The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 73% of the 596 1980s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
1,198 audience votes
Key crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HowarthOriginal Music Composer
- John CarpenterScreenplay
Cast
- Donald PleasencePriest
- Lisa BlountCatherine Danforth
- Victor WongProf. Howard Birack
- Jameson ParkerBrian Marsh
- Dennis DunWalter
- Susan BlanchardKelly
- Anne Marie HowardSusan Cabot
- Ann YenLisa
- Ken WrightLomax
- Dirk BlockerMullins
- Jessie Lawrence FergusonCalder
- Peter JasonDr. Paul Leahy
Stills
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Themes
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