Yup, my bad.  Sorry about that.  This should be a lesson for you kiddies:  Friends don't let friends correct other posters on the AV Club.

I agree.  The lighting in that scene is unbelievable, especially how Michael's mask would slowly appear on the edges of the screen.  Carpenter and Cundey were brilliant there.

I disagree with your PRINCE OF DARKNESS synopsis.  In addition to being a great film, the green liquid is, among other things, an allegory to the AIDS epidemic.  In the mid '80s, many people believed that HPV could be transmitted through any exchange of bodily fluid (saliva, mucous, etc.).  Notice that in POD, the…