THE FUTURE WAS NOW: MADMEN, MAVERICKS, AND THE EPIC SCI-FI SUMMER OF 1982
About mainstream science fiction cinema in the summer of 1982, a pivotal time for those of us who lived through it
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
Some commentators would have you believe this film is one of John Carpenter’s biggest failures, while others maintain that it’s a masterwork—I say both views are wrong
John Carpenter, Halloween Maestro
The aesthetic qualities of John Carpenter’s films are certainly worth enumerating. My interest here is in how those films and their maker transformed Hollywood
HALLOWEEN 3–“WHERE THE HELL IS MICHAEL MYERS?”
A history of “horror’s most misunderstood film,” written by that film’s own writer-director
EYES OF LAURA MARS
One of the foremost examples of American made giallo, but not without its faults
STARMAN
Sci fi romance from John Carpenter
ESCAPE FROM L.A.
The nineties-centric sequel to ESCAPE FOM NEW YORK
2022: The Year in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual Year in Bedlam overview
Halloween Movies: My Top 20
My 20 favorite Halloween movies (no, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS and HOCUS POCUS aren’t on it)
1982—The Greatest Summer Movie Season Ever?
I say yes!