Assault on Precinct 13, 1976. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Charles Cyphers, Tony Burton, Nancy Loomis, Martin West. SYNOPSIS: A cop and a ragtag collection of criminals defend a closing police station against an invading gang. Often lauded as ‘the ultimate siege move’, John Carpenter’s second full-length feature Assault […]
October Horrors Day 3 – Halloween (1978)
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 […]