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3. Escape from New York. 1981 1h 39m R. 7.1 (158K) Rate. 76 Metascore. In 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. Director John Carpenter Stars Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef Ernest Borgnine.
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms.
Biografi. John Carpenter är utbildad på Western Kentucky University och filmskolan på University of Southern California i Los Angeles. Under tiden på USC gjorde han den Oscarsbelönade kortfilmen The Resurrection of Bronco Billy (1970) och kultklassikern Dark Star (1974). Han verkar främst inom skräckfilmsgenren.
4 days ago · In the Mouth of Madness (1995)59%. #12. Critics Consensus: If it fails to make the most of its intriguing premise, In the Mouth of Madness remains a decent enough diversion for horror fans and John Carpenter completists. Synopsis: When horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) goes missing, insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill ...
Oct 6, 2023 · The 13 best John Carpenter movies, ranked. From sci-fi spectacles to the slasher that changed the game, we rank our picks for a baker's dozen of the iconic director's best films.
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed, co-written, and scored by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in supporting roles, the film is set mostly in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. The plot centers on a mental patient, Michael ...
May 3, 2024 · John Carpenter has been responsible for much of the horror genre’s most striking soundtrack work in the fifteen movies he’s both directed and scored. The themes that drive them can be stripped to a few coldly repeating notes, take on the electrifying thunder of a rock concert, or submerge themselves into exotic, unholy miasmas.
