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Poll Question: Which is your favourite movie?
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    Posted: November 20 2024 at 03:33
Thanks to Cindy for the inspiration for this John Carpenter horror-fest. Thumbs Up

5 stars 1976: Assault on Precinct 13 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fbyNrdngx4
5 stars 1980: The Fog 
3 stars 1981: Escape from New York - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxeDmjgSS1I
5 stars 1982: The Thing 
3 stars 1983: Christine 
4 stars 1984: Starman 
3 stars 1986: Big Trouble in Little China
4 stars 1987: Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne does not appear in this movie) Tongue
4 stars 1992: Memoirs of an Invisible Man 
                 1994: In the Mouth of Madness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiY5tDCvNCc
                 1995: Village of the Damned 
2 stars 1996: Escape from L.A.
                 1998: Vampires - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkC8lC5zq3Y                 
                 2001: Ghosts of Mars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d4oBqyqhdg
                 2010: The Ward - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eraYBv1JWZQ
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Assault On Precinct 13
The Fog
The Thing
Halloween
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

Assault On Precinct 13
The Fog
The Thing
Halloween
They're my Top 4 too. Thumbs Up
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The Thing
Assault on Precinct 13
Dark Star
They Live
The Fog
Escape from New York
Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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I think Assault On Precinct 13 has the best soundtrack as well. Smile
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

I think Assault On Precinct 13 has the best soundtrack as well. Smile

Me too! Thumbs Up
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Gotta be Escape from NY from a purely creative stance.   Halloween, Christine and The Thing also excellent.
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AoP13
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The Thing, because it's the scariest.  However, I love Halloween, In the Mouth of Madness, and They Live.
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The Thing is a masterpiece of horror and gets my vote -- might have thought it would be too gruesome/gross for you, Paul. I had a dream about it recently.

I do have a very soft spot for Escape From New York and is the kind of popcorn movie I can play over and over. Love the "Doo... doo doo doo... doo doo doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo doo..." music. Just reading it as a series of doos is iconic. ;) And then when it moves to ""Doo doo doo doo dood oo etc.", magic. :p

Listening to it is even even better than reading the score above.
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Great score but my fave from it is 'Everyone's coming to New York' in the old abandoned theater --

"This is Hell, this is Fate,
But now this is your world and it's great!
So rejoice, pop a cork...
Buddy, every-one's coming to New York! New York!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54c3qGb7LE

Inspired.
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^ Dark Star is a film that I have struggled to get through.

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Great score but my fave from it is 'Everyone's coming to New York' in the old abandoned theater --

"This is Hell, this is Fate,
But now this is your world and it's great!
So rejoice, pop a cork...
Buddy, every-one's coming to New York! New York!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54c3qGb7LE

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Love that.

By the way, Escape from L.A. was such a pastiche of the basic concept. Such a silly film, but rather fun, surfing on a tsunami and all.
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The Thing. It's worth watching the DVD 'making of' documentary that comes with it. The guy that was originally drafted in to do the effects had a break down it was so difficult. The cast were massively on edge trying to cope without any home comforts and filming in Alaska ( a deliberate decision by Carpenter for that reason!). It helps to create a certain tension that you never ever see in modern horror films. Certainly a top 10 film of all time for me but I do love this particular sci-fi/horror crossover genre.
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^ ^ It was a disappointment though I figured as much.

Watching EfNY now--

"If you touch me he dies. If you're not in the air in thirty seconds he dies. If you come back in he dies." -- Romero (Frank Doubleday)




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Voted for In the Mouth of Madness. It is in my top three when it comes to horror films.
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I don't know how I missed this thread! Carpenter is one of my favorites.

I could vote for, well, most of those movies, but today, it's for Prince of Darkness — a superb narrative, a fine cast, a most menacing air, and one of Carpenter's best scores, hands down.

Yes, that's Coop!
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

I don't know how I missed this thread! Carpenter is one of my favorites.

I'd forgotten this thread was still here, even though I only posted it less than three months ago. I must be getting forgetful like The Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne). Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

I don't know how I missed this thread! Carpenter is one of my favorites.


I'd forgotten this thread was still here, even though I only posted it less than three months ago. I must be getting forgetful like The Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne). Smile


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