The film Prince of Darkness is famous for its "Apocalypse Trilogy" status—sandwiched between The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness —and its unique blend of .

: It is frequently available on the horror-centric streaming service Shudder .

: One of the most haunting features of the movie is the "transmission from the future." Characters receive grainy, video-based warnings in their dreams, sent from the year 1999 to warn them of the "Anti-God's" arrival.

: A team of graduate students and a priest (played by Donald Pleasence) discover a mysterious cylinder of swirling green liquid in an abandoned church. As they analyze it with modern computers, they realize the liquid is actually Pure Evil or a physical manifestation of Satan.