Grimmfest, considered one of the UK’s biggest horror cinema specialists, celebrate the history of horror cinema. This year, Grimmfest has partnered with The Horror Channel to offer big screen presentations of a whole host of classic horror films from four masters of the genre all on the big screen, across…
Browsing: John Carpenter
THE WARD *** USA 2010 Dir: John Carpenter. 88 mins Although occasionally a creeping tracking shot or an ominous bit of corridor camera-prowling reminds us who’s calling shots, while a potent soundtrack cue (not by the director in this case) pays homage to pulsing earlier scores, this workmanlike chiller sees…
Fright-Rags wishes John Carpenter a happy 72nd birthday with a limited edition design dedicated to the master of horror. A new House Of 1000 Corpses collection has also been released. Fright-Rags’ John Carpenter tribute is available on T-shirts and zip-up hoodies now through Sunday, 19th January. From Halloween to The…
GHOSTS OF MARS *** USA 2001 Dir: John Carpenter. 98 mins One of Carpenter’s least admired movies, this formed part of his cycle of 90’s FX-driven studio movies and was also one of the decade’s under-performing big budget Mars movies. It’s a knockabout horror-infused action movie with a great cast,…
VAMPIRES **** USA 1998 Dir: John Carpenter. 108 mins The most stylish and bloodiest of Carpenter’s 90’s movies, this adaptation of John Steakley’s novel (by LIFEFORCE screenwriter Don Jakoby) followed major studio R-rated vampire movies FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and BLADE and, like those, led to a pair of (pretty…