Tag: John Carpenter

Dark Star Script

Script by:John Carpenter (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Carpenter
Year:1974
IMDb:tt0069945

Plot:A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
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The Thing Script

Script by:Bill Lancaster (Screenplay), John W. Campbell Jr. (Story)
Directed by:John Carpenter
Year:1982
IMDb:tt0084787

Plot:In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot and the camp doctor lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.
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The Fog Script

Script by:Debra Hill (Screenplay), John Carpenter (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Carpenter
Year:1980
IMDb:tt0080749

Plot:Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
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Escape From New York Script

Script by:Nick Castle (Screenplay), John Carpenter (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Carpenter
Year:1981
IMDb:tt0082340

Plot:In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict to rescue him.
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Halloween Script

Script by:Debra Hill (Screenplay), John Carpenter (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Carpenter
Year:1978
IMDb:tt0077651

Plot:Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
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Escape From L.A. Script

Script by:John Carpenter (Screenplay), Debra Hill (Screenplay), Kurt Russell (Screenplay), John Carpenter (Characters), Nick Castle (Characters)
Directed by:John Carpenter
Year:1996
IMDb:tt0116225

Plot:This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his daughter, part of a resistance movement, steals the control unit for a doomsday weapon, Snake again gets tapped to save the day.
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Christine Script

Script by:Stephen King (Novel), Bill Phillips (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Carpenter
Year:1983
IMDb:tt0085333

Plot:Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
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