John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, actor, and composer. Although he has worked in many film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. He is generally recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award, lauding him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions". More about John Carpenter
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Carpenter's early films included box office and critical successes like Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), and Starman (1984). His other productions from the 1970s and the 1980s only later came to be considered cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. These include Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), and Escape from L.A. (1996).In total, we tracked 980 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Carpenter (KURT RUSSELL SIGNED THE THING SIGNED 11X14 JOHN CARPENTER BAS COA BECKETT (C) was sold in February 2022 for $3200.00 while the cheapest item (Thomas Waites Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Actor John Carpenter The Thing Warriors) found a new owner for $0.01 in October 2023. The month with the most items sold (31) was October 2022 with an average selling price of $99.99 for an autographed item of John Carpenter. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2018 with $399.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.55 was May 2019. In average, an autographed item from John Carpenter is worth $51.00.
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Scream 6 Directors Are Now Developing A Reboot Of A John Carpenter Classic (11/17/22): After honoring Wes Craven with Scream, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet have set their sights on rebooting a beloved John Carpenter film.
John Carpenter’s Response To Being Asked About A24 Movies Should Amuse Horror Fa (10/13/22): John Carpenter has a funny response to interviewers' questions regarding A24 and elevated horror.
New Halloween Ends Image Features A Nod To John Carpenter’s Original (09/07/22): Halloween Ends will arrive this October, and the new image features a great reference to the OG.
John Carpenter Is Game For A Sequel To One Of His Best Movies (02/23/22): The horror icon shares that he'd like to make a followup for perhaps his most beloved film as a director.
Halloween Kills’ Director On Halloween Ends’ New Tone And Nods To John Carpenter (11/09/21): David Gordon Green is already preparing us for Halloween Ends.
Halloween II Turns 40: How Michael Myers Lost His Scares and Gained His Slash (10/2021): Halloween II arrived three years after John Carpenter's seminal introduction to Michael Myers, but changing times saw the movie try too hard to match the new wave of bloody slashers.
John Carpenter Unleashes 2nd Track from Halloween Kills Soundtrack (09/2021): John Carpenter has released 'Rampage' from the upcoming release of Halloween Kills.
John Carpenter Releases First Track 'Unkillable' from Halloween Kills Score (08/2021): Master composer John Carpenter offered a glimpse into what the Halloween Kills score will be like in the upcoming horror film.
John Carpenter Thinks Escape from New York Franchise Has Two More Snake Plissken (07/2021): The director of the cult classic has said that he could see Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken appear in two further tales.
John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction: HELL Comic Trailer Brings Issue #1 Sn (05/2021): John Carpenter fans can rejoice as a trailer for the new comic series inspired by his stories is released.
Big Trouble in Little China Is Streaming for Free on YouTube Right Now (03/2021): Revisit John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China for free as the movie is currently streaming on YouTube Movies.
The Fog 2 Talks Have Happened, John Carpenter Is Open to the Idea (02/2021): There is currently a lot of talk about The Fog 2 and other potential sequels to the movies of John Carpenter.