PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)

PRINCE OF DARKNESS is one of the more underrated horror films of the 80's. It's not your standard slasher flick or supernatural ghost story.  It's a disturbing story about a group of scientists suddenly confronted with the fact that Satan is real. Not in a bullshit Christianity way, but in a much older and even worse way: Satan is just the offspring of an even more powerful "anti-god" creature that's been locked away for a really long time...and this cylinder full of green liquid in the basement of a derelict church is the key to releasing it! Yikes!

Gorehounds jonesing for a demon splatterfest will be disappointed, but if you're in the mood for a nice 80's demonic creepfest then you're in luck. PRINCE OF DARKNESS might not have much blood, but it has an awesome suppressive atmosphere about it that stays with you even after the movie is over. There's just something about the idea of being trapped in a building by a creature that actually thrives off of your disbelief and can control lower lifeforms like insects and Alice Cooper-impersonating hobos that I found to be especially creepy.

Highly recommended just for Jameson Parker's mustache alone.

The Abomination?

KANSAS RAIDERS (1950)

Early Audie Murphy western (that also stars a young James Best and Tony Curtis) features Murphy as a young Jesse James who along with his brother and three friends leave Missouri after seeing his family slaughtered by "red leggers". They want to join the militia of William Quantrill, a Confederate guerrilla leader who claims to be helping the South but in reality is just killing everybody he sees to line his pockets. Once James comes to see this he's disheartened but still sticks by Quantrill. Even with the Union Army breathing down their necks.

How historically accurate is KANSAS RAIDERS? I have no idea, probably not too much, but it's still a entertaining watch and worth your time if your into such things. There's plenty of action and the pace is fast. My only major complaint would be Marguerite Chapman who played Quantrill's wife looked really old. According to Wikipedia when he died his wife was only 17. Marguerite Chapman was 32.

Recomended for fans of older Western movies.