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Prince of Darkness

Name: Prince of Darkness
Genre: Horror
Released: 1987-10-23
Duration: 1 h 42 min

1987 · 1h 42m · R · English · United States of America

A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.

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Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter
Release date: October 23, 1987
Runtime: 1h 42m
Original language: English
Production countries: United States of America
Production companies: Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions
Certification: R
Budget: $3,000,000
Revenue: $14,182,492

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Keywords

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Cast

Donald Pleasence

Priest

Lisa Blount

Catherine Danforth

Victor Wong

Prof. Howard Birack

Jameson Parker

Brian Marsh

Dennis Dun

Walter

Susan Blanchard

Kelly

Anne Marie Howard

Susan Cabot

Ann Yen

Lisa

Ken Wright

Lomax

Dirk Blocker

Mullins

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson

Calder

Peter Jason

Dr. Paul Leahy

Robert Grasmere

Frank Wyndham

Thom Bray

Etchinson

Joanna Merlin

Bag Lady

Alice Cooper

Street Schizo

Betty Ramey

Nun

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