Remembering donald pleasence on his centennial birthday. Prince of darkness collectors edition bluray shout. If you already have the dvd, the bluray is a damn fine upgrade. Sep 04, 2019 exploring the interesting similarities between jordan peeles us and john carpenters prince of darkness. Donald pleasence, lisa blount, victor wong, jameson parker. Exploring the interesting similarities between jordan peeles us and john carpenters prince of darkness. Donald pleasence simple english wikipedia, the free.
Following the death of a clergyman, the efficiently monikered priest donald pleasence invites quantum physicist professor howard birack victor wong and his students to join him in his monastery where they plan to investigate the appearance of a mysterious cylinder holding an odd swirling liquid. It was peter jasons first film for carpenter, and he would afterward become a carpenter regular. Master of horror john carpenter halloween, the thing directs this terrifying battle between mankind and the. Prince of darkness is a 1987 american supernatural horror film directed, written and scored by john carpenter. Oct 22, 2015 the priest is played by donald pleasence, bringing the same crazy eyes and mad obsession that he brought to the role of michael myers psychiatrist in john carpenters halloween. With donald pleasence, lisa blount, jameson parker, victor wong. To no ones surprise, he continued to prove his worth as a memorable villain, playing the bad guy in disneys. Donald pleasence rules the roost as always giving depth to his character and dramatic. A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. Starring donald pleasence, victor wong, jameson parker and lisa blount.
Donald pleasence halloween franchise, phenomena, victor wong tremors, big trouble in little china, dennis dun big trouble in little china, the last emperor, lisa blount chrystal, an officer and a gentleman, and jameson parker the bell jar, jackals. Written and directed by john carpenter of halloween fame, though the writing credits list him as martin quatermass after a film character, prince of darkness is one of the few horror films that actually creeps me out a bit. The curse of michael myers was dedicated to donald pleasence. He is the alltime champion in the category bald of. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. During his career, pleasence was nominated for four tony awards. Donald henry pleasence obe october 5, 1919 february 2, 1995 was an english actor who was credited in over 200 movie and tv appearances during a career which spanned over four decades. Prince of darkness directed by john carpenter available. Donald pleasence continued working steadily throughout the 1970s.
Halloween director twice more, as the president of the united states in escape from new york 1981 and as the priest in prince of darkness 1987. A mysterious green ooze, spiraling in a giant locked cylinder, and a book he can not decipher. In prince of darkness, the untold story of jeremiah g. Hamilton, wall streets first black millionaire, shane white, the challis professor of history and an australian professorial fellow in the history department at the university of sydney specializing in africanamerican history, provides a vivid account and reveals the larger than life story. The picture looks amazing and it has extras galore. Sep 24, 20 prince of darkness is one of carpenters best movies, and that alone is reason enough to get it if you havent already. Donald pleasence adds one more great carpenter performance to his resume. Prince of darkness is one of john carpenters weirdest films. Filled with disturbing imagery and alice cooper as a homeless zombie prince of darkness is not for a casual viewer, but for ones who will take delight in visual nods to dario argento, along with the pleasure of seeing such a classic carpenter ensemble the likes of donald pleasance, victor wong, dennis dun, and peter jason at work in this. Father loomis donald pleasance is a priest who discovers a strange object in a church basement a canister filled with a swirling and. Prince of darkness donald pleasence jameson parker victor wong 1987 a priest donald pleasence summons a professor victor wong to an old church to see a canister of liquid satan. The limited edition poster has sold out as of november 5, 2018. Jun 20, 20 trailer for john carpenters prince of darkness.
Donald pleasence project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. In this exclusive clip from scream factory, victor wong and donald pleasence discuss the origins of the devil. Prince of darkness 1987 donald pleasence as priest imdb. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He takes all of these wonderful ideas and forms them into one of the most intriguing story lines the genre has ever seen. In halloween he played a character named sam loomis. Prince of darkness film news newspapers books scholar jstor february 2018 learn how and when to. Buy prince of darkness directed by john carpenter online at alibris. I also enjoyed victor wong who did a brilliant job as a counterpart to pleasence both being the ultimate spokesperson for science vs religion. He began his career onstage in his native britain before transitioning into a screen career, where he played numerous supporting and character roles including raf flight lieutenant colin blythe in the great escape 1963, the villain ernst stavro blofeld in the james bond film you only.
After the box office failure of the seminal the thing, and the lukewarm responses to christine and big trouble in little china, prince should have been the film the film to catapult our hero back to the top of his game. Lisa blount too is very good but i was less enamoured by colead james parker who. The writing credit for the film goes to martin quatermass, which is actually john carpenter using the name of the heroscientist from the 1960s quatermass films. Exploring the interesting similarities between jordan. Donald pleasence in prince of darkness 1987 click to enlarge bottom line if youre a carpenter fan, prince of darkness is probably already in your possession, considering how well shout.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. One of the academics, lisa ann yen, is an expert on ancient languages and begins to translate the book. Donald pleasence rules the roost as always giving depth to his character and dramatic presence to everything he does. Our marketplace offers a huge selection of movies from sellers worldwide. John carpenters prince of darkness contains one of the. Exploring the interesting similarities between jordan peeles. The liquid appears to be sentient, and a book found near it claims it contains the embodiment of satan. I find it to be carpenters most intelligent and thoughtprovoking.
John carpenter in prince of darkness 1987 prince of darkness 1987 lisa blount in. Prince of darkness by john carpenter donald pleasence, jameson. Veteran carpenter performer donald pleasence stars as. Shop movies starring donald pleasence on dvd, vhs, and rare video formats at alibris. Ol dman holds the movie well and anchors the weirdness around him, ably assisted by victor wong and dennis dun who bring up the rear admirably. Carpenter mentions in the dvd interview having read a book on quantum physics. Donald pleasence plays a character named father loomis in prince of darkness. Prince of darkness weds supernatural horror with quantum weirdness, when a group of theoreticalphysics students, led by their professor, birack victor wong, joins forces with a priest donald pleasence to forestall the coming of the dark lord.
John carpenters prince of darkness contains one of the most. Carpenter mentions in the dvd interview having read a book on quantum. Prince of darkness 1987, one of carpenters more darker films, of which one would assume a vampire king of sorts, actually refers to satan and his darker leader. Prince of darkness 1987 is john carpenters second film in his apocalypse trilogy, after the thing 1982 and before in the mouth of madness 1994. Carpenter really struck gold with the script for prince of darkness. The cylinder contains a twisting, green gooey liquid. His darkness has been imprisoned in a cylindrical container as a swirling green plasma since time. Donald henry pleasence obe october 5, 1919 february 2, 1995 was an english actor. I love all of the theoretical, scientific and religious discussion in this film. Donald pleasence at screenonline donald pleasence bio at research my trash the man with the hypnotic eye a tribute to donald pleasence photograph of a theatrical production in prisoner of war camp featuring donald pleasence lonely water public information film on youtube.
Prince of darkness by john carpenter donald pleasence. Prince of darkness limited edition steelbook bluray. She discovers that the liquid in the cylinder is in fact the son of satan. Jan 20, 2016 34 things we learned from john carpenters prince of darkness commentary. Prince of darkness directed by john carpenter available on. Prince of darkness quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Oct, 2019 prince of darkness, in my eyes, marks a transitional phase in carpenters oeuvre. And the prince of darkness was himself sealed, that old life, called the devil and satan, which deceiveth the whole world. Mar 27, 2018 prince of darkness limited edition steelbook film horror. Okay, the limited edition bluray steelbook from scream shout factory is great. Admittedly, my first impression of the film wasnt positive, but i felt there was enough to warrant a second look, years later, which eventually prompted yet another viewing. It is a slowpaced, atmospheric, creepy and mindscrewy little film that doesnt get. Pleasence was born in worksop, nottinghamshire, england. With prince of darkness, carpenter sets up a beautiful master, and then pushes in the moment star donald pleasence begins to deliver pertinent dialogue.
542 865 1259 438 403 1058 215 1140 1243 707 435 579 481 749 80 930 588 549 116 1215 1088 1148 815 257 998 393 771 1297 1133 143 1300 1342 757 194 1188 240 342 1473 1300 286