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Originally Posted by Notoriousaurus

They Live - This is my absolute favourite B-movie of all time, I can watch it again and again. My childhood hero Rowdy Roddy Piper and the alleyway fight scene is the highlights of the film.

Prince of Darkness - The only Carpenter movie that left a sour taste in my mouth. (Sorry Tish) Uninspired, and droll. However seeing Alice Cooper and Donald Pleasance in the same movie is something you won't find elsewhere.



I still need to see his original Assault on Precinct 13 and Dark Star...someday...

This is my first post in these parts so please be kind.

Noto, while I like They Live the alleyway fight bothers me. I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's because I'm not a wrestling fan and the scene was meant to showcase Piper in some way? It just didn't work for me and felt very awkward. But other than that I agree it's great B movie fun. As for Prince Of Darkness I loved it. Great score and opening credits sequence. But what really made the movie for me was the nightmare transmissions, that was very creepy stuff.
I'd strongly suggest you seek out Assault On Precinct 13 as soon as possible. It's got that whole Carpenter B movie- Western thing going for it. (not to mention one of his best scores). As for Dark Star, I wouldn't be in any rush. To me it's more of a curiosity piece than anything. It kind of foreshadows things that were to come from Carpenter and O'Bannon.


Christine sure it has plot holes, but it's still a fun movie with some good performances, a bad ass villan and naturally an excellent score.
I've heard that for some reason Carpenter is ashamed of the movie. However on the Q&A on the Assault dvd he's says he'd be up for doing a commentary for Christine. Which I would love since we all know how great his commentaries are.

Escape From LA never seen it, and don't plan to. Maybe it's because I love the original too much? And what I've seen of it (ads on tv) horrified me.

Village Of The Damned only saw it once in the theatre. From what I remember it wasn't that bad or good. Wasn't that beast Kirstie Alley in it?

The Thing IMO, one of those rare instances where the remake is better than the original. The effects still hold up today. (well actually better than the CGI/videogame bullshit that everyone seems so fond of). And it was nice to see John and Kurt team up again. My only complaint would be too many undefined characters.

Starman haven't seen it since I was a kid, need to check it out again.

Halloween ,The Fog , Escape From NY. like Noto said, what else can you say about these in a brief descrpition other than they are some of the best genre films ever made.