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Watch Lee Hardcastle's beautiful hybrid of the 1980s stop-motion TV show Pingu crossed with John Carpenter's alien horror movie The Thing! We've never seen so much clay penguin blood! Hat tip to syafiqjabar of Mars. More »
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We all know that Big Trouble in Little China is the best movie ever made (in which Kurt Russell is extremely confused). But did you know that director John Carpenter and his band the Coup DeVilles starred in a magnificent music video to accompany the flick? It's true! I owe Jalopnik bon vivant Ray Wert for this knowledge. In terms of 1980s vanity music videos, this is tied with Philip Michael Thomas' angel-dust-tinged R&B anthem "Just The Way I Planned It." Special effects-wise, it edges out "Doctor in Distress." More »
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Rowdy Roddy Piper from They Live is one of the great last-minute Halloween costumes, but what if you wanted to be the cheese-dip faces? Kiersten Essenpreis built these fantastic They Live alien faces using basic craft store masks. I would buy one of these bad boys in a heartbeat (but for my morning commute, not Halloween).

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Two weeks ago, I was watching Big Trouble In Little China with my brother, who hadn't seen the movie in years. "Man," he noted. "Kurt Russell really loves shouting nonsense at no one in particular." More »
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John Carpenter's The Thing has inspired musical tributes, deep video exegesis, and even that prequel which came out last weekend. But what do MacReady, Childs, and the gang make of this new film? No sir, they don't like it. More »
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While writing and shooting the prequel to John Carpenter's ice-cold horror story The Thing, director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had a chance to explore the original movie's backstory. Find out how and why the thing crashed on Earth in our exclusive interview. More »
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The Thing prequel's cast and crew reveal their favorite nods to the John Carpenter classic hidden in the new film. Which we then chopped up and recreated with original 1982 Carpenter footage so you'll know exactly what to look for inside this horror film. More »
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Those of you keeping track at home will remember that the third Halloween film, Season of the Witch, had absolutely nothing to do with Michael Myers chasing Jamie Lee Curtis. More »
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If you've never seen John Carpenter's The Thing, stop reading right now and go rent the damn movie. We're getting into big ol' spoilers for a movie that holds up remarkably well 30 years down the road. More »
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The first full-length trailer for the Thing prequel is here, and it serves up a huge dose of claustrophobia and paranoia, laced with awesome bloody violence. If you've been skeptical about a prequel to John Carpenter's film, check this out. More »
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Tonight, the Alamo Drafthouse is hosting a special screening of John Carpenter's They Live. Which means one thing: a new limited edition poster from Mondo! So here it is, the limited edition They Live poster created by the Shepard Fairey. More »
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A bunch of remarkably well-groomed girls are locked in an insane asylum with one scalpel happy crazy ghost — but ,first public showers for everyone! Watch the entire trailer for John Carpenter's latest horror outing The Ward. More »
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We've all been waiting patiently to see John Carpenter, the master of horror, return to the big screen with The Ward. Finally a small bit of footage has been released, revealing steamy shower encounters with ghosts and crazy hotties. More »
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Could the next nostalgic movie sequel for Jeff Bridges be Starman 2? He's certainly open to it. In fact, he's got a few questions from the original he'd like answered in the sequel. More »
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Last week Universal announced that the upcoming prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing would be delayed from April for re-shoots. The new release date is now October 14th 2011. A week before Paranormal Activity 3, perfect horror watchin' time. [DenOfGeek] More »
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Breck Eisner's Escape From New York remake just took a strange and interesting twist. Rumor has it, Jeremy Renner is being courted for Snake Plissken... Say what? More »
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What's better than a mixtape of John Carpenter's finest movie themes? How about a mixtape curated by his longtime musical collaborator Alan Howarth, who co-composed the soundtracks for Escape From New York, They Live, and Big Trouble in Little China? More »
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The film adaptation of Randy Queen's nightmarish comic Darkchylde already has Weta's special effects shop behind it. And this Halloween, the film's bringing on the Halloween director himself, John Carpenter. More »
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We caught our first glimpse of The Thing's creepy Arctic horror this past weekend. But it's just one of a half-dozen movie prequels in the pipeline. Past experience shows many of these prequels may suck. Here's your prequel suckitude forecast. More »
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Universal debuted the first ever footage from The Thing prequel at New York Comic Con. We witnessed a pretty impressive mix of ominous foreshadowing and hot alien tentacle action. So far, so good. Spoilers ahead... More »
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Can you remake John Carpenter's They Live without the infamous alien-revealing sunglasses? The producer seems to think so. Hear what he has to say on possible They Live changes, and who he hired to update the screenplay. More »
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The thought of Hollywood messing with John Carpenter's The Thing is enough to make our heads sprout spider-legs and run away. Which is why we brought our hardest-hitting questions to the set of the Thing prequel. Here's what we learned. More »
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Looking for really some really bad dogs? Check out these gonzo movies starring supernatural and post-canine horrors that make Cujo look like Spuds MacKenzie wearing a party hat. Here are the most malevolent mutts in moviedom. More »
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There are lots of things wrong with David Lo Pan — delusions of power, pale complexion, incorporeality — but this Lo Pan Express print shows he's got a good taste in both rides and traveling buddies. [Manly Art Shop] More »
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Welcome to Soundtrack Saturday, a now-and-then column which showcases music that's tickling our aural syntax nodes. Today's artist is undead deejay Kavinsky. His music sounds like John Carpenter and Jan Hammer fighting crime together and working out in abandoned warehouses. More »
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Say what you will about John Carpenter's most recent movies, his movie Vampires is always highly watchable, even with James Woods as the vampire slayer lead. Can Carpenter's new flick Fangland save the vampire genre from itself? More »
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (a.k.a. Mr. Eko from Lost and Heavy Duty from G.I. Joe) will co-star in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s prequel to John Carpenter's body-snatching classic The Thing. Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays Derek Jameson, a pilot who battles the Antarctic alien. Spoilers! More »
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After being called in to rewrite the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing from scratch, screenwriter Eric Heisserer had a huge task ahead of him. Find out what's getting fleshed out about Carpenter's snowy science lab, and what's left out. More »
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In Hollywood's continuing crusade to ruin everything that's good, the remake of John Carpenter's urban scifi classic is moving forward with a new director on board. More »
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If you pen disco songs about aliens and UFOs, you're eccentric. But if you transform your space-case dance jams into music videos, you're asking for a padded cell. Warning: the blinding cheesiness of this disco apocalypse may cause retinal stigmata. More »
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New tidbits about The Thing prequel, starting filming, have surfaced, and they're making us a bit nervous. Can this reimagining live up to Carpenter's work? Will it hold up to the snowy alien greatness, even in a foreign language? More »
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The casting call for Matthijs Van Heijningen's prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing reveals plenty about the main characters and spills major plot points. And the information is a lot less pleasing than an upside-down-head spider. More »
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Under Brooklyn's elevated JMZ subway sits a curious clothing label. On one hand, their apparel often appears in rap videos. On the other, they've released a t-shirt featuring He-Man in S&M gear. Welcome to the wonderfully warped world of Mishka. More »
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When we finally colonize Mars, what kind of buildings will we be able to set up there? Veteran concept artist John Eaves designed some great-looking structures for John Carpenter's underrated film Ghosts Of Mars. That lesbian matriarchy appreciates strong lines. More »
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One of Ronald D. Moore's post-Battlestar Galactica projects was writing a prequel to classic horror movie The Thing... But put emphasis on "was"; he's off the project, and his script has been dumped. More »
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If your enjoyment of John Carpenter's remake of The Thing has always been hampered by the fact that you didn't know anything about the origins of the shapechanging killer alien, then relax; help is on the way, courtesy of an upcoming prequel to the 1982 classic. More »
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If you want to spend your Friday evening contemplating the joys of alien-based paranoia, plus a little wrestling, then there's nothing better than a nice heaping of They Live. Released in the late 1980s, this ironic-paranoid classic was John Carpenter's giant fuck you to the Reagan Administration and social conformity of all types. Aliens have taken over, and are controlling all of the United States (and perhaps the whole world) by beaming a signal into everybody's mind that masks the true aliens, as well as the "obey" signs they've planted everywhere. In this awesome scene, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper puts on some sunglasses that allow him to see the truth. It's like the "taking the red pill" moment — suddenly the extent of his manipulation becomes clear. More »
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If you haven't seen John Carpenter's classic The Thing, which shows you just how scary a remote Antarctic ice station can be when a parasitic alien thaws out, you should. If you have seen it, then you'll recognize this sucker designed by FX whiz Rob Bottin. Remember when Kurt Russell starts testing everyone's blood to see if they've become infected and have shapeshifted into an alien? Well, this is what pops out of the petri dish in one of those "shit your pants" screen moments, and it can be yours for the semi-outrageous opening bid of $3,499.00. Although there's no certificate of authenticity, there is a very nice glass case, which might explain the upcharge. If it were made out of diamond. [Ain't It Cool] More »
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Stephen King's The Mist is vaporizing from theaters left and right, but there's already another fog-shrouded mutant mist movie heading to your multiplex. Night & Fog, which is in production with Myriad Pictures, has a very familiar-sounding plot: military experiment on a remote island results in monsters in the mist. Got your lawyer on speed dial, Mr. King? More »
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Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. More »
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