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John Carpenter


John Carpenter Biography

JOHN CARPENTER (Producer/Based on the film written by) was born in Carthage, New York and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father was a college music professor. Captivated by movies, especially westerns, at an early age, Carpenter attended Western Kentucky University then enrolled in the University of Southern California's School of Cinema.



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Fans of director JOHN CARPENTER's horror movie THE THING are in for a treat - plans are afoot for a....
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31/10/2007
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John Carpenter Film / Movie Reviews


All good things deserve a documentary about them, so why not the slasher film? This....

America loves convenience. After all, we’re the culture that invented the cell phone, the 24-hour....

There's a definite B-movie appeal to the ham-fisted acting, high body count and heavy metal....


Stop me if you've heard this one before: otherwise docile creature goes nuts and marauds its way....

I'm a child of the 80s. I like my horror movies, and I like them cheesy. They're not scary to....




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