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Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s THE FOG

After taking a break from horror to make Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of Antonio Bay. When The Fog starts rolling-in, so does the crew of [...]

October 15, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Horror Anthology TALES OF HALLOWEEN

Tales Of Halloween is a 2015 horror anthology film which takes eleven of genre’s best filmmakers and offers them the chance to let their talent and imaginations run wild. Ten short films over the course of 90 minutes seems like a lot, but [...]

October 7, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Dick Maas’ SINT

Sint (Saint) is a Dutch horror film that sees an evil Saint Nicholas descending on Amsterdam bringing death and terror, rather than the usual festive gifts. This 2010 Christmas-set horror comes from writer/director Dick Maas. Maas re-imagines the [...]

December 7, 2020

Behind The Scenes: John Carpenter Directing Adrienne Barbeau On The Set Of THE FOG

John Carpenter’s 1980 release, The Fog has much to offer genre fans, including nods and winks to other horror films.Many of characters in the film are references to Carpenter’s previous work – Nick Castle (Michael Myers in Halloween and [...]

September 6, 2020

Review: Cosmic Body Horror THE BEACH HOUSE Dares To Be Different

Jeffrey A. Brown’s The Beach House is a low key horror which offers up some interesting ideas and a fair amount squirmy body horror. It’s light on scares, but the film is more of an atmospheric mood piece with a focus on cosmic mystery than a [...]

July 8, 2020

John Carpenter’s ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13

Released in 1976, Assault On Precinct 13 was John Carpenter’s second feature film after the low budget science fiction film Dark Star. The film is a homage to the great Howard Hawks and it’s a riff’s on the director’s 1959 [...]

June 29, 2020

More Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

Movies In Focus has already delivered one list of essential movies to watch during COVID-19/Coronavirus shutdown. Things are having a serious post apocalyptic feel – a real dystopian future vibe is taking hold of the planet. We’re all [...]

March 18, 2020

Kurt Russell Looking Like A Cowboy On The Set Of John Carpenter’s THE FOG

The magic of movies knows no boundaries – be that in front of the camera, or behind it. After Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the horror genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of [...]

November 30, 2019

Review: John Carpenter’s THE FOG Is A Classic Ghost Story

October 16, 2018

Notes On John Carpenter’s BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

Movies In Focus and the National Justice Museum’s John Carpenter Film Season continued with Big Trouble In Little China (the first was The Fog). I once again introduced the film, offering the audience a little insight into the 1986 film. Here are [...]

April 14, 2018

Notes On John Carpenter’s THE FOG

Movies In Focus introduced The Fog (1980) at Nottingham’s National Justice Museum as part of a John Carpenter Season (find out more). Guests were treated to a foggy display in the Shire Hall (see below) and a ghost tour before watching the [...]

March 12, 2018

Movies In Focus And The National Justice Museum Present The John Carpenter Film Season

Movies In Focus has teamed up with the National Justice Museum in Nottingham for a series of movie screenings of from the Master Of Horror, John Carpenter. The season incorporates a range of classic titles from Carpenter’s impressive run [...]

February 6, 2018

Dwayne Johnson To Produce And Star In A Remake Of John Carpenter’s BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

Movies In Focus can smell what The Rock is cooking – and it’s Chinese food. Dwayne Johnson is set to produce and star in a remake John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China. The 1986 cult classic starred Kurt Russell as witless trucker Jack [...]

June 2, 2015

John Carpenter To Produce ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake For 20th Century Fox

I was interviewing John Carpenter the other evening (more on that soon) and I asked him if he was developing any potential projects. He was rather coy in his response and I got the feeling that he was working on something new. A few hours later news [...]

January 16, 2015

Book Review: ON SET WITH JOHN CARPENTER Is Like Leafing Through A Personal Photograph Album

Kim Gottlieb-Walker’s On Set With John Carpenter is a must for fans of the Master Of Horror. Gottlieb-Walker was the set photographer for director John Carpenter’s run of early films and the book is brimming with images from Halloween, The Fog, [...]

October 31, 2014

John Carpenter: An Introduction

Here’s a bit of a rundown on some John Carpenter films. He’s a masterful director who seems to have fallen off the radar in recent years. I am, and always be a fan. Carpenter is a true cinematic great who has been overlooked by Hollywood [...]

May 29, 2012

DVD Review: Dutch Christmas Horror SAINT

Saint is a Dutch horror film that sees an evil Saint Nicholas descending on Amsterdam bringing death and terror, rather than the usual festive gifts. This Christmas-set horror comes from writer/director Dick Maas (yes that is his real name – [...]

March 24, 2012

John Carpenter: Hollywood For Carpenter

The Films Of John Carpenter have always been a group of films that have intrigued and inspired me. I was in my teens before I discovered that he himself was inspired by the work of Howard Hawks, a director that, by that time in my life I had grown [...]

March 13, 2012