I totally agree that Prince of Darkness and Vampires are Carpenters least appreciated films. I use to have an old VHS copy of Prince of Darkness and watched it many times back in the day. Side note I recently read Vampire$. John Carpenter definitely made a better movie than the book. The original source material was meh. Carpenter took the bones of the story and made a work of art.
This is the one JC film I would enjoy seeing remade. It was far too cerebral for 1987 and it was dragged down by their limited budget. I think the sores or whatever that form on… was it Susan or Kelly? I forget. Point is, she should have morphed into something far more hideous and frightening. The tachyon transmissions are still haunting to this day. I love the notion of a film crew rushing to the church to film the Devil itself…
The Void was like a modern interpretation of Prince of Darkness. It even had a somewhat similar ending. While it had much better special effects, the story, slowly rising dread & tension were nowhere near as good as Prince of Darkness.
I think the idea of a faceless kind of amorphous evil that we can't fight is terrifying. It's something beyond us. As with most of Carpenter's best films, it goes to Lovecraft.
First time I saw this film, I caught it late at night halfway through at the "Pray for Death!" part and got totally freaked out . . . but I kept watching. Despite missing half the film, I quickly realised it was John Carpenter. When I saw it in full later on, I loved it. Not as good as The Thing or In the Mouth of Madness, but a wonderful horror flick nonetheless
Prince of Darkness was the first movie I went to a cinema to watch on my own. When Brian wakes from the dream and turned around in the bed I let out an audible yelp. Luckily there was only a handful of people in the theater so my embarrassment was minimal.
It was a good scare and you dont really expect it as you think the movie is over. I just found it unnecessary, but if it made you yelp, maybe it wasnt.😂
i love this overlooked john carpenter film and probably the first film to show tachyon particles as a means to pass information through time something that science have now accepted as possible
@@InAwe9000 The film depicts demonic possession as a disease. They could have had what they are dealing with in 1999 which is in distress to the end and todays world is just a dream. Hell has already taken over
@@InAwe9000 The film depicts demonic possession as a disease. It could show the word in unrest and what they have to deal with from 1999 to now, but really we are in another state of mind and Hell has already taken over
I haven't seen this movie since it was released in VHS. Nice reminder and I'm clad to see it still looks as good as I remeber. Great job once again Sir!
@crumdub12 Thank you so much for watching! I'm sure I'll get into reviewing In the Mouth of Madness as well before the end of the year. The Thing terrifies me as I feel it has been analyzed to extinction, so I will probably give it a pass.
The concept of this movie is terrifying and truly disturbing. We were all lied to. Nothing we were led to believe is true. It’s truly intelligent horror. It’s not a nightmare, it’s the reality that was always there. If you mixed together Lovecraft, The Exorcist and a smidge of the Da Vinci Code…you’d get this story. Truly an underrated movie!
I love this film..not on the scale of Exorcist 3 or the 1979 Salem’s Lot, but still. The setup is excellent, and the dream ’Future Broadcasts’ are terrifying! I always want more of them. Carpenter always seems to want to fallback on traditional ‘whittle down the cast’ action elements, which reduce the gravity of the film I feel. But I still watch it endlessly and will continue to
Prince of Darkness is one of my favorite films of all time. Big Trouble in Little China is a freaking masterpiece. In the Mouth of Madness is Carpenter's finest work of art.
The dream messages always send chills down my spine! Thanks for doing a vid on one of my fav movies. I love the way he weaves science with religion, putting a maybe semi believable form of God and Jesus.
Love the ideas and most of the execution of this film. The first two thirds really hit the cosmic horror nail on the head. Our understanding of the world around us completely upended. Sadly it sort of devolves into a quasi-zombie movie toward the end. Not quite up to the level of The Thing or The Fog, but still one of my favorite Carpenter films.
I must have seen it around the same time. It's funny that certain details about the movie just stay with you even after you have forgotten most about it.
The scene where the girl falls through the mirror into the darkness has always haunted me...
Yes it was an effective scene. Cartherine has a real terrified face on, like she regrets her sacrifice in the last moment.
Freaking love this movie! So insane
@@theramplocalGlad you loved it too!
I totally agree that Prince of Darkness and Vampires are Carpenters least appreciated films. I use to have an old VHS copy of Prince of Darkness and watched it many times back in the day. Side note I recently read Vampire$. John Carpenter definitely made a better movie than the book. The original source material was meh. Carpenter took the bones of the story and made a work of art.
@@RobDaCajun Good to know about the source material! Thanks!
John Carpenter's best film, in my opinion.
Glad you appreciate it too!
the ending of Prince of Darkness is my favorite Carpenter ending as well. It has stayed with me ever since I first saw it in the '80's.
@@Mahoney1 Glad you loved it too!
This is the one JC film I would enjoy seeing remade. It was far too cerebral for 1987 and it was dragged down by their limited budget. I think the sores or whatever that form on… was it Susan or Kelly? I forget. Point is, she should have morphed into something far more hideous and frightening.
The tachyon transmissions are still haunting to this day. I love the notion of a film crew rushing to the church to film the Devil itself…
Who would you let direct it? Who would play the priest and Birack?
The Void was like a modern interpretation of Prince of Darkness. It even had a somewhat similar ending. While it had much better special effects, the story, slowly rising dread & tension were nowhere near as good as Prince of Darkness.
@@HereticHydra Of yeah the effects on that were just great and Lovecraftian influence was so prevalent!
I think the idea of a faceless kind of amorphous evil that we can't fight is terrifying. It's something beyond us. As with most of Carpenter's best films, it goes to Lovecraft.
Yeah, the insignificance of human beings is something Lovecraft really knew how to use!
First time I saw this film, I caught it late at night halfway through at the "Pray for Death!" part and got totally freaked out . . . but I kept watching. Despite missing half the film, I quickly realised it was John Carpenter. When I saw it in full later on, I loved it. Not as good as The Thing or In the Mouth of Madness, but a wonderful horror flick nonetheless
Glad you loves it too!
Prince of Darkness was the first movie I went to a cinema to watch on my own.
When Brian wakes from the dream and turned around in the bed I let out an audible yelp.
Luckily there was only a handful of people in the theater so my embarrassment was minimal.
It was a good scare and you dont really expect it as you think the movie is over. I just found it unnecessary, but if it made you yelp, maybe it wasnt.😂
i love this overlooked john carpenter film and probably the first film to show tachyon particles as a means to pass information through time something that science have now accepted as possible
Instead of "mumbo jumbo to make the movie work" turned out to be a revelation then 😁
I loved this movie. Too bad they did not do a follow up “ in the year one nine nine nine”. ❤️ from 🇨🇦
Glad you loved it too! Princess of Darkness would have been a good sequel!
This is not a dream...We are transmitting from the year one-nine-nine-nine.
As someone already commented here, a sequel in 1999 would have been cool. Princess of Darkness?
@@InAwe9000 The film depicts demonic possession as a disease. They could have had what they are dealing with in 1999 which is in distress to the end and todays world is just a dream. Hell has already taken over
@@InAwe9000 The film depicts demonic possession as a disease. It could show the word in unrest and what they have to deal with from 1999 to now, but really we are in another state of mind and Hell has already taken over
@@InAwe9000 for some reason youtube will not let me reply with my comment?
@@transylvaniansunscreenweird? I can see that one if you are wondering.
I haven't seen this movie since it was released in VHS. Nice reminder and I'm clad to see it still looks as good as I remeber. Great job once again Sir!
Thank you sir!
This one struck a nerve. Loved it.
Glad you liked it too!
Excellent review, My favourite of Carpenters Apocalypse Trilogy
@crumdub12 Thank you so much for watching! I'm sure I'll get into reviewing In the Mouth of Madness as well before the end of the year. The Thing terrifies me as I feel it has been analyzed to extinction, so I will probably give it a pass.
The concept of this movie is terrifying and truly disturbing. We were all lied to. Nothing we were led to believe is true. It’s truly intelligent horror. It’s not a nightmare, it’s the reality that was always there. If you mixed together Lovecraft, The Exorcist and a smidge of the Da Vinci Code…you’d get this story. Truly an underrated movie!
Well said man!
Never understood why she didn´t simply push her in....
Maybe unsure it would work? Suckerpushing the son of the anti-god better work or you’ll in a bit of a pickle 😔
I love this film..not on the scale of Exorcist 3 or the 1979 Salem’s Lot, but still. The setup is excellent, and the dream ’Future Broadcasts’ are terrifying! I always want more of them. Carpenter always seems to want to fallback on traditional ‘whittle down the cast’ action elements, which reduce the gravity of the film I feel. But I still watch it endlessly and will continue to
Good to hear!
Great film, shows it’s budget but it’s still creepy
Absolutely, and thank goodness Carpenter was so good at penny pinching by innovation.
Prince of Darkness is one of my favorite films of all time. Big Trouble in Little China is a freaking masterpiece. In the Mouth of Madness is Carpenter's finest work of art.
Glad you liked the film! I will do a dive into In the Mouth of Madness before the end of the year!
The dream messages always send chills down my spine! Thanks for doing a vid on one of my fav movies. I love the way he weaves science with religion, putting a maybe semi believable form of God and Jesus.
Thank you for watching!
Love the ideas and most of the execution of this film. The first two thirds really hit the cosmic horror nail on the head. Our understanding of the world around us completely upended. Sadly it sort of devolves into a quasi-zombie movie toward the end. Not quite up to the level of The Thing or The Fog, but still one of my favorite Carpenter films.
Yeah absolutely, really wish the first 2 acts would just go on and on.
Oooooooh man this movie messed with 14 year old me’s head. I’m surprised it doesn’t get more acclaim.
I must have seen it around the same time. It's funny that certain details about the movie just stay with you even after you have forgotten most about it.
Oh yea, I like this one for sure! You can't go wrong with Carpenter!
You sure cant! Do share the video around if you liked it!
I see an In Awe video, I press like first and then watch 😊
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar! Assuming you are male.
@@InAwe9000 You assume correctly. Great video!
@@indexbotthanks a bunch!
This is not a dream. Not a dream...
Indeed it's not :)