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Watch: Prince of Darkness 1987 123movies, Full Movie Online – A sinister secret has been kept in the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church for many years. With the death of a priest belonging to a mysterious sect, another priest opens the door to the basement and discovers a vat containing a green liquid. The priest contacts a group of physics graduate students to investigate it. Unfortunately, they discover that the liquid contains the essence of Satan himself, and they also discover that he will release HIS father – an all-powerful Anti-God! The liquid later comes to life itself, turning some of the students into zombies as the Devil comes forward to release his father. Will these students be able to stop him?.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 45,139
	61% | RottenTomatoes
	50/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 781 Popularity: 9.658 | TMDB

Reviews:

Then 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 unmistakably Carpenter territory as Satan exists in some sort of parallel universe. How he manifests himself is narratively a bit tricky, but still it makes for good horror, especially as the old religious angle finds Carpenter – in the guise of Donald Pleasence – chortling away to himself in a way that Old Nick has been prone to do.

Cue bugs, green goo, zombies and a centuries old sect determined to keep Satan out of our world. The scares are many, atmosphere bubbling away (in time with another of Carpenter’s pulse beat synth musical scores), while the finale has a genuine surprise up its sleeve.

Unfortunately the cast are playing second fiddle to the supernatural strengths, working from a script that doesn’t sit at one with the screenplay, rendering the characters as uninvolving fodder. Yet be that as it may, it’s still a film of delights, enough in fact to make it a top end entry on Carpenter’s CV. 7/10

When 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 investigate it’s properties. Big mistake! It was hidden deep in the bowels of this crypt for a very good reason, and once they release it they discover that the Satanic horror they face might just be the tip of the iceberg! Donald Pleasence is strong here as the priest who realises, all too late in the day, that they are facing a terror that could jeopardise the very future of humanity… Christianity at any rate! Can he galvanise his now panic-stricken helpers to reverse the effects of the deadly gloop before they all become zombified servants of evil? The dialogue maybe isn’t so hot, especially as hysteria begins to set in amongst the petrified, but the pace is great and the effects have held up remarkably well as this solid and quite menacing story builds to a genuinely exciting conclusion. The supporting cast deliver well, too and John Carpenter and Alan Howarth manage a score that adds quite a bit of peril to the accruing sense of danger the former creates throughout this rather superior drama. It’s short, taut, and well worth a watch.

slow, good, creepy quasi-intellectual horror
I know more than one person who watched this film, claimed immediately after that it wasn’t very scary and then called me a few hours later telling me that they were freaked out.

Highlight: For me, the best concept in the film is the video-feed dream sequence. Oh man! It’s creepy and exceedingly ominous and the shaky-cam newsreel quality gives it an extra punch.

The plot: You don’t have to be a genius to understand what is going on in this film, but you do need to pay attention. The supernatural physics is a little nonsensical, of the “Popular science” variety, but the basic premise is explained in layman terms.

The characters: Actually, while the “science” is hocus-pocus, I really liked that the film’s characters were mostly grad students. The actors do a great job of portraying annoyed, skeptical science grad students. Horror flicks are filled with numbskull undergrads, and it is nice to see the hidden sector of college life revealed in its nerdy glory.

The skinny: I’d describe it as a Biblical/Lovecraft horror film. It’s got the whole “evil universe” theme running alongside an effective “Hell breaks loose” plot.

An overlooked classic
‘Prince of Darkness’ gets neglected amidst John Carpenter’s many essential classics, and that’s a mistake. This is a damn good horror movie, right up there with his other films.

Donald Pleasence! Victor Wong! Dennis Dun! Peter Jason! Alice Cooper! Lisa Blount! Such a fantastic cast to bring this tale to life. All the staples of Carpenter’s style is here in full for a novel approach to the classic story of ancient evil: the growing unease and suspense, the ominous atmosphere, to say nothing of the body horror and other practical effects throughout.

Taking a more scientific view in 1987 of such an entity far predates more recent trends in cinema of injecting as much realism as possible into genre pictures. I also appreciate the dark simplicity of the green liquid at the center of the narrative.

As the movie is generally less well-known, I gather a sense that the finale and ending may not have quite as much flair or lasting power as Carpenter’s other pictures. But I disagree; I think the building action in the last moments of the climax is just as thrilling as the chase across the bridge in ‘Escape from New York,’ or the ascent through the tower in ‘They live.’ And like ‘The thing’ or ‘In the mouth of madness,’ the ending is left a bit open and ambiguous, portending still more chills to the story beyond the film’s conclusion.

To pass on ‘Prince of Darkness’ is a mistake. In my opinion it’s yet more evidence that Carpenter is the true master of horror in cinema.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 42 min (102 min)
Budget 3000000
Revenue 14182492
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror
Director John Carpenter
Writer John Carpenter
Actors Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Ultra Stereo, 4-Track Stereo (Psycho Dynamism Sound) (Japan theatrical release), Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Gold, Panavision E-Series Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 2,821 m (Spain)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2021 remaster), Dolby Vision, Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm