Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

hrkepler 'Prince of Darkness' is not master of horror John Carpenter's best film and it is weakest in his so called "Apocalypse Trilogy", but Carpenter is such director whose more mediocre work sures other genre director's film by miles. In 'Prince of Darkness' Carpenter again manages to perfectly create creepy and claustrophobic atmosphere (although might not as good as in 'The Thing') and the horror doesn't need to rely on jump scares and fancy special effects. Only Carpenter can build up such a slow an intense waiting of the doom.After some flops at the box office John Carpenter had fallen into discountenance by the mayor studios 'Prince of Darkness' was again independent film with modest budget. The low budged doesn't take anything away from the movie, on the contrary it doesn't show like a low budget film (I guess it's Carpenter's experiences working on shoestring budgets). The build up is little slow, and the action parts are little corny some times (without right amount of cheese it wouldn't be Carpenter's film), but the dialogue is magnificently written and characters (except some expendables) are rather intelligent and avoiding too much horror movie clichés. Again, Carpenter manages to create an eerie synthesizer soundtrack, that is pleasure to listen, but is not recommended to listen on your ipod while walking on dark streets.'Prince of Darkness' is above average atmospheric and intelligent horror film that uses many interesting ideas and avoids to slump into horror film clichés. It should please hard core horror fans, and is must see for John Carpenter fans.

jackvictore The first half hour of this movie is your standard character development phase. Only thing is, all of these characters are as boring and forgettable as the interactions they have. A lazy attempt at menacing music plays in the background as if to say, "This might seem boring, but trust me something spooky is happening." A mathematical jar of gas is downstairs and trust me, its spooky! Some quickly glossed over scientific explanation and some vague and distant math equations show that there is definitely some kind of sophisticated power at force here. They do this thing throughout the entire movie where something strange occurs and then they immediately explain it. Its like watching the movie with John Carpenter sitting next to you saying "That happened because of this, and this is what is happening here." The entire movie is given to you one forced spoon full at a time. The plot is a poorly thought out and overly complicated concept explained by someone who doesn't know how to make the science convincing except by having the characters agree with one another in a long sequence of finishing each others sentences. Each character conveniently has the answer to each dilemma as if they had read the script and that is the only reason any of it makes sense to them. They might as well just say "Well the reason this strange thing is happening is because that is what the script says!"John Carpenter should stick with basic concepts like a man with a knife. This movie had too much empty dialogue and nothing truly scary ever happens. It makes me hesitant to take anymore chances on watching any of his movies.

aaatlya The slow build of tension throughout this film really impressed me. I was on the edge of my seat and had a couple of scares. :)The story was unique, the ending unpredictable and it kept me thinking about it once the film had ended.Interesting and varied characters. I love Carpenter's use of multiracial actors in non- stereotypical roles. I mean, Victor Wong, come on! :DThe same can be applied to women characters in his films. The women weren't just there to the men, they played equal roles. Refreshing, particularly for the age of the film.Really simple yet effective use of special effects. In a world where special effects are overdone and used simply in an attempt to shock audiences, this film had the right amount and it was entertaining without being cheesy. Loved it.

MrMovie This Movie will end and you will have one of two opinions 1. It's one of the great movies ever or 2. It's just boring Seriously it's that simple it's not for everyone that's for sure It goes like this okay In a run down cellar in a church, a priest (Donald Pleasence) finds a weird vial That is filled with slime. Confused and frightened the priest Makes a call and brings his discovery to a circle of top scholars and scientists, who eventually learn the secret of the strange liquid and hell is unleashed But can they survive to tell the tale The cast is great carpenter really nails another movie with his directing It has a real classic feel to it I loved it try it