Iconic suspense director John Carpenter -- who save for a couple of Showtime's Masters of Horror episodes hasn't directed anything in awhile -- is coming out of semi-retirement and sending Nicolas Cage to prison.The movie is called Scared Straight. According to The Hollywood Reporter it involves ... a troubled youth who's sent to prison off the Scared Straight crime-prevention program, which imprisons delinquent teens for a short period in the hopes of deterring them from a life of crime. While ...
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I don't own ALL of John Carpenter's films. In fact, as much as I love him as a director, I'll be the first to admit his recent films pale in comparison to his work from the 70s and 80s. That said, his first smash hit, Halloween (1978), was for many years the most successful independent film ever made. Not bad for a bunch of kids making a horror film about babysitters and the boogeyman.A list of the Carpenter DVDs I do own:HalloweenElvis - the movieThe FogEscape From New YorkThe ThingChristine...
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