‘Big Trouble in Little China’ (1986) falls a little short of big laughs
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The least serious of John Carpenter’s collaborations with Kurt Russell is a lesser “Temple of Doom.”
John Carpenter
‘Big Trouble in Little China’ (1986) falls a little short of big laughs
Sentimental ‘Starman’ (1984) shows the softer side of Carpenter
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The director’s only theatrical film that’s not action or horror is openly sentimental and hard to dislike.
Carpenter’s resume recovers in ‘The Ward’ (2010)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The best thing about this Sixties-set mental-ward horror film is it replaces “Ghosts of Mars” as his last film.
Carpenter brings ‘Elvis’ (1979) down to Earth in TV biopic
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The director’s only non-genre film is a fine one, filled with music but not the details you’d need for a full portrait.
Carpenter quietly makes mark with ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ (1976)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The director’s style-over-story-details approach is present in his first major film.
Carpenter throws a few bones to fans in ‘Masters of Horror’ (2005-06), ‘Suburban Screams’ (2023)
Frightening Friday (TV review): John Carpenter has directed more TV episodes this century than movies. “Cigarette Burns” is definitely worth a look.
‘Ghosts of Mars’ (2001) will have Carpenter fans seeing red
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The director finds no signs of life among his lead actors in this sci-fi riff on “Assault on Precinct 13.”
‘Dark Star’ (1974) smartly but too slowly makes fun of ‘2001’
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): A bare expansion of a student film from Carpenter and O’Bannon, this SF satire previews the grimy futures to come.
If you like your stake medium-well, check out ‘Vampires’ (1998)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): In a decade of bloodsuckers, John Carpenter checks in with his own respectable vampire-Western.
Damn, ‘Village of the Damned’ (1995) is bad
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Carpenter made the best horror remake of all time in “The Thing” … and later he made one of the worst.