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Tag: John Carpenter

Blumhouse needs to hire John Carpenter instead of rip his movies off like The Thing, Halloween, Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China
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Blumhouse: Stop Ripping Off John Carpenter, Just Hire John Carpenter

Keith Thomas’ Firestarter really wishes that it were a John Carpenter movie. The film marks the second attempt to adapt Stephen King’s novel ...
By Darren MooneyMay 20, 2022
enduring popularity of Michael Myers beneath the mask as the Shape, a pure evil voyeur from John Carpenter
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The Enduring Appeal of Michael Myers

The appeal of Michael Myers is both exceeding simple and easy to overcomplicate. Halloween’s Myers has endured for over four decades, becoming a ...
By Darren MooneyOctober 18, 2021
John Carpenter Apocalypse trilogy The Thing Prince of Darkness In the Mouth of Madness genre horror with society and reality breakdown
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John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy Offers a Horrifying Glimpse of a World Breaking Down

Like a lot of genre film directors, John Carpenter has had a long road towards respectability. John Carpenter is one of the most ...
By Darren MooneyOctober 26, 2020
The Hateful Eight Owes More to Horror Than Westerns
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The Hateful Eight Owes More to Horror Than Westerns

Every film that Quentin Tarantino has released since 2007’s Death Proof has been a period piece. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood will be ...
By Darren MooneyJuly 24, 2019
Movies & TV

Stranger Things: Season 3 Review

This review contains minor spoilers for Stranger Things season 3. There is something to be said for sci-fi epics that borrow from occult ...
By Sian Francis-CoxJuly 6, 2019
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Michael Myers Is Perfectly Evil

Michael Myers is a horror icon. He’s the template for psycho killers, those masked fellas intent on ruining teens’ good times and racking ...
By Susan ArendtOctober 26, 2018
Movies and TV

Five Films That Should Never, Ever Be Remade

Whether we like it or not, we are living in the age of the remake. What once was old is now new as ...
By Shant Istamboulian Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2015
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5 Reasons Why John Carpenter Horror Classic The Thing Makes Guys Cry

Just because a movie’s manly doesn’t mean you won’t be shedding any tears, as you’ll find out if you watch 1892 horror flick ...
By Daniel EpsteinSeptember 10, 2014

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