Prince of Darkness

Prince of Darkness may refer to:

Religion and mythology

• Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism), the term used by Mani for the principle of evil
• Prince of Darkness (Satan), a term used in John Milton's poem Paradise Lost referring to Satan as the embodiment of evil

People

• Jeremiah G. Hamilton (1806–1875), broker & first Black millionaire in New York.
• Miles Davis (1926–1991), jazz musician
• Bill Demchak (born 1962), American banker and CEO of PNC Financial Services
• William F. Galvin (born 1950), Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since January 1, 1995
• General Sir Mike Jackson (British Army officer) (born 1944), Chief of British General Staff, commander of KFOR military administration of Kosovo
• Warren Kinsella (born 1960), Canadian political consultant and former PMO staffer to Prime Minister Jean Chretien
• Lord Mandelson (born 1953), former British Cabinet Minister and First Secretary of State
• Robert Novak (1931–2009), American journalist and conservative commentator
• Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948), British rock singer and television personality
• Richard Perle (born 1941), American assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration
• Gordon Willis (1931–2014), cinematographer famous for his work on The Godfather films

Literature

Books

• A Prince of Darkness, an 1884 novel by Florence Warden
• Prince of Darkness, a 1969 novel by Barbara Mertz, writing as Barbara Michaels
• Mörkrets furste, eller Djävulstornets hemlighet, a. k. a. The Prince of Darkness, a 1975 novel by Sam J. Lundwall
• The Prince of Darkness, a 1978 novel by Jean Plaidy, the fourth volume in The Plantagenet Saga
• The Prince of Darkness, a 1992 novel by Paul C. Doherty, the fifth volume in the Hugh Corbett series
• Prince of Darkness, a 2005 novel by Sharon Kay Penman, the fourth volume in the Justin de Quincy series

Subjects

• The Prince of Darkness, the subtitle of Monsieur, the first book of Lawrence Durrell's 1974 The Avignon Quintet
• Count Dracula, the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula

Film and television

Films

• Dracula: Prince of Darkness, a 1966 horror film by Terence Fisher
• Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness, a 1998 anime film directed by Tatsuo Satō
• Prince of Darkness (film), a 1987 horror film by John Carpenter

Television

• "Prince of Darkness", an episode of American television series Law & Order

Music

Albums

• Prince of Darkness (Alice Cooper album) or the 1987 title song (see below), 1989
• Prince of Darkness (Big Daddy Kane album) or the title song, 1991
• Prince of Darkness (Nosferatu album), 1996
• Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne album), 2005
• Prince of Darkness (soundtrack), by John Carpenter from the 1987 film

Songs

• "Prince of Darkness", by Alice Cooper from Raise Your Fist and Yell, 1987
• "Prince of Darkness", by Bow Wow Wow from See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!, 1981
• "Prince of Darkness", by the Indigo Girls from Indigo Girls, 1989
• "Prince of Darkness", by Lucifer's Friend from ...Where the Groupies Killed the Blues, 1972
• "Prince of Darkness", by Megadeth from Risk, 1999
• "Prince of Darkness", by Miles Davis from Sorcerer, 1967

See also

• Dark Lord (disambiguation)
• Prince of Light (disambiguation)
• Prince of Hell (disambiguation)
• Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, a supernatural being in Scott Adams' comic strip Dilbert
• The Undertaker (born 1965), professional wrestler, called "Lord of Darkness"