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Posts Tagged ‘John Carpenter’

Escape from New York…again.(Update)

Posted: 20th August 2010 by Jon in MOVIES
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-Original Post on Feb 11th 2010-
Strangely enough my favorite actor from the 80′s is not  Willis, or Arnold, or Stallone, but is in fact Kurt Russell. As a kid I basked in movies like, Big trouble in Little China, The Thing, and Escape from New York, three movies which I feel never need be remade. The Thing prequel is set for filming this march but rumor has it that it is turning out to be more of a reboot than a prequel. If that wasn’t a big enough crime (simply put The Thing is a perfect movie) there have been rumors of an Escape from New York remake in the works.

Last year all plans for the Escape remake were shelved due to a massive outcry from fans of the original, but as of yesterday were reopened.

According to Studio Sources the reason for it getting put back into production was a script rewrite by Allen Loeb. “Loeb nailed the humor in Plissken without slipping into camp, and he changed Snake’s rescue-mission target from a president to a female senator, thereby upping the banter quotient.” (more…)

SkullBunnie’s Forgotten Classics

Posted: 4th February 2010 by Jon in MOVIES
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Prince of Darkness is one of John Carpenters movies that gets looked over quite often. In fact most people haven’t heard of this one and I personally think that is a crime. Carpenter is my favorite Horror/Sci Fi director from the 70′s/80′s and I feel one of the most original. Today’s horror just doesn’t have the panache of a good carpenter film, and I’ve always liked that a good portion of his movies revolve around older adults and not idiotic teenagers. Prince of Darkness is no exception.

The Plot goes something like this; A priest (Donald Pleasence) invites Professor Howard Birack (Victor Wong) and a group of academics  to investigate a mysterious cylinder in the basement of an abandoned church. The Cylinder seems to be a green pre-biotic fluid that is rapidly spinning into  existence. (more…)