A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil forc... Read allA group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
- Susan Cabot
- (as Anne Howard)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlice Cooper used the bike impalement trick in his stage shows prior to this movie. The bike he uses was his own personal prop.
- Goofs(at around 1h 29 mins) After Walter crawls through the hole in the closet with "possessed" Lisa in tow, they're both in the other room with Prof. Birak, all standing up. You can see the obvious doubling of "short Lisa" by a stuntman - she's suddenly much bigger and taller than the two other men.
- Quotes
Voice: This is not a dream... not a dream. We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver. We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference. You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year one, nine, nine, nine. You are receiving this broadcast in order to alter the events you are seeing. Our technology has not developed a transmitter strong enough to reach your conscious state of awareness, but this is not a dream. You are seeing what is actually occurring for the purpose of causality violation.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits last for nine minutes.
- Alternate versionsTelevision version is slightly reedited, suggesting that all that takes place in the film is just a dream that Jameson Parker's having:
- after the opening credits there a new shot showing Parker's house from the outside (the theatrical version opens with a shot of Parker trying to perform a card trick).
- at the beginning, after Parker watches on TV a program reporting the discovery of a new supernova, the narration goes on talking about the death of a millionaire and the discovery of a religious book in his library
- all mentions of the dead priest, member of the Brotherhood of Sleep who took care of the church where the evil liquid is kept hidden, are deleted;
- during the whole film, there are new inserted sequences showing Parker sleeping/dreaming in his bed
- SoundtracksPrince of Darkness
Written by Alice Cooper and Kane Roberts
Performed by Alice Cooper
Produced by Michael Wagener
Courtesy of MCA Records
(C) 1987 Ensign Music Corporation, Ezra Music Inc.
Screen Gems Music - EMI Music Inc.
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- Príncipe de las tinieblas
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,182,492
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,657,401
- Oct 25, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $14,182,579
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1