While never mentioned alongside 'The Thing' and 'Halloween,' another Carpenter horror flick is just as important for understanding the ideas that motivate him.

Two new special editions allow VHS lovers and Carpenter enthusiasts to revisit the 1988 classic the way they might have seen it 35 years ago. VHS fetishism has surged in recent years, partly ...

John Carpenter is far more than a simple film director. A talented artist, a gifted musician, an inspired writer, and a ...

Though it came after his wonderfully loopy Dan O’Bannon collaboration Dark Star, John Carpenter the auteur made a proper debut with 1976’s Assault On Precinct 13—a taut, gritty thriller that ...

While John Carpenter has been all but absent from the horror scene since 2010 (The Ward, please check it out), he has been dabbling behind the scenes still. His score for the latest trilogy of ...