John Carpenter Movies

This documentary short explores the origins of the monster movie and how Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) fits in the genre.

Jean-Michel Jarre is one of the pioneers of electronic music. He is a composer, performer, songwriter, and producer whose pioneering approach to...

In the 1980s, Hollywood cinema was revolutionized. Especially the summer of 1982 changed the entertainment cinema with nine grand films forever, as...

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact...

Whatever happened to this promising young actress from Hollywood? A search for "the woman in the car" through the never-ending suburbia of Los...

Experience Halloween night with horror master John Carpenter live in concert—performing his iconic film scores and haunting synths in a...

Documentary short film about Robby the Robot; a $125,000 engineering marvel that advanced cinematic robotics and went on to become a film star & pop...

The urban legend of the "cotton girl." The dead girl appeared in the bathrooms of schools to terrorize children.

This documentary was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to kick off the presentation of films related to TCM's theme of the...

A video documentary/road trip that celebrates the drive-in movie theater's impact on the United States, and pays homage to the people who keep the...

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to...

In February 2015, John Carpenter released his first non-soundtrack album, LOST THEMES. Its popularity called for a support tour and John was...

A new film in the Halloween franchise is rumored to be in development at Miramax. It is currently unknown if the film will be a sequel or a reboot of...

A look at the making of "Christine" (1983).

French documentary on the films of John Carpenter

A short film about the making of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) and its connections to Halloween (1978). It also looks at why the original...

John Carpenter performs tracks from his movies and from his Lost Themes album. Recorded in London and Chicago in 2016.

John Carpenter discusses his love for The Quatermass Xperiment