Lady Mullets, blonde mustaches and Donald Pleasence...must be a 1987 John Carpenter film.
Plot: An old priest dies while waiting for a chat with the head of his local chapter. Turns out the old chap had a rather important job, one of those 'hush-hush' jobs...guard the son of the devil and make sure he doesn't pop out for a stroll or indeed, try to bring daddy through the looking glass. Taking on the mantle, Mr Pleasence (Halloween) enlists Mr Victor Wong (Big Trouble in Little China) and his crack team of university students to investigate the church where the son of 'he who shall not be named' lives and figure out why the green goo in the glass container is turning folk angry, especially a rather large bunch of homeless men and women, led by the pasty faced Alice Cooper (of Alice Cooper fame) that turn into mindless zombies.
This film is actually very very good, especially for Victor Wong's ongoing explanations and the variety that carpenter uses in his story. Much scope for continuance. Carpenter has a habit of doing things longer than other film makers- in They Live, his fight scene lasted longer than any other around, in Prince of Darkness, his opening credits last over ten minutes, interspersed by action.
Line of the film: "Am I crazy or are we stroking ourselves heavily here?"
Budget: $3,000,000
Gross: $14,182,492
Fun Fact: This is the middle film in Carpenters 'Apocalypse Trilogy', The Thing firstly and In the mouth of Madness lastly.
Plot: An old priest dies while waiting for a chat with the head of his local chapter. Turns out the old chap had a rather important job, one of those 'hush-hush' jobs...guard the son of the devil and make sure he doesn't pop out for a stroll or indeed, try to bring daddy through the looking glass. Taking on the mantle, Mr Pleasence (Halloween) enlists Mr Victor Wong (Big Trouble in Little China) and his crack team of university students to investigate the church where the son of 'he who shall not be named' lives and figure out why the green goo in the glass container is turning folk angry, especially a rather large bunch of homeless men and women, led by the pasty faced Alice Cooper (of Alice Cooper fame) that turn into mindless zombies.
This film is actually very very good, especially for Victor Wong's ongoing explanations and the variety that carpenter uses in his story. Much scope for continuance. Carpenter has a habit of doing things longer than other film makers- in They Live, his fight scene lasted longer than any other around, in Prince of Darkness, his opening credits last over ten minutes, interspersed by action.
Line of the film: "Am I crazy or are we stroking ourselves heavily here?"
Budget: $3,000,000
Gross: $14,182,492
Fun Fact: This is the middle film in Carpenters 'Apocalypse Trilogy', The Thing firstly and In the mouth of Madness lastly.
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