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‘They Live’ Hits Blu-ray From Scream Factory On November 16th!

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Posted by EvanDickson on July 30, 2012 @ 5:32pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

They Live might not be John Carpenter’s best movie, but it’s still a total blast. And now Scream Factory is releasing it on Blu-ray and DVD (complete with a great illustrated cover) on November 16th. If you’re one of the first 500 pre-orders, you get a free 18″x24″ print of that artwork so hurry up and order!

While specs haven’t been finalized, Scream Factory has indeed recorded a new interview with John Carpenter for the disc. “They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They Live.

Horror master John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) directs this heart-pounding thriller in which aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission. Humanity’s last chance lies with a lone drifter who stumbles upon a harrowing discovery — a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals the terrifying and deadly truth.”

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Watch a Halloween Short Spoof from Master of Horror John Carpenter!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 28, 2011 @ 6:53pm
Category: Movies / Videos

True to the horror icon’s spirit, John Carpenter introduces his “first and last appearance on Funny or Die” with a very special Halloween spoof that combines Charlie Brown and All Hallow’s Eve. Entitled “Charlie Brown: Blockhead’s Revenge“, Carpenter calls the short “Terrifying, terrifyingly disappointing.”

“The grittiest, sexiest, scariest reboot of this Fall stars the cast of MTV’s “Teen Wolf” (Dylan O’Brien, Colton Haynes, Tyler Hoechlin & Holland Roden).”

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[OMFG] John Carpenter’s First Student Film is Unearthed at USC!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 26, 2011 @ 9:13pm
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Just a day after the anniversary of Halloween‘s release, the first student film from famed horror director John Carpenter has been found in the archives at the University of Southern California and will be restored with the help of a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, reports THR.

Carpenter wrote and directed “Captain Voyeur” for an introductory film class at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in 1969. About eight minutes long, the black and white film has visual and thematic ties to the writer-director’s 1978 classic Halloween, according to Dino Everett, the archivist who discovered the preprint materials in a negative at USC’s Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive.

“ ‘Captain Voyeur’ follows a man at a boring computer job who eyes a woman at work and follows her home. He dons a mask and attempts to kill her but is shot by his co-worker.”

Films saved through NFPF programs are made available to the public for on-site research and are seen widely through screenings, exhibits, DVDs, TV broadcasts and the Internet. READ MORE

Happy Anniversary John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 25, 2011 @ 7:31pm
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Happy Anniversary John Carpenters Halloween!

Today’s a very special genre anniversary as back on October 25, 1978 John Carpenter’s iconic Michael Myers made his feature film debut in Halloween. Originally set to be a sequel to Black Christmas, Carpenter’s slasher starring Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis pulled in a whopping $47 million at the boxoffice. It spawned several sequels, a Rob Zombie-directed remake, which also had a sequel hit back in 2009.

The 1978 independent slasher followed a psychotic murderer (Tony Moran) institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor, Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), chases him through the streets. Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles and Charles Cyphers also starred.

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Liv Tyler Offer Lead in John Carpenter-Produced ‘Hell Within’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 25, 2011 @ 5:24pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

While The Strangers: Part 2 continues to struggle to get greenlit, star Liv Tyler is a hot commodity among the horrorverse.

While Summit is hoping to land Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, for The Cure, Bloody Disgusting exclusively is being told that an offer has been made for her to topline The Hell Within, a new horror film to be executive produced by horror legend John Carpenter.

The story, which is penned by Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train, Insanitarium), tells the story of a woman (Tyler) who goes on a quest into the heart of a Brazilian jungle to save a girl, only to discover that the girl was bait.

Dennison Ramalho is to get behind the camera in the Amazon jungle in Brazil.

Liv Tyler Offer Lead in John Carpenter Produced Hell Within

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 24, 2011 @ 5:58pm
Category: Movies / News

Courtesy of aspiring artists Mark Welser, Travis Pitts, Fro Design, Tyler Stout, Alex Eylar, Ollie Boyd, Adam Rabalais, Tom Whalen and Rex Features come a series of fan made one sheets for John Carpenter’s The Thing.

The posters throw around some fun new taglines, along with strong imagery taken from the 1982 Kurt Russell starrer that followed a group of scientists in the Antarctic that are confronted by a shape-shifting alien assuming the appearance of the people it kills.

Check out my personal favorite below with links to all of the others.
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[Blu-ray Review] ‘The Ward’

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Posted by David Harley on August 11, 2011 @ 4:16am
Category: Movies / Home Video

In a few recent interviews, John Carpenter has all but admitted his disdain for working on films. Although he’s kept up to date with the genre, he seems to have lost his zeal for the creativity that once defined his oeuvre. Scoring? Too much work. Writing? Too much work. By choice, it’s been almost ten years since his last feature – even longer since his last GOOD one – and after attaching himself to as many projects as del Toro, he returns to the cinesphere with The Ward, which proves that he also thinks directing is too much work.
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The Ward (VOD)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on June 08, 2011 @ 12:00am
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In limited theaters July 8: The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night.

Official: In John Carpenter’s THE WARD, Kristen, a beautiful but troubled young woman, finds herself bruised, cut, drugged, and held against her will in a remote ward of a Psychiatric Hospital. She is completely disoriented, with no idea why she was brought to this place and no memory of her life before being admitted. All she knows is that she isn’t safe. The other patients in the ward, four equally disturbed young women, offer no answers, and Kristen quickly realizes things are not as they seem. The air is heavy with secrets, and at night, when the hospital is dark and foreboding, she hears strange and frightening sounds. It appears they are not alone. One-by-one the other girls begin to disappear and Kristen must find a way out of this hellish place before she, too, becomes a victim. As she struggles to escape, she will uncover a truth far more dangerous and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.

Official Trailer for John Carpenter’s ‘The Ward’, New Stills

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 25, 2011 @ 1:57am
Category: Movies / News

June 8 is almost here and thus you’ll finally be able to see John Carpenter’s The Ward on various VOD platforms. I’m absolutely dying to know what you think. With a limited theatrical run slated for July 8, XLrator Media has released the film’s official U.S. trailer. What do you think?

“The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night.”

Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney and Sali Sayle all star. You can read our review from last September’s TIFF where the film had its world premiere.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 21, 2011 @ 12:51am
Category: Movies / News

John Carpenter’s The Ward will finally be available on VOD come June 8, with a limited theatrical run slated for July 8. Moviefone has been granted exclusive rights to debut the official one sheet that depicts Amber Heard it quite a pickle. There are a handful of ghouls clawing at her…

“The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night.”

Watch the Opening Credits for John Carpenter’s ‘The Ward’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 28, 2011 @ 10:52pm
Category: Movies / News

While we wait on XLrator Media to announce a U.S. release date, the opening credits have leaked online for John Carpenter’s return to feature-length horror, The Ward (review), which premiered at last September’s TIFF.

“The story follows a girl (Amber Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night.”

Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, and Jared Harris also star in Carpenter’s first feature film since the 2001 Ghosts of Mars.
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Slowly Walk Through Two Clips From John Carpenter’s ‘The Ward’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 10, 2011 @ 4:25pm
Category: Movies / News

Acquired last month by ARC Entertainment and XLrator Media is John Carpenter’s return to feature-length horror with The Ward (review), which stars Amber Heard (Zombieland, Many Lane, The Stepfather) and Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies, Friday the 13th).

The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. It premiered at TIFF last September.

With the horror flick already in UK cinemas, inside you’ll find the first two clips that feature a lot of slow walking, and screaming.
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Watch Girls Hang Out in New ‘The Ward’ Imagery

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 14, 2011 @ 4:03pm
Category: Movies / News

With no US distribution still, the UK will receive John Carpenter’s return to feature-length horror on January 21st, 2011. Inside you’ll find four new images for The Ward, which stars Amber Heard (Zombieland, Many Lane, The Stepfather) and Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies, Friday the 13th). The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. It premiered at the TIFF this past September. You can read our review from the festival.
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Full UK Trailer and Poster for John Carpenter’s ‘The Ward’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 06, 2011 @ 11:37pm
Category: Movies / News

While no US distributor has been set, the UK will receive John Carpenter’s return to feature-length horror on January 21st, 2011. Inside you’ll find the FULL trailer and UK one sheet for The Ward, which stars Amber Heard (Zombieland, Many Lane, The Stepfather) and Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies, Friday the 13th). The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. It premiered at the TIFF this past September. You can read our review from the festival.
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A Sneak Peak Look at the Trailer for John Carpenter’s ‘The Ward’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 03, 2011 @ 6:00am
Category: Movies / News

While no US distributor has been set, the UK will receive John Carpenter’s return to feature-length horror on January 21st, 2011. Inside you’ll find a sneak peak look at the trailer for The Ward, which stars Amber Heard (Zombieland, Many Lane, The Stepfather) and Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies, Friday the 13th). The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. It premiered at the TIFF this past September. You can read our review from the festival.
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Richard Christy Hosting ‘Holiday Horror Fest’: Exclusive Quote From The Man Himself

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on December 07, 2010 @ 8:43pm
Category: Music / News

Metal drummer, comedian, radio personality, and all around entertaining fella Richard Christy has announced that he will be hosting ‘Richard Christy’s Holiday Horror Fest’ on REELZCHANNEL, this Saturday at 11pm EST. The show will include new and classic horror films, a Zombie Santa (what, no Possessed Hanukkah Harry?) and a visit to the real-life ghost town where John Carpenter filmed ‘Vampires’.

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Here’s what Christy has to say about this event: “As a life long horror fanatic, hosting a show like this is a dream come true for me. REELZCHANNEL is a big supporter of the genre with late-night airings of Masters of Horror and I’m so excited to be working with them. This show was created by horror fans for horror fans and I’m extremely proud to be hosting ‘Richard Christy’s Holiday Horror Fest,’ your television destination for all things horror and sci-fi!”

And here’s a direct quote from Richard to Bloody-Disgusting: ”I’m a die hard Bloody Disgusting fan! Forget CNN or Fox News, Bloody Disgusting is where I get my news from! It’s the first site I check in the morning and I want to thank everybody at the site and all of the fellow horror fans who love this site as much as I do for keeping horror alive! Hope you all like my new show “Richard Christy’s Holiday Horror Fest” on Reelzchannel, it’s made by horror fans for horror fans!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 04, 2010 @ 11:20pm
Category: Movies / News

Off the heels of the premiere of The Ward, and the announcement he’ll direct an adaptation of Darkchylde, horror legend John Carpenter has boarded Brazilian helmer Dennison Ramalho’s horror pic The Hell Within as an exec producer. The story, which is penned by Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train, Insanitarium), tells the story of a woman who goes on a quest into the heart of a Brazilian jungle to save a girl, only to discover that the girl was bait. Barry Films will produce the pic, based on Ramalho’s original idea, together with Storm King Productions’ Sandy King. The project is structured as a Brazilian-German co-production and is set to lense in the Amazon jungle in Brazil.
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John Carpenter to Direct ‘Darkchylde’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 31, 2010 @ 6:52am
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THE master of horror is set to bring you the girl of your dreams. John Carpenter – who just saw his latest feature, The Ward, premiere at TIFF – is onboard to direct the long gestured Darkchylde, based on the comic by Randy Queen about a good hearted southern teen cursed to become the creatures from her many recurring nightmares. Every time Ariel Chylde transforms, she sheds her skin and a new nightmare emerges from her Id to act out her deepest, darkest impulses.
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Nightmares in Red, White & Blue (V)

Posted by Tex Massacre on September 28, 2010 @ 12:00am
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An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (V)

Posted by Tex Massacre on January 27, 2009 @ 12:00am
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The doc takes an inside look at the creation and execution of some of today’s most spectacular special effects in Hollywood blockbusters, through one of its most prolific FX houses in the industry — KNB EFX. From animatronic critters to prosthetics and character makeup to aliens, monsters and ghouls, the KNB EFX group has been creating innovative state-of-the-art effects for movies for more than 20 years and over 300 films as diverse as Scream to The Chronicles of Narnia.

Bloodsucking Cinema (V)

Posted by Ryan Daley on September 23, 2008 @ 12:00am
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Tune in to Starz this October for the fourth annual “Fear Fest,” a creepy collection of spine-tingling movies kicking off with the world television premiere of the Starz Inside original special Bloodsucking Cinema. Bloodsucking Cinema premieres on Starz Friday, October 26 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) and is followed by a 24-hour marathon of spooky films including Underworld: Evolution, Dawn of the Dead, Silent Hill and more. Come back Halloween night for a triple-feature headlined by Bloodsucking Cinema. Bloodsucking Cinema explores vampire films and their enduring hypnotic hold on audiences worldwide. Films featured in the special include Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, The Lost Boys, Blade, Van Helsing and Underworld. Bloodsucking Cinema features interviews with directors John Carpenter (Vampires), Len Wiseman (Underworld, Underworld: Evolution), John Landis (Innocent Blood) and Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys), actors Kristanna Loken (BloodRayne), Stuart Townsend (Queen of the Damned), and critics Leonard Maltin and Harry Knowles (Ain’t It Cool News). Starz Inside is a new monthly series of original specials from Starz hosted by film critic Richard Roeper.

Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to TV

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on October 31, 2004 @ 12:00am
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Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television tells the story of these famous, controversial and influential comic books. In addition, several authors and film directors, including John Carpenter, George A. Romero, Joel Silver and R.L. Stine, discuss how EC’s horror comics inspired their work. Clips from such feature films as The Fog, Creepshow and Night of the Living Dead, as well as the Tales from the Crypt television series, are used to demonstrate this influence.

Ghosts of Mars

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on August 21, 2001 @ 12:00am
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200 years in the future a Martian police unit is dispatched to transport a dangerous prisoner from a mining outpost back to justice. But when the team arrives they find the town deserted and some of the inhabitants possessed by the former inhabitants of the planet.