Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount and Victor Wong star in this 1987 horror film. A priest and graduate students discover an an ancient evil turning out to be Satan. The film starts off with a man dying in his sleep holding a key. A priest (Pleasence), learns where the key belongs and what the man knew. He explains to a professor and friend (Wong) the secret and asks for his help. He shows him the room the key opens in an old church containing a green substance in a large canister. Graduate students, Brian Marsh (Parker) and Catherine Danforth (Blount) get to know each other and are asked along with other experts to figure out what the evil is that has been contained for many years. I've always liked this film, Pleasence was terrific as usual and Carpenter & Alan Howarth's creepy score is also excellent. This is a good 80's horror flick that's definitely one of Carpenter's most underrated I recommend.
Review of Prince of Darkness
Prince of Darkness
(1987)
Good, Underrated Carpenter 80's Horror!
29 February 2012
Warning: Spoilers