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Sectarian Review 193: Prince of Darkness

Sectarian Review 193: Prince of Darkness

Released Thursday, 27th October 2022
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Sectarian Review 193: Prince of Darkness

Sectarian Review 193: Prince of Darkness

Sectarian Review 193: Prince of Darkness

Sectarian Review 193: Prince of Darkness

Thursday, 27th October 2022
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The 2022 Christian Humanist Halloween crossover is here! This year, Nathan Gilmour and Carter Smith-Stepper join Danny Anderson for a discussion of John Carpenter's under-rated classic Prince of Darkness. The film presents an alternative theological universe in which Satan has spent millenia as the prisoner of a secret sect of the Catholic Church. As he begins to stir, a group of academics, along with a priest, join together to try and stop him from bringing his father, an ancient dark god, back to Earth. 

The film has heavy Lovecraftian themes and Carter, Nathan, and Danny have a spirited (and largely unresolved) theological debate about cosmic horror. 

Update:

Danny's article "John Carpenter and the Origin of Evil" for Pop Culture and Theology: https://popularcultureandtheology.com/2022/10/31/john-carpenter-and-the-origins-of-evil/

 

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