Prince of Darkness (1987) - Movie Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Continuing John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy, Prince of Darkness is the chapter that I have the least experience with. A melding of quantum physics and the eternal concepts of God and his counterpoint, Prince of Darkness is one of John Carpenter's more ambitious movies. Does the ambition pay off or does this apocalyptic chapter in Carpenter's filmography merit the obscurity?
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When u said at the beginning it was just ok I thought it was a joke. I think this is a classic. Very creepy and engaging. It’s definitely unique. I’m not one of those people that says someone is right or wrong for liking a movie, I can just say that I really liked it
people do not like to think now a days most people just want shit spelled out...
I agree 100%.
Yeah it's one of my favourite carpenter films.
Gotta see it
this movie is a kinda movie that does not age and it's still watchable in 2022. it's totally worth watching
Underrated Gem that grew on me more an more. Plus Plesance kills it as he always does.....
Definitely a hidden gem!!! Great film...slow and steady...plus it’s got Alice Cooper in it!!!
This for me is Carpenter's best movie. The Thing is close second best. It gripped me from the start. The ideas posed in the beginning with physics and philosophy. And the movies builds up just like the shinning to a slow crescendo until the end where pace goes up to a manic pace. Loved it. Soundtrack is the best.
Exactly this is Carpenter’s #1, easily.
"The Shinning" is the Simpsons version.
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The ending is where it shines
The soundtrack is awesome
It's unique, makes you think and I personally love the soundtrack.
Prince of Darkness is my favorite John Carpenter film.
I hated this movie when I first saw it in 2004, then I when I re-watched it in 2016- I loved it. I'm proof that this movie grows on you as you get older.
My experience was the exact opposite. I watched it last week, for the first time in many many years and with fond memories, and found it very very difficult to get through.
I really enjoy the Prince of Darkness, but completely understand why it's not for everyone.
People always compare it to other carpenter films. Rate it on its own. It’s a fantastic horror movie that actually scares the shit outta ya.
Love this film...one of my favorite Carpenter films. I agree with what you said...in the future you will appreciate this one more.
I gave this movie a try and because I'm such a big John Carpenter fan I watched it several times because I thought I just wasn't seeing the big picture in this flick. And. I still dislike it. It could be Carpenter's worst film. But hey they can't all be The Thing!
It's amazing to me how some people still don't get Prince Of Darkness.
Theres a difference between "dont get" and "dont love".
@@CodyLeachYT yea it isn't easily digestible but it sure isn't that complex either. 2 watches is enough, definitely agree with your review!
There is, but I definitely mean don't get.
I still find bits in this movie really creepy.
Price of Darkness is one of my favorite JC movies of all time, but I can understand how some people wouldn't like it. Sorry that everybody can't share my enthusiasm. I thought it was a great film.
This movie came out in theaters when I was 15, and was one of the first horror movies I saw at the theater. It scared the shit out of me. One of the things I have always found that added to the sense of dread was the occasional exterior shots of the church, after the group had been trapped inside. The church was not in some isolated setting, off by itself...It was in the middle of a downtown area (a large, high-rise building was usually in the shot with the front of the church) with people around (ostensibly). Help should have been within shouting distance. Yet, they were surrounded by the army of the damned, cut off, alone, having to face this horror. For some reason, I found that to be one of the most disturbing elements of the movie. In the years since, I have come to be able to see its flaws, and can understand how many Carpenter fans don't hold this one in as high esteem as other movies of his.
This movie would have been amazing if it had any character development at all.
It is amazing, it's a mood piece like many JC movies it's one long night so there's really no time for much character development.
I watched Prince of Darkness for the first time last night. I absolutely loved it, but I do agree with you about the performances. Great reviews as always!
I just watched this last night and I loved it too.
That broadcast is the freakiest thing I've seen, and I've some fucked up shit, but what does it for me is the subtlety and the progression of what's being said, like a dream I want to wake up from before I get a horrific surprise..... That alone makes this film extremely watchable
Probably in my top 3 JC movies.
I was boared 1st time. 2nd time I liked it. 3rd time I loved it. I think it's better made movie than mouth of madness but I enjoy mouth of madness way more.
Definitely, yes.
One of my all time fave films, I like it more every time I watch it !
Now you just have to review the thing to complete the trilogy😂😂
The thing is great, even to non horror like maybe expectations from that to this is too high.
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Yep! Pretty much!
This movie IS a brilliant film, it’s just low budget, and limited by the era. It’s a bit like the Blair Witch Project, the audience’s mind does 800% of the work. The dialogue is hints. Use your noggin, this is THE SCARIEST.
First In The Mouth of Madness and now Prince of Darkness, what’s next a review of The Thing
Still waiting for this one
My absolute favortie John Carpenter film. The scissor kill scared thew shit out of me as a young lad
I'm surprised by your review / rating
I saw it once when I was a little girl growing up, don't remember a whole lot, other than I didn't get it. Only other one I remember not understanding like that is Jacob's Ladder, so yeah, for me, as a young girl growing up, they both fell into the same category with each other. Haven't watched either one since, but maybe someday, I'll try again.
As a Christian I love this doom laden religious masterpiece
I haven’t seen this movie in years but I do remember loving it when I first saw it. Interesting to hear your views.
I think your point about the characters might be missing the fact that as entropy happens relationships are also ground down to become much less energetic and approachable
The first time I saw this, I had fallen asleep on my friends' couch with the TV on. They had gone to bed, and I woke up during one of the dream sequences. That started me off on a very weird footing that has probably colored the way I've thought about this movie and raised my estimation of it possibly higher than it deserves.
I watched this one on the tv when I was a kid in the 90's and was terrified. Characters are not really the point here, they are there to show you the effects of them slowly being possesed by this darkness, i guess it's all about the atmosphere but i agree that it gets a bit wonky sometimes.
I thought this was a pretty good film very underrated in my opinion not he's best but I enjoyed it director John Carpenter is a brilliant director always will and always have been a massive fan.
This is one of my favorite horror movies. Def my favorite John Carpenter movie.
great video, cody. I really agree with your take, it's not a bad movie by any means, but I do think it suffers from some weak points that cause for some rough edges, but all around good film in general. Wish we knew the characters more; although I do really enjoy the scientific take as a science nerd though, it's quite unique and super ambitious for a movie like this, but I can understand why that weighs it down a bit. I ended up watching these in backwards order as well, cannot wait to see The Thing for the first time.
After Halloween Prince Of Darkness is probably my favorite from JC. And yeah, I do love The Thing. I just thought Prince was so different and creepy
What about _'The Fog'_ (1980)? No love for Antonio Bay? 🥺
I love this especially the waking up with her evil face then cautionary checks the mirror brilliant scare
I'm so happy to see you review Prince of Darkness! I know this is an older video, but just had to comment. I'm a John Carpenter fangirl, and I thought this movie was all sorts of weird when I first watched it. I gave it another shot...and boy I'm glad I did. Science working alongside religion; isolation in Los Angeles...it's classic Carpenter and it's one that will always stick with me.
Awesome review Cody, you really put a ton of effort into these reviews, completely agree with your points about some of the bad hammy acting not just Dennis Dun but a few others as well.
I felt Donald Pleasence was underused in this film but the scenes he's in give the film a intensity.
Wow never noticed the score played throughout nice bit trivia there buddy.
The Thing my all time favourite film, I look forward to a future review.
Agreed man. Thanks
I'd like to see a review from you on THEY LIVE.
Hey Cody, I love your reviews. I watched this movie for the first time last night, and I absolutely love it. Great atmosphere and score, and I think it’s definitely in my top 5 John Carpenter movies.
I haven't seen anything online about the infamous "Black Aggie" statue that appears in the first scene where the priest goes to the church. Just inside the gate and to the left, the statue is shown and he looks at it. It is also seen in every shot of the courtyard. Was this the actual statue or just a reproduction of it? I'm guessing Carpenter was intrigued by it and put it into the movie.
Weakest of the trilogy for me, love The Thing and Madness, both great films, my two favorite Carpenter movies.
They live ! :)
Leave the f*cking physics out of my fun Carpenter horror movie
Hi Cody, great video. I have a recommendation to watch and review : the people under the stairs. Don't forget to mention my name;)
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I just found this. I agree for the most part. The one thing I always remembered about this movie that stood out and creeped me out the most was that scene you showed towards the end, with the dream everybody was having. Tbh that's really all I remembered from it except for the swirling liquid.
I was young when I watched this & it creeped me out...I agree that watching again as an adult gave me a better understanding of what was happening but I don't think the movie aged well. One thing I still can't figure out though...Was the lady that gets possessed at the end pregnant??
Not that it really matters! Lol
No, she wasn't pregnant. That was the Satan Juice in her stomach. It then breaks down and is absorbed into her system. I always thought she was "chosen" because of her metabolism. She's very skinny and in nearly every scene she's in, she's eating or drinking something. Perfect for a liquid based entity that wants to rapidly take over it's host and get on with an apocalypse!
I've seen this movie and I have nightmares once in a while about it. The possessed people shooting Satan juice out of their mouths creeped me out more than anything else in the movie.
@@Rachelle79 I didn't even see your comment at first. So I guess all of us who've seen this movie think of the green stuff as "Satan Juice". I swear to god that's the creepriest thing I've ever seen in any horror movie and the only thing creepier were the people after they were possessed by it.
flaws aside, the new Steelbook looks amazing
You still haven’t reviewed the Thing
how about the most laughable part in the whole movie. FATHER! COME TO FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is definitely an underrated gem, but it’s _begging_ for more fleshing out & greater clarity; it’s not always clear what’s going on, or even what’s being _said_ in dialogue (it’s a movie that benefits greatly from giving a viewer the option of subtitles/closed captions)!
Maybe just increasing the run-time from 1h 40m to a full 2h would've helped 🤷🏻♀️
I do think this is a movie that, in the right hands, could be a huge hit if remade with a modern setting.
This film is Carpenters tribute/homage to Quatermass.
Out of the trilogy movies I've always thought this and in the mouth of madness have more in common with each other in tone than the thing
I like the movie. Some of the acting is pretty bad. Great score, I was entertained. I don't disect movies.
It’s not his best but I enjoy it because I love good versus evil movies. It was creep as hell but no comparison to The aThing.
I think its better than O.K. because of it's psychological horror and tone. It is missing something. The end is the best part. My favorite John Carpenter films are The Thing, They Live and Escape from New York.
You have to watch it more then once i didnt care for it the first time i watched it . i really loved it the second watch and everytime i watch it i like it more and more
When I say how John Carpenter is the master of horror because he has directed multiple horror classics, where normally a great directors has one(Spielberg-Poltergeist, Kubrick-The Shining, Richard Donner-The Omen, etc...) he has directed Halloween, the Thing, and Christine...all horror classics, but then I also mention that while not classics "The Fog" and "Prince of Darkness" are GREAT horror films as well...not "classics" but great for sure
I agree the movie is just okay. The main thing that brings it down to me is the cast. With the exception of Victor Wong, and Donald Pleasence the cast just isn't very good or likable. A lot of that has to do with the writing, but even if it was better I don't think the actors involved would deliver the goods.
Yep agreed
Loved this movie watched it for the first time yesterday.
It’s weird on google they call this a sequel to The Thing
The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness are an unofficial trilogy
I just watched this movie today and man was this a disappointment. This was one of the John Carpenter movies that I just never got around to. I thought I would enjoy it more than I did, I loved the score and the horror scenes were good but they were so few and far between. The movie was just too slow imo and not in a good way, it had major pacing character development issues. Maybe a second viewing in the future would help.
everything negatives you mentioned in the video reminds me why I liked the film...
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I dunno this movie scared the shit of me and my buddy in the theater. It's aged....pretty well. Some things don't add up. These guys jump to the right conclusion way too easily with the little bit of information that they have. And some college students that need to realize they're in their 30's, time to maybe get a job lol. Still a movie I really enjoy.
We should appreciate good things, these aren't the usual kids in horror movies...imagine it'd been cast with teenagers like it undoubtedly would've been today.
Off topic slightly but apparently a lot of people who have been deaf from birth who gained the ability to hear later in life said they thought the sun would give off a sound. I find that interesting and I definitely think the tank would be the same. Or a vibration they can feel other than "evil"
It was a good idea to get Alice Cooper to be in this classic John carpenter movie. 😀👍
Like this movie more each time I see it. Gotta love it if Donald P is in it!
Wasn't a fan of this film. I liked the concept of mixing religion and science. But thats it.
The movie feels like its a giant movie of Filler. So much of it is like..... Get to the point.
I have no problem with slower movies but i think it just wasn't executed properly. They kept acting like the green liquid was going to become something, just to possess some girl and make her look like a zombie.
It felt like everything goes nowhere real fast. (I like Endings where the protagonists get the shaft) But this literally ends in a way that pretty much says "This was all pointless"
Yeah I hear ya
probably the best of the Carpenter soundtracks but I agree with Cody that the film is missing something. It's Carpenter so who cares.
One of the best horror movies ever made its a gem and you are not
This guy's review seems contradictory in that he calls it just okay, then raves about it. I agree with his assessment except at the intro and at the end when he said In the Mouth of Madness was better. That movie sucks hard!
Saw this film when it originally came out. Saw it with my bros. I think it's entertaining- as a low-budget B movie. My friends and I laughed through most of the movie, although there are some interesting scenes where the creep factor is dialed to eleven. The thing that hurts the movie the most is the concepts. There is no cohesion or connective tissue that ties it all together. It will never make sense because it doesn't make sense. it's a bunch of pseudo-sciences, and ideas pulled out of a hat. For example- everyone has this recurring dream about a broadcast from the future. Someone lurks in the shadows. What is the broadcast? Why is it important? Why does everyone have dreams of this? The video image of the shadow lurking in the background of what appears to be an apocalyptic wasteland with a creepy voice saying this is a broadcast... yet, there is no resolution. It's a creepy sequence that, on the surface, looks creepy and cool, but when looking inside, its hollow and empty. It means nothing. The concepts are weak and don't work. But everyone being taken over and turning into monsters is fun to watch, and the production looks great, and the centerpiece: A man-size glass tube trapping a swirling green liquid, that's supposed to be... Satan? or the new antichrist?, and yet, Saten is inside of a mirror? So, is the antichrist in the Big glass jar, or is he in the mirror? It simply amounts to gibberish. The movie had potential but ultimately fails in its ideas. But, for whatever reason, it's fun to watch people vomit green liquid into other people's mouths, and that's disgustingly great. The alley scenes are also great. The one who has a message, a message they "aren't going to like" I was like, yes, finally some answers, Nope. The creepypasta guy simply gurgles and says, "Youre all going to die." That was such an anticlimax. At least the visuals look great. 3 out of 5 stars
There is something about people randomly standing still staring that is really creepy. In books and movies. I remember finding this creepier than any other Carpenter film. The Thing is a different class of movie altogether and Halloween will always be nostalgic for me. I think this could be a fun gritty remake. But of course Donald Pleasance is a campy drama queen pleasure. But yeah, characters could have used work. I always quite liked the scary end of the lead female.
Come on, Cody, no Carpenter film is as creepy as _The Thing,_ and _In the Mouth of Madness_ is probably as creepy as _Prince of Darkness,_ but there's no question that this is very freaky--it's John Carpenter, so there's going to be some outre stuff (don't forget _They Live,_ which is very weird in its own right).
It's really not bad. Although it's nowhere near greatness. 6.5/10
Agreed. Middle of the road
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I've enjoyed this movie since I first saw this in theaters. It's a different John Carpenter film than Halloween or The Thing. Despite the lack character development, I still find the story engaging. I do agree with you about the score Cody, its played too much throughout the movie where it should only been played in certain parts in the movie. I always try to watch it it's on.
just ok?
The movie does have a lot of issues that keep it from being great, but overall its very effective in being scary and captivating.
I really wanted to like this one, but goddamn it, I just couldn't take it seriously. One of Carpenter's clumsier efforts, unfortunately.
Agreed
I'd be curious to hear, if Cody still feels this way about it today four years later.
I hate when people watch these movies with new eyes expecting to be wowed. I watched it at 8 years old in the 80s with friends and it scared us good lol
I love this movie and the vibe it gives all these years later
I fucking love this movie, it may be in my top 5 Carpenter films. It's not without it's flaws, but I almost don't care because the atmosphere is so great. The score is also massively underrated.
Hi
i agree its not a bad film. But its not a film great either. Ending is ok. I agree with you it's a ok movie. Seen a lot worse.
I missed it at the theatre back in the days and at this point, that's one of my biggest regrets in life (I luckily don't have many).
The idea of trying to fight a supernatural power through science is a unique approach and I still love that although some of the physic explanations they give are above my head.
I didn't like the "closet" scene with Dennis Dun which was just ridiculous and (said it before and will keep doing it) I always wonder how long do people study in the US? Those students look OLD.
You're wrong about the score though, it ceased after we see Catherine on the other side of the mirror when the Priest broke it and I always thought that silence symbolizes the evil power being forced out of our world.
Love Lisa Blount (R.I.P.) since I first saw her in Dead & Buried.
Great movie
Loved Alice cooper. It would be great if you had Ozzie Osborne playing one of the scientists. That would be awsome!!
Made it 11:22 after all this insanity of not knowing who the comic-relief is and so many other things he got so wrong, he then goes after the score?? I'm out!
Bye!
I thought it was just alright too with a few creepy moments
Top 5 Carpenter flick.
the soundtrack is superb! unfortunately the film is not. nondescript characters, inane dialogue, vacuous pacing, alice cooper is cool and i like some cinematography, but thats it. move along, move along!
They're students thrown together, there's only so much these folks can talk about...
This movie moves in very slow paste lol
Well, that's kind of the Carpenter trademark to never rush anything but build up the atmosphere.
Waiting on the Scream 3 review😂😂😂