"Before man walked the earth...It slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening."

1987

1h 42m

6.8(1063 votes)

Horror

Overview

A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.

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17 members

Acting

Donald Pleasence

Father Loomis

Acting

Lisa Blount

Catherine Danforth

Acting

Victor Wong

Prof. Howard Birack

Acting

Jameson Parker

Brian Marsh

Acting

Dennis Dun

Walter

Acting

Susan Blanchard

Kelly

Acting

Anne Marie Howard

Susan Cabot

Acting

Ann Yen

Lisa

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Ken Wright

Lomax

Acting

Dirk Blocker

Mullins

Acting

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson

Calder

Acting

Peter Jason

Dr. Paul Leahy

Visual Effects

Robert Grasmere

Frank Wyndham

Acting

Thom Bray

Etchinson

Acting

Joanna Merlin

Bag Lady

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Alice Cooper

Street Schizo

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Betty Ramey

Nun

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Videos & Trailers

Cast & Crew

Donald Pleasence

Lisa Blount

Victor Wong

Jameson Parker

Dennis Dun

Susan Blanchard

Anne Marie Howard

Ann Yen

Ken Wright

Dirk Blocker

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson

Peter Jason

Robert Grasmere

Thom Bray

Joanna Merlin

Alice Cooper

Betty Ramey

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Rue de Paris