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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Its the great man's 76th birthday today so Im interested...
Fave four Carpenter movies.
Mine are The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness and The Fog.
Lets hear others' |
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"Its the great man's 76th birthday today so Im interested...
Fave four Carpenter movies.
Mine are The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness and The Fog.
Lets hear others'"
No love for Big Trouble In Little China!? 
Halloween
They Live
The Thing |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Growing up with Carpenter, it was mainly Halloween. Then I was opened up to his filmography and the rest was history, compares to the rest of his movies, Halloween isn't the best, although still up there for me. More of an achievement in small budget filmmaking at the time.
My top 5 would be in order
The Fog
The Thing
Halloween
Prince of Darkness
Christine
Had the pleasure of meeting John and Cody Carpenter at his event in London a few years back. Got many things signed, along with a photo with him, which remains close to my heart.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Growing up with Carpenter, it was mainly Halloween. Then I was opened up to his filmography and the rest was history, compares to the rest of his movies, Halloween isn't the best, although still up there for me. More of an achievement in small budget filmmaking at the time.
My top 5 would be in order
The Fog
The Thing
Halloween
Prince of Darkness
Christine
Had the pleasure of meeting John and Cody Carpenter at his event in London a few years back. Got many things signed, along with a photo with him, which remains close to my heart.
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So jealous! Thats amazing. Hes a real one off. I love his dont give a fuck withering attitude to stupid vacuous questions in interview too. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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What I love most is its almost impossible to imagine a definitive top four. So many wonderful movies.
I suspect The Thing would be in 99.9% of lists but thats probably only given. |
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"What I love most is its almost impossible to imagine a definitive top four. So many wonderful movies.
I suspect The Thing would be in 99.9% of lists but thats probably only given."
Don’t forget his non horror output also: The brilliant Starman for instance  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Did he do Halloween 'Season of the witch'?
Big trouble in little China? Didn't realize that was one of his..sorry, but I do like that one"
He did the soundtrack for it which is awesome and feel he and or his wife at time were producers but no didnt direct. That said my fave in that series apart from orig. Its insane! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What I love most is its almost impossible to imagine a definitive top four. So many wonderful movies.
I suspect The Thing would be in 99.9% of lists but thats probably only given.
Don’t forget his non horror output also: The brilliant Starman for instance "
Totally fair. He can definitely do character driven plot outside horror. Starman is lovely. |
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By *aizyWoman
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"What I love most is its almost impossible to imagine a definitive top four. So many wonderful movies.
I suspect The Thing would be in 99.9% of lists but thats probably only given.
Don’t forget his non horror output also: The brilliant Starman for instance "
And Dark Star, such a funny film. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Growing up with Carpenter, it was mainly Halloween. Then I was opened up to his filmography and the rest was history, compares to the rest of his movies, Halloween isn't the best, although still up there for me. More of an achievement in small budget filmmaking at the time.
My top 5 would be in order
The Fog
The Thing
Halloween
Prince of Darkness
Christine
Had the pleasure of meeting John and Cody Carpenter at his event in London a few years back. Got many things signed, along with a photo with him, which remains close to my heart.
So jealous! Thats amazing. Hes a real one off. I love his dont give a fuck withering attitude to stupid vacuous questions in interview too."
I also love how he just doesn't care about his IPs now, as long as he's paid lol.
I remember him saying in an interview a few years back they can make Michael Myers transgender for all he cares, as long as the cheque comes in the mail lol |
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Fun fact. Dark star was a college project that he scared up some money for to become a feature film.
One of the actors chases an alien. The actor, who also co-wrote the screenplay, was Dan o'bannon. He turned that silly chase into another screenplay. This time he called it alien.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Growing up with Carpenter, it was mainly Halloween. Then I was opened up to his filmography and the rest was history, compares to the rest of his movies, Halloween isn't the best, although still up there for me. More of an achievement in small budget filmmaking at the time.
My top 5 would be in order
The Fog
The Thing
Halloween
Prince of Darkness
Christine
Had the pleasure of meeting John and Cody Carpenter at his event in London a few years back. Got many things signed, along with a photo with him, which remains close to my heart.
So jealous! Thats amazing. Hes a real one off. I love his dont give a fuck withering attitude to stupid vacuous questions in interview too.
I also love how he just doesn't care about his IPs now, as long as he's paid lol.
I remember him saying in an interview a few years back they can make Michael Myers transgender for all he cares, as long as the cheque comes in the mail lol"
Yes hes so blasé! Didnt he get quoted as saying he sits around all day playing video games now or something? |
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"Fun fact. Dark star was a college project that he scared up some money for to become a feature film.
One of the actors chases an alien. The actor, who also co-wrote the screenplay, was Dan o'bannon. He turned that silly chase into another screenplay. This time he called it alien.
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One of my favourite dinner party movie facts..  |
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"Fun fact. Dark star was a college project that he scared up some money for to become a feature film.
One of the actors chases an alien. The actor, who also co-wrote the screenplay, was Dan o'bannon. He turned that silly chase into another screenplay. This time he called it alien.
One of my favourite dinner party movie facts.. "
Nice. Do you have any other go to dinner party facts?
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