It builds some nice tension as it heads towards its unsatisfying conclusion as i expected something better, especially from carpenter. Someones watching me is a 1978 american madefortelevision horror film written and directed by john carpenter and starring lauren hutton, david birney. It was directed by carpenter, hooper and larry sulkis. Not one of john carpenter s best moments but for a late 70 s tv movie it s better than most. The path from the music world to the film world is well trodden. Carpenter met his future wife, actress adrienne barbeau, on the set of his 1978 television film someones watching me carpenter was married to barbeau from january 1, 1979, to 1984. John carpenter s the thing 1982 is famous for oozily gruesome special effects, impressively tight plotting, and for one of kurt russell s most iconic paranoidtoughguy performances. An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
He met actress adrienne barbeau on the set of his television movie somebody s watching me, and the two were married on january 1, 1979. The ward is a classic psychological horror thriller that keeps you guessing. Carpenter, john anthology movie themes 19741998 amazon. The theme for christine is available as a part of john carpenters anthology. It follows an unnamed drifter who discovers through special sunglasses that the ruling class are aliens concealing their appearance and. Rent john carpenter movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Album the fog original motion picture soundtrack expanded edition licensed to youtube by the orchard music, entertainment one u.
John carpenter supports all remakes of his films screen rant. Assault on precinct, in my opinion, is a very underrated john carpenter film as well as an underrated film in general. All told, someones watching me is an interesting piece of horror history, as its one of three films along with dark star and assault on precinct that allow viewers to see john carpenter before he became john carpenter. His family moved to bowling green, kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at western kentucky university. Nov 30, 2016 john carpenter reveals why he decided to come aboard the new halloween remake for blumhouse, while offering a brief status update. The film was made immediately prior to carpenters theatrical hit halloween.
This stance is unlikely to surprise anyone familiar with carpenter, as he s always been the type of guy to not hold back on his opinions, regardless of what the masses might think of them. The film was made immediately prior to carpenter s theatrical hit halloween. He was greatly influenced by the works of director alfred hitchcock. While this horror movie isnt truly a paranormal horror tale, it is a classic horror tale that many women can relate.
A return to form for john carpenter s last film to date. He also directed two episodes of showtime s masters of horror series. Anthology is a nearcomprehensive survey of john carpenter s greatest themes, from his very first movie, the nobudget scifi film dark star, to 1998 s supernatural western, vampires. Its interesting to note that original author john w. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Halloween s main title theme was the first to go down on tape. John carpenter, 1978 by justine peres smith on october 27, 2016 leave a comment carpenter doesnt frame the film as being about an outlier male abuser, but a culture that has little respect for a woman s personal space. With adrienne barbeau, jamie lee curtis, janet leigh, john houseman. John howard carpenter was born in carthage, new york, to mother milton jean carter and father howard ralph carpenter. Jul 17, 20 carpenter always comes across to me as just not giving a s t. John carpenter reveals why he decided to come aboard the new. The themes associated with laurie jamie lee curtis and dr.
John carpenter biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Exploring john carpenter village of the damned duration. To call lost themes a john carpenter solo album is a bit misleading, though. The couple had one son, john cody carpenter born may 7, 1984. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. John carpenter, the man who people still think is a millionaire, ordered a slice of cheesecake and a decaf cup of coffee when we sat down to talk at the hamden town house a few nights ago. Campbells mother had an identical twin sister who actively disliked john and that he had trouble telling the two apart. I am not writing about 1982 s the thing, which many argue is carpenter s. Although carpenter has worked with various movie genres, he is associated most commonly with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s.
Apr 20, 2008 j ohn carpenters initial intention when writing the script for someones watching me also titled high rise was that it would be given a full theatrical release. I got a brand new place, i think ive seen it twice all year i cant remember how it looks inside, so you can picture how my life s been i went from starin at the same four walls for 21 years to seein the whole world in just twelve months been gone for so long i might have just found god. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Arguably halloween starring fictional character, michael myersa crazed lunatic massmurder who kills everybody is carpenter s most popular work, which has started a cultural trend during the sinful.
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on halloween night 1963, michael myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of haddonfield, illinois to kill again. John, his son cody, and collaborators alan howarth and daniel davies explain how its all possible. Buy the films of john carpenter new ed by john kenneth muir isbn. If file is multipart dont forget to check all parts before downloading. John carpenter is not only a cult moviemaker, but also a pioneering electronic composer. With donald pleasence, jamie lee curtis, tony moran, nancy kyes. During their marriage, barbeau starred in the fog, and also appeared in escape from new york. This factoid not only goes far in explaining the storys fascination with false identity but even what some claim is a thread of misogyny throughout, citing the fact. Official youtube channel of filmmaker john carpenter. Stream tracks and playlists from john carpenter on your desktop or mobile device. The prince of darkness almost every movie he made barely translated during its time in theaters, and was only successful in a culty way later on.
Barbeau and hutton have a nice friendship and both come off as very likeable. It was released on february 3, 2015, through sacred bones records. It does remind me a bit of another film with a similar theme. The themes that drive them can be stripped to a few coldly repeating notes, take on the electrifying thunder of a rock concert, or submerge themselves into exotic, unholy miasmas. Conversations with some of horror s greatest composers to be released 7112012 assault on precinct and dark star album debuts from bsx 10141998 interview.
John carpenter s the thing 1982 left viewers with a movie ending that could be interpreted in many ways. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Obviously, its not a masterwork like his later films due to its budget and time limitations, and carpenter freely. Body bags is a 1993 american horror comedy anthology television film originally made for television, featuring three unconnected stories, with bookend segments featuring john carpenter, tom arnold and tobe hooper as deranged morgue attendees. Its hard to ruin webbers already strange musical, but tom hoopers wrongheaded attempt certainly tries. The best john carpenter movie theme songs halloween, the. Oct 18, 2017 legendary horror director john carpenter says that he supports all remakes of his films, as long as he gets paid. The fog for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Moreaus creature laboratory instead of a poets and a composers feline universe, an uncatty valley hybrid of physical and. Macready character or keith david s child s character or are both men human. In interviews, carpenter is often direct in his answering of. Loomis donald pleasence now seems to be the most herrmannesque.
Lost themes is the debut studio album by american film director and composer john carpenter. Bmg rights management us, llc, aresa, and 3 music rights societies. Apr 06, 2016 john carpenter does not bull shit you. Someone s watching me 1978 while this horror movie isnt truly a paranormal horror tale, it is a classic horror tale that many women can relate to in their real livesbeing stalked. But your films are widely viewed as alltime classics, john. John howard carpenter born january 16, 1948 is an american film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and composer.
John howard carpenter born january 16, 1948 is an american filmmaker, screenwriter and composer. Jan 18, 2018 exploring john carpenter someones watching me. The standoff trade paperback official trailer duration. Oct, 2011 john carpenter s the thing 1982 is famous for oozily gruesome special effects, impressively tight plotting, and for one of kurt russell s most iconic paranoidtoughguy performances. They live is a 1988 american sciencefiction action horror film written and directed by john carpenter, based on the 1963 short story eight oclock in the morning by ray nelson, and starring roddy piper, keith david, and meg foster.
Not me,for someone as vastly entertaining and thought provoking as john carpenter,i. A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. Previously cities included franklin nc and palm beach fl. With lauren hutton, david birney, adrienne barbeau, charles cyphers.
John carpenter s birthday is 091942 and is 77 years old. A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the earth. A subreddit for legendary john carpenter and his films. John carpenter christine official music video youtube. Carpenter created lost themes in collaboration with his son cody carpenter and his godson daniel davies. While lost themes is his first standalone album, carpenter has composed numerous critically acclaimed.
All told, someone s watching me is an interesting piece of horror history, as it s one of three films along with dark star and assault on precinct that allow viewers to see john carpenter before he became john carpenter. Although carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he s most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 70s and 80s. Purchased by warner brothers, the project was transformed into a madefortv project for nbc. John carpenter sound on sound the worlds premier music. Listen to john carpenter soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 173 tracks. A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it. With keith gordon, john stockwell, alexandra paul, robert prosky.
John carpenter bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Those sit alongside the driving, led zeppelininfluenced assault on precinct theme, halloween s iconic 54 piano riff, and the eerie synth work of the fog. Yet, despite the constraints and regulations that a television environment would have. Oct 31, 2016 for the small screen, carpenter directed the thriller someones watching me, the acclaimed biographical miniseries, elvis, and the showtime horror trilogy john carpenter presents body bags. J ohn carpenter s initial intention when writing the script for someones watching me also titled high rise was that it would be given a full theatrical release. John carpenter has been responsible for much of the horror genres most striking soundtrack work in the fifteen movies hes both directed and scored. He said that i was very cold to him when he told me that he was going to make halloween, said carpenter. It s biggest weak point is the killer s reveal which once you see him you find yourself wondering who. Scream factory, which seems to have cornered the market on john carpenter blurays and dvds, recently released his madefortv movie someones watching me. John carpenter finally comments on rob zombies halloween. Mar 04, 2015 the carpenter adaptation hewed more closely to the john campbell story who goes there, rather than remaking the 1951 classic the thing from another world, directed by carpenters hero howard hawks and starring gunsmoke lawman james arness. The legendary synth sounds of john carpenter dubspot. I feel that john carpenter himself is a criminally underrated director and i know i am not alone in this. John carpenter wooten, 77 delray beach, fl background.
Download john carpenter the fog ost files tradownload. Tom hoopers jarring fever dream of a spectacle is like something that escaped from dr. The following are the soundtracks that make john carpenter one of film s most gifted scorers. I can almost see his eyes rolling at questions such as these.
Obviously, it s not a masterwork like his later films due to its budget and time limitations, and carpenter freely. Oct 10, 2017 john carpenter just a poor director trying to get by in this terrible world. Carpenter once called the arness thing a blooddrinking carrot from outer space. Singles from the western canon radio broadcasts holiday instrumentals possibilities. Little seen gem first aired on broadcast back in the 70s, sometimes known as john carpenters someones watching me. John carpenter relayed a story about a halloween documentary special that zombie took part in, noting that he took exception with something zombie said during the madefortv doc. Other names that john uses includes john w carpenter, john wooten carpenter, john wooten carpenter and john w carpenter. He particularly achieved international success with the thriller movies halloween 1978 and. The thing, escape from new york, halloween, in the mouth of madness, among many other films. He also directed two episodes of showtimes masters of horror series. Sep 23, 2016 john carpenter relayed a story about a halloween documentary special that zombie took part in, noting that he took exception with something zombie said during the madefortv doc. Carpenter was married to barbeau from january 1, 1979, to 1984. For the small screen, carpenter directed the thriller someone s watching me, the acclaimed biographical miniseries, elvis, and the showtime horror trilogy john carpenter presents body bags. With roddy piper, keith david, meg foster, george buck flower.
Carpenter met his future wife, actress adrienne barbeau, on the set of his 1978 television movie, someone s watching me. If i remember correctly in the interview book i have john carpenter. The rhythm was inspired by an exercise my father taught me on the bongos in 1961, the beating out of 54 time. John carpenter scares you with his films and film scores. That there was a great 1978 john carpenter horror film just out there waiting for me to discover is also an almost indescribable pleasure. The director, writer and scorer of some of the most iconic movies is a very transparent person. In next page click regular or free download and wait certain amount of time usually around 30 seconds until download button will appead. The only film he directed that was a big hit was halloween, which is the first john carpenter film i saw as well.