31st August, 2017
Ummm …
Possibly Hmmm …
Or even Ahhh …
Yes, you’re right …
It’s been one of those afternoons. Or possibly days.
No, nothing drastically bad’s been happening. Nor anything especially wonderful.
Just — basically — quiet.
Well … bar doing the inevitable laundry … and watching a movie.
And, having seen it? The frequent words of one of my co-workers comes to mind here.
“I’m confused …”
Directed and written by John Carpenter, The Prince Of Darkness show us an unnamed priest — Donald Pleasence — hiring a small team of graduate students: headed by Professor Birach — Victor Wong — to do some research into an abandoned church: in LA.
An abandoned, and run down part of LA: who’s homeless residents are menacingly pale.
The church?
Isn’t a normal church.
Oh, no …
The lead’s gone, the windows really are stained.
And then … ?
There’s the hideous green thing in the ceiling.
~≈Ï≈~
Now …
Confused … ?
Well … maybe confused is the wrong word to use, here.
You see, I don’t know if I’m completely in love with The Prince of Darkness.
Carpenter, himself? Puts the film as part of a set of related films: along side The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness.
Both of which I’ve seen: both of which I prefer.
Certainly, they got a better score from me than Carpenter’s own They Live: which, as well made as I found it, wasn’t a movie I was enamoured of.
Granted, it’s not, I think, Carpenter’s best.
But, with a feel between Lovecraft and Dennis Wheatley, and an unnerving repeated dream sequence?
I think The Prince of Darkness is worth at least one watch.
The Prince of Darkness★☆☆☆
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