Prince of Darkness (1987)'s comments

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hugeposuer

This movie is a lot of fun. '80s Carpenter was awesome.

12 years 9 months ago

Lord Magus

The only film that has genuinely scared me, mostly due to the dream sequences. You can bet I was afraid of falling asleep the night I watched it.

13 years 1 month ago

thestuman101694

Walter was probably the best thing in this film. But overall, the film was okay. ("I said a rich doctor!")

11 years 9 months ago

John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness is definitely a strange animal, interpreting the Devil and supernatural forces as quantum mechanics, as university grad students conduct an experiment in an old monastery where a secret order has been keeping a reservoir of some kind of evil water (a friend of mine calls it the cursed jam jar). A time travel subplot, Alice Cooper skulking around the ramparts, and lots of heady talk about theology and science. Ultimately, it's the triumph of mood over story, because though it takes a while for things to start happening, and once they do, you're not sure you know what is, there are plenty of great shots and bug photography to make you squirm. The world building is pretty fascinating and makes for an unusual take on tropes well worn during the Satanic Seventies. When compared to the rest of Carpenter's canon, on the surface it's not unlike In the Mouth of Madness, but feels like Assault on Precinct 13. Its third act becomes a relentless "zombie attack" in an enclosed space.

1 year 6 months ago