John Howard Carpenter (born 1948 in Carthage, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter and composer known for influential horror and science‑fiction films and for composing many of his own scores.

Carpenter frequently composes or co-writes the music for his films, is widely credited with helping define the slasher genre with Halloween (1978), and has a long-standing collaboration with actor Kurt Russell.

DeBaser reviews depict John Carpenter as a cult director whose films mix horror, sci‑fi and action. He is noted for minimalist synth scores and recurring themes of paranoia, isolation and social critique. Several of his films (Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York) are regularly cited as landmarks.

For:fans of horror, cult cinema, synth soundtracks, and low‑budget auteur filmmaking

 Tension and paranoia invade the screen in the cult remake 'The Thing' (1982) by John Carpenter, based on the short novel 'Who Goes There?' by John W. Campbell Jr.

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 Craftsmanship, personality, class, depth, entertainment, all in a superblyB-Movie size: John Carpenter is all and this, as well as being a proud flag bearer of low-cost at all costs, even in the opulence of titles like "Big Trouble in Little China" (a pure entertainment film to be recorded in the annals).

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 Society has now become a slave to consumerism, the mass media have literally taken control of the population, we live in a world where only money matters, the rich feeding off the backs of the poor, a frenzied, corrupt, racist, greedy society enslaved by the powerful…

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