Tag: John Carpenter

  • Event Report: Monster Mania 36 by Jonny Numb

      The long-running Monster-Mania Convention knows how to show horror fans a good time. For 3 days every March and August, genre stars and a wide variety of vendors descend upon Cherry Hill, New Jersey (just over the Ben Franklin Bridge) for a celebration of macabre delight. Over the past decade, I’ve attended at least…

  • Chronic Demonic Vomit: 666 from Billy Crash

        Number of the Beast I’ve had it. While watching a movie I’m not at liberty to name, the digital clock ramped up speed – and landed on 6:66 o’clock. I began to roll my eyes but stopped when acid shot into the back of my throat as I endured another horror train wreck.…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Dead on Arrival: Halloween

    Happy Halloween! Hey… “Wait a minute, you’re saying John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic is overrated?!” Yup. We take a look at Carpenter’s renowned Halloween film that launched Jamie Lee Curtis’s career, helped solidify the writer/director as a burgeoning horror icon, and added another bloody feather to the amazing cinematographer, Dean Cundey’s cap. Now, don’t think we’re stabbing you in the heart – or…

  • Ten Best Horror Movie Remakes by Billy Crash

    Ten Best Horror Movie Remakes Yes, like most film lovers, I hate remakes too. But don’t fall into this ludicrous trap: Hollywood does not indulge in remakes because there aren’t enough great scripts (or ideas) floating around. As a screenwriter, I know this all too well. I’ve read many scripts that will amaze, but will…

  • Director of the Damned: John Carpenter

    Billy Crash and Jonny Numb not only look at one of horror’s best directors, writers, and composers, but at his themes and contributions to story. From HALLOWEEN to THE WARD, John Carpenter and his iconic work are explored and discussed. Check us out on iTunes and leave us a review.