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You know you want it - an up-to-date guide to the cult film director John Carpenter - you'll laugh, cry and jump a mile from your chair.
Tension. Fear. Exhilaration. Atmospheric synthesizers. You’re in John Carpenter territory.
One of the most iconic directors of cult cinema John Carpenter has astonished audiences the world over with his tightly crafted horror, thriller and science-fiction films. Not just a director, Carpenter’s talents also extend to writing the screenplays and soundtracks to many of his films.
From the existential comedy classic Dark Star through to the terrifying smash hit Halloween, the taut siege of Assault on Precinct 13 to the visceral Vampires there’s action and tension all around. But it’s not all ghosts from The Fog or horrific mutations in The Thing, there’s time for romance in the science-fiction road movie Starman and even for The King himself in the superior bio-pic Elvis - The Movie. John Carpenter’s films are always memorable, distinctive and unashamed of their genre roots.
- John Carpenter is one of the icons of cult cinema, breaking low-budget films such as Halloween into the mainstream
- Those interested in genre study, horror, science-fiction and thrillers will find the book invaluable
- Carpenter’s hands-on approach to film-making (as well as directing he often writes the screenplay, edits and scores his films) also makes him an inspiration to low budget and no budget film-makers
- Interest in John Carpenter’s work has increased in recent years due to a number of high-profile remakes of his films
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