Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find that the post has become a charnel house.
Starring: Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Clea DuVall
Director: John Carpenter
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner, John Glover, Bernie Casey
Director: John Carpenter
Halloween (1978)
Horror | Thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards
Director: John Carpenter
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
A rough-and-tumble trucker helps rescue his friend's fiance from an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton
Director: John Carpenter
The Thing (1982)
Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
A twelve-man research team stationed in Antarctica finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has been buried for over 100,000 years.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart
Director: John Carpenter
Starman / John Carpenter's Starman (1984)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
An alien's ship crashes on Earth, and, to avoid detection, he transforms himself into a physical replica of the deceased husband of a young woman, whose house is the first he comes upon in the woods. He then must assuage her fears, learn how to adjust to his human form, and use her help to get to the Arizona crater where the mother ship awaits him. Things get complicated when the two fall in love and the alien is pursued by U.S. government agents attempting to capture him.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Tony Edwards
Director: John Carpenter
Body Bags (1993)
Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
This trilogy of horror comes from the gleefully demented minds of horror masters John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper. Three tales are told, each one increasingly terrifying. The first tells the story of a woman being stalked by an axe-wielding maniac. The second is the story of a man who pays the ultimate price for a beautiful head of hair. The final tale shows what it is like to see life through the eyes of a killer.
Starring: John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper, Robert Carradine, Peter Jason, Molly Cheek
Director: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Horror
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dun, Alice Cooper
Director: John Carpenter
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Action | Horror | Thriller
Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must work together to fight off the attacking gang members.
Starring: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers
Director: John Carpenter
The Fog (1980)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A Northern California fishing community, built 100 years ago over an old leper colony, is the target of revenge by a killer fog containing zombies rising from the sea to take revenge for their deaths.
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook, John Houseman
Director: John Carpenter
Escape from New York / New York 1997 (1981)
Action | Sci-Fi
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours, an explosive charge planted inside Snake's body will end the mission — and his life — unless he succeeds.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau
Director: John Carpenter
Christine / John Carpenter's Christine (1983)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. But as the car changes, so does Arnie, and his newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
Starring: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Roberts Blossom
Director: John Carpenter
Vampires / John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
Action | Horror | Thriller
The church has long known that vampires exist. However, it is discovered that a group of vampires are searching for a powerful doom for mankind. The Vatican then secretly enlists a team of vampire-hunters, led by Jack Crow, to hunt down and destroy the vampires before they find the crucifix.
Starring: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell
Director: John Carpenter
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Village of the Damned / John Carpenter's Village of the Damned (1995)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré, Meredith Salenger, Mark Hamill
Director: John Carpenter
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John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns / Cigarette Burns (2005)
Horror | Thriller
The bankrupted owner of the movie theater Vogue, Kirby Sweetman, is hired by the eccentric private collector Mr. Bellinger to search and find the cursed horror movie "Le Fin Absolue du Monde". This film is considered lost and magic, and has been presented only once in the Sitges Festival, driving the audience insane and violent, causing bloodshed in the theater. The director, crew and everybody involved in its production has also died. Kirby owes US$ 200,000.00 to his father-in-law, who blames Kirby for the death of his daughter Annie, and accepts the assignment to pay his debt and for his own satisfaction. Bellinger shows him a souvenir from the film in his basement, a chained angel that had his wings torn off in the movie. Kirby travels to France to meet his contact and has glimpses of his beloved Annie, initiating his journey to hell.
Starring: Norman Reedus, Colin Foo, Udo Kier, Christopher Redman, Chris Gauthier
Director: John Carpenter
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky
Director: John Carpenter
Dark Star (1974)
Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Hilarious romp set in the deepest reaches of outer space. The haggard crew of the dilapidated Dark Star spaceship–Doolittle, Boiler, Pinback, and Talby — is on an extended mission to seek out and destroy unstable planets. But after 20 years of the same routine, each crewmember is reaching the end of his tether. The journey is fraught with mishaps, and danger seems to lurk around every corner. There are misbehaving pet aliens, suicidal bombs that dream of detonating, frozen crewmates dispensing advice from beyond the grave, and a surly, unhelpful main computer that holds the men it serves in total contempt. Despite all these problems, the crew is still bored to the brink of madness.
Starring: Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon, Joe Saunders
Director: John Carpenter
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue / Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)
Documentary
An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Larry Cohen, Joe Dante, John Carpenter, Darren Lynn Bousman
Director: Andrew Monument
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The Ward / John Carpenter's The Ward (2010)
Horror | Thriller
A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Starring: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Danielle Panabaker, Lyndsy Fonseca
Director: John Carpenter
