The plot is protracted, boring and terribly bleak even for films of the time.
Stupid hypothesis about a new view of religion, absolutely not thought out, not justified and not finished. Television to sleep, the incomprehensible interweaving of magic and science. They dumped everything into the film at once, realized a lot of information that would be enough for at least two films, and did not understand what was what. If the creators deigned to bring the script to life a little bit, if they thought through the storyline to the details, then perhaps something worthwhile would come out of it.
The film has a theme of religion, which brings a huge responsibility. Such films should carry a huge meaning, philosophy, an attempt to convey to us the important questions of humanity, who are we? where did we come from? Everyone is free to understand it as they see fit, and there are many different answers to these questions. (There are so many people and opinions), but “Prince of Darkness” is a film without any meaning. The devil could just as well be the evil wizard, the alien who invented the teleporter, etc. The movie was empty. No sense, no philosophy, no lessons that the viewer would have to learn after watching. As such, there was no problem.
The actors are amazing. I still don't know how old they are, if they're young students, why do they look 30? If they're 30, then why are they still people without diplomas? Movies in which the age and behavior of actors and characters do not coincide, never caused me a positive impression.
If you sum up all the impressions after viewing, then we can say in two words: not impressed.
No feelings, not even negative ones. It's just an empty, stupid movie.
This is one of the best movies you should not waste your time on.
estimation
4 out of 10
Original