Ah thanks John! Great video. And you’re right the cinematography of the film is superb. That shot of the ghost shop sailing past the trawler is so so good. Carpenter manages to inject horror into the normal so well. Brilliant analysis as always John, well done.
Great video, John. The Fog is one of my absolute favourites and one of many masterpieces from Carpenter. His 80’s run is one of the most impressive streaks in film history. Looking forward to the next video!
Great review John. Perhaps I am biased but I am a huge Carpenter fan and eat his stuff up. For me he is an awesome director and such a versatile filmmaker. What I mean is he didn't just stick to one genre and you are right he is highly educated too. The films you highlighted show us not only his inspirations but his ethos as a filmmaker. I am glad you mentioned/acknowledged Debra Hill and her relationship with Carpenter. She really is an underrated producer who doesn't get the recognition she deserves.
Thanks Kerri. I love Debra Hill too she was a great producer her legacy is huge and filled with great works. She picked her material really well and worked with the best directors. She knew her stuff and it really shows in her work.
Thanks for watching. I know what you mean, apart from a few big hair styles the films look and style seems to be timeless or classic. I think maybe its to do with the classic set up of telling a spooky tale that makes it seem timeless, as we all love a spooky tale and the whole campfire story thing sets it up to be a good old fashioned story. Maybe some story telling set ups never go out of fashion lol But yeah I agree, when I watched it for the review I thought it was still looking pretty fresh. I often think the same of Christine, never seems to get old for me.
Thanks for watching. The Ward is a decent film, I've always felt it gets a bad rep as Carpenter fans were use to a different kind of film from him, with a little more atmosphere, perhaps like The Fog Prince of Darkness or In the Mouth of Madness. Similar to something like say Land of the Dead from Romero, I don't think the fans expected the direction it went in, more of its time and jump scares. I remember seeing it in the cinema in its short run and it didn't feel quite like a Carpenter film. It felt very of its time and looked great, I love the colour pallet, but it didn't have the usual wide visual scope of his other films. Perhaps feeling a bit like a director for hire job for Carpenter as he didn't have his usual writing and soring credits. It look's great and there were some jump scare moments when I really had a good time, I wouldn't put it up there with his best, but I'll take a less than great Carpenter film over most directors any day. I guess to some up I would say its bad rep is unfair as it works as a good old pop corn horror and the make up and scares worked for me. Its a solid horror movie and did its job. Thanks again for watching I hope that answers your question, its a bit long winded lol Thanks for sharing your comments.
You know I once watched The Fog in black and white for fun.....now I can't go back to color. The influences of all the 50s monster films is too prevalent in it....specifically The Crawling Eye (a supernatural fog hiding monsters) and Zombies Of Mora Tau (zombies coming from the depths of the water to take back their gold)
Thanks for watching. Yeah, I agree Carpenter's filmmaking techniques are steeped in his education. He never re-invents but he adds his own unique style that makes him part of filmmaking heritage for me, I think he's proud of that and I really believe he wanted to be part of that lineage. I've always thought that's what makes his work unique and kind of cool because he uses the same tools as others and understands what works on a low budget, but there's something there that elevates his work, maybe it's his appreciation of what came before him. You may have noticed in the film I made a few edits to show the influences of The Crawling Eye AKA The Trollenberg Terror lol I had fun with that. I'm sure Carpenter wouldn't mind it lol What I love about his influences are that a lot of them are the underdogs like The Crawling Eye or Nigel Kneale's work and he likes the same stuff as me lol I like to think he puts the references in his work as a mark of respect, and I like to believe he looked at these films the same way I look at his work. He saw these movies as a boy and thought that's what I want to do, and later because he saw the techniques in them he incorporated them into his films. Later I saw his films and thought the same thing lol Carpenter made me think, I can see how that's done, maybe I can do that. To me he is a true inspiration so I'm bias lol and to me the references are there to show his respect for the hard working filmmakers who came before him that never had the big budgets much like Carpenter himself, I think he likes to be in their company. I really think its out of love. Anyway that's where I come out on it lol But I'm with you 100% it's plain to see lol Thanks for sharing your comments always great. Cheers
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Ah thanks John! Great video. And you’re right the cinematography of the film is superb. That shot of the ghost shop sailing past the trawler is so so good. Carpenter manages to inject horror into the normal so well. Brilliant analysis as always John, well done.
This movie has one of the most haunting opening credits sequences with a city starting to live on its own at night.
oh i just love this movie. everything just came together perfectly. i particularly like john carpenter's soundtrack in this one.
Great video, John. The Fog is one of my absolute favourites and one of many masterpieces from Carpenter. His 80’s run is one of the most impressive streaks in film history. Looking forward to the next video!
Great review John. Perhaps I am biased but I am a huge Carpenter fan and eat his stuff up. For me he is an awesome director and such a versatile filmmaker. What I mean is he didn't just stick to one genre and you are right he is highly educated too. The films you highlighted show us not only his inspirations but his ethos as a filmmaker.
I am glad you mentioned/acknowledged Debra Hill and her relationship with Carpenter. She really is an underrated producer who doesn't get the recognition she deserves.
Thanks Kerri. I love Debra Hill too she was a great producer her legacy is huge and filled with great works. She picked her material really well and worked with the best directors. She knew her stuff and it really shows in her work.
I love this film. Very old school film ghost story.
Hi John, Yeah I love the way it feels like campfire tale. The storytelling aspect is great you can really settle in and enjoy a good old spooky tale.
Kind of surprised to realise how early in Carpenter's career he made The Fog, I'd sort of vaguely thought it was from the mid/late '80s.
Thanks for watching. I know what you mean, apart from a few big hair styles the films look and style seems to be timeless or classic. I think maybe its to do with the classic set up of telling a spooky tale that makes it seem timeless, as we all love a spooky tale and the whole campfire story thing sets it up to be a good old fashioned story. Maybe some story telling set ups never go out of fashion lol But yeah I agree, when I watched it for the review I thought it was still looking pretty fresh. I often think the same of Christine, never seems to get old for me.
Great video and any thoughts on his last film?
Thanks for watching. The Ward is a decent film, I've always felt it gets a bad rep as Carpenter fans were use to a different kind of film from him, with a little more atmosphere, perhaps like The Fog Prince of Darkness or In the Mouth of Madness.
Similar to something like say Land of the Dead from Romero, I don't think the fans expected the direction it went in, more of its time and jump scares.
I remember seeing it in the cinema in its short run and it didn't feel quite like a Carpenter film. It felt very of its time and looked great, I love the colour pallet, but it didn't have the usual wide visual scope of his other films. Perhaps feeling a bit like a director for hire job for Carpenter as he didn't have his usual writing and soring credits.
It look's great and there were some jump scare moments when I really had a good time, I wouldn't put it up there with his best, but I'll take a less than great Carpenter film over most directors any day.
I guess to some up I would say its bad rep is unfair as it works as a good old pop corn horror and the make up and scares worked for me. Its a solid horror movie and did its job. Thanks again for watching I hope that answers your question, its a bit long winded lol Thanks for sharing your comments.
You know I once watched The Fog in black and white for fun.....now I can't go back to color. The influences of all the 50s monster films is too prevalent in it....specifically The Crawling Eye (a supernatural fog hiding monsters) and Zombies Of Mora Tau (zombies coming from the depths of the water to take back their gold)
Thanks for watching. Yeah, I agree Carpenter's filmmaking techniques are steeped in his education. He never re-invents but he adds his own unique style that makes him part of filmmaking heritage for me, I think he's proud of that and I really believe he wanted to be part of that lineage. I've always thought that's what makes his work unique and kind of cool because he uses the same tools as others and understands what works on a low budget, but there's something there that elevates his work, maybe it's his appreciation of what came before him.
You may have noticed in the film I made a few edits to show the influences of The Crawling Eye AKA The Trollenberg Terror lol I had fun with that. I'm sure Carpenter wouldn't mind it lol
What I love about his influences are that a lot of them are the underdogs like The Crawling Eye or Nigel Kneale's work and he likes the same stuff as me lol
I like to think he puts the references in his work as a mark of respect, and I like to believe he looked at these films the same way I look at his work. He saw these movies as a boy and thought that's what I want to do, and later because he saw the techniques in them he incorporated them into his films. Later I saw his films and thought the same thing lol Carpenter made me think, I can see how that's done, maybe I can do that.
To me he is a true inspiration so I'm bias lol and to me the references are there to show his respect for the hard working filmmakers who came before him that never had the big budgets much like Carpenter himself, I think he likes to be in their company. I really think its out of love. Anyway that's where I come out on it lol But I'm with you 100% it's plain to see lol Thanks for sharing your comments always great. Cheers