Dark Star [VHS](1974) VHS
This quirky tale of "Californians in Space" was the senior project for film students John Carpenter ("Halloween") and Dan O'Bannon ("Alien"). A ship equipped to blow up unstable planets with talking bombs is nearing the end of its mission, but the crew's nerves have been stretched to the limit. Stars O'Bannon, Dre Pahich. 91 min.
Halloween [DVD](1978) DVD
John Carpenter's groundbreaking shocker that opened the floodgates for hundreds of (mostly inferior) imitators stills packs a scare-raising punch. Fifteen years after being placed in an asylum for killing his sister on Halloween, maniacal Michael Myers escapes and returns to his hometown in search of new victims. Jamie Lee Curtis (her film debut), Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis, and P.J. Soles star. 92 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; featurette; theatrical trailers; radio spots; TV spots; biographies; photo gallery; poster gallery.
Assault On Precinct 13 [DVD](1976) DVD
Gem of low-budget action filmmaking from John Carpenter takes the western classic "Rio Bravo" and moves it to modern-day L.A., where an almost-abandoned police station is under siege from gun-toting street gangs. Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Nancy Loomis star. 91 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary by Carpenter; interview; storyboards; photo gallery; poster gallery; radio spots; theatrical trailer.
They Live [DVD](1988) DVD
Not only do they live, but they also run our society, control our businesses and keep ordinary working stiffs like you and me docile through subliminal messages. Only drifter Roddy Piper has uncovered a way to see them as they are and learn their sinister purposes. Offbeat sci-fi allegory from scaremeister John Carpenter co-stars Meg Foster, Keith David. 95 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: French, Spanish.
Prince Of Darkness [DVD](1987) DVD
From John Carpenter comes this chilling tale of a primordial essence unleashed from its prison of seven million years by scientists. We don't know what the evil-looking liquid is in that ancient container, but with hordes of creepy crawlies around it, and a glow that turns folks into zombies, we bet it isn't Moxie. Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker star. 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish, French.
Starman [DVD](1984) DVD
John Carpenter's sci-fi romance stars Jeff Bridges as an alien who lands on Earth and assumes the form of a dead man, only to fall in love with "his" wife (Karen Allen). Together the two must elude the Army and government officials in order to return Bridges to his people. With Richard Jaeckel, Charles Martin Smith. 115 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Surround, French, Spanish; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; trailers.
Dark Star [DVD](1974) DVD
This quirky tale of "Californians in Space" was the senior project for film students John Carpenter ("Halloween") and Dan O'Bannon ("Alien"). A ship equipped to blow up unstable planets with talking bombs is nearing the end of its mission, but the crew's nerves have been stretched to the limit. Stars O'Bannon, Dre Pahich. Includes the director's cut and original theatrical version. 91 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; biographies; interactive menus; scene access; theatrical trailer.
Village Of The Damned [DVD](1995) DVD
In John Carpenter's eerie reworking of the 1960 chiller, a Northern California town is overcome by a strange force, and several hours later, 10 women find they're pregnant. As the children, all with platinum hair and genius intellects, grow older, they begin manifesting bizarre--and deadly--psychic abilities. Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley and Michael Pare star. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; biographies; theatrical trailer.
Escape From L.A. [DVD](1996) DVD
One-eyed anti-hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) returns in director John Carpenter's slam-bang sequel to "Escape from New York." In the totalitarian America of 2013, captured fugitive Russell is sent into the quake-damaged island prison of Los Angeles to retrieve a stolen "doomsday device" from anti-government rebels. With Steve Buscemi, George Corraface, Pam Grier, Cliff Robertson. 100 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; theatrical trailer.
John Carpenter's Vampires [DVD](1998) DVD
The director of "Halloween" sinks his teeth into the bloodsucker genre with this horrific gem. James Woods stars as the leader of a Vatican-backed band of vampire hunters battling the minions of a six-centuries-old nosferatu, who's seeking an ancient artifact that will allow them to stalk in the daytime. Daniel Baldwin, Thomas Ian Griffith, Sheryl Lee and Maximilian Schell also star. 108 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French; audio commentary by Carpenter; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
In The Mouth Of Madness [DVD](1995) DVD
John Carpenter's eerie excursion features Sam Neill as an insurance investigator hired by a Manhattan publisher to locate a popular horror writer who has disappeared. Joining forces with a pretty editor, the investigator finds the small-town setting of the author's novels and encounters fictional terrors that have come to life. Jurgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, Charlton Heston co-star. 95 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; audio commentary by Carpenter, more; biographies; theatrical trailers.
Escape From New York [DVD](1981) DVD
1997: New York City has become a walled-off maximum security prison for the nation's most violent criminals. When the president's plane crashes inside Gotham, a tough ex-con (Kurt Russell) is given 24 hours to rescue him...or die trying. John Carpenter's action classic also stars Donald Pleasence, Adrienne Barbeau, Ernest Borgnine and Isaac Hayes. 99 min. Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.
John Carpenter's Three-Pack [DVD] DVD
Includes "John Carpenter's Vampires," "Christine" and "Starman."
Ghosts Of Mars [DVD](2001) DVD
In the year 2176, over 600,000 Earth colonists are living on the red planet, and Martian policewoman Natasha Henstridge is part of a squad sent to pick up dangerous criminal Ice Cube, jailed at a remote mining town. When they arrive, they find that the miners have been taken over by long-dormant alien spirits they accidentally freed, and now the cops and the criminal must work together to survive. Pam Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Clea DuVall, Jason Statham co-star. 98 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French; audio commentary by Carpenter, Henstridge; featurette; filmographies.
John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars/John Carpenter's Vampires Two-Pack [DVD] DVD
Two-disc set includes "John Carpenter's Ghost of Mars" and "John Carpenter's Vampires."
Big Trouble In Little China [DVD](1986) DVD
Furiously offbeat, lightning-paced adventure by John Carpenter, blending action, horror, comedy and martial arts, about a ragtag group of heroes out to rescue a kidnapped girl from a 2,000-year-old magician in San Francisco's Chinatown. Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong and Dennis Dun star. 99 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 4.0, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Carpenter; theatrical trailer; scene access; interactive menus.
John Carpenter's Vampires (Superbit) [DVD](1998) DVD
Sony's Superbit process encodes at double the standard bit rate for better picture resolution and enhanced DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound so viewers can use their existing home theater equipment to its optimal capacity. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai.
Halloween: 25th Anniversary Edition [DVD](1978) DVD
John Carpenter's groundbreaking shocker that opened the floodgates for hundreds of (mostly inferior) imitators stills packs a scare-raising punch. Fifteen years after being placed in an asylum for killing his sister on Halloween, maniacal Michael Myers escapes and returns to his hometown in search of new victims. Jamie Lee Curtis (her film debut), Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis and P.J. Soles star. 91 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary by Carpenter, Curtis; documentary; featurette; biographies; photo gallery; poster gallery; theatrical trailer; TV spots; DVD-ROM content. Two-disc set.
Escape From New York (Special Edition) [DVD](1981) DVD
1997: New York City has become a walled-off maximum security prison for the nation's most violent criminals. When the president's plane crashes inside Gotham, a tough ex-con (Kurt Russell) is given 24 hours to rescue him...or die trying. John Carpenter's action classic also stars Donald Pleasence, Adrienne Barbeau, Ernest Borgnine and Isaac Hayes. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary by Carpenter, Russell, others; deleted scene; featurette; photo gallery; theatrical trailers; more.
The Thing [DVD](1982) DVD
John Carpenter's harrowing remake of the '50s classic centers on a snowbound research team in Antarctica that encounters a vicious, shape-shifting alien organism. Cut off from the rest of the world, paranoia and mistrust begin to set in as the men realize any one of them could be the creature. Features state-of-the-art (for their time) makeup effects and a haunting score from Ennio Morricone. Kurt Russell, Keith David, Donald Moffat, Richard Dysart, and Wilford Brimley star. 109 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: French, Spanish; audio commentary by Carpenter, Russell; photo gallery; behind-the-scenes footage; storyboards; theatrical trailer; outtakes.
Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)/Dreamscape [DVD](1984) DVD
First, John Carpenter's gem of low-budget actioner "Assault on Precinct 13" takes the western classic "Rio Bravo" and moves it to modern-day L.A., where an almost-abandoned police station is under siege from gun-toting street gangs. Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Nancy Loomis star. Then, "Dreamscape" is a compelling sci-fi suspenser starring Dennis Quaid as a man with ESP abilities who joins a government research project involving entering peoples' nightmares to help them overcome their fears. Quaid and scientist Kate Capshaw uncover a plot by intelligence official Christopher Plummer to assassinate the President in his dreams. Max von Sydow, Eddie Albert also star. 193 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Englis
The Fog [DVD](1979) DVD
An ancient curse on a sleepy coastal town brings back the vengeful spirits of shipwrecked sailors, who attack the town's inhabitants in the guise of a thick and murky fog. John Carpenter directs this gruesome shocker; Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook, and Janet Leigh star. 90 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
The Fog (1979)/The Fog [DVD](2005) DVD
Two-disc set includes the standard editions of the 1979 version of "The Fog" and the 2005 remake. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
John Carpenter [DVD](2002) DVD
Armed with a unique eye for the macabre and an anti-establishment approach to filmmaking, John Carpenter continually redefined horror, sci-fi, and action movies throughout the '70s and '80s. Get the inside story on the legendary director behind "Assault on Precinct 13," "Halloween," "Escape from New York," and many others with this revealing documentary that features interviews with Kurt Russell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Fonda, Adrienne Barbeau, Alice Cooper, Debra Hill, and many more. 60 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

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