Prince of Darkness.
Added 2/22/2010
This is an awesome classic horror movie! Jhon Carpenter solidified his Directing abilities with this movie. Having Alice Cooper as a homeless dude doesn't hurt either.
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My 2 cents
Added 2/13/2010
Some very good reviews of this DVD... This is an under appreciated gem of a story that doesnt translate as well as some would like to the screen medium. Small budgets tend to hamper awesome FX and top flight actors but thats not the only reason some of us watch movies. Some scenes are there stictly for the gross factor, but it doesn't get in the way of some fine story telling. Some of the notions, such as the 'dream-transmissions' are both chilling and just down right cool. No cheats in this one.
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Satan In A Jar...
Added 11/11/2009
PRINCE OF DARKNESS is one of John Carpenter's (Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Cigarette Burns) better movies. The idea of pure eeevil imprisoned in a bottle is a good one, especially when it finds its way out! Carpenter uses a group of scientists turned paranormal investigators to represent logic in the face of overwhelming insanity. Donald Pleasence ( Flesh And The Fiends, Halloween 1 and 2, Escape From New York, Alone In The Dark, Phenomena, etc.) plays the priest who gets them into this mess. POD has many classic moments, including a man flenced by voracious beetles, an impalement by bicycle, and a woman impregnated and mutated by the devil! There's also a horde of homeless people / zombies led by a silent Alice Cooper! Yep, this one is vintage Carpenter, packed w/ doom and dread! Buy immediately...
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typical distortion Christian faith of horror movies
Added 10/8/2009
Full disclaimer i am biasd toward the church and i have learning diabilive that make my writing suck. The movie, I personaly felt was a bit disresepct of the churches. I feel there was no person in the film you really felt conction with and just to much data. I am not going to tell you about the film other then, do not buy it unless you can get for two dollars at local story suave your shipping cost.
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Also Known As The Two Hour MagLight Add
Added 9/12/2009
This is the last decent film that John Carpenter ever made. It tells the story of a group of scientists who discover a strange capsule in the basement of an old church. The liquid contents of the capsule turn out to be the son of Satan and, in fact, Jesus and Satan turn out to be extraterrestrials. This of course, follows Arthur C. Clark's idea that any sufficiently advanced technology can look like magic.
Despite the seemingly corny premise, the film combines a mix of the kind of horror found in 'The Thing' and the humor of 'Big Trouble in Little China' which works very well. Though not the best of his films, it still is well worth seeing.
I should explain that that the title of this review comes from one of the funnier scenes in which one of the researchers is trapped in a closet with no hope of escape through the door. When the monster outside comes at him, he uses a MagLight to bash his way through the back wall of the closet into the next room. At the time, MagLights were new on the market and everyone I knew wanted one simply because they had seen the film. Thus, in my circle of friends at least, we often referred to the film as " 'Prince of Darkness' or 'The Two Hour MagLight Add' " in the voice of the narrator at the end of an episode of "Bulwinkle".
It should be noted that this is definitely a horror film and contains plenty of rotting corpses, bloody maulings and other grusome special effects. And things don't exactly come out right in the end. If you're easily creeped out, watch this film with plenty of friends and the lights on! Mwahaha!
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Prince of Darkness.
Added 2/22/2010
This is an awesome classic horror movie! Jhon Carpenter solidified his Directing abilities with this movie. Having Alice Cooper as a homeless dude doesn't hurt either.
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My 2 cents
Added 2/13/2010
Some very good reviews of this DVD... This is an under appreciated gem of a story that doesnt translate as well as some would like to the screen medium. Small budgets tend to hamper awesome FX and top flight actors but thats not the only reason some of us watch movies. Some scenes are there stictly for the gross factor, but it doesn't get in the way of some fine story telling. Some of the notions, such as the 'dream-transmissions' are both chilling and just down right cool. No cheats in this one.
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Satan In A Jar...
Added 11/11/2009
PRINCE OF DARKNESS is one of John Carpenter's (Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Cigarette Burns) better movies. The idea of pure eeevil imprisoned in a bottle is a good one, especially when it finds its way out! Carpenter uses a group of scientists turned paranormal investigators to represent logic in the face of overwhelming insanity. Donald Pleasence ( Flesh And The Fiends, Halloween 1 and 2, Escape From New York, Alone In The Dark, Phenomena, etc.) plays the priest who gets them into this mess. POD has many classic moments, including a man flenced by voracious beetles, an impalement by bicycle, and a woman impregnated and mutated by the devil! There's also a horde of homeless people / zombies led by a silent Alice Cooper! Yep, this one is vintage Carpenter, packed w/ doom and dread! Buy immediately...
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