It’s 2025, and Escape From New York has just got a new VHS release
by Simon Brew | May 14, 2025 | News
John Carpenter's Escape From New York is getting a deluxe VHS release in the UK, and it's available to order here. It is 2025....
Director: John Carpenter
The Thing | Its most subtle effects sequence is also its most effective
by Ryan Lambie | May 13, 2025 | Feature
One five-minute sequence at the heart of John Carpenter’s The Thing provides a showcase of expert special effects, direction and editing. ...
Moonraker, Alien, and 1979’s attitude to plot spoilers
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 04, 2025 | Feature, News
The attitude to spoilers appeared to be rather different in 1979, if magazine coverage of Moonraker, Alien and more are anything to go by…...
Ghosts Of Mars | The sci-fi western John Carpenter made 20 years too late
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 12, 2024 | Feature
Despite the promise of seeing Jason Statham shoot possessed ghouls in space, Ghosts Of Mars was a box office disappointment in 2001. What might have...
Halloween | Upcoming game is a 16-bit platformer; retro Ash Vs Evil Dead title also in the works
by Ryan Lambie | Aug 14, 2024 | Gaming, News
One of the two upcoming Halloween games will be developed by pixel platformer specialists WayForward. The studio's also working on an Ash Vs Evil Dead...
Two Halloween videogames are in development
by Maria Lattila | Aug 12, 2024 | Gaming, News
Boss Team Games is developing two videogames based on John Carpenter’s horror classic, Halloween. More details on those below. ...
The Thing | The story behind Drew Struzan's iconic poster
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 22, 2023 | Feature
Artist Drew Struzan created an unforgettable poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Incredibly, the artwork was conceived and rendered in a matter of hours…
John Carpenter offers brief take on the stalled Christine remake
by Dan Cooper | Sep 18, 2023 | News
John Carpenter's opinion on Bryan Fuller's proposed remake of his 1983 horror flick Christine is short, but typically spiky. ...
John Carpenter directing new horror series Suburban Screams
by Jake Godfrey | Jun 06, 2023 | News
John Carpenter has returned to the director's chair with television series Suburban Screams, and he's also teased a sequel to The Thing....
The new planned Escape From New York film will not be a remake
by Dan Cooper | Dec 19, 2022 | News
The team behind the latest attempt to revive the John Carpenter classic Escape From New York have said a remake is out of the question. ...
Why John Carpenter's The Thing still resonates at 40
by Rob Daniel | Jun 08, 2022 | Feature, News
As John Carpenter's The Thing turns 40 this summer, we look at why the film still resonates with audiences today. ...
John Carpenter would like to make a sequel to The Thing
by Lauren Miles | Feb 22, 2022 | News
John Carpenter says he would like to direct a sequel to The Thing - and discusses Escape From L.A as it's re-released in 4K....
The Thing getting 4K release this autumn
by Simon Brew | Aug 09, 2021 | News
John Carpenter's The Thing is getting a 4K disc release, with both a standard and a posh version of the set on the way....
The Thing looks set for another reboot
by Simon Brew | Aug 25, 2020 | News
John Carpenter looks to be involved in a new telling of The Thing story, with Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions....
John Carpenter reviews his own movies on Letterboxd [update: confirmed as fake]
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 26, 2014 | News
Genre filmmaking legend John Carpenter has recently taken to Letterboxd to write some frank reviews of his own movies and others....
