Archive for John Carpenter
Tuned In :: Prime Pick (February, 1979)
Posted in 1970-1979, Tuned In with tags ABC, Bio-Pic, Elvis, Elvis Presley, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Movie of the Week, Pat Hingle, Prime Pick, The ABC Sunday Night Movie, TV on July 13, 2016 by WB KelsoEscape from Low Budget Films (September, 1980)
Posted in 1980-1989, Vintage News Articles with tags Debra Hill, Escape from New York, Hollywood Life, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Sci-Fi on May 13, 2016 by WB Kelso
Stalk ‘n’ SlashCinema :: The Nightmare Isn’t Over! (October, 1981)
Posted in 1980-1989, Movie Ads with tags An American Werewolf in London, Carbon Copy, Charles Cyphers, Debra Hill, Dino De Laurentiis, Donald Pleasence, Halloween Franchise, Halloween II, Irwin Yablans, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Joseph Wolf, Lance Guest, Leo Rossi, Mommie Dearest, Moustapha Akkad, Multiplex, Only When I Laugh, Psychos / Slashers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stalk 'n' SlashCinema, Tawny Moyer, The Pursuit of DB Cooper, The Watcher in the Woods, Thriller, Universal Pictures on October 21, 2013 by WB Kelso
In the good news / bad news department, it appears the Conestoga 4 may FINALLY be breaking out its creative rut, ad wise, just not for our targeted movie this round. Anyways, Halloween II is the kind of sequel you get when ya combine the writers and producers who weren’t all that interested to begin with with a case of beer and typewriter. Yeah, even though most of the players behind the original Halloween return for the sequel, instigated by Dino de Laurentiis, who guaranteed them all a profit upfront, the end result fails to recapture the magic of the original and shows all the earmarks of those paychecks already having cleared before a camera even rolled. Personally, I love and champion the original Halloween, but I am not a fan of the franchise it spawned at all. And it’s a dogfight between this franchise and the JAWS franchise as to which sequels did more damage to the films that spawned them.
Halloween II (1981) De Laurentiis :: Universal Pictures / EP: Joseph Wolf, Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad, Dino De Laurentiis / P: John Carpenter, Debra Hill / D: Rick Rosenthal / W: John Carpenter, Debra Hill / C: Dean Cundey / E: Mark Goldblatt, Skip Schoolnik / M: John Carpenter, Alan Howarth / S: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Lance Guest, Charles Cyphers, Leo Rossi, Tawny Moyer
Stalk ‘n’ SlashCinema :: Proto-Slashers :: Evil Cannot Die — It’ll Just Scare the Seeds out of Your Pumpkin! (February, 1979)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Beyond and Back, Charles Cyphers, Compass International Pictures, Debra Hill, Donald Pleasence, Gimmicks and Promotions, Halloween 1978, Horror, Irwin Yablans, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Moustapha Akkad, Nancy Loomis, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles, Psychos / Slashers, Stalk 'n' SlashCinema, Suspense, Take Down, Tony Moran on October 5, 2013 by WB Kelso
A Halloween costume contest? In February? For this thing? Kinda makes you wonder if the theater knew what kinda film they had on their hands. But in the Capitol Theater’s defense, I don’t think ANYBODY knew what hit them when John Carpenter’s Halloween spread across the country like wildfire as prints were biked from city to city because no studio would distribute it. Halloween is also a definite transition piece in the Stalk ‘n’ Slash genre. Often imitated, but never bettered, this amazing film will, indeed, scare the seeds out of your pumpkins.
Other Points of Interest:
Film review of Halloween at the Brewery.
Poster campaign for Halloween at the Archive.
Halloween (1978) Falcon International Productions :: Compass International Pictures / EP: Moustapha Akkad, Irwin Yablans / P: John Carpenter, Debra Hill / AP: Kool Marder / D: John Carpenter / W: John Carpenter, Debra Hill / C: Dean Cundey / E: Charles Bornstein, Tommy Lee Wallace / M: John Carpenter / S: Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Tony Moran, Nick Castle
Scenes from the Morgue 
