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Prince of Darkness
1987
· Movie
· 102 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3256
- IMDb #3222
- Rotten Tomatoes #3083
- Metacritic #3026
- Letterboxd #1902
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3332
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3314
- Metacritic Critics #3461
- Metacritic Audience #2188
- Criticker #1547
- Kinopoisk #4589
- AlloCiné #2155
- Trakt #3579
Every rating
50–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 50, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A group of graduate students are recruited by a priest to investigate a mysterious, swirling canister of liquid discovered in the basement of an abandoned church. Scientific analysis reveals the canister may be the physical embodiment of a ancient, anti-God entity. As they study it, malevolent forces begin to possess the team, turning them against each other. They must confront a terrifying evil that threatens to unravel reality itself.
Details
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writer
- John Carpenter
- Studio
- Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions
- Released
- 23 October 1987
- Country
- United States, Netherlands
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $14.2M
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