Prince of Darkness

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• Although the film wasn't John Carpenter's first screenplay that he wrote since Escape from New York, it was the first film since Escape that he directed but credited himself as "Martin Quatermass". A similar thing he did on They Live but under the name "Frank Armitage".
• The first of two films that John Carpenter made with Alive Films. The second film they made was They Live.
• Peter Jason hurt his shoulder in the scene where he and Jameson Parker try to break the front doors of the church down to escape. He claims that the pain still flares up to this day.
• Donald Pleasence's character, Father Loomis, is named after the character he played in the Halloween movies.