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John Carpenter
Writer 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 →

Filmography

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13 titles
Ghosts of Mars

Ghosts of Mars

John Carpenter 2001 1h 38m 6.2

A story of human colonists on Mars who must be rescued after becoming possessed by vengeful Martian ghosts.

Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A.

John Carpenter 1996 1h 41m 6.4

Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.

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.

Prince of Darkness

Prince of Darkness

John Carpenter 1987 1h 42m 7.6

A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.

Black Moon Rising

Black Moon Rising

Harley Cokeliss 1986 1h 40m 4.3

An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.

Halloween II

Halloween II

Rick Rosenthal 1981 1h 32m 7.0

Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital, while Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt the streets for Michael Myers, who has found Laurie at the Haddonfield Hospital.

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.

Someone's Watching Me!

Someone's Watching Me!

John Carpenter 1978 1h 37m 6.3

A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.

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.

Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars

Irvin Kershner 1978 1h 44m 5.8

Suddenly Laura Mars can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he commits his crimes.

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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