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John Carpenter is taking a very active role in the new Halloween movie

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When news broke last year that Danny McBride (Vice Principals, Alien: Covenant) would be writing and producing a Halloween reboot with David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) directing, plenty of people were excited. The duo promised that they would be bringing the Halloween franchise back to its former glory, revealing that the film will be a […]

The Thing with comedian Jamie Allerton | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #57

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, comedian Jamie Allerton turns into a tentacle monster to discuss John Carpenter’s shape-shifting classic The Thing… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, stand-up comedian Jamie Allerton discusses his […]

Movie Review – For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween (2018)

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For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween, 2018. Directed by Paul Downey. Starring Dave McRae, Jack Norman, James Secker, Nathan Thomas Milliner, P.J. Starks, Richard Stringham,  J. Blake Fichera, Daniel Mark Young, James Morrissey, Chris Johnson, Evan Tapper, Nils Reucker, and James Plumb. SYNOPSIS:  For the Love of the Boogeyman is a retrospective dissection of John […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 22 – The Fog (1980)

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The Fog, 1980. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh, and Hal Holbrook. SYNOPSIS: A small fishing town is enveloped by a mysterious fog, bringing with it the vengeful spirits of the mariners killed in a shipwreck 100 years prior. After omitting him from last year’s October Horrors, […]

Comic Book Preview – John Carpenter’s The Joker: Year of the Villain #1

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Halloween and The Thing director John Carpenter turns his hand to the Clown Prince of Crime this week as writer on Joker: Year of the Villain, and you can take a look at a preview of today’s issue here courtesy of DC Comics… In the Year of the Villain, what’s a Clown Prince of Crime […]

John Carpenter “wouldn’t count on” Halloween receiving a true ending with Halloween Ends

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Halloween creator John Carpenter has claimed he doesn’t expect the franchise to come to a true end even after the two upcoming sequels, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends. “As long as there’s money in this, I wouldn’t count on an ending,” Carpenter stated during an appearance on a panel at the Keystone Comic Con in Philadelphia (via The […]

John Carpenter will be scoring Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends

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John Carpenter has confirmed that in addition to producing, he will be crafting the scores for the upcoming sequels Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends. In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Carpenter stated his involvement in the two back-to-back sequels when discussing last year’s franchise relaunch. “I loved it, It was a lot of fun,” said Carpenter. “And […]

Horror Rewind – Halloween (1978)

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Halloween, 1978 Directed by John Carpenter Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, P.J. Soles and Nancy Loomis SYNOPSIS: Homicidal maniac Michael Myers, locked away in a mental asylum after murdering his sister when he was a child, escapes his confines and heads for the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, with his psychiatrist Dr Sam Loomis […]

John Carpenter to write The Joker: Year of the Villain for DC

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Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, The Fog) is teaming up with writer Anthony Burch (Borderlands 2, League of Legends) to make their DC Universe debut with the one-shot comic The Joker: Year of the Villain, which is part of the publisher’s Year of the Villain event. “The Joker is the greatest villain in comics.  I’m […]