Body Horror, Supernatural Horror
- Origin
- United States
- Companies
- Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions
Cast
Donald PleasenceVater Loomis
Lisa BlountCatherine Danforth
Victor WongHoward Birack
Jameson ParkerBrian Marsh
Dennis DunWalter
Susan BlanchardKelly
Anne Marie HowardSusan Cabot
Ann YenLisa
Ken WrightLomax
Dirk BlockerMullins
Jessie Lawrence FergusonCalder
Peter JasonDr. Paul Leahy
Robert GrasmereFrank Wyndham
Thom BrayEtchinson
Joanna MerlinBag Lady
Alice CooperStreet Schizo
Betty RameyNun
Scores
- Average Score
- 66.6%
FilmAffinity
- 60%
IMDb
- 67%
Letterboxd
- 72%
Metacritic
- 73%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 61%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- None
- Violence
- High
- Profanity
- Moderate
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low
- Fright & Intensity
- High
Reviews
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