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Podcast: Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter
Episode: Prince of Darkness (1987)
Description: Is 1987's Prince of Darkness one of the most underrated and overlooked films in the John Carpenter canon? Or does this smaller-budget but thematically ambitious tale about science, religion, and bicycle impalements not quite hit the sweet spot of cinematic craft and outright horror that, by the late 80s, we knew was well within his wheelhouse? Chris and Nick wrestle with these questions, and many more, in an exploration of a movie that might not have won over the box office or the critics, but undoubtedly contains some of the craziest and most fascinating stuff Carpenter has ever put...