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Very few filmmakers could hope to achieve the immense cult status obtained by legendary director John Carpenter and his highly influential, unmistakable movies. Having written, directed, edited and scored the music for most of his films he remains a true auteur and a groundbreaking innovator of independent cinema. With his vivid imagination, sly streaks of dark humour and his tense, terrifying and sometimes disturbing scenarios he has become renowned as a master of horror and is responsible for creating some of modern cinemas most original and iconic characters, from Halloween’s relentlessly evil Michael Myers and Escape from New York’s unstoppable anti-hero Snake Plisskin to The Fog’s unforgettable army of zombie pirates.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great collection, almost no subtitles,
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This review is from: The John Carpenter Collection [DVD] (DVD)
The films are all great, in my opinion this is Carpenter at his best. However, I'm taking one star off for two reasons.
First, there are absolutely no subtitles, apart from The Thing, not even for hard of hearing. Second, the collection's best film, and Carpenter's best film, The Thing, is just a repackaging of the older DVD version. The aspect ratio is 2.35:1, but encoded for 4:3 TVs. That means, if you own a widescreen TV, you will get the movie "windowed" in the centre of the screen. But, again, for the price of the boxset, it is a great deal.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
best box set i own.,
This review is from: The John Carpenter Collection [DVD] (DVD)
this collection is almost how i would have chosen the 7 dvd line up with the only exception being the addition of 'christine' instead of prince of darkness which is a 7/10 worth a watch movie while the other 6 are carpenter's best i.e halloween,assault on precinct 13 and they live 8/10 and escape from new york,the fog and the thing 9/10. there will be fans saying what about 'big trouble in little china' also but that cracker has a light hearted feel to it which would not fit in with the feel of the other films here. if you have forgotten it or never seen it 'in the mouth of madness' is probably the last great film this genious director made. for the price you could get one new release dvd which will only be better than one of the movies in this set and if you already own 2 or 3 of the ones here do wot i did and give them to someone you know an buy this set. i hope the soon to be released 'the ward' is a welcome return for this director.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really Good Carpenter Collection,
This review is from: The John Carpenter Collection [DVD] (DVD)
This is a very good boxset containing a good spread of John Carpenter's work. Disappointed that Starman or Dark Star are not included, and that a number of discs (like Prince of Darkness) have no real special features. But the picture and sound quality is excellent, the existing special features are informative, there is minimal packaging and the films themselves hold up very well. A must-have for Carpenter fans.
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