John Carpenter’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ is an often strange, sometimes terrific but in the end flawed movie that defies broad categorization in a genre known for occasionally creating rigid protective boundaries between what constitutes a horror film and what is science fiction, despite obvious crossover between these forms.
The following interview, conducted by Larry French in preparation for his forthcoming book on the films of Roger Corman, centers around that very fruitful period in Price’s career.
Both Kubrick and King merit congratulations for making The Shining one of the most overpowering experiences of horror ever committed to celluloid. It manages to treat intangible, elusive subjects—ghosts, demons, spirits and the like—as if they were as real as this morning’s headlines.
![The Shining (1980) Dick Halloran [Scatman Crothers]](https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/The-Shining-1980-Dick-Halloran-Scatman-Crothers.jpg)
“I wanted to play the part of Dick Halloran before I even knew that they were going to make the movie,” says Scatman Crothers
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