John Carpenter’s “Prince of Darkness”
“Prince of Darkness” is probably the last good film that John Carpenter made before the downward slide into his 90’s output. Granted, the story is a little convoluted with its mix of science, religion and paranormal happenings … but, who cares!?!? There’s enough creepiness and cheap thrills to excuse any plot weirdness. Plus, you have that disturbing “video dream” from the future that keeps popping up. Good stuff! One of Carpenter’s strengths as a film maker is that he usually does his own music as well. The soundtrack to “Prince of Darkness” works very well with the visuals to make an overall nice horror romp. Or, maybe I am just biased ’cause the ultra-gorgeous Jameson Parker is in the movie.