Author's Note - John Carpenter

John Carpenter is another one of my personal favorite directors. Carpenter has only had a few BIG hits (Halloween, Star Man, Escape from New York), but most of his films have become cult classics over the years. Looking at the history of his career, I get the impression that he took on projects that he was passionate for and wasn’t taking a job merely for the money. There are a few distinct aspects in his films that might give you the heads up that it’s a Carpenter movie if you already didn’t know. These include angry mobs, very manly/macho leading characters, and the possibility that he wrote some if not all of the musical score. The only downside I can possibly find in Mr. Carpenter’s work is that he hasn’t made as many movies as I had hoped. He took almost a decade off from directing in between his films “Ghost of Mars” and “The Ward”. Now that he came out with (“The Ward) in 2010, perhaps he has found the creative spark to direct again!