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‘Insidious: The Red Door’ – Patrick Wilson Talks Scare Crafting and Shifting the Movie’s Original Storyline [Interview]

July 12, 2023 Meagan Navarro In the Mouth of Madness, Insidious, Insidious: The Red Door, Interviews, John Carpenter, Leigh Whannell, Movies, Patrick Wilson

The horror franchise’s original cast is back in Insidious: The Red Door, playing in theaters now and directed by and starring Patrick Wilson. In the film, “To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh (Wilson) and a college-aged Dalton (Ty Simpkins) must go deeper into The Further than ever before.” Wilson, who also pulled […]

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The King of 1983: ‘Cujo,’ ‘The Dead Zone’ and ‘Christine’ at 40

July 10, 2023 Brian Keiper christine, cujo, Editorials, featured, John Carpenter, Movies, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, topnews

By 1983, Stephen King had rocketed to the top of the publishing world within a fairly short period of time. His first novel, Carrie, had been published only nine years before but he was already considered the modern master of the horror novel. The adaptations of his work, Brian DePalma’s Carrie (1976), Tobe Hooper’s TV […]

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‘John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando’ Coming Next Year to PC & Consoles! [Trailer]

June 8, 2023 Mike Wilson featured, John Capenter's Toxic Commando, John Carpenter, PC, PlayStation 5, Summer Game Fest 2023, topnews, Video Games, Videos, Xbox Series

John Carpenter is back in video games. Revealed during Summer Game Fest is John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando. Aiming for release on consoles and PC in 2024 from Focus Home Entertainment and Saber Interactive, Toxic Commando is a cooperative first-person shooter game powered by Saber Interactive’s Swarm Engine. “It’s exciting to be collaborating on a new […]

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‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams’ – John Carpenter Directed a New TV Series from His Home?!

June 2, 2023 John Squires John Carpenter, John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams, Movies

Master of horror John Carpenter hasn’t directed a feature film since 2010’s The Ward, but in more recent years he has found himself back in the director’s chair for a few of his own music videos. One of them is a full-on tribute to Christine, and you should probably check it out. But when, if […]

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‘Usher Down’ – Chilling Ghost Story Joins ‘John Carpenter’s Night Terrors’ Comic Series This Summer

May 22, 2023 John Squires Comics, John Carpenter, John Carpenter's Night Terrors, Storm King Comics, Usher Down

Storm King Comics is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and Daily Dead reports that a brand new terror tale is on the way from the John Carpenter’s Night Terrors line. The next volume in the anthology horror series is titled Usher Down, said to be a “chilling ghost story that’s set in perhaps history’s […]

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Carpenter, Barker and King: 6 Times Masters of Horror Contributed to Video Games

May 4, 2023 Luiz H. C. Clive Barker, Editorials, Games, Guillermo del Toro, James Gunn, John Carpenter, Masters of Horror, Peter Jackson, Stephen King, Video Games

Video games may not be as well respected as other narrative artforms, but it’s only a matter of time before mainstream media begins to regard these interactive experiences with the same prestige as film and television. Fortunately, there are some artistic pioneers from other areas that have already recognized the creative potential of gaming, and […]

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NECA Honors Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ With Gruesome Dog Creature Action Figure Set

May 4, 2023 John Squires John Carpenter, NECA, The Thing, Toys

Joining their recently released action figures depicting R.J. MacReady and the film’s iconic poster art, NECA has unveiled the next addition to their line of The Thing action figures. “The Thing – Dog Creature Ultimate Deluxe 7″ Scale Action Figure” recreates a gruesome sequence from John Carpenter’s 1982 classic, and it’s releasing later this year. […]

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‘Halloween’ – John Carpenter’s Horror Classic Gets a Tabletop Game for the First Time This Year!

May 2, 2023 John Squires Halloween, John Carpenter, Trick or Treat Studios, Video Games

You’ve seen John Carpenter’s Halloween countless times, but Trick or Treat Studios invites you to step inside the movie this year with Halloween, a first-of-its-kind tabletop experience. “This 1 vs Many game by renowned designer Emerson Matsuuchi is the first time the original Halloween movie has been made into its own board game,” the company […]

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‘They Live: The Card Game’ – Step Back into the World of John Carpenter’s 1988 Movie! [Trailer]

March 17, 2023 John Squires John Carpenter, They Live, They Live: The Card Game, Video Games

Save or enslave the city… that’s up to YOU in the upcoming They Live: The Card Game, a brand new experience that’s set in the world of John Carpenter’s 1988 movie They Live. The team tells BD, “The card game is a much tighter, faster, and more intense experience in comparison to the previous board […]

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‘Escape from New York’ – Filmmakers Radio Silence Tease Their Vision for the “Requel” Movie

March 6, 2023 John Squires Escape from New York, John Carpenter, Movies, Radio Silence

We had learned late last year that filmmaking team Radio Silence (V/H/S, Southbound, Ready or Not, Scream, Scream VI) were working on bringing Snake Plissken back to the screen for a brand new movie based on John Carpenter’s Escape from New York for 20th Century Studios, with John Carpenter himself on board as an executive […]

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John Carpenter Alludes to Alleged ‘Dead Space’ Film Adaptation, But Isn’t Involved

January 20, 2023 Mike Wilson Dead Space, electronic arts, Epic Games Store, John Carpenter, Motive Studios, Movies, PC, PlayStation 5, steam, Video Games, visceral games, Xbox Series

We’ve reported on John Carpenter and his desire to do a film adaptation of Dead Space a couple of times already. And to stoke the rumour mill even more, Carpenter’s comments in a recent interview with Variety seem to point to the project’s existence. Just not with him. On the occasion of the horror legend’s […]

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‘Assault on Precinct 13’ – American Genre Film Archive Announces 4K Restoration of John Carpenter Movie

January 18, 2023 John Squires Assault on Precinct 13, John Carpenter, Movies

The American Genre Film Archive, the largest non-profit genre film archive and distributor in the world, has just announced theatrical screenings of John Carpenter‘s 1976 classic Assault on Precinct 13—newly restored in 4K. “Written, directed, scored, and edited by Carpenter two years prior to Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13 combines the template of Night of […]

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‘Escape from New York’ – Radio Silence in Early Talks to Potentially Direct a New Movie

November 17, 2022 John Squires Escape from New York, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Movies, Radio Silence

We’ve been hearing about the potential return of Snake Plissken for many years now, the character of course played by Kurt Russell and introduced in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York back in 1981. Carpenter and Russell reunited for sequel Escape from LA in 1996, but we haven’t seen or heard from the one-eyed badass […]

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Ranking the ‘Halloween’ Movies from Worst to Best [Halloweenies Podcast]

October 31, 2022 Michael Roffman David Gordon Green, Halloween, Horror, John Carpenter, michael myers, Podcasts, Rob ZOmbie

It’s time, Michael… to rank the Halloween franchise again. Back in 2018, your Halloweenies wrapped up their inaugural season with a whole-hearted ranking that saw them carve out the entire franchise. But that was then. This is now: Some four years later, we’ve got not one, but two more movies added to the harvest, thanks […]

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‘Halloween’ – How Rob Zombie Made a Horror Classic Entirely His Own [Revenge of the Remakes]

October 31, 2022 Matt Donato Editorials, featured, Halloween, John Carpenter, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, Rob ZOmbie, topnews

In discussions about slasher infamy, all roads lead to Haddonfield. The Halloween franchise has amassed a convoluted franchise canon since the late 1970s, filled with retcons and redos as recently as Halloween Ends — including Rob Zombie‘s universally divisive 2007 remake. Countless horror screenwriters, including Josh Stolberg (no stranger to “Revenge of the Remakes”), attempted […]

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