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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Prince of Darkness (1987) in Movies

Jun 23, 2019

A underrated horror film

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Prince of darkness- is a underrated horror film directed by john carpenter and stars donald pleasences.

the film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing (1982) and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness (1995).

The film is about cellar, a priest finds an otherworldly vial filled with slime. Frightened, he brings his discovery to a circle of top scholars and scientists, who eventually learn that the strange liquid is the essence of Satan. The slime then begins to seep out, turning some of the academics into zombified killers. As the possessed battle the survivors, student Kelly is infected by a large quantity of the liquid and becomes Satan personified.

It has supernatural elements, psychological elements and horror elements.

Its underreated and i think more people should watch it.

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated It Follows (2015) in Movies

Sep 21, 2017

It Follows (2015)

2015 | Horror

7.6

(29 Ratings)

Movie Rating

A teen flick wrapped up in a John Carpenter film

There are many elements of 1970's and 80's horror films in this modern movie. From the panning cinematography and quietness of The Shining, to the virgin aspect of Halloween and Friday 13th. In this case, they've used the idea of sex to transmit a curse hence the plot is rather thin. And while the dream like quality is always eerie, the story wasn't strong enough to warrant a good rating.

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Angel - Season 3

7.9 (7 Ratings) Rate It

TV Season

After Angel spends time at a monastery in Sri Lanka mourning Buffy's death, he returns to Los...

Sarah (7798 KP) rated The Ward (2010) in Movies

Nov 9, 2019

The Ward (2010)

2010 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

5.5

(16 Ratings)

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Very poor

I've considered this film every time I've looked through horror films on Sky, mainly because it's John Carpenter, and I finally decided to give it a go this evening. Sadly I wish I hadn't bothered.

This film might have been made in 2010, but it looks a lot more like it was filmed when the film is actually set in the 60s. And I don't mean from a realism point of view either. It looks and feels that bad, the effects are awful - admittedly this is kind of explained during the ending but for me it was still no excuse for shoddy physical effects. Amber Heard is actually okay in this but sadly the rest of the cast are rather unremarkable. The wonderful Jared Harris is definitely underused. The whole film relies on poor effects and predictable and rather pathetic jump scares that aren't even scary. The horror aspect of this film is sadly lacking.

I didn't see the ending coming, but even when it did this sort of storyline has been done in much bigger and better films. And the final scene was rather pathetic and obvious.
Overall a very poor return for John Carpenter.