John Carpenter

John Carpenter

Born:

January 16, 1948

Born as:

John Howard Carpenter

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Biography:

Born in Carthage, New York (USA) and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky, John was educated at Western Kentucky university and then USC film school in Los Angeles. While there, he started Dark Star a short that was later expanded to feature length (released theatrically in 1974).

Influenced by Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks he achieved a stronger impact with his next films, Assault on precinct 13 (1976) and Halloween (1978) which was the most profitable independent movie of its day.

During the eighties Carpenters movies were higher-budgeted, higher-profiled and he directed successes like The Fog (1980), Escape From New York (1981), The Thing (1982).

In the nineties Carpenter decided to go smaller again to gain control. He directed some TV movies and low budget cinema features like In The Mouth Of Madness (1995). His last theatrical release was Ghosts of Mars (2001) which was savaged by many critics.

Selected Movies:

  • The Thing (1982)
  • Halloween (1978)
  • Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
  • Starman (1984)
  • Escape from New York (1981)
  • Dark Star (1974)

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Bloody disgusting - The Thing lives again
Bloody disgusting - In the Mouth of Madness Blu-ray
Digital fix - Dark star in the UK
Dreadcentral - John Carpenter honored
DVD Active - There’s a Starman
DVD Active - The master of fear
DVD Times - John Carpenter on DVD
First showing - The Thing gears up for March
HD Room - Red Mars on Blue-ray
High def digest - The fog on Blu-ray
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High-def digest - Big trouble in Blue-ray
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High-def digest - Body Bags Blu-ray in the Works
Hollywood reporter - They Live again
Home Cinema - John Carpenter and Elvis
IGN - The life of Elvis
Rabid doll - John Carpenter to direct Fangland
Shock till you drop - They Live hits Blu-ray
Shock till you drop - John Carpenter to direct Darkchylde
Total film - John Carpenter is working on a Western