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Tag Archives: John Carpenter
Escape from New York (1981) John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City is a maximum security prison. Read More »
Hollywood’s Creepiest Creatures (2004) Kevin Burns, Cassandra Peterson, John Carpenter, David J. Skal
Elvira hosts a show about creepy creatures in the world. Read More »
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) John Carpenter, Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose…literally! Read More »
Body Bags (1993) John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis, Tom Arnold
Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer Read More »
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) John Carpenter, Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill
Nick Halloway is made invisible during an accident. When Jenkins finds out about Nick Read More »
Village of the Damned (1995) John Carpenter, Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Read More »
Dark Star (1974) John Carpenter, Dan O’Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle
Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets Read More »
The Fog (1980) John Carpenter, Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh
As the centennial of the small town of Antonio Bay, California approaches, paranormal activity begins to occur at midnight. Read More »
Halloween (1978) John Carpenter, Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran
The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. Read More »
Starman (1984) John Carpenter, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Jenny Hayden never did get over the death of her husband. So when an alien life form decides to model “himself” on the husband, Jenny is understandably confused if not terrified. The alien, or Starman, as he is called, has a deadline to meet, and kidnaps Jenny in order to meet it.
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The Thing (1982) John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Horror, Sci-Fi
An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog explodes, eventually leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realizes that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don’t know who may already have been taken over.
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They Live (1988) John Carpenter, Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like “Stay Asleep”, “No Imagination”, “Submit to Authority”. Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.
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