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Halloween at 45: The Best Parts of John Carpenter’s Slasher Classic

45 years ago, John Carpenter hit the kind of paydirt that keeps him in snacks and video games to this very day. There’s really not much left to be said about Halloween‘s impact since its release in 1978. A small-scale yet fleshed-out feature film born from the ideas and visual style of Carpenter’s student short… Read More »

Prince of Darkness Is John Carpenter’s Most Unsettling Movie

John Carpenter notoriously hates studio involvement in his work. It’s part of why he effectively retired from directing, which is an endless source of heartbreak for fans. But that disdain did once have an upside. After dealing with studios for his four previous films (The Thing, Christine, Starman, and Big Trouble in Little China), Carpenter… Read More »