Before man walked the earth...It slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening.
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.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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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
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- John CarpenterScreenplay
- Gary B. KibbeDirector of Photography
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HowarthOriginal Music Composer
- Steve MirkovichEditor
- Larry FrancoProducer
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