John Carpenter

Ghosts of Mars
4.9

Ghosts of Mars

Aug. 24, 2001

Ghosts of Mars

Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend a ...
Vampires
6.2

Vampires

Oct. 30, 1998

Vampires

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to ...
Village of the Damned
5.7

Village of the Damned

Apr. 28, 1995

Village of the Damned

An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, ...
In the Mouth of Madness
7.2

In the Mouth of Madness

With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose…literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for ...
Body Bags
6.2

Body Bags

Aug. 07, 1993

Body Bags

Three tales are told, each one increasingly terrifying. The first tells the story of a woman being stalked by an axe-weilding maniac. The second ...
They Live
7.3

They Live

Nov. 23, 1988

They Live

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the ...
Prince of Darkness
6.7

Prince of Darkness

Oct. 23, 1987

Prince of Darkness

A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Big Trouble in Little China
7.3

Big Trouble in Little China

When trucker, Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a ...
Starman
7.0

Starman

Dec. 13, 1984

Starman

An alien takes the form of a young widow’s husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.
Christine
6.7

Christine

May. 11, 1983

Christine

Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her ...
The Thing
8.1

The Thing

Jun. 25, 1982

The Thing

Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Escape from New York
7.2

Escape from New York

May. 23, 1981

Escape from New York

In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country’s worst ...
The Fog
6.8

The Fog

Feb. 08, 1980

The Fog

Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; ...
Elvis
7.0

Elvis

Feb. 10, 1979

Elvis

Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
Halloween
7.7

Halloween

Oct. 24, 1978

Halloween

In John Carpenter’s horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and ...
Assault on Precinct 13
7.4

Assault on Precinct 13

The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
Dark Star
6.3

Dark Star

Apr. 01, 1974

Dark Star

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 ...