What happened ?
great movie, also what caused John Carpenter to become fully disillusioned with mainstream hollywood
Discussion
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 🤣