
January 16, 1948 · 78 years old
An American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction. Most films in Carpenter's career were initially commerci…

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.

In a dystopian 1997, a soldier-turned-bank robber is tasked with rescuing the U.S. President after he crashes into Manhattan, which has been turned into a giant maximum security prison.

A rough-and-tumble trucker and his sidekick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.

They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.

While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.

Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.

A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.

Local legend tells of a ship lured on to the rocks of Antonio Bay being enveloped by a supernatural cloud as it sank; the myth says that when this mysterious fog returns, the victims will rise up from the depths seeking vengeance.

In 2013, Snake Plissken is tasked by a despotic U.S. President with entering Los Angeles - now an autonomous island prison - and recovering a doomsday device stolen by his renegade daughter.

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

A cascade of violence and terror forces Laurie Strode to confront the evil she can't control.

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.

Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight.

In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find that the post has become a charnel house.

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

An alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting t...

A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.

An institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.

A thick mist full of vengeful spirits haunts a prosperous island town off the coast of Oregon, as its inhabitants try to learn their town's dark secret in order to stop it.

A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

After a freak accident, a company executive turns completely invisible, goes on the run, and becomes hunted by a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new reality.

A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.

Fashion photographer Laura Mars, whose photographs contain violent images, develops the ability to see through a killer's eyes. Those around her include her driver Tommy, her manager Donald, her ex-husband Michael, and policeman J...

A vampire hunter and a priest fight a band of the walking dead in Mexico.

A thief named Quint is hired by the Justice Department to steal incriminating tapes from a corrupt corporation. The tapes vanish when Quint hides them in the back of a hydrodynamic powered racing car that is stolen by a hot car ring.

A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.

Determined to "rescue" his pregnant daughter from an abortion clinic, a religious fanatic and his sons plan a violent assault - just as the doctors' suspect her pregnancy might not be of this world.

A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos.

A nostalgic journey through '80s sci-fi films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artists who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.

When the notorious outlaw El Diablo kidnaps a schoolgirl, her teacher, an Easterner named Billy Ray, decides to rescue her. Incompetent to track her alone, Billy Ray enlists the aid of an unscrupulous gunman.

An exploration of true tales of terror that took place in seemingly perfect small towns.

Conclusion to In Search of Darkness trilogy featuring the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental and entertaining. These hidden gems are ripe for red...

Why Horror? Is a feature documentary following horror fan Tal Zimerman as he looks at the psychology of horror around the world in order to understand why we love to be scared.