Daniel Robert Epstein: John Carpenter

DANIEL ROBERT EPSTEIN: John Carpenter

In his 30 year career of writing, directing and producing movies, John Carpenter has made more people mess their pants than Billy Madison. He is best known for directing the original Halloween, The Thing and more recently he was unofficially “inducted” into the Masters of Horror by directing two episodes in the first two seasons. For his latest episode Pro-Life, recently released on DVD, Carpenter again teamed with the writing duo that penned his first episode, Cigarette Burns. Pro-Life tackles the...

John's been away far too long

I completely agree. This movie makes me want to rewatch the Halloween films again and I just watched those like 2 months ago.

This interview got me thinking about how badly I really want a new tatoo... maybe something horror related.

man, i would so love to have a beer and watch a basketball game with John Carpenter. he seems like a great dude.

i absolutely loved this interview, it was really loose and funny. well done, DRE.

Should have talked more about The Thing . Only the best movie he made . Besides Halloween . And maybe Big Trouble in Little China . Ok , so I would have liked more movie talk as a whole , but did enjoy the interview anyways

Everyone always mentions The Thing and Halloween, when his best film is Prince of Darkness. Fucking movie still creeps me out.

John Carpenter is hilarious! i was laughing at almost every one of his answers.

Bwahahaha! That guy is a national treasure.

ok, what tattoo did you mail him?

I've liked pretty much all his movies I've seen, though I'm not much of a traditional horror fan. Escape from New York (and LA, actually) are great. Also love The Thing.

as a kid, i wanted to be John Carpenter when i grew up, ... i guess we both never did .
Yeah, and let us not forget he was once married to:

.. a 12 year old dream at the time.

Faaaather.....faaaaather!!!!
yeah, the Satan in the mirror scene is creepy

Ah, man, John Carpenter rules.
THEY LIVE, The Thing,
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA etc.

But yeah, what a great, funny, down to earth, realistic guy.

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This is a fantastic interview, and I don't know how I missed it the first time around. DRE was great at getting honest and informative answers from anybody he interviewed. Carpenter Rules.

Staff- thank you for this interview!

God, this interview gets better EVERY TIME I read it. True story!

Only seen a few of his movies so far, but Thing's my favorite too. I wish he was more involved in the upcoming prequel. But I guess he knows all. Great guy, great interview.

John Carpenter is a PIMP! If he was a girl I'd slap that ass.