John Carpenter
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Halloween (1978)
Our film begins on Halloween night in 1963 in the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Little Michael Myers is 6 years old, and he kills his older sister Judith with a butcher knife.
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Escape from NY (1981)
Escape from NY begins in 1988, and the national crime rate has spiked by 400% in the United States. The island of Manhattan has been revamped into a National Maximum Security Penitentiary.
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Starman (1984)
Voyager themed subplots seemed to be en vogue in the late 1970/early 80's. For those of you who don’t know, the Voyager space program released two satellites in 1977, and the Voyager 1 just recently exited our solar system - it took about 34 years to get there.
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Halloween (1978) 35th Anniversary Edition Comes To 4K
Lionsgate Home Entertainment released Halloween on 4K on September 25, 2018. John Carpenter directed the film starring Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tony Moran.
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Halloween II (1981)
In the spirit of such 80’s sequels as The Sting II, Grease 2, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, and Fletch Lives, John Carpenter continues the tradition of following a god damned American classic with a meaningless money grab disguised as a film sequel.
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Lunchtime Movie Review
Escape from NY (1981)
Embassy Pictures released Escape from NY to theaters on July 10, 1981. John Carpenter directed the film starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, and Ernest Borgnine.
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Movie House Memories
Halloween (1978)
Aquarius Releasing released Halloween on October 25, 1978. John Carpenter directed the film starring Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tony Moran.
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Blogsville
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Turns 30
July 2, 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the John Carpenter classic Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, and Dennis Dun star in the action adventure.
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Lunchtime Movie Review
Starman (1984)
Columbia Pictures Corporation released Starman on December 14, 1984. John Carpenter directed the film starring Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, and Charles Martin Smith.
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The Thing (1982)
The Thing begins with an alien spaceship flying through space before it enters Earth's atmosphere near Antarctica.
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The Thing (1982)
Universal released The Thing to theaters on June 25, 1982; grossing $13.8M worldwide. John Carpenter directed the horror classic which starred Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, and Keith David.
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Halloween (1978)
Compass International Pictures released Halloween to theaters on October 25, 1978. John Carpenter directed the film which starred Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tony Moran.
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