A CARPENTER’S TALE
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS THE MOVIES OF JOHN CARPENTER
“It’s been like a dream because I got to be John Carpenter. That’s a neat thing to have happen in your career – to become a director who’s known for something.”
So much more than just master of the low-budget horror film, legendar y filmmaker John Carpenter has been responsible for a host of cult classics in a variety of genres. He has also written, produced, and scored most of the movies he directed, and his themes for the likes of Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Halloween (1978) and Escape from New York (1981) are instantly recognisable the world over.