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From what I've seen...
Assault on Precinct 13 - a good taught movie. I need to re-watch the original again before the remake is released as I only saw the original on TV when i was a kid. The suspense here is on the level with the suspense used in Halloween. Good stuff.
Halloween - the best horror movie ever. Everything works on all their different levels. Music, suspense, lighting, everything. The acting was probably the weakest part of the movie, but actually added to the realism of the movie. John Carpenter's high water mark.
The Fog - a good horror movie. There is no way that he could ever top Halloween and The Fog is about as good a movie that we could expect from someone who just completed a masterpiece.
Village of the Damned - pure crap. Will be remembered as Christopher Reeve's last movie before being paralyzed than a John Carpenter movie.
Vampires - I thought he was getting back on track with this one. I liked it. Lots of gore, some suspense, but otherwise a mediocre movie. This movie is like the sports team that goes .500 for a season and you expect big things from them the next year.
Ghosts of Mars - what a letdown. After the hope that Carpenter gave us in Vampires was totally lost with this dirtloaf. Terrible acting, editing, directing and special effects. It could have harked back to something like Assault on Precint 13, but totally missed the mark.
In several movies it seems like Carpenter losses interest in the subject matter. I'm not sure what his deal is, but anyone - a writer, director, athlete whatever - cannot get by with just one good accomplishment - and in Carpenter's case - that would be Halloween.
He is highly overrated in my opinion.
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