Akunakuphikwa ukuthi uJohn Carpenter ungomunye wamakhosi eqiniso aphilayo asabekayo. Amagalelo akhe emhlabeni wefilimu abe makhulu futhi awushintshe ngokuphelele umdlalo. Njengoba sengike ngaqopha umlando ngo-Wes Craven ongasekho, nginqume ukuyobukisa ezinye izingwazi. Sebenzisa lolu hlu njengethuluzi lokuhamba phansi ngomzila wenkumbulo futhi uphinde uvakashele amafilimu amahle ongazange uwabone isikhathi eside, noma uhlole amanye owagejile futhi okufanele ucabange ukuwabuka! Ngakho, nakhu: Amafilimu angu-8 ahamba phambili kaJohn Carpenter.

INkosana Yobumnyama (1987) [youtube id=”PKI2kI6Flw0″ align=”right”] Ifilimu kaJohn Carpenter ehlanganisa uDonald Pleasance no-Alice Cooper? Ngibhalise! Nakuba ingeyona ephumelela kakhulu kumafilimu Ombazi, lena isiphenduke inkolo yakudala eyaziwa kancane ngenxa yevidiyo yasekhaya ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwefilimu. UDonald Pleasance ulingisa umlingisi ogama lakhe lingu "Father Loomis," ovela kwenye ifilimu esabekayo eyaziwa kancane ebizwa Halloween. Cishe ungakuthola lokho Halloween imuvi uma unenhlanhla esitolo sokuthenga endaweni ethile e-Ohio; ngaphandle kwalokho, angiqiniseki ukuthi ikhona indlela yokubuka ifilimu elikhohliwe kangaka.

Emlonyeni Wokuhlanya (1994) [youtube id=”fitU66jq6GQ” align=”right”] Lena ifilimu yokugcina kulokho Carpenter akubiza ngokuthi “Apocalypse Trilogy” yakhe. Ukuze, amafilimu aqukethwe kule trilogy kukhona Into, iNkosana yobumnyama, futhi ekugcineni Emlonyeni Wokuhlanya. Ifilimu iboleka amathonya amaningi kumbhali wakudala othusayo u-HP Lovecraft, egxile ekuhlanyeni, okuyitimu ephindaphindayo emsebenzini omningi we-Lovecraft. Kunezinkomba zeminye imisebenzi yombhali kuyo yonke ifilimu; Ngeke ngibanike, nokho. Kuzodingeka uyibuke ukuze uwathole! Kuzoba mnandi ngale ndlela, ngithembe!

Inkungu (1980) [youtube id=”Y2o1-_E4PRA” align=”kwesokudla”] Umbazi unomkhuba wokuthola abalingisi noma abalingisi ajabulela ukusebenza nabo futhi abagcine beseduze. Kunjalo nge The Inkungu, Kudlala uJamie Lee Curtis. Futhi uvela kuleyo movie ye-Halloween eyaziwa kancane ebesikhuluma ngayo ngaphambili, uma ngabe ubungazi. The Inkungu ifilimu engancikile ezenzweni eziyingozi futhi esikhundleni salokho ethatha indlela yomoya ukuze ikufake esimweni esisabisayo. Ifilimu ingeyakudala emsulwa, futhi ngiyibukele izikhathi eziningi ngaze ngalahlekelwa umkhondo, njengakumafilimu amaningi ka-Carpenter. Nokho, hlala kude yenza kabusha! Inguqulo ka-2005 cishe ingelinye lamamuvi amabi kakhulu ake enziwa ngokubona kwami. Hhawu. Ngezinye izikhathi izinto zingcono ukushiywa yedwa!

Inkinga Enkulu e-Little China (1986) [youtube id=”592EiTD2Hgo” align=”right”] Nakuba kungeyona ifilimu esabekayo, lena kusafanele nakanjani ukuyihlola. U-Kurt Russell udlala i-badass ekhahlela imbongolo emqhudelwaneni wesenzo esihlekisayo. Abalandeli bomdlalo wokulwa onodlame oludlulele Mortal Kombat uzothola ukukhahlela kulokhu; uhlamvu lukaRaiden lwaphefumulelwa kusukela kufilimu, isigqoko sotshani kanye namandla ombani kaNkulunkulu afakiwe. Umbazi ubelokhu enza kahle ngakho-ke i-Carpenter, ifilimu ayenzanga kahle kakhulu e-box-office kodwa isiphinde yaba inkolo yakudala. Abagxeki abakaze nje bayiqonde le ndoda. Kuyisono ngempela.

Baleka eNew York (1981) [youtube id=”8-LDW7tWwAI” align=”right”] U-Kurt Russell ulingisa futhi efilimini yesenzo ka-John Carpenter. I-Snake Plisskin i- take no prisoners kind of guy, onikezwe umsebenzi wokusindisa umongameli (Hey, ingabe uDonald Pleasance lowo? Yebo kunjalo!) emahoreni angu-22 ejele eliseNew York City ngo-1997. empeleni yamukelwe kahle ngabagxeki, ngokungafani ne nezinye ifilimu yesenzo edlalwa u-Kurt Russell futhi iqondiswe nguJohn Carpenter eyayizokhishwa eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva.

Bayaphila (1988)[youtube id=”KLRafyWhzG4″ align="right”] “Ngize lapha ukuzohlafuna i-bubblegum futhi ngikhahlele izimbongolo… futhi sengiphelelwe yi-bubblegum.” Ndoda, yeka imuvi. URoddy Piper ongasekho ngokuphelele ubulala kulokhu! Baphila iyifilimu ekhuluma ngokulwa negunya, kanye neqiniso lokuthi izinto zingase zingabi njengoba zibonakala. Ipheya lezibuko zelanga linikeza umlingiswa oyinhloko umbono ezweni eliyimfihlo labafokazi abahlala kuzo zonke izindawo ezisizungezile, ezifihle njengabantu abavamile. Ngisafake izibuko zelanga ngokwesaba ngenxa yale filimu. Ngeke wazi ukuthi ubani umfokazi futhi ongeyena, kulezi zinsuku.

Into (1982)[youtube id=”p35JDJLa9ec” align=”right”] Lena ifilimu eyodwa kulolu hlu engaphethiloli we- surefire nightmare. Uhambo lwesayensi e-arctic ebandayo luveza ukutholwa kohlanga lwakudala olushaqisayo ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye. Le filimu ichazwe nguJohn Carpenter ngokwakhe njengentandokazi yakhe kuwo wonke amafilimu awenzile. Umbazi akazange azuze le movie ngokwakhe, okuyinto engavamile kumafilimu akhe; esikhundleni salokho, kwenziwa ngu-Ennio Morricone. Umsebenzi wokwenza u-Rob Bottin omangalisayo yiwo okudonsela ku-movie. I-gory, iyesabeka, inhle. Uma ngiqedile ngalolu hlu, empeleni ngicabanga ukuthi ngizolukhipha eqoqweni lami le-VHS bese ngilufaka phakathi.

I-Halloween (1978)[youtube id=”xHuOtLTQ_1I” align=”right”] Ah, leyo filimu encane ewubulima ebesixoxa ngayo ngaphambili! Konke okuhlekisayo eceleni, i-Halloween ingelinye lamafilimu athusayo amakhulu kunawo wonke. Idale i-franchise ephumelele ngendlela emangalisayo futhi yakwazi ukubeka ukwesaba esikweni le-pop unomphela, kanye nabafowabo bakaMichael Myer abangababulali uJason noFreddy. Kuthiwani ngale movie okungakashiwo? Eqinisweni, hhayi kakhulu. Kube nabalingisi abaningi, kodwa kukhona oyedwa wokuqala. Isikolo siphelele. Isikhohlakali siphelele. I-classic engenakuphikiswa. UJohn Carpenter, uDonald Pleasance, uJamie Lee Curtis, kanye nombhali uDebra Hill benza iqembu elingenakuvinjwa.

 

U-John Carpenter udunyazwe ngamafilimu amakhulu ebhajethi ne-Hollywood ezikhathini zamuva nje, futhi kuyihlazo elikhulu ngoba singasebenzisa amafilimu e-Carpenter amaningi. Amafilimu akhe abelokhu emangalisa encwadini yami, namaculo akhe nawo abenjalo, okungenze ngajabula ngendlela emangalisayo lapho ngithola ukuthi ukhiphe icwecwe lomculo wokuqala elithi Lost Themes ngo-2014. Phila isikhathi eside uJohn Carpenter, futhi uphile isikhathi eside uMichael Myers!