John.Carpenter

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John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. Although Carpenter has worked with various film genres, he is associated most commonly with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s.

Most films of Carpenter's career were initially commercial and critical failures, with the notable exceptions of Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), and Starman (1984). However, many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s have come to be considered as cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. The cult classics that Carpenter has directed include Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988), and In the Mouth of Madness (1995). He returned to the Halloween franchise as both composer and executive producer for the horror sequel Halloween (2018).

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🎞 📽 Filmography - only films he directed.

Captain Voyeur [1969] - director, writer, producer, composer, editor. (Short)

Dark Star [1974] - director, writer, producer, composer.

Assault on Precinct 13 [1976] - director, writer, composer, editor.

Halloween [1978] - director, writer, composer.

the Fog [1980] - director, writer, composer.

Escape from New York [1981] - director, writer, composer.

the Thing [1982] - director.

Christine [1983] - director, composer.

Starman [1984] - director.

Big Trouble in Little China [1986] - director, composer.

Prince of Darkness [1987] - director, writer, composer.

They Live [1988] - director, writer, composer.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man [1992] - director.

In the Mouth of Madness [1994] - director, composer.

Village of the Damned [1995] - director, composer.

Escape from L.A. [1996] - director, writer, composer.

Vampires [1998] - director, composer.

Ghosts of Mars [2001] - director, writer, composer.

the Ward [2010] - director.

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I find I like his music almost as much as his movies.

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I find I like his music almost as much as his movies.

Some outstanding film scoring.



https://youtu.be/OD6cRMcJPZ8

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🎞 📽 Filmography - only films he directed.

Assault on Precinct 13 [1976] - director, writer, composer, editor.

Halloween [1978] - director, writer, composer.

the Fog [1980] - director, writer, composer.

Escape from New York [1981] - director, writer, composer.

the Thing [1982] - director.

Christine [1983] - director, composer.

Starman [1984] - director.

Big Trouble in Little China [1986] - director, composer.

I may have seen more, but I've definitely seen these. Big Trouble in Little China, Starman, and Assault on Precinct 13 are definitely my favorites. I love a good romance with a lot of really strange things and humor thrown in ("Take it easy!" "Up yours."). I love the HOLY JESUS CHRIST of 13. And no words are needed to express the greatness of Big Trouble in Little China.

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Seen

Dark Star

Assault on Precinct 13

Halloween

the Fog

Escape from New York

the Thing

Christine

Big Trouble in Little China

They Live

In the Mouth of Madness

Escape from L.A.

Ghosts of Mars

I'll start doing a review of each.