great movie, also what caused John Carpenter to become fully disillusioned with mainstream hollywood
Discussion
What happened ?
No funding for that type of movie?
Studios.
Ironically they usually ruin the movies
Not usually, always. Worked for Paramount for a long time, they threw so many good ideas out the door.
He had a lot of great films that bombed, but later were reconsidered and became cult classics, practically his entire filmography actually. Misunderstood by the studios, and badly promoted.
He’s a legend. He made the first Halloween. He created the slasher type even though Halloween wasn’t a slasher 🤣