# Prince of Darkness (1987)

**German title:** Die Fürsten der Dunkelheit


**Genres:** Horror

**Duration:** 101 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [6.6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.6](https://letterboxd.com/film/prince-of-darkness/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 59%, Popcornmeter: 61%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prince_of_darkness)

## Description

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

## Details

**Premiere:** 04 May 1988

**Director:** John Carpenter

**Cast:** Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard, Anne Marie Howard, Ann Yen, Ken Wright, Dirk Blocker, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Peter Jason

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English, Latin

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJ5a08G0CM)

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-07-11 (Saturday)

- **[Rollberg Kinos](/cinemas/62-rollberg-kinos.md) (Neukölln):** [2026-07-11 22:30](https://www.yorck.de/en/checkout/seats?sessionid=1003-38696)  (OmU)