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Posted By: Magnascopics at 1:15am, September 24, 2009
Solid, atmospheric horror with an eerie choral-layered score. The audience that I saw this with in '87 went nuts when Jameson Parker discovered the 'evil' beside him in his bed at the end. Long live John Carpenter and Alice Cooper!
Thinking man's horror? Geeky horror? Either way you spin it, this is definitely an interesting take on the whole 'Satan trying to come into our world' plot.
It's a slow burner, but I was never bored. I was always interested in the dialogue considering the unique content. The acting is fine, the effects are fine, the music was starting to grate on me though, and I definitely would have liked more violence AND I wanted the son of Satan to look more evil.
Overall though, this movie is definitely worth a watch. Good, but not great.
Posted By: Darkstorn at 11:35pm, September 9, 2009
'Prince of Darkness' is supposed to be the middle film of Carpenter's sci-fi/horror trilogy that includes The Thing before it and In the Mouth of Madness after it. Both those films are superior, but this film goes for a very different tone than the others. It's basically about a group of college students and their professor who discover Satan himself in liquid form hidden deep inside an ancient Spanish church. While they try to research it, things get out of hand, and end up getting VERY scary toward the end. It's worth a watch, but remember that you likely won't connect with any of the characters. Even so, it's a good movie that has been underlooked for far too long.
This movie wasnt bad, not Carpenters best but a decent film. It has a traditional score that is well written and helps feed the atmosphere of the film, Carpenter always does a great job on his scores for his films it seems.
I enjoyed the makeup effects in this film, and there are a few good scares. I also found the dream sequence that the actors in the film have to be somewhat eerie as well. Donald Pleasence does a great job in this one as a priest, and the acting isnt bad from the rest of the cast. The story takes a while to get off its feet, but it is worth it, as it deals with a hidden secret by the church thats over 200 years old and involves Satan. Overall I give this a 6 out of 10.
A very weird film but hey its a classic. Very differnet and a must see for anybody that loves horror films.
Posted By: Protecious at 11:45pm, September 30, 2008
a strange movie that uses supernatural forces as a threat to people, interesting ideas here, could have been a bit better with the good ideas, but overall it was good, not great.
Posted By: fathermalachi at 11:51am, September 24, 2008
Its one of my favorite Carpenter films. The combination of science and religion was very deep which made for a very exciting movie. That and Peter Jason rocks!
Posted By: Loomistheman at 12:31am, September 24, 2008
One of John Carpenter's best! I never looked at mirrors the same. Nice seeing Alice Cooper in it. I also loved the way it combined science and religion
I love this film. It's chilling, suspenseful, and very grim. The way the story combines science with religion and puts it into a horror scenerio is absolutely brilliant.
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