Prince of Darkness with Donald Pleasence: DVD Cover

    Prince of Darkness Director: John Carpenter Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/07/2003
    • Original Release: 1987
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 18,457

    Viewer Rating: (4 ratings)

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    Side #1 --
    1. The Key (Main Titles) [5:24]
    2. Universal Order [5:36]
    3. The Brotherhood of Sleep [7:31]
    4. Volunteered Services [4:41]
    5. They're Watching [5:51]
    6. Gaining Strength [5:19]
    7. Recruiting Souls [4:33]
    8. A Burst of Energy [8:52]
    9. The Ultimate Truth [5:12]
    10. A Dream Broadcast [6:49]
    11. "You Will Not Survive" [5:05]
    12. "Pray for Death" [4:35]
    13. Demon Seed [4:49]
    14. Trapped [4:26]
    15. No One Can Help Us [5:28]
    16. The Awakening [4:55]
    17. "Father" [7:31]
    18. Future Broadcast (End Titles) [4:45]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Proving that you can never guess what you'll find when you clean out the basement, a man of the cloth discovers that ultimate evil has made a hiding place in his cellar in this tale of terror. Father Loomis (Donald Pleasance) is a priest who discovers a strange object in a church basement -- a canister filled with a swirling and volatile green substance. With the help of Professor Birack (Victor Wong), Loomis discovers the startling truth about his find -- it seems that Satan, who is actually an alien life form, had a son, and the essence of the devil's spawn is trapped inside the canister. The evil spirit has been guarded by a group calling themselves "The Brotherhood of Sleep," but the spirit has the ability to free itself whenever it decides the time is right...and it seems that time is just around the corner. Prince of Darkness was directed by horror master John Carpenter; he also wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Martin Quatermass. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Some secrets aren't meant to be tampered withby Kasia_S

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    October 27, 2008: Fans of science and religious horrors will find this to be an interesting combo, one that has been fighting the other for as long as we know. This however is not the source of friction in the movie, here the science takes a huge lead and infuses the movie with eerie sense of reality that some might not feel otherwise, for those who aren't afraid of the devil, this movie will chill them as there is some gross, dark stuff going on that walks a fine line between bizarre and disgusting, seeping into the real world, threatening everyone's sanity.

    When professor Birack, a theoretical physicist, takes his students for a weekend of exploring in an abandoned church, he doesn't want to tell them what is going on, instead they slowly discover that their faith in science and existence is going for a ride and some are not coming back. This happens because a priest guarding a heavy secret dies leaving behind a tiny box with a key. It's eventually found by Father Loomis who confides in Birack and asks for his help and discretion. When the whole gang finally gathers in the basement of the church they discover a room filled with candles and crosses, with a dark, dirty looking vial housing a shimmering mucky green fluid, spinning inside like a mini tornado. They know that something wicked and sinister is going on, they can feel how cold and unfriendly the room is and soon they start to find out what exactly is in the tank. Outside the church night falls and quietly the homeless people gather around all the entrances and exits, worms and bugs spill out of their clothes and they stand guard outside the church, a silent vigil that no one notices for a while. Slowly people start to disappear and that's when the fun starts and the contents of the tank are slowly revealed.

    Overall this wasn't a bad movie, even though half way through I was thinking how weird some of it was, perhaps switching back from science talk to religion was little much to take, this is a movie that one has to watch on high alert because there is a lot that can be missed, not that it matters in the end but it was confusing and after I read some of the reviews here I had more of a sense of what was really going on. There is some gore and grossness, zombie like behavior and a feeling of unease until the ending appears on the horizon, the end was definitely the best part, I think it saved the movie from being totally bad. It's a watchable flick but not something I would watch twice, I think I laughed at a scene of two and it's always nice to find a joke in a horror movie.

    - Kasia S.

    It's so bad it's goodby Anonymous

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    April 17, 2006: I think the acting is horrible in this movie. However, for some reason I watch it every single time it airs on the Sci-Fi channel. I have absolutely no idea why since I think the movie is terrible. Therefore, the only reason I can think of is that, as indicated in my subject line, it's so bad it's actually quite good. I can't get enough of it. I feel like a human contradiction right now...


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