Sequence Analysis by John Carpenter : Prince Of Darkness

© 2004 StudioCanal Vidéo

[@apocalypticon]

The short scene of Catherine getting trapped in the mirror world - especially her expression while reaching towards the flickering light - HAUNTED me when I first saw this movie as a kid.

[@8yerbrain]

I hope that John Carpenter fully understands, that despite all of the negative reviews of his work and the Hollywood bullshit, Many of his movies are now absolute classics AND have dramatically influenced multiple generations now of viewers. If I could ever meet him, I would simply say "Thank you." And leave it at that.

[@BareBandSubscription]

I love how he just casually brushes over an incident where one of his actors nearly drowned. What a treasure this man is.

[@mikepanick9362]

This ending scared the hell out of my young Sons, both screamed at the dream in a dream scene.
Love this movie!!! “Hello, hello, I have a message for you......”

[@TheIndependentLens]

". . . And you're not going to like it."

[@adrianthomas4660]

“ Pray for Death “

[@msh6865]

You can just see and hear JC's satisfaction with this scene and entire movie in his reaction. Always nice to "know" you nailed it.

[@TheChiefsfan88]

Best ending to any movie. Period. I was caught so off guard when he wakes up next to the mutilated body I literally screamed for 5 seconds straight

[@abdurobinson6827]

I watched this as a kid and I was so afraid to go to bed thinking of that mutilated body

[@davidlipscomb6345]

The greatest director of all time!!!!

[@1nfinitysL1mit]

My favorite Carpenter film. I think it's his best work in my opinion. Phenomenal.

[@volumedealer2716]

Definitely one of the scariest Horror I ever watched

[@mikepanick9362]

“Pray for Death.” I agree, his best and certainly his most underrated too.

[@CinematicMaj]

Stop saying “underrated” its a trend in the comments it seems the movie it’s liked by his fans

[@antonboludo8886]

@@CinematicMaj Yes, it is like saying "Ahead of its time".

[@JohannVF]

That movie had so many long shots of that hallway, and Carpenter was always using the space to maximum effect.

[@alexanderrennon-yc5jc]

THE BEST.Prinxe of darkness. Thank you

[@ds7900]

The most creative and brilliant creator!

[@kommissar.murphy]

I often think of that woman trapped on the other side....

[@LandersWorkshop]

I'd like to think she got away from the thing and escaped somehow.

[@kommissar.murphy]

@@seanlewis9291 I think they started with the poster and worked backwards, in terms of plotting.
Its still a frightening thought, a good person trapped in a hell dimension for eternity with demons we only get a glimpse of.....

[@chermebrownsauce8049]

@@kommissar.murphy hell dimension give me the creeps and hellraiser vibes

[@antonboludo8886]

The actress was found dead in her home a few years ago.

[@darkhighwayman1757]

His face at the end there...yup, I fucking nailed that ending....nailed it

[@goosetopherstravels5588]

Classic movie , loved it when I watched it on video as a teen

[@antonboludo8886]

I saw it it the theatre at age 24. Scary stuff.

[@susanprice1528]

It was definately a scary movie I remember and now I am gonna find it and watch it. I was scared by the movie THE THING THAT COULD NOT DIE as a child and Prince of Darkness as an adult. I laughed at The thing that could not die later in life, but this movie here...maybe not.\

[@efremtommasi1387]

Nice to see the master enjoy his work, well done John!

[@pugtie4695]

So this ending still gets me the most because the ending could be interpreted 3 ways at least to me.
1 is they did change the future and he has ptsd from what happened and he's seeing the girl still.
2 is they changed it but it's still ends up bad with her ending up as the antichrist vessel this time.
3 the one me and probably alot of others bet out money on they changed nothing and this was always what was meant to happen.

[@apointtomake1517]

I think it is number two. Remember it is not a dream but actual events from the future beamed back as a dream. The reason the image of the person inside the church doors keeps changing is due to them changing the future by what they are doing. The last transmission is of the girl being the vessel, is due to her entering the other realm.

[@antonboludo8886]

@@apointtomake1517 That is what I think as well.

[@samuelbrown7831]

#2) most plausible

[@dewfall56]

Genius director, what a twisted imagination. PofD was one of the scariest movies I had ever seen when I was a kid.

[@goldta70schick24]

Mine too..I was 19 when it came out....had me spooked for a month!

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

One has to wonder.....is this the way the changes Catherine returns,as seen in the dream.

[@cleopatrehoney]

that church in downtown LA creeped me out we I went to see her location...what a great movie, and that music ..;classic !!!

[@TANKTREAD]

My favorite Carpenter film. That combo of Science, Religion and Horror. Would've still liked to see the Anti-God.

[@MrPornoforpandas]

One of my favourite horror movies. Such a great director.

[@Flipson456]

There's should be a sequel on this movie. A real suspense at the end.

[@doppelganger3992]

Loved the film.

[@goldta70schick24]

John, why in the world wouldn't you do a sequel??? This is certainly worth it!

[@goldta70schick24]

@Johnnie Walker you know, I was actually thinking that yes, a sequel really isn't needed. It would really be a cycle repeating itself and it would just get old and boring. When I spoke about a sequel, I didn't realize that it really would be like history repeating itself...and it would be like unnecessary sequels like Friday the 13th...long past their expiration date.

[@donlove3741]

No way..
Hollywood is already a cesspit of remakes sequels and cartoons.
Fresh is what is needed.

[@MattCrawley_Music]

this ending is good because it is ambiguous. A sequel would stop that being the case

[@antonboludo8886]

@@MattCrawley_Music Yep.

[@mournblade1066]

Such a great movie.

[@demonessmoon6653]

And those days the CGI effects aren't an option , Carpenter is an underrated genius...

[@jbone6993]

Good Movie

[@lounaube]

Excellent!

[@Meat_and_Potatoes]

I didn't like the movie, but I liked the ending. He should be proud of it.

[@DerikEatsbrains]

Awesome video

[@julienmcn1793]

0:45 il dit qu'il ont pris le mercure illégalement si j'ai bien compris " illegaly"
Merci du partage !

[@BrentStewart]

This is my absolute favorite in the Apocalypse trilogy if not favorite of all time JC film. I'm a huge sucker for stories that takes belief and turns it on it's head. I often wonder if there was any more to the lore Lisa read to the group about The Father burying liquid Satan in the desert and Jesus coming to warn us - so much was intercut with other scenes. Why did the father bury his son in the desert? Was liquid Satan dead in that state? Why was he even in that liquid state? Was he trapped? If so why can the cylinder only be opened from the inside? What were the priests doing to keep him prisoner? Who found the cylinder? What was Jesus warning against the cylinder about? So many questions. Not that that's a bad thing.

[@antonboludo8886]

I liked this movie. I saw it in the theatre when it first came out.
That stupid priest was claiming he had saved the world, when actually it was she who did.
That Church was a lot bigger on the inside than it looked on the outside, ha ha ha.

[@Makaan]

One thing that I always wondered.... what kind of explanation did the survivors give to the cops?
I mean they would look all like prime suspects?

[@AMON-BOFILS]

Prince of Darkness is really depressing and frightenning!

[@noeldc]

You fool! I said a "rich" doctor!

[@AngelCintiaRockgirl]

Drained the mercury illegally. My kind of, "outside the box."

[@goldta70schick24]

HEY LEE!!!!

[@AngelCintiaRockgirl]

@@goldta70schick24 hey!!

[@goldta70schick24]

@@AngelCintiaRockgirl I tell myself I won't watch this movie again because it really causes a creepy and unsettling feeling-i.e. spooks the crap out of me, but I just keep torturing myself!! Especially the dream sequences!

[@AngelCintiaRockgirl]

@@goldta70schick24 I'd love to watch this movie again.
"Walter, the vile fluid is metamorphosed into something unknown, with demonic possessive powers with properties we know nothing about, so don't go near the girls, they've come in contact with this dark spiritual form and may be dangerous."
Walter: "I have to go to the bathroom!"

[@AngelCintiaRockgirl]

Lisa Kobar John Carpenter wrote some of the best ideologies of my life through Walter.
"Those people outside are doiing nothing but just standing there."
Walter: "I say with those kinds of problems, let them stand there if they want to."
I look at a lot of life, concerning people and ignorance, that way.
I laughed at all of Walter's Political incorrectness, alone in a theater sparsely attended. I felt like people around me were thinking, "aw---that's not funny, it's mean!"

[@DJRitty]

So he's the one sending back the message hoping it gets to him THIS TIME in hopes that she doesn't go through the mirror because he never had the dream? The sect had the dream because it was being beamed back to the spot NOT the year right? Then him seeing the dream and it being her gives him the idea to send it back in the first place? I don't like him touching the mirror...cuz I don't get that part? Thanks...

[@Zephyrbal]

I think it's worse than that. Before the end of the film the figure in the door was not her, but there was a figure in the door, meaning that the entity would inevitably emerge. Through the actions taken in the movie the host becomes Catherine, but nothing they could have done would have prevented what's to come, just how it happens.

[@LandersWorkshop]

@@Zephyrbal Damn.

[@temetnosce6192]

:-) Heart 7