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John Carpenter
Director 78 years old

John Carpenter

Carthage, New York, USA

An American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction. Most films in Carpenter's career... Read full bio →

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In Search of Darkness 1995-1999: Journey Back Into Iconic '90s Horror

In Search of Darkness 1995-1999: Journey Back Into Iconic '90s Horror

David A. Weiner 2025 6h 24m

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global emergence, from mind-bending twists to Y2K apocalyptic dread, and from blockbuster hits to straight-to-video gems.

In Search of Darkness 1990-1994: A Journey Into Iconic '90s Horror

In Search of Darkness 1990-1994: A Journey Into Iconic '90s Horror

David A. Weiner 2024 6h 23m

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

Benjamin Field 2024 1h 30m 7.0

Showcases Hammer Films through the eyes of its actors, filmmakers and fans, tracing the history of the production house.

Studio 666

Studio 666

BJ McDonnell 2022 1h 46m

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into '80s Horror

In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into '80s Horror

David A. Weiner 2022 5h 42m

The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.

In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues

In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues

David A. Weiner 2020 4h 23m

The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.

The Rise of the Synths

The Rise of the Synths

Iván Castell 2019 1h 22m

The Rise of the Synths is a documentary about the Synthwave scene, nostalgia and the universe of creating sounds. A love letter to human fascination and the collective memories of a universe, that never existed.

In Search of Darkness

In Search of Darkness

David A. Weiner 2019 4h 24m

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Andrew Monument 2009 1h 36m 6.5

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

Frank H. Woodward 2008 1h 30m

A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos.

The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare

Adam Simon 2000 1h 13m

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

John Carpenter 1995 1h 39m 6.0

A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.

Il silenzio dei prosciutti

Il silenzio dei prosciutti

Ezio Greggio 1994 1h 21m 4.8

Rookie FBI agent Jo Dee Foster has been assigned to work on the case of the Psycho Killer, a psycho killer who has psycho-killed over 120 people. But to learn more about his target, he's forced to meet Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza, a famous doctor turned cannibal who ate pizzas with human body parts.

Body Bags

Body Bags

John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper 1993 1h 35m

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is terrorized by a serial killer; a hair transplant goes horribly wrong; and a baseball player loses an eye and gets a new one from a recently executed murderer.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

John Carpenter 1992 1h 39m 6.6

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

They Live

They Live

John Carpenter 1988 1h 33m 7.7

A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.

Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China

John Carpenter 1986 1h 40m 7.2

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

Starman

Starman

John Carpenter 1984 1h 55m 7.2

An alien crashes to earth and takes the form of a grieving young widow's late husband.

The Thing

The Thing

John Carpenter 1982 1h 49m 8.5

Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.

Escape from New York

Escape from New York

John Carpenter 1981 1h 39m 7.5

In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

The Fog

The Fog

John Carpenter 1980 1h 30m 7.2

The coastal city Antonia Bay of just one hundred inhabitants is about a receive a visit from a group of ghost seamen who want revenge for past wrongdoings. The Fog is the cult-horror film from John Carpenter that was also a success in theaters.

Halloween

Halloween

John Carpenter 1978 1h 31m 8.0

Halloween is the low budget American horror film from 1978. A young man who at the age of six killed his sister has escaped from a psychiatric clinic and is once again killing teenagers in this classic from John Carpenter.

Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

John Carpenter 1976 1h 31m 7.9

The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.

Dark Star

Dark Star

John Carpenter 1974 1h 23m 7.1

A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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