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Your Favorite John Carpenter Film Is...

Dark Star
0 (0%)
Assault On Precinct 13
3 (4.6%)
Halloween
14 (21.5%)
The Fog
0 (0%)
Escape from New York
4 (6.2%)
The Thing
27 (41.5%)
Christine
1 (1.5%)
Starman
3 (4.6%)
Big Trouble in Little China
6 (9.2%)
Prince of Darkness
0 (0%)
They Live
1 (1.5%)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
0 (0%)
In the Mouth of Madness
1 (1.5%)
Village of the Damned
0 (0%)
Escape From L.A.
0 (0%)
Vampires
1 (1.5%)
other
0 (0%)
haven't seen any
3 (4.6%)
don't like any
1 (1.5%)

Total Members Voted: 65

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2009, 12:38:06 PM »
I have seen 4 1/3 of these was...

The Thing

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2010, 04:32:35 PM »
Have not seen The Thing or Halloween.

Went with They Live, so much fun.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2010, 04:35:30 PM »
The Thing. It's essentially Alien, but it's still really, really good.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2010, 07:40:59 PM »
The Thing is the only one I've seen, and it's awesome.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2010, 06:39:40 PM »
I can now confidently vote for The Thing.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2010, 03:19:41 PM »
1. Halloween
2. They Live
3. Dark Star
4. Big Trouble in Little China

5. In the Mouth of Madness
6. The Thing
7. Escape From New York

8. Christine
9. Assault on Precinct 13
10. Memoirs of an Invisible Man

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2010, 09:50:43 PM »
I am not a fan.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2010, 07:37:30 AM »
The Thing is amazing.

I had a long conversation with one of my closest friends about Carpenter recently.  We came to the decision that Carpenter is only good when he works with Dean Cundey.  Neither of us like anything he did without the great cinematographer.
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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2010, 04:07:30 PM »
The Thing is amazing.

I had a long conversation with one of my closest friends about Carpenter recently.  We came to the decision that Carpenter is only good when he works with Dean Cundey.  Neither of us like anything he did without the great cinematographer.

He's very comparable to Dario Argento. A few movies that are so great they would be considered master works, surrounded by a lot of middling fare and some downright awful films. For my money Halloween remains the greatest horror film ever crafted.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - John Carpenter
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2011, 06:33:35 PM »
12.) GHOSTS OF MARS
11.) ESCAPE FROM L.A.
10.) IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
09.) CHRISTINE
08.) VAMPIRES
07.) DARK STAR
06.) BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
05.) ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
04.) ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
03.) THEY LIVE
02.) HALLOWEEN
01.) THE THING
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