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Prince of Darkness is a 1987 American supernatural horror film, written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter, and starring Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, and Lisa Blount.
- $3 million
- John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
- October 23, 1987
- Larry J. Franco
Oct 23, 1987 · Prince of Darkness: Directed by John Carpenter. With Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount. 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.
- John Carpenter
- 329
- 2 min
A horror film by John Carpenter about a green thing in a tube that awakens and turns people into zombies. The reviewer criticizes the simplistic plot, the music, and the characters of the movie, which he calls a dud. He praises the idea of the Sleeper as Absolute Evil and the concept of mirrors as the doorway to the next dimension.
- The film was budgeted at $3 million, shot in about thirty days, and was Carpenter’s “return to horror” after Starman and Big Trouble in Little China.
- Actor Peter Jason joins Carpenter for the commentary and takes the blame for momentarily confusing the director as to which film they’re there discussing.
- Jason recalls being given the script by Carpenter and asked what he’d “like to do with the character.” He was thrown by the director’s question. “Well you’re an actor aren’t you?”
- Jason had suggested having the seven people who return as zombies represent the seven deadly sins, but Carpenter nixed it as it would have required to many rewrites.
Jan 22, 2021 · John Carpenter wanted all the gruesome, unsettling special effects of Prince of Darkness to be achieved "in-camera." There were two reasons: post-production effects cost a lot and...
Master of horror John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) directs this terrifying battle between humankind and ultimate evil. 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.
