Story Line
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.
“Before man walked the earth...It slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening.”
Top Cast
Donald Pleasence
Priest
Lisa Blount
Catherine Danforth
Victor Wong
Prof. Howard Birack
Jameson Parker
Brian Marsh
Dennis Dun
Walter
Susan Blanchard
Kelly
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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
1987-10-23
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Horror
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
7/10
•10/15/2015Then it really is Old Scratch knocking at the door.
Something of the forgotten John Carpenter movie, Prince of Darkness shows both the good and bad side of the supremely talented director.
The story is a beaut, a bit skew-whiff, but unmistakabl...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/9/2022When an elderly priest passes away, one of his colleague discovers a mysterious green liquid hidden in a cylinder deep beneath a long-abandoned church. Rather misguidedly, as it turns out, he invites a group of enthusiastic students to come and inves...
patient1
8/10
•10/17/2025Such an interesting film, grew up minutes from the church this was filmed at. It’s where the Pope used to stay when he came to Los Angeles, California.
This was really quite unnerving when it came out, as we saw it in the movie theater, and it had p...