The JOHN CARPENTER THREAD

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by stevoj

No love for Big Trouble In Little China Reaper?

Yeah great fun!
Three assassins based on Shogun Assassin,what's not to like?

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

CHRISTINE is another one that is sorely underrated imo.

[Kyle]

my fav is either

the thing, BTILC or prince of darkness

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Watched THE FOG on Saturday night.Dean Cundey's cinematography,those long shots of deserted beaches and roads with a distant foghorn in the background,creates a sense of foreboding rarely matched....

[BioZombie]

I've not noticed this thread before, which is odd as JC is possibly my favourite director. I own nearly all of his theatrical films (just missing Dark Star, Starman and Village of the Damed). My favourite is Halloween, it just flawless imho, followed a very close second by Prince of Darkness.

The thing I really Like about John Carpenter is that he has a very distinct style with striking visuals, amazing camera work and his trademark soundtracks, The Thing with its Morricone score seems less like a JC film that the others but it's still fantastic.

Hopefully we'll see John back on form when his new film The Ward when it comes out next year!!!

[dis]

halloween and the thing!
cant pick my fave out of these as one is a slasher and the other supernatural/monster. both great and his best work imo!

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

The Thing looks absolutely stunning on Blu Ray!
As does HALLOWEEN and THE FOG.

The Fog is a classic.

[dis]

slightly of topic here,but how good is b/ray? is this going to replace dvd like dvd replaced the tape?

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Time will tell mate.....

http://www.cult-labs.com/forums/blu-ray/

Of Carpenter's later output,I thought VAMPIRES was nowhere near as bad as was said....
However,Ghosts of Mars was almost unwatchable,as was Escape from L.A....

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man

Watched THE FOG on Saturday night.Dean Cundey's cinematography,those long shots of deserted beaches and roads with a distant foghorn in the background,creates a sense of foreboding rarely matched....

"The Fog" is the best Lovecraftian film going and makes most Lovecraft based films look rather shoddy including "In the Mouth of Madness" which is excellent in it's own right.

How about Carpenter's "Elvis" a great little film and fantastic performance from Kurt Russel. Of his recent work I found "Cigarette Burns" very impressive.

"Halloween" is my favourite, ever since it frightened the cack out of me and my mum when shown on telly back in the early 80s.