John Carpenters apocalypse trilogy is, in my mind, the greatest trilogy in horror and probably cinema (even better than godfather and evil dead). All three films are fantastic in their own right, but this one seems to get a lot less love than the thing and in the mouth of madness. To a point I can understand why even if I don't agree. The first thing you have to know going in is this is a very slow paced film. That isn't a bad thing at all, it just means that it takes its time. A lot of what happens is escalation: things start to go wrong in a crescendo until the finale. And while the thing is without a doubt my favourite move and entry into the trilogy, I have to admit that Prince of Darkness is the only one of the three to genuinely scare me.Let me explain: while yes it's not as subtle or tense as the thing, nor is it as existentially insane as in the mouth of madness, the horror in prince of darkness is one of inevitability and dread. The slow burn crescendo works perfectly here in a way where you're kind of left feeling like the heroes didn't actually save the day, they just delayed it slightly and next time they'll be even more Ill prepared than before. It's a very unsettling prospect and one that left me with shivers the first time I saw it.This is not a movie for everyone, and that's not a bad thing. Some will like it, others won't. All that really matters is how it makes you feel. Check it out and see

I was really disappointed by this one, I thought it was dull, predictable, cliché and overall a little messy, however, its still mostly enjoyable, its well made and interesting enough for me to give this a good rating but I wish it was better.I don't know why, but for the longest time I thought this was a vampire movie, I wasn't really sure but the title sounded like a vampire film, but I digress.John Carpenter is usually pretty consistent with the quality of his movies I don't know what happened in this one, not even Donald could elevate this. Its not a horrible movie, like I said, its well made and has lots of interesting elements that I wish were fleshed out more, it has the potential to be a really great movie.I like a few characters and the special effects were really good, it was nice seeing Alice Cooper, I also like the atmosphere.I cant say its bad, but I cant say its great, its good, but I was expecting more from Carpenter, I guess it just needs to grow on me.

I've never seen this movie until a few days ago for the first time. Man I overlooked this one way to late into my adult life. I've seen plenty of John Carpenter films growing up, and I loved everything than mans done. His style and tone just speaks to me when it comes to horror and concepts. How was the movie?Different. I think John was on a mission when he made this movie. The idea of Science explaining an ancient evil is rarely done in horror movies since the concept of horror works best with the supernatural. But in this case, it was a nice touch up of change and I welcomed it.The script was well paced. The plot wasn't convoluted, and the score was AMAZING(if you love synth music). The use of practical effects can't be overlooked, especially the use of water effects in the scenes taking place during the possessions(cool stuff). And that last scene is horrifying as hell!The characters are a bit stiff. Typical class of characters brought together for an experiment, yadda, yadda. But in the end, they do their part not tripping over one another. I'm glad I finally seen this piece of work from John Carpenter. And I will watch the final in his apocalypse trilogy to make myself complete in viewing the works from a great filmmaker. 8/10

Asked to investigate a giant canister of bright green fluid found in the basement of an abandoned church, a group of quantum physics students begins to suspect that the liquid may have diabolical origins in this John Carpenter horror movie. 'Prince of Darkness' is a fairly ambitious project as Carpenter attempts to mesh scientific reasoning (the Devil is referred to as some sort of anti-matter) and theology, however, the two realms of knowledge do not exactly go well hand-in-hand and much of the dialogue comes off as babble. The film has some great moments though when the characters stop talking and simply react to the bizarre things that begin to happen around them as they research and prod further into matters. In particular, the homeless folk outside begin behaving very strangely (could they be possessed?), led by Alice Cooper in a creepy performance. There is also something very Cronenberg-like to the way the liquid infects its first victim, who then transmits it to others in highly sexual ways; one of the infection sequences almost looks like it is about to turn into a lesbian love scene! The makeup special effects are quite creepy too and the film boasts a characteristically sinister, throbbing score cowritten by Carpenter himself. The film is very lacking in the character department, a humorous Dennis Dun aside, and as mentioned, the whole religion/science fusion does not really gel, but there is enough of interest here in between the chitchat. The film ends on a delightful note of uncertainty too.