"My Top 10 John Carpenter Films"
Here's a list of my 10 John Carpenter favorites.
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- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellKim CattrallDennis DunA rough-and-tumble trucker and his side kick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.This is my favorite Carpenter & Russell film with a great cast, cool effects and excellent score as usual by Carpenter & Alan Howarth. This was
originally conceived as a western and Russell does a good John Wayne impression. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsRoddy PiperKeith DavidMeg FosterThey influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.Piper & David are great together and who can forget their classic fight scene. I also like
the alien make-up and Carpenter & Alan Howarth's score is excellent as usual. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
This classic changed the holiday forever and is definitely one of Carpenter's best with a great cast and unforgettable score by Carpenter. It also paid tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic, "Psycho" where the name, Sam Loomis, the kitchen knife and Janet Leigh's daughter, Curtis were used. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.Russell & the cast are great in this, Rob Bottin's make-up effects are terrific and Ennio Morricone's score is excellent. Definitely one of Carpenter & Russell's best.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest BorgnineIn 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.Russell is terrific as Snake doing a great Clint
Eastwood impression, the rest of the cast is great and Carpenter & Alan Howarth's score is excellent as usual. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAdrienne BarbeauJamie Lee CurtisJanet LeighAn unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.This is a great ghost story with a good cast, neat effects and eerie score by Carpenter.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAustin StokerDarwin JostonLaurie ZimmerA Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.Stoker and Joston are great in this and Carpenter's score is terrific as usual.
This is the first of a few Carpenter
films that has that western feel. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKeith GordonJohn StockwellAlexandra PaulA nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.Gordon & the cast are great in this as well as
Carpenter & Alan Howarth's score. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsSam NeillJürgen ProchnowJulie CarmenAn insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.This is one of Carpenter's last good horror films,
Neill is great in it and there's neat effects. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceLisa BlountJameson ParkerA group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.This is one of Carpenter's most underrated films with a decent cast, neat effects, chilling score by Carpenter & Alan Howarth and Rock legend, Alice Cooper also makes an appearance.