Tag Archives: John Carpenter

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Ross Birks

As far as American gialli go, Eyes of Laura Mars presents itself as something of an ideal. Stylishly directed by Irwin Kershner, front loaded with a star-studded cast and hung on a tastily absurd concept – she sees what the … Continue reading →

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Halloween (1978)

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Ross Birks

I watch this every year without fail because it is One of The Greatest Movies Ever Made. I still manage to see new things in it. Carpenter’s economical style becomes more and more minimalist the more I see it, almost … Continue reading →

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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Ross Birks

I’ve grown to love this movie for all the ways it feels like a true successor to Carpenter’s Halloween and for all the ways it doesn’t. I like to imagine a world where this was a success and we got … Continue reading →

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John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars (2001)

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Ross Birks

Ghosts of Mars is similar to Prince of Darkness in that it serves up an encore of Carpenter’s favourite storytelling tropes; the Rio Bravo remixing, the siege, the horde of supernatural baddies, the stoic antihero and plenty more. But where … Continue reading →

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John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Ross Birks

While often lumped in with John Carpenter’s late-career slew of misfires, Vampires actually gets a lot of things right. It’s fun to see him finally indulge in the explicit Western iconography and tropes he had flirted with for his entire … Continue reading →

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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Ross Birks

“It’s a siege. It’s a goddamn siege!” About as close to perfect as low-budget, economic genre filmmaking can get. Carpenter’s spartan, precise camera glides around capturing glorious PanaVision compositions. This is still early Carpenter and you can feel him finding … Continue reading →

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Halloween Night, 1963 – Halloween (1978)

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Ross Birks

Halloween is my favourite horror movie and one of my ten favourite movies of all time. It’s a film I saw at a very young age and one I’m always returning to, wether it be shoving the DVD on for … Continue reading →

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