John Carpenter

There's no question that Carpenter made some great eighties movies. The Thing, Escape from New York, They Live, Starman.

The problem is that he is kept making eighties movies throughout the nineties and into the new millenium!:D. Cinema moved on but he kept churning out the same type of film. It was apparent when the likes of Vampires (1998) and particularly Ghosts of Mars (2001) came out that he was making films in some kind of strange timewarp as if it was still 1987.

I thought In the Mouth of Madness was interesting and under-rated (I could have thought of plenty of questions for the Q&A!). Apart from that though, the only memorable moment from his post-eighties output was seeing Kurt Russell make the full-court basketball shot in Escape from LA
 
I love Carpenter, He is my favourite director. Thing, Halloween, Fog, Big Trouble and Escape from New York are some of my favourite films.

Cant wait for his Comeback at the end of the Year, The Ward Starring Amber Heard and Lynsey Fonseca. Its been long overdue :D
 
JC is a great director, or was in the 70's/80's. The Thing, Halloween, Escape from New York, The Fog and Starman are all great movies. I would say The Thing and Halloween would be in my 20 films of all time, his musical scores were also superb.
 
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