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Prince of Darkness (Original title)
Date: 1987 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: John Carpenter

Synopsis: Professor Birack takes his graduate class to an abandoned church, where he has been summoned by a priest who has discovered inside the church a secret canister, guarded for centuries by a forgotten sect of the Catholic church. The canister contains something evil.

Genres:
Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Credits (83)
Presents: Alive Films, Executive Producer: Shep Gordon, Executive Producer: Andre Blay, Produced by: Larry Franco, Production Executive: Stratton Leopold, Production Associate: Kent H. Johnson, Unit Production Manager: Stratton Leopold, Production Co-ordinator: Marian Shambo, Assistant to Producer: Sandra Holden, 1st Assistant Director: Larry Franco, 2nd Assistant Director: Bruce Alan Solow, Script Supervisor: Sandy King, Casting: Linda Francis, Casting Assistant: Melanie Massey, Extras Casting: Bess Gilbert, Cenex Casting, Written by: Martin Quatermass, Director of Photography: Gary B. Kibbe, Camera Operator: Jud Kehl, 2nd Camera/Panaglide Operator: Christopher Squires, 1st Assistant Camera: Joe Thibo, 2nd Camera 1st Assistant: Case Hotchkiss, 2nd Assistant Camera: Fred Hamm, Gaffer: Kenneth Spencer, Best Boy Electrician: Robert McCarthy, Electrician: Kevin Arnold, Electrician: Charles Smock, Key Grip: Charles Saldana, Best Boy Grip: Ron Peebles, Grip: Dan Falkengren, Dolly Grip: Kirk Bales, Edited by: Steve Mirkovich, 1st Assistant Editor: Timothy Alverson, Assistant Editor: Fred M. Wardell, Apprentice Editor: Lee Grubin, Production Designer: Daniel Lomino, Set Decorator: Rick Gentz, Lead Man: Rick Caprarelli, Swing: Jack Forwalter, Property Master: Kent H. Johnson, Assistant Property Master: Richard Kerns, Audrey Johnson, Costume Supervisor: Deahdra Scarano, Costumer: Mark Peterson, Make-up: Frank Carrisosa, Hair Stylist: Janis Clark, Negative Cutter: Dode Weyant, Music by: John Carpenter, [Music] In association with: Alan Howarth, Production Sound Mixer: Thomas Causey, Boom Operator: Joe Brennan, Re-recording Mixer: Terry Porter, Re-recording Mixer: Mel Metcalfe, Re-recording Mixer: David J. Hudson, Recordist: David Gertz, Sound Editing: Dimension Sound, Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Hilkene, Supervising Sound Editor: Val Kuklowsky, Sound Editor: Jeremy Gordon, Sound Editor: Frank Howard, Sound Editor: Eric Lindeman, Assistant Sound Editor: Charles Davis, Assistant Sound Editor: John O. Wilde, Apprentice Sound Editor: Fran Kaplan, Special Sound Effects Created by: Dane Davis, John Paul Fasal, ADR Recordist: Laura Hekking, ADR Mixer: Doc Kane, Foley Artist: Jerry Trent, Foley Artist: Joan Rowe, Foley Recordist: Bruce Bell, Foley Mixer: Greg Curda, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jeff Imada, Stunts: Christine Baur, Stunts: Ellarye, Stunts: Bob Herron, Stunts: Simone Boisseree, Stunts: Debbie Evans, Stunts: Wayne King, Stunts: Justin De Rosa, Stunts: Randy Hall, Stunts: Mario Roberts
Cast (18)
Donald Pleasence (priest), Lisa Blount (Catherine), Victor Wong (Birack), Dennis Dun (Walter), Susan Blanchard (Kelly), Anne Howard (Susan Cabot), Ann Yen (Lisa), Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (Calder), Dirk Blocker (Mullins), Peter Jason (Dr. Leahy), Ken Wright (Lomax), Robert Grasmere (Wyndham), Thom Bray (Etchinson), Joanna Merlin (bag lady), Jameson Parker (Brian), Alice Cooper (street schizo), Betty Ramey (nun), Jessie Ferguson (dark figure)