Prince of Darkness (film)

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Prince of Darkness
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Carpenter
Written by	John Carpenter (as Martin Quatermass)
Produced by	Larry J. Franco
Starring	Donald Pleasence Lisa Blount Victor Wong Jameson Parker
Cinematography	Gary B. Kibbe
Edited by	Steve Mirkovich
Music by	John Carpenter Alan Howarth
Production companies	Alive Films Larry Franco Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 23, 1987 (1987-10-23)
Running time	101 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Languages	English Latin
Budget	$3 million
Box office	$14.2 million

Prince of Darkness is a 1987 American supernatural horror film, written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter, and starring Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, and Lisa Blount. The second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy"—which began with The Thing (1982) and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness (1994)^[2]—the film follows a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient cylinder of liquid discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of the son of Satan.