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Prince of Darkness
Directed by John Carpenter
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. From TMDB
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Prince of Darkness is a 1987 horror film, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount and Victor Wong.
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60 of 193 · most liked firstI love Carpenter too much to pick a favorite movie of his, but Prince of Darkness is up there. incredibly effective horror film because it grounds Satan's & the Anti-God's existence in physics & mathematics. evil as scientific fact. and there are no rituals or magic to exorcise it -- it's inevitable
positive · AI labelView post →i love Tim Curry 😭 my fav role of his was Prince of Darkness in Legend, one of the best performances I've ever seen in film
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's last 4 The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995) Prince of Darkness (1987) The Great Gatsby (1974) Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →My Prince of Darkness daybill for BORLFF (Brisbane's Only Repulsive Liquid Film Festival)! It'll be on display with several other amazing and goopy prints in a group show running alongside the film fest. Prints will be available on their site soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →27) Prince of Darkness (1987) #frightclub on @primevideo.bsky.social #MutantFam #HorrorCommunity #FilmSky #HorrorSky #PrinceOfDarkness
neutral · AI labelView post →31 Days of Halloween: Prince of Darkness (1987). Watching my favorite John Carpenter movie tonight.
positive · AI labelView post →"The Batman vs. Dracula" premiered on this day (Oct. 18) in 2005! The Dark Knight must stop the Prince of Darkness and take down a vamped-up Joker in this thrilling, horror-heavy animated movie based on the fan-favorite "The Batman" cartoon! #Batman #TheBatman #TheBatmanvsDracula
neutral · AI labelView post →Prince of Darkness - John Carpenter (1987, Japanese poster). Source: - https://www.filmonpaper.com/posters/prince-of-darkness-b2-japan/ Somehow I'd missed this John Carpenter film, finally saw it theis summer & loved it! More info on film: - https://eggplant.place/movie/1JMiB1nDYrxMMv3faoDw7t
positive · AI labelView post →The Prince of Darkness is great. It’s an old John Carpenter film with great cast of early 80’s character actors.
positive · AI labelView post →Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Nightmare mode - has to be a box office bomb or not mainstream but actually good. I’m dropping Prince of Darkness, one of John Carpenters less spoken about films. But also … wow what a film! 🍿
positive · AI labelView post →Movie night! Never seen this one before Prince of Darkness #PrinceOfDarkness #HorrorSky #Horror #Halloween
neutral · AI labelView post →#SongBuilding 7/23 #MusicChallenge ~ Western As I have reached 67 today, and Ozzy died age 76 on this date I figure I'd honor him w the middle trilogy documentary movie trailer of The Decline of "Western" Civilization part II. He gives good advice. RIP Prince of Darkness. youtu.be/63ApcpF-NLw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s giving Prince of Darkness energy. You spend a chunk of the film going “who the fuck is that coming out of the church?” And then the reveal. I love it so much!
positive · AI labelView post →#WyrdWednesday Prince of Darkness (Oct 1987) might have my favorite atmospherics of any spooky movie, with foreboding opening shots of campus and sky, great soundtrack by Carpenter, the dream broadcasts, mirror scenes, the ending... "We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver..."
positive · AI labelView post →Much love being expressed for John Carpenter's PRINCE OF DARKNESS - here's my Letterboxd take... #FilmSky boxd.it/aaVXbr
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day (4th October) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing Stolen Face (1952), The Brides of Dracula (1960), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968) as a Terence Fisher and Hammer Films All-nighter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 8: One Horror movie I recommend Prince of Darkness (1987) #filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky
positive · AI labelView post →Unironically, when I watch a new horror movie, or one I haven't seen, I will just cleanse my palate with a horror movie I have seen before. "Jeesh that movie was intense and bleak. Going to watch Prince of Darkness to cheer me up."
positive · AI labelView post →My favorite version of Satan in film. PRINCE OF DARKNESS is top tier Carpenter.
positive · AI labelView post →So many amazing films here (Trick R Treat, Prince Of Darkness, The Exorcist III to name a few), but Dead & Buried fucking rips. One of the great pleasures of my life so far has been showing it for a movie night and having people lose their minds over it. Great small town, gloomy vibes. Mia watch.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spooky Season `25, Night 18. I re-watched Prince of Darkness (1987) on Blu-ray. An underrated Carpenter film, I love how he mixes science, science fiction, and religion to create cosmic horror. He also knows when to go for it, without fully explaining what the heck is going on. Pure, ominous vibes.
positive · AI labelView post →Here's a short 🧵none of you have been asking for - favourite horror movie opening credits. A lost art perhaps. Kicking it off with the extraordinary 10m18s opening of John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness It looks gorgeous. Parses a lot of plot/character info while building intrigue. 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →At the @academymuseum.bsky.social to see THEY LIVE for the first time!! AND it’s in one of the most gorgeous cinemas in the world AND the Prince of Darkness, John Carpenter is here to talk about the movie!! 🕶️
neutral · AI labelView post →The John Carpenter anthology collects many of the sci-fi and horror master's greatest soundtrack work, including classics from Halloween, They Live, The Thing, The Fog, Escape from NY, and Prince of Darkness. Note, these are fresh recordings, done by Carpenter's band, and not the movie versions.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched The Void (2016) tonight, and I liked it pretty well! Basically like if you took John Carpenter's The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness and rolled it into one movie
neutral · AI labelView post →In a crowded field with many contenders, this is my favourite Hammer film. Plague of the Zombies comes close, as does Dracula - Prince of Darkness and many, many others - but this is the one. There's an air of eerie, desolate loneliness to it that's almost unique.
neutral · AI labelView post →"God's not supposed to be a hack horror writer!" is a concept that's stuck with me since I first watched this movie And agree! Carpenter is great with existential horror. Honestly Prince of Darkness is one of the only horror films I want a remake of.
positive · AI labelView post →So tonight's film is Prince of Darkness. It's not top on my personal list of John Carpenter's best, which are The Thing, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China, Assualt on Precint 13, Halloween, and In the Mouth of Madness. It also hasn't quite aged as well as the others.
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember the sentient, physical essence of Satan from the 1987 John Carpenters film Prince Of Darkness, Bart? Well he’s back- in orb form!
neutral · AI labelView post →John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness is a film that boldly asks "What if the Devil was a vial of Green Ooze and it possessed quirky smart girls?"
neutral · AI labelView post →When I change my avi for Halloween I usually go with a still from the dream transmission in PRINCE OF DARKNESS, because I love that movie. But I'm going all in on THE EMPTY MAN this year. Because I also love that movie.
positive · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched... Porco Rosso The Lego Batman Movie Rain Man Digger And since I skipped last week, also watched: You Can See Everything Rosemary's Baby Nuremberg Prince of Darkness Charlotte's Web #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m having a Hammer moment. Films from my youth. A quintessentially British film studio. I remember POTZ and DPOD as a double bill! The Quatermass Xperiment. The Curse of the Werewolf. Dracula; Prince of Darkness. The Plague of the Zombies.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the time of “Ninety For Chill”, a celebration of 90-minute movies, CatBusRuss & @amindonfire.bsky.social compose marathons to discuss “The Exorcist”. Russ brings “Evil Dead 2”, “Prince of Darkness”, & “Possessor”. Jon brings “Demons”, “St. Maud”, & “Event Horizon”. #filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s also this which has gone a bit under the radar: Dracula Prince of Darkness showing in Bristol's mysterious subterranean cave complex. www.bristolfilmfestival.com/event/dracul...
neutral · AI labelView post →Night 9 of Halloween, and we're watching "Prince of Darkness" (1987). Tonight's movie is brought to you by the letters: W, T, and F. It wasn't bad, just kind of strange, but kept our interest. A priest discovers an underground religious site that stores a container of the devil in liquid form. 6/10
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter "P" 🎥 Prince of Darkness (1987)
neutral · AI labelView post →1966 Hammer Film double bill of Dracula: Prince of Darkness & The Plague of the Zombies ——I need a Time Machine! 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →Our Feature Presentation is the John Carpenter film Prince Of Darkness. Join us and our guest host @mrwhitekey.bsky.social as we chat Carpenter, Alice Cooper and chili dawgs. LINK: linktr.ee/TwoDudesOneD... #princeofdarkness #johncarpenter #donaldpleasence #moviepodcast #ourfeaturepresentation
neutral · AI labelView post →Share Your Favorite... Vampire Movie: Dracula Prince of Darkness Zombie Movie: Evil Dead Haunting Movie: The Haunting Creature Feature: Mothra Found Footage: As Above So Below Slasher: Camp Miasma :p Cosmic Horror: The Thing Psychological Horror: The VVitch* Horror Comedy: Re-Animator
neutral · AI labelView post →Goddamn, Prince of Darkness is such a cool fucking movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's second movie (when the sun goes down) for my Season of Scares Horror Movie Watch-a-Thon and #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days is PRINCE OF DARKNESS Not sure why I've not gotten around to watching this one, but tonight that changes. 72/100 #HorrorSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This is like an in-universe fictional video from a 1990s dystopian science fiction movie about a dark 21st century, except 1-it comes off even *more creepy* than the "This is not a dream" sequence from the John Carpenter film "Prince of Darkness", and 2-It's fucking real and it really pisses me off.
neutral · AI labelView post →PRINCE OF DARKNESS: man, it is so refreshing to watch a 2.35:1 widescreen film photographed by someone who actually knows how to compose for that frame. Also, it’s not murky!
positive · AI labelView post →Just watched Prince of Darkness with some friends. That movie holds up so well. Genuinely unsettling all the way through.
positive · AI labelView post →Sorry, I was referring to a part of the [Prince of Darkness movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777/) > Words on computer screen: "You will not be saved by the holy ghost. You will not be saved by the god Plutonium. In fact, YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED!" As that movie has people sending messages back from the future using dreams plot element.
neutral · AI labelView post →The way this reminded me more of Prince of Darkness, the film where Satan is transmitted via fluids.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think ItMoM is his best film. With The thing, Prince of Darkness and Escape From New York swapping slots in my top 5 depending on my mood that day.
positive · AI labelView post →Switched over to the PS5 to watch John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness in 4k. This was actually the first 4k movie I watched that really blew me away. It's so crisp.
positive · AI labelView post →Vampire film: John Carpenter's Vampires Zombie Film: John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness Haunting/ghost story: John Carpenter's The Fog Creature Feature: John Carpenter's The Thing Found Footage: John Carpenter's Family Vacation Slasher: John Carpenter's Halloween Cosmic Horror: John Carpenter's In
neutral · AI labelView post →Recommended 80s/90s horror movie pairing: Prince of Darkness and Event Horizon. #Horror #Movies
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a SCARY movie title that begins with the letter P 🎥🖤 Prince of Darkness (1987)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s film: Escape From York. Can’t be worse than Prince of Darkness turned out to be. If time, I might try and squeeze in Plague of the Zombies before my subscription ends.
negative · AI labelView post →This was the last film in John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy", together with The Thing (1982), and 'Prince Of Darkness' (1987). It's a Lovecraftian-style story about the effect of "collective reality" -- and, frankly? We're soaking in something close to this film, right now.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you haven't seen Pontypool (tense little quasi-zombie film), I always think it's worth a go. Prince of Darkness (1987) is a little slow, but it's a fave. And if you haven't caught the OG Ju-On/Grudge films and you like some ghosts, you REALLY should.
positive · AI labelView post →#100HorrorMoviesin92Days Movie 70-Dracula: Prince of Darkness #Filmsky #HammerHorror #Dracula #ChristopherLee #HorrorFilm
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't think I've had a movie weekend like I had about 3 years ago when we watched The Keep, Prince of Darkness and Dead & Buried all in the same weekend 😁 #filmsky #movies #moviesky @apassionforfilm.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →I've loved it for decades. I only just watched Carpenter's [_Prince of Darkness_](https://eggplant.place/movie/1JMiB1nDYrxMMv3faoDw7t) for the first time last Saturday and I was also like "How the hell did I never watch this before?!"
positive · AI labelView post →My favorite Carpenter film is Prince of Darkness, but I'm prejudiced cause I pass by the Church in the film (now a community arts center) fairly regularly. The Thing though, the hopelessness and fear. Love it.
positive · AI labelView post →Now I’m curious, were you loosely inspired by John Carpenters, “Prince Of Darkness”, when you came up with this idea? Cause I’m definitely getting strong vibes of that movie judging from the intro and music.
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