Halloween is the Carpenter movie I never got. I always suspected I was missing something. Close friends set their horror watches by it. But it…
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In the Mouth of Madness is a gateway to Sam Neil, and for that the film instantly wins praise. Many, of course, discovered the Kiwi…
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What exactly is it that we find so unnerving about the proliferation of autonomous weapon systems? Reporting on the 2017 International Joint Conference on Artificial…
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Christine is, well…not too good, but there are moments that prevent it from uglying up the Carpenter forecourt too badly. This model had a lot to…
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Yes, there is a lot of silly fun on display in the 1996 John Carpenter Snake-fest, Al Leong is still merrily energising the background, and…
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John Carpenter’s Vampires is a mess, but like other films in his later work, there’s a frustrating sense that things could have been better, with…
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Google John Carpenter’s They Live and worrying indications of a remake surface. You can understand why someone might think about it. The ’10s’ (or whatever)…
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A few words on Dark Star, which I saw for the first time just before Christmas. I’ve been meaning to watch it for about a…
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