10 Amazing Movies With Weirdly Distracting Castings

5. Alice Cooper - Prince Of Darkness

Prince of Darkness is one of John Carpenter's most overlooked efforts, a terrifying entry in the writer, director, and composer's "Apocalypse Trilogy" that revolves around the resurrection of Satan.

Prince of Darkness reunited Carpenter with Halloween and Escape from New York's Donald Pleasance, as well as Big Trouble in Little China's Victor Wong and Dennis Dun. There were also first-time collaborators included in the cast, with one in particular likely to raise a few eyebrows once recognised.

Alice Cooper has a small role in Prince of Darkness as one of the key homeless figures who surround the monastery housing Satan. Cooper, unfortunately credited as "Street Schizo" in the film, is spotlighted as one of the leaders of the throng, and even gets to kill one of the scientists in the building with his trademark stabby thingy he used in his own live performances. Cooper also recorded a track, "Prince of Darkness", to go with the film.

As far as cameos go this one is seamlessly integrated and, if anything, it's cool to see Cooper get a recurring role rather than featuring for just one scene. It's still distinctly him though, and while he does a great job standing there and menacingly staring, it's difficult to shake his stage persona.

That's kind of the fun with it though, and Prince of Darkness is still a perfect horror movie.