Retrospective: Is John Carpenter’s “Escape from L.A.” Secretly ‘Based’?
In the early 21st century, an American presidential candidate wins a highly unorthodox election by leveraging a national disaster. As the front man for…
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John Carpenter Films Ranked: #4 – ‘In the Mouth of Madness’ (1994)
#4 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. This movie is steadily growing on me. I’ve seen it twice now, and I more fully…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #5 – ‘Starman’ (1984)
#5 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. In order to further prove himself to Hollywood, Carpenter took on this project, a script…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #6 – ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ (1986)
#6 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. Jack Burton has all the makings of a side character. He’s showy, loud, inept, and…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #7 – ‘Cigarette Burns’ (2005)
#7 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. This is what John Carpenter needed after Escape from L.A. He didn’t need to keep trying to make…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #8 – ‘Escape from New York’ (1981)
#8 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. There are three movies I most closely associate with my father, The Hunt for Red October, The Great Escape,…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #9 – ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ (1976)
#9 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. Well, John Carpenter really loved Howard Hawks and George A. Romero, huh? His second film, Assault on Precinct 13,…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #10 – ‘Dark Star’ (1974)
#10 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. I have a special place in my heart for first films of directors who went on to…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #11 – ‘The Fog’ (1980)
#11 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. Made for about a million dollars, John Carpenter’s cinematic follow up to Halloween tries to find…
John Carpenter Films Ranked: #12 – ‘Prince of Darkness’ (1987)
#12 in my ranking of John Carpenter’s films. John Carpenter was going to a dark place. It’s not really the subject matter, though. While Prince…