Yup, Carpenter was really on top of it from the late '70s until the early '90s.
Then he seemed to shit it all out the window. The Ward was such a disappointment as it was supposed to be a return to form.
The Thing, They Live, Escape From New York, Halloween, all absolute corkers. Prince of Darkness though is the only one that puts me on edge.
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I'm intrigued now
Did you ever see the keep by Michael Mann?
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it's pretty cool
haven't seen it for yonks though.
It's on netflix as well I think, shall have to re visit.
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I did.
Even though I really like some of Mann's stuff (Brian Cox is the best Lector by far in my humble), I didn't get along with that. I'd read the book a few months before and I think that spoiled it for me. I'd created an exact picture of what it would look like and the differences disappointed me.
Having said that, it was a ropey VHS copy and 20 years ago, must be time for a rewatch.
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