Prince of Darkness is one of John Carpenter's lesser-known gems. A truly spectacular horror flick of cosmic size, Prince of Darkness starts slowly and continues to build until a crescendo about halfway through. At that point, it pulls back once again to drop a little more exposition, but continues barreling along to a phenomenal conclusion.
Prince of Darkness raises a lot of metaphysical questions - few of which have been answered by science even today. It involves basically everything you might think it does - religion, science, astrophysics, extra-terrestrial life, dream theory, time travel - you name it, and handles it all deftly and logically in a way that not only relays the story, but leaves the viewer wondering long after the movie is over.
Prince of Darkness gets the highest rating I can give.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
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