What's your favorite John Carpenter movie?

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick ass.

And I'm all out of bubble gum.

Brother, life's a bitch... and she's back in heat.

I can quote this movie all day.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Either The Thing or Halloween, I love them both!

Edited April 1, 2016 by CaptainJackSparrow

[RobinHood26]

HALLOWEEN! 

 

the best horror movie ever made!

[The Stingray]

Updated ranking after Prince of Darkness rewatch (seriously, the best thing about this was the opening credits. it's amazing how Carpenter consistently created such simple yet chilling music).

 

1. The Thing
2. Halloween
3. Escape from New York
4. The Fog
5. In the Mouth of Madness
6. Assault on Precinct 13
7. Big Trouble in Little China
8. They Live
9. Vampires (need a rewatch)
10. Prince of Darkness
11. Escape from L.A.
12. Ghosts of Mars
13. The Ward
 

[75Live]

I'm watching Big Trouble in Little China at work, as I type this  

[The Stingray]

You must have an awesome job.

[75Live]

Just now, The Stingray said:

You must have an awesome job.

 

not really, just a perk of today so far.  I had to drive through this massive blizzard for a 12 hour shift but there is some down time that comes with it so I brought my laptop and some blu ray/dvds

[Joel M]

1.The Thing

2.Halloween

3.Escape from New York

4.Big Trouble in Little China

5.Assault on Precinct 13

6.They Live!

7.In the Mouth of Madness

8.Christine

9.The Fog

10.Village of Damned

 

I hope to watch them all some day. He's such a Legend.

[Jake Gittes]

For now The Thing, but In the Mouth of Madness sounds so much up my alley that it might go straight to #1 once I get around to it. 

[Fancyarcher]

Escape From New York is my favorite film of his.

Edited June 16, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[dxmatrixdt]

1974 - Dark Star - not seen

1976 - Assault on Precinct 13 - not seen 

1978 - Halloween - 99

1980 - The Fog - 

1981 - Escape From New York - not seen 

1982 - The Thing - 95

1983 - Christine - 

1984 - Starman - not seen

1986 - Big Trouble in Little China - not seen 

1987 - Prince of Darkness - not seen

1988 - They Live - not seen

1992 - Memoirs of an Invisible Man - not seen

1995 - In the Mouth of Madness - not seen

1995 - Village of the Damned - not seen

1996 - Escape from L.A. - 

1998 - Vampires ~ 90

2001 - Ghosts of Mars ~ 90 

2010 - The Ward - not seen

Edited July 11, 2018 by dVmatrix5xdU

[Jake Gittes]

On 3/15/2016 at 12:49 AM, Jake Gittes said:

For now The Thing, but In the Mouth of Madness sounds so much up my alley that it might go straight to #1 once I get around to it. 

For now Assault on Precinct 13, but In the Mouth of Madness remains unseen. 

[Maxmoser3]

1) Halloween

2) The Thing 

3) They Live

4) Vampires(James Woods is great in it and a fun as hell movie)

5) Christine 

6) Escape From New York

 

these are the top six I like of his with the exception of Village Of The Damned which I haven’t seen in a while I never had a problem with this guy 

a bunch of the others I saw as a 13 year old so I may have to rewatch some of them as an adult.

Edited May 14, 2019 by Maxmoser3

[Lucas]

I'll be the mad man here and say Big Trouble in Little China.

[Jake Gittes]

On 7/7/2018 at 10:12 PM, Jake Gittes said:

For now Assault on Precinct 13, but In the Mouth of Madness remains unseen. 

Hmmm probably still Assault on Precinct 13 although ITMOM has now been seen and it's pretty excellent. Need to rewatch Big Trouble in Little China now, it's been almost a decade.

[nghtvsn]

1. The Thing

2. They Live

3. Christine

4. Halloween