After having a week of John Carpenter’s work, in the month of #Johnuary, we now move on to honouring the work of another John. This time the composer John Barry. I put John Barry on my list of Johns because I always used to get…
I have absolutely loved immersing myself into the world of John Carpenter movies for the first week of my #Johnuary month. I have developed a real love for his work and I will be researching more, watching more and playing the commentaries on DVD. As…
Here we go. The last movie that I am reviewing by John Carpenter for #Johnuary. Escape from L.A. Obviously this is revisiting the first film that was actually 15 years prior to this one. But to be honest Kurt Russell looks pretty much the same…
We’re nearing the end of John Carpenter week within #Johnuary and today we’re looking at In The Mouth of Madness. And what an interesting movie this is. The opening track sounds a lot like Metallica. I’m not totally sure if it was Carpenter or not…
Next up for #Johnuary is the excellent They Live. This was the other Carpenter movie that I had seen before. Mainly because I loved Rowdy Roddy Piper from the WWF, particularly as I’m Scottish and he always wore a kilt. I love the title screen…
#Johnuary continues with John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness. Like many of the films I’ve been watching for Johnuary I knew absolutely nothing about Prince of Darkness before watching it. Here are my initial thoughts as I watched it. Once again I love the score. I…
Continuing with the month of #Johnuary we now reach one of John Carpenter’s best known films. Big Trouble in Little China. This film is a bit of a cult classic from the 80s, if not a mainstream classic. But again for some reason I had…
Continuing the month of #Johnuary, we now take a look at Starman. This is one of the few John Carpenter films that I did remember watching back in the day. I’ve probably seen the whole thing once through, although I couldn’t remember too much about…
Next up for #Johnuary is Christine. I really didn’t know anything about this film whatsoever other than I thought it was based on a Stephen King book and that it was about a girl with super powers. Then I realised I was getting mixed up…
Next up in #Johnuary is John Carpenter’s The Thing! This is definitely a film that is up there in the cult zeitgeist, and I couldn’t believe I hadn’t seen it before. Some quick thoughts before I get a bit deeper… I love the cinematography of…