Prince of Darkness
Quad Cinema, West 13th Street 34, Manhattan
About
A screening of the horror film 'Prince of Darkness'. John Carpenter directs this second film in his unofficial apocalypse trilogy, starring Carpenter veteran Donald Pleasence as a priest who enlists a group of scientists and graduate students to investigate a mysterious cylinder in a Los Angeles church that might be connected to an ancient evil force. Met with middling reviews during its original release, it is now considered one of Carpenter's greatest achievements in atmospheric terror. It also features another one of his classic synthesizer scores, with Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard and Alice Cooper among the cast.
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Critics
6.4Good
Critics praise the film's slow-building atmosphere of dread, unsettling imagery, and effective blend of science with the supernatural. They fault its slow opening, thin characters, and lack of sympathetic or engaging figures.
Reviews: Blueprint: Review, The Wolfman Cometh, TMDb
Trailer
Showtimes
Thu 29 Oct
Quad CinemaWest 13th Street 34
Venue
Quad Cinema is in New York City’s Manhattan.
West 13th Street 34
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- John Carpenter
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 101 min
