Movies| John Carpenter Obsession?

This man already terrified me when I was 9 years old with his movie Vampires(1998). Now, I made a paper on him in which made me see the man behind camera, It amazes me how he can see this things and execute these issues lightly. I've watched almost half of his Filmography and I'm so hooked by how he sees things especially when he starts talking about Humanity and Society.

I watched his film They Live, the one thing I can tell you is that don't overlook this film coz' once you do your destroying the essence of the film. Then I continued my JC marathon with Prince of Darkness, oh this had layers after layers of issues tackled. The superb take on Quantum Physics, if there's God there's Ant-God, AIDS and poverty. All these, fuels me-- I may not be JC obsessed yet but man oh man is my admiration up there. Respect for the man, can't wait for his comeback, I hope it'll push through.

Here are some quotes that i totally dig:
"The real threat is that we lose our humanity. We don't care any more about the homeless. We don't care about anything, as long as we make money."
my comment: 'instead of calling ourselves 'The Generation' why not tag ourselves 'Degeneration' -- it's fitting.

from They Live
to quote Frank ' The Golden Rule: He who has gold makes the rules'

note: there are tons of great quite from carpenter films esp. in they live

Filmmakers: Who to write

Another blast from the past. Had our first meeting in our major class. Sat through the basics, introduction, course outline, blah blah...so on and so fort. By the end of the discussion, our professor said that our project is going to be a historical research, about filmmakers that made an impact or changed the way for cinema today. so I had Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock(doi) in mind, Ruling out my options into one, I landed on none of the three gents I mentioned. Still had a debate between him and John Landis, whom did I chose, of course the one and the only Master of Horror, John Carpenter.

Why not Kubrick, saw his films liked em' but just don't want to make a paper about him, other thing my classmate got him already. Martin Scorsese, love his works, but I want someone else, Alfred Hitchcock, true genius, felt too much if I'll write my paper on him...don't wanna miss out any facts- in short don't want to mess up a legend.

I stumbled upon John Carpenter, saw his list of films, besides, Halloween, the Fog and the others and all other classics. Though for a while and ding John Landis, I know this guy coz' I love love love Blues Brothers and of course as an MJ fan, who cannot know this man shall perish (kidding) you get what I mean ( Thriller Video & Black or White Video, hello?) Animal House, Twilight Zone need I say more? Anyways I didn't choose John Landis because I already know him, I want to broaden my knowledge on other directors too.

John Carpenter,why not Wes Craven? I'll tell you why plain and simple, I love Scream,I love Fred Krueger, love 'Nightmare on Elm Street', brilliant storytelling, brilliant idea, brilliant concept and what better way to scare people is to let them not feel safe -- disturb their sleep, I mean haunt them on their sleep, but why John Carpenter?? who's the original, who's pioneer of the slasher genre -- John Carpenter. who has dozens of films that says it's a cult classic? him, him, him. Halloween, The Thing, The Fog and the lists goes on.

I know he's gone down the spiral since the 90's, well most people says, but in my opinion this guy still has it, this is coming from the new generation and (not fond of remakes). First Carpenter Film I saw-- Vampires. I was 9 years old when I saw it, I was so terrified,that for a week or more I slept facing the window, hands covering my neck. (and week before that I saw stigmata and the exorcist didn't scare me at all)still had a fresh image of that coz' today I laughed at myself on why I was so terrified by Vampires they don't even exist form where I live. lol

Question: am I the only one who actually liked this film? and totally find this film kick-ass, James Wood was so good, so cool, so kick ass, I, myself wanted to chop some vampire heads.

To all the haters...
few filmmakers can make more than 5 films that says 'cult classic', Two disappointing films(a lot says 'Vampires' & 'Ghost from Mars'--I beg to differ,GFM a bit meh when compared to his films but actually liked it) can't erase his past -- remarkable, horrifying films that terrorized our TV Screens.