--- product_id: 4794665 title: "Prince of Darkness" price: "450 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/4794665-prince-of-darkness store_origin: DK region: Denmark --- # Directed by horror legend John Carpenter Factory sealed DVD for pristine quality Enhanced audio with crisp soundtrack Prince of Darkness **Price:** 450 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎬 Own the cult classic that horror aficionados can’t stop talking about! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Prince of Darkness - **How much does it cost?** 450 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/4794665-prince-of-darkness) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Enhanced Visual & Audio:** Sharper colors and immersive sound bring the cult classic to life - • **Exclusive Bonus Content:** Includes rare interviews, commentary, and vintage trailers for true fans - • **Ultimate Horror Atmosphere:** Dive into a chilling, imaginative story that stands out from typical horror fare - • **Collector’s Mint Condition:** Factory sealed to preserve flawless quality and authenticity - • **Iconic John Carpenter Direction:** Experience the visionary horror master’s unique storytelling and atmosphere ## Overview Prince of Darkness is a factory sealed DVD featuring John Carpenter’s imaginative 1987 horror masterpiece. This edition boasts enhanced video sharpness and audio clarity, plus exclusive bonus content including interviews and commentary. A must-have for collectors and fans craving a unique blend of supernatural suspense and cult cinema history. ## Description A priest summons a professor to an old church to see a canister of liquid Satan. Directed by John Carpenter. Review: An Educated fan's review - For the diehard fans out there of John Carpenter and of particularly PRINCE OF DARKNESS, this review is for you. Chances are, this is as good as it is going to get for this film. Germany and Japan have had their own blu-rays, and neither seem to actually stand up to this. Remembering that this was (As they themselves said) Scream!Factory's most requested title, let't take a look. VIDEO: There has been some talk of edge enhancement. It doesn't seem that bad. Definitely not noticible to me anyway, and I've been watching the Universal DVD for the past eight years. What is noticible is that the increased color range and sharpening make a difference. Details are great, even if the anamorphic lenses used on the film blurred the edges of the frame a bit. But it does effect things like Alice Cooper's make up in the film. He's no longer a pasty white anylonger, more natural fleshtones are apparent. No one has heard, nor did Shout - mention that Carpenter or Gary B. Kibbe supervised this transfer so I guess it's really up to the consumer as to what they want. But such details. Audio: It's great. Noticible differences from previous DVD copies - the scene where the Priest is talking to his superiors in the court yard at the beginning has more audiable sprinkler sounds. Just great stuff. The soundtrack pops well. Extras This is what we've all come for, right? I really wish I knew what the making of this disc was like. Before this, if you wanted a really good disc of PRINCE OF DARKNESS, you either got the British DVD or if you really wanted the creme de la creme, the Caheirs du Cinema DVD of the film. Not every special feature in the world is included on this blu-ray. Maybe that's a good thing. The introduction and scene analysis features from the French DVD have been said to be lackluster. What Scream! self produced is great. Interestingly enough, Carpenter looks better than he did in other Scream! produced featurettes. And though some of what he says is repeated in the audio commentary (Taken from the European/Studio Cannal release), the repetition comes with greater details to his anecdotes. The Alice Cooper interview kind of sucks, certain questions didn't seem to have been answered, such as his song PRINCE OF DARKNESS - was it written for the film? We hear it in the film and it wasn't released officially on an album until 1988. The Robert Grasmere interview is full of great stuff. He remembers the film fondly and vividly, even bringing with him some props to show. Alan Howarths' interview plays more like an overview of his time working with Carpenter than about the POD score specifically. To bring this up, the alternate for TV edit of the begining. Yes, it comes with everything that the fabled TV edit is supposed to come with. They don't include things like Donald Pleasance actually reading the diary via ADR over the footage that is already there in the theatrical cut, but it's great stuff. Great stuff. A trailer is there, but it comes with two radio spots as well. Sweet. A TV spot has surfaced on youtube, but eh, make your own second disc for this release! Horror's haunted grounds is fun, though not really substantially. A fun piece. An obvious easter egg is a video from the 25th anniversary screening Q and A. It's okay. Nothing in depth. If you are a fan and want more, either wait for stuff to pop up on the internet to download or buy this release. And I do suggest you buy it. Sure, it doesn't have a booklet with some well written articles on the film (and they're out there), and it doesn't have the video of the premiere at Universal Studios (which could have been bought by Getty Images for $500), but it's great none the less. Buy it now. Don't need to be an alien from THEY LIVE to tell you that. Review: A Fun and Very Original Horror Film! - Prince of Darkness, like so many John Carpenter films is criminally underrated. It is not up there with Carpenter's greatest like The Thing, The Fog, In the Mouth of Madness, Halloween, etc., but it is still a fantastic horror film. The story is very imaginative; it has a great cast, a great premise, decent effects, and a great atmosphere. I will say that this is probably one of the most imaginative horror films I've seen. The story is reminiscent of many horror films involving the Devil like The Omen. However, out of all the films I have seen like that this film is the best and definitely the most imaginative. In my opinion, this film is better than films like The Omen or The Exorcist, but those films get all the praise in the universe while this film gets ignored. The plot is fairly complicated and confusing if you do not pay attention. A priest named Father Loomis (Donald Pleasance) finds a mysterious canister filled with ooze in the basement of a n old church. We find out that this ooze is actually the essence of Satan himself. Loomis brings in a team of scientists to study the canister. The ooze eventually gets loose and turns everyone into zombies one by one. While that is happening it seems like people are being possessed and tuned into zombies on the outside world as well. Soon a whole mob of zombies surrounds the church and prevents them from escaping. Satan intends to possess a body in order to free his father who is deemed Anti-God. The survivors must defeat Satan before the apocalypse happens. The film is very imaginative and has very unique ideas especially compared to today. Today's horror films consist of remakes, sequels, torcher-porns, sequels, basic slashers, and lame found-footage films. One of the things I really like about John Carpenter is that he has many unique ideas and is not afraid to see them through. He tells the stories he wants to tell instead of making movies that focus groups want to see. The film has a great cast. You have the late Donald Pleasance (R.I.P.), Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, and Dennis Dun. They all do great work. The film has a terrific atmosphere which is helped by a fantastic score. John Carpenter can not only write good stories, but he can also compose great scores like nobody's business. The effects are pretty good for 1987 and some scenes were pretty creepy. Overall, Prince of Darkness is a highly underrated horror flick. It has great performances, great atmosphere, amazing score, intriguing premise, great effects, and much suspense and fun. If you have not seen it yet then go give it a look. ## Features - Factory sealed DVD ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #371,507 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #16,329 in Horror Literature & Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 4,323 Reviews | ## Product Details - **Format:** Anamorphic, Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen - **Genre:** Horror/Supernatural - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 1 hour and 42 minutes ## Images ![Prince of Darkness - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Up2aq3YTL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Educated fan's review *by E***Y on May 13, 2015* For the diehard fans out there of John Carpenter and of particularly PRINCE OF DARKNESS, this review is for you. Chances are, this is as good as it is going to get for this film. Germany and Japan have had their own blu-rays, and neither seem to actually stand up to this. Remembering that this was (As they themselves said) Scream!Factory's most requested title, let't take a look. VIDEO: There has been some talk of edge enhancement. It doesn't seem that bad. Definitely not noticible to me anyway, and I've been watching the Universal DVD for the past eight years. What is noticible is that the increased color range and sharpening make a difference. Details are great, even if the anamorphic lenses used on the film blurred the edges of the frame a bit. But it does effect things like Alice Cooper's make up in the film. He's no longer a pasty white anylonger, more natural fleshtones are apparent. No one has heard, nor did Shout - mention that Carpenter or Gary B. Kibbe supervised this transfer so I guess it's really up to the consumer as to what they want. But such details. Audio: It's great. Noticible differences from previous DVD copies - the scene where the Priest is talking to his superiors in the court yard at the beginning has more audiable sprinkler sounds. Just great stuff. The soundtrack pops well. Extras This is what we've all come for, right? I really wish I knew what the making of this disc was like. Before this, if you wanted a really good disc of PRINCE OF DARKNESS, you either got the British DVD or if you really wanted the creme de la creme, the Caheirs du Cinema DVD of the film. Not every special feature in the world is included on this blu-ray. Maybe that's a good thing. The introduction and scene analysis features from the French DVD have been said to be lackluster. What Scream! self produced is great. Interestingly enough, Carpenter looks better than he did in other Scream! produced featurettes. And though some of what he says is repeated in the audio commentary (Taken from the European/Studio Cannal release), the repetition comes with greater details to his anecdotes. The Alice Cooper interview kind of sucks, certain questions didn't seem to have been answered, such as his song PRINCE OF DARKNESS - was it written for the film? We hear it in the film and it wasn't released officially on an album until 1988. The Robert Grasmere interview is full of great stuff. He remembers the film fondly and vividly, even bringing with him some props to show. Alan Howarths' interview plays more like an overview of his time working with Carpenter than about the POD score specifically. To bring this up, the alternate for TV edit of the begining. Yes, it comes with everything that the fabled TV edit is supposed to come with. They don't include things like Donald Pleasance actually reading the diary via ADR over the footage that is already there in the theatrical cut, but it's great stuff. Great stuff. A trailer is there, but it comes with two radio spots as well. Sweet. A TV spot has surfaced on youtube, but eh, make your own second disc for this release! Horror's haunted grounds is fun, though not really substantially. A fun piece. An obvious easter egg is a video from the 25th anniversary screening Q and A. It's okay. Nothing in depth. If you are a fan and want more, either wait for stuff to pop up on the internet to download or buy this release. And I do suggest you buy it. Sure, it doesn't have a booklet with some well written articles on the film (and they're out there), and it doesn't have the video of the premiere at Universal Studios (which could have been bought by Getty Images for $500), but it's great none the less. Buy it now. Don't need to be an alien from THEY LIVE to tell you that. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fun and Very Original Horror Film! *by K***R on October 13, 2013* Prince of Darkness, like so many John Carpenter films is criminally underrated. It is not up there with Carpenter's greatest like The Thing, The Fog, In the Mouth of Madness, Halloween, etc., but it is still a fantastic horror film. The story is very imaginative; it has a great cast, a great premise, decent effects, and a great atmosphere. I will say that this is probably one of the most imaginative horror films I've seen. The story is reminiscent of many horror films involving the Devil like The Omen. However, out of all the films I have seen like that this film is the best and definitely the most imaginative. In my opinion, this film is better than films like The Omen or The Exorcist, but those films get all the praise in the universe while this film gets ignored. The plot is fairly complicated and confusing if you do not pay attention. A priest named Father Loomis (Donald Pleasance) finds a mysterious canister filled with ooze in the basement of a n old church. We find out that this ooze is actually the essence of Satan himself. Loomis brings in a team of scientists to study the canister. The ooze eventually gets loose and turns everyone into zombies one by one. While that is happening it seems like people are being possessed and tuned into zombies on the outside world as well. Soon a whole mob of zombies surrounds the church and prevents them from escaping. Satan intends to possess a body in order to free his father who is deemed Anti-God. The survivors must defeat Satan before the apocalypse happens. The film is very imaginative and has very unique ideas especially compared to today. Today's horror films consist of remakes, sequels, torcher-porns, sequels, basic slashers, and lame found-footage films. One of the things I really like about John Carpenter is that he has many unique ideas and is not afraid to see them through. He tells the stories he wants to tell instead of making movies that focus groups want to see. The film has a great cast. You have the late Donald Pleasance (R.I.P.), Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, and Dennis Dun. They all do great work. The film has a terrific atmosphere which is helped by a fantastic score. John Carpenter can not only write good stories, but he can also compose great scores like nobody's business. The effects are pretty good for 1987 and some scenes were pretty creepy. Overall, Prince of Darkness is a highly underrated horror flick. It has great performances, great atmosphere, amazing score, intriguing premise, great effects, and much suspense and fun. If you have not seen it yet then go give it a look. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I have a message for you, and you're not going to like it" *by C***D on February 15, 2020* Maybe it's the amazingly original concept driving the apocalyptic religious horror element that makes Prince of Darkness so unsettling; with hardly any blood and gore or jumpnscares, Carpenter weaves a near-flawless horror/mystery hybrid with a solid cinematic lore comprised of cherry picked scientic theories(primarily quantum mechanics) and mathematics (differential equations). Or it could be the intensely minimalist synthwave soundtrack that employs the trademark Carpenter ominous prescience full-time. There's very few scenes in POD where there is no BGM. Most people would find a near-infinite aural loop for a score wildly annoying, but those rules go out of the window here. Carpenter's musical composition is without a doubt the emotional Crux of the entire film. If you pay close attention, the never-ending score evolves constantly with a precisely foreboding subtlety, and it is in this evolution that the viewers nerves are subsequently unrattled with that same deftful subtlety, until you reach a later point in the film and realize just what the script's philosophical implications about the duality of human morality are and how our free will is weaponized against us to bring about our own ultimate destruction. It's almost as if Carpenter is some sort of synthesizer-sorcerer or audio-alchemist with the way he embodies that good vs evil battle so perfectly in POD's soundtrack. part from all that praise, the truth of the matter is that I absolutely love Carpenter's script and premise with Prince of Darkness. It's a refreshingly original stroke of genius to delineate the battle of good and evil in subatomic terms and theory. The idea that, if God truly exists, than so too must an Anti-God exist--in the same way that antimatter exists solely to annihilate matter to keep the universe balanced. The StudioCanal 4k region free release is as sweet as it gets. I've already watched the movie three times since buying it very recently and I can't speak highly enough about how effective the HDR10 is in bringing the aging church structure to life, or how the vial of green Anti-God particulates looks so real that you could reach in and grab it right off the screen if you so dared. The colors are intense with a moderate HDR PEAK value and a color restoration that was painstaking in its immensely vibrant detail. It's one of the best available 4K transfers for any Carpenter film. Every true horror buff should watch Prince of Darkness. Carpenter in his cinematic prime was unbeatable, and POD helps cement that veracity in stone ## Frequently Bought Together - Prince of Darkness (Collector's Edition) - The Fog - They Live --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.dk/products/4794665-prince-of-darkness](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/4794665-prince-of-darkness) --- *Product available on Desertcart Denmark* *Store origin: DK* *Last updated: 2026-09-10*