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  • I know. I was screaming DARK STAR! at the screen while watching this. Best cult sciFi movie. It would be cool to remake, but only change the effects and acting. Keep the script and... the beachball alien.

  • All of John Carpenter's movies need to be seen in glorious 2.35 : 1 aspect ratio. That's part of what makes his movies unique, as you've pointed out.

  • How did JC get screwed on his Halloween deal? He got his name above the title, final cut of the film and 10% of the gross!! He made $7.8 million off Halloween 1 back in 1978.

  • Good vid, but where is 'Dark Star'?

  • The Fog is such a good film. I mean, it's considered a classic but it never seems to get as much love as Halloween and The Thing. It has excellent mood and dread with a good cast.

  • sorry

  • I think that the masters of horror episode "Cigarette burns" was one of his greatest achievements as well. Though, I don't think either of them had aired yet when this video was made. Also, I find him to be one of the greatest and most distinctive composers of all time. I wish they would have touched on the music of his films and how much he is involved in the process. He had to have inspired directors like Robert Rodriguez to experiment with that whole "One man band" way of film making. g

  • I think that the masters of horror episode "Cigarette burns" was one of his greatest achievements as well. Though, I don't think either of them had aired yet when this video was made. Also, I find him to be one of the greatest and most distinctive composers of all time. I wish they would have touched on the music of his films and how much he is involved in the process. He had to have inspired directors like Robert Rodriguez to experiment with that whole "One man band" way of film making.

  • I think that the masters of horror episode "Cigarette burns" was one of his greatest achievements as well. Though, I don't think either of them had aired yet when this video was made. Also, I find him to be one of the greatest and most distinctive composers of all time. I wish they would have touched on the music of his films and how much he is involved in the process. He had to have inspired directors like Robert Rodriguez to experiment with that whole "One man band" way of film making.

  • I think that the masters of horror episode "Cigarette burns" was one of his greatest achievements as well. Though, I don't think either of them had aired yet when this video was made. Also, I find him to be one of the greatest and most distinctive composers of all time. I wish they would have touched on the music of his films and how much he is involved in the process. He had to have inspired directors like Robert Rodriguez to experiment with that whole "One man band" way of filmmaking.

  • you missed out dark star which was a big influence on the red dwarf series

  • 1. The thing

    2. Assault on precinct 13

    3. Halloween

    4. Big trouble in little china

    5. The fog

    Also they live is highly overrated

  • Dark Star!!

  • 1. Assault on Precinct 13

    2. Halloween

    3. Escape From New York

    4. The Thing

    5. They Live

  • I'm glad the picture quality seems to have improved since then.

  • @normansmother1 Looked at any other videos? They do some of that.

  • I really like BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.

  • best line of the video "I could do an hour on Prince of Darkness. Half hour talking, half hour beating you up" haha

  • Prince of darkness is simply one of the worst movies ever. The acting is by far HORRIBLE! Story is slow. Just dumb.

  • Carpenter has the unique ability to take what seems like a bad script and make an instant cult film.He gives his movies an aura of originality,you truly get that the film is honest and it's not just trying to milk you for money.

  • His movies will be even more respected as time goes by

  • I was the person they based SNAKE PLISCEN on.

  • I was the guy that they based Snake Pliscen character on. They did it to insult me. But I must say, that I wanted them to portray Snake in a less sympathetic light. I wanted them to make Snake even more anti-social. But other then that, I really liked the movie.

  • I'm sorry, but Prince of Darkness sucks ass! Crap acting, horrible script, bad pacing - i could go on. They Live and The Thing are some of my favorite films though.

  • @nookie077 >> agreed.

  • The Thing, not any else of his films.

  • 1.- The Thing

    2.- In the Mouth of Madness

    3.- The Fog

    4.- They Live

    5.- Escape from New York and Starman

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  • fat boy needs to let other people talk

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  • 1. The Thing

    2. Big Trouble in Little China

    3. Assault on Precinct 13

    4. They Live

    5. Halloween

  • 1-Escape from New York

    2-Halloween

    3-Big trouble in little China

    4-They live

    5-Assualt on precint 13

  • Best John Carpenter Films

    1.They Live

    2.Big Trouble in Little China

    3.Escape in New York

    4.Starman

    5.Prince of Darkness

  • 1) The Thing

    2) The Fog

    3) Assaut on Precinct 13

    4) Halloween

    5) They live

  • Top 5 Carpenter Movies...

    1/The Thing

    2/Escape From New York

    3/Halloween

    4/In The Mouth Of Madness

    5/Big Trouble In Little China

    They Live is also great....But nothing beats The Thing.

  • Based on their enthusiasm, I rented Prince of Darkness. Good concept, and interesting effects, but unfortunately, Carpenter picked the worst actors for these movie. Only Donald Pleasence as the priest was any good.

    Favorite Carpenter films:

    1--The Thing

    2--Escape from New York

    3--Halloween

    4--Big Trouble in Little China

    5--In the Mouth of Darkness.

  • For movie geeks, these guys make a lot of fuck-ups with details and particularly cast names. e.g. it wasn't Catherine Mary Stewart in "Christine", it was Alexandra Paul. But that gripe aside, great and entertaining show as always.

  • What we really need is 'At the Mountains of Madness'.

  • 1. The Thing

    2. Halloween

    3. Assault On Precinct 13

    4. Big Trouble In Little China

    5. Village Of The Damned

  • How can they sit there straight faced and say Village of The Damned sucked. That films easily one of Carpenters best. The black guys the only one with some sense. Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness were terrible. In The Mouth of Madness is proberbly one of the worst films I've ever seen.

  • Tom Atkins did not play a sheriff in The Fog. This movie in one of my very favorites by Carpenter, these guys must not like good atmosphere.

  • This episode is why I got hooked on this show. Freaking LOVE John Carpenter. This was a great discussion, even if you skipped over Halloween and The Thing. I have to agree with Edwin and Mike, Prince of Darkness kicks ass. I finally saw it over a week ago and loved it. That movie freaked me out.

    My 5 Favorite Carpenter Movies

    1. The Thing

    2. Big Trouble in Little China

    3. Escape from New York

    4. They Live

    5. Prince of Darkness

  • why didn't you mention DARKSTAR?

  • Tom Atkins didn't play the Sheriff.

  • They barely discuss the films in any detail at all. Each discussion is "I liked it", "I didn't Like it" then a list of the actors in each film. The only one they really go into any detail on is They Live and then its only what is every else mentions (The long fight etc). When the fella is asked why he doesn't like Prince of Darkness his answer is "I just didn't" Pointless.

  • @j658 I'm so glad you said this, your description of their conversation was exactly right, and it saved me watching 20 minutes of garbage. The only thing you left out was that after mentioning an actor, then they would mention every other movie that person has been in to show how much they know.

  • @j658 I agree: the Cinefiles guys are obviously committed and engaged film fans, but there's just not enough substantive material in their 'reviews'.

  • @j658

    however they make a nice point on AOP13. There is no central bad guy of the gang. No leader. Never thought of it like that. It's cool.

  • that black guy look like Gary Coleman with down syndrome

  • i dunno why these three dudes are actin' like the fourth one is crazy for thinking that "prince of darkness" isn't all they think it is. it doesn't have wide appeal. it has "niche" appeal, so his disinterest isn't as unbelievable as they're making it seem.

  • What is perhaps more alarming then their suprise in the black guys disinterest towards the film is their enthusiasm for it. Prince Of Darkness sucked. Even if you were to be drawn to its very distant appeal, theres no way you could conceivably credit it with that kind of acclaim.

  • Big trouble....

    in little chinaaaaaaaaaaa!

    lol

  • im glad they liked 'prince of darkness'

  • Love this show.

  • Geeks.

  • Clips of the films would help improve the show. Otherwise, this could be a podcast.

  • i agree with everything they're saying... but jesus what an alpha pack of nerds!

  • I actually appreciate how they skip "Halloween" and "The Thing." They're both fantastic. Not much more praise can be said about them.

  • Great discussion guys! Carpenter is an idol of mine. His movie scores are just as good as his movies and I'm glad you mentioned it.

  • One of your best shows guys, good topic, good job. I love precinct 13. Which was a remake of RIOBRAVO. I like your show. I sent you emails and no one responded. What's up? Are you guys still around?

    Talk about the movie THEY LIVE. Also I love ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Which was filmed in St. Louis.

  • I say "you" suck plastique boy!

  • WTF is this, cable access? This show sucks.

  • It's a show by movie buffs, for movie buffs. You are obviously not one of us.

  • this has got to be the best movie revew show i have seen in ......shit i cant remember, ireland hasen't got good shows man, you've gotta do a show on george romero,david lynch or william friedkin !!

    keep up the good work,

    ohh the michael moore show? good call

  • No contest, my favorite Carpenter film is The Thing. Halloween and They Live are also good. Thing however is not only gory is chilling. The style and method used makes my skin crawl.

    "...No one trusts anyone. We tell each other from the thing." It's the sense of paranoia and claustrophobia that sets it apart from other horror movies.

  • My favorite is probably Escape From New York.

  • "Escape from New York" is awesome, I love it very much, which is why I'm a bit wary of the upcoming remake starring Gerard Butler (The shouting guy from "300") as Snake Pliskin. But if it does suck we still have the original to go back to. Also I liked "Christine" but I think it would probably work better as a black comedy type horror film. However the special effects are awesome! When are you going to upload your discussion on "diseases and the apocalypse" genres?

  • Carpenter didn't write the music for The Thing? I know Morricone made it. But I thought Carpenter went in an changed the music after Morricone was done with it? Which makes sense when you hear "Humanity (Part II)". That's a perfect mix of Carpenter's style, and Morricone's style. I'm sure I've read that Carpenter changed it, but then again you can't trust everything you read.

  • Their wrong, Assault on Precinct 13 wasn't his first film. His first film was Dark Star. But what I do agree with is that John Carpenter is awesome and I hope he comes back and makes more movies. Also I think Rob Zombie will do a good job "re-imagining" Halloween (I don't base this on his films because I haven't seen them yet. I've just seen a bunch of interviews and stuff and he seems to know what he's doing). Great work guys, upload more discussions!

  • NEEEEERRRRRRRRDS!

    the guy on the far right is fuckin annoyin.

  • And his mic seems to be way too loud.

  • Big Trouble in Little China didn't open at number 1 like the guy said. I think he's actually thinking of They Live which opened at #1.

  • Perceptive comments (for the most part) but how could you miss Escape from L.A.!

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