Prince of Darkness (1987)

Horror Directed by John Carpenter
→ Influenced 1 films ← Inspired by 2 films

A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.

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Films inspired by Prince of Darkness

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Influenced By

  1. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
    "Carpenter wrote Prince of Darkness under the pseudonym 'Martin Quatermass' as explicit homage. The 'ancient buried evil + scientific investigators' premise is direct Kneale." source
  2. The Thing (1982)
    "First entry in Carpenter's self-named 'Apocalypse Trilogy' — Prince of Darkness is the second; same cosmic-pessimism register and physical-horror staging." source

Influenced

  1. In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
    "Third in Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy — directly continues the cosmic-Lovecraftian register and reality-collapse premise of Prince of Darkness." source

Prince of Darkness (1987), directed by John Carpenter, was inspired by 2 earlier films — including Quatermass and the Pit and The Thing — and has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as In the Mouth of Madness. Check out the citations below.