Prince of Darkness (1987 film)

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film supernatural horror film

Prince of Darkness (1987 film) is a 1987 supernatural horror movie written and directed by John Carpenter about a group of researchers who uncover a terrifying otherworldly evil in a mysterious canister in a Los Angeles church.

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Prince of Darkness	5

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ
character	Brian Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Catherine Danforth NERFINISHED ⓘ Priest ⓘ Professor Howard Birack NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematography	Gary B. Kibbe NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor	Steve Mirkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ
features	dream transmissions from the future ⓘ liquid embodiment of evil in a canister ⓘ
filmRatingUS	R ⓘ
follows	The Thing (1982 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	horror film ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
homeMedia	Blu-ray ⓘ DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ
inspiredBy	Quatermass film series NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLocation	abandoned church ⓘ
musicBy	Alan Howarth NERFINISHED ⓘ John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	blend of quantum physics and theology in horror context ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	John Carpenter Apocalypse Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotSummary	A group of academics and scientists investigate a mysterious canister in a Los Angeles church that contains an ancient evil. ⓘ
posterTagline	Before man walked the earth... it slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening. ⓘ
precedes	In the Mouth of Madness (1994 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Larry J. Franco NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Alive Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDateUS	October 23, 1987 ⓘ
releaseYear	1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	102 ⓘ
screenwriterPseudonymOf	John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn	Los Angeles ⓘ
stars	Alice Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Dun NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Pleasence NERFINISHED ⓘ Jameson Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa Blount NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Wong NERFINISHED ⓘ
thematicElement	apocalyptic prophecy ⓘ science versus religion ⓘ
writer	John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenUnderPseudonym	Martin Quatermass NERFINISHED ⓘ