1978
1978 Unknown Publication - A man who knows where he's going
February 1978 Cosmopolitan Magazine - Cosmo sees the movies
February 1978 Films and Filming - Assault on Precinct 13
03-08 London Times - The slow evolution of Dark Star
03-08 Arts Guardian - Fire in the streets
03-09 Arts Guardian - Cinema
03-09 London Evening News - The cool, clinical kill
03-10 London Times - John Carpenter proves himself a firstrate story-teller
03-10 Time Out - ...and an ascendant star.
03-10 Financial Times - Cinema
1979
06-28 Rolling Stone - 'THE FOG': A SPOOK RIDE ON FILM
July 1979 Omni Magazine - The arts
August 1979 Chic Magazine - Dr. Terror stalks Hollywood
1980
1980 Circus Magazine - Kurt Russell rides a new wave in ESCAPE film
07-28 Granite City (Ill) Press Record - Old bridge used for filming 'Escape'
08-08 St. Louis Post Dispatch - 'Crashed' Plane On Vacant City Lot Is Nothing But A Movie's 'Prop" Jet
09-25 Daily Variety - Just for Variety (EFNY)
10-14 New York Post - 'Escape' gives us Liberty
10-15 Daily Variety - 'Escape From N.Y.' Has All-Night Finale At Statue Of Liberty
10-23 Hollywood Reporter - Carpenter, Hill plan 'Clue' after N.Y. 'Escape'
10-24 Hollywood Reporter - On Location (EFNY)
1981
03-18 Shreveport-Bossier Times - Carpenter film has some times and some misses
May 1981 Starlog Magazine - From 'Forbidden Planet' to 'Escape From New York'
07-10 New York Times - Film: Escape From New York
07-10 The Times - 'NEW YORK': CYNICISM WITH STYLE
07-13 Time Magazine - Bad Apples
07-27 Newsweek Magazine - A Helluva Town
08-13 Times-Picayune - 'Escape' trashy fun without real meaning
09-04 Daily Variety - Just for Variety (THE THING)
11-24 New York Times - Carpenter: Thrifty Hollywood Maverick
12-22 Chicago Sun-Times - THE THING is returning, with the aid of John Carpenter
1982
March 1982 Twilight Zone Magazine - Hollywood - and a piece of Alaska - are doubling for Antarctica in John Carpenter's remake of THE THING
August 1982 Penthouse Magazine - Scenes/Return of The Thing
08-03 Us Magazine - Thing King
11-04 Herald Magazine - John Carpenter living a boyhood dream
November 1982 Action Films - The Thing
1983
02-20 The Sunday Oregonian - Audiences didn't want that close an encounter with "Thing"
12-09 Bergen Record - A Homicidal Vehicle Stuck in Third Gear
12-10 Boston Globe - CHRISTINE Unleashes A Demonic Fury
12-11 Star News - CHRISTINE Party Accelerates
12-13 New York Post - CHRISTINE Driver a Nervous Nellie at the Wheel in N.Y.
12-15 Santa Cruz Express - Car Bunkle
12-16 Santa Cruz Sentinel/Spotlight - Hell hath no Plymouth Fury
12-19 Newsweek Magazine - Hell on Wheels
12-19 Time Magazine - Christine
1984
12-13 Los Angeles Times - Starlight, star bright, 1st Starman to alight
12-14 New York Times - STARMAN Gives Jeff Bridges a Showcase
12-14 Los Angeles Herald Examiner - A horror director creates a magical alien
12-14 LA Weekly - John Carpenter On a Clear, Starry Night
12-17 Newsweek Magazine - Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind
12-31 Us Magazine - E.T. grows up, and he might take an Oscar home
1985
01-04 LA Weekly - The Two Sides of John Carpenter - From Paranoia to Providence
1988
10-31 New York Times - The Ghost Maker: A Halloween Tale by John Carpenter
1989
06-22 London Times - Cheap thrills and dark glasses
1990
05-13 Los Angeles Times - Transparently Chevy
1995
February 1995 Tower Records Pulse Magazine - Mad About the Mouth; John Carpenter isn't afraid to scare people in a PC world
04-28 New York Times - John Carpenter Revisits That Creepy Village
04-28 Seattle Times - Born to be bad
04-28 Orange County Register - A Damned fine scare
04-29 Orange County Register - A Director's Dream
06-02 USA Today - A super showing of support for Reeve
1996
02-04 LA Times - Apocalypse 2013
04-06 USA Today - For Russell, no escape from his first action role
July 1996 DGA Magazine - Hollywood's Prince of Darkness Destroys LA
07-28 Calgary Sun - Role Haunts Russell
August 1996 Starlog Magazine #1 - Killer Convict
August 1996 Starlog Magazine #2 - Snake's newest escape
Fall 1996 Smoke Magazine - Escape with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter
08-04 Chicago Sun-Times - The Escape Artist
08-08 Hollywood Reporter - Carpenter in MUTANT hunt
08-12 USA Today - In ESCAPE, Carpenter sets his rebellious nature free.
1997
November 1997 Dreamwatch Magazine - CARPENTER KING
1998
March 1998 Gallery Magazine - John Carpenter - Modern Horror's Renaissance Man
April 1998 Cinefantastique Magazine - Jame's Woods stars as vampire hunter.
05-06 Daily Variety - Sony has stake in "Vampires"
05-06 Hollywood Reporter - SPE is flying "Vampires" around
08-16 Ottowa Sun - Vampire film has bite; Carpenter has Rice for dinner
09-04 Hollywood Reporter - Carpenter, Col taking next bite at 'Vampires'
October 1998 Detour Magazine - The evil is out there.
10-25 The Calgary Sun - Biting into love of fear
10-25 San Diego Union-Tribune - Carpenter goes for the throat in VAMPIRES
10-29 Time Out NY - Prince of Darness; Horror maestro John Carpenter talks about VAMPIRES, cops, postmodernists and other scary subjects
10-29 Philadelphia Enquirer - His 'Vampires' puts correctness to the stake. To John Carpenter, there are too many taboos. But not in this film.
10-29 Chicago Sun-Times - Fleshing out vampires
10-29 Creative Loafing - John Carpenter gives B-movie sensibilities a '90s twist in VAMPIRES
10-30 Entertainment Today - Prince of Darkness
November 1998 Fangoria Magazine - To Play and Slay
November 1998 Cinefantastique Magazine #1 - The horror film master is back at the top of his form.
November 1998 Cinefantastique Magazine #2 - VAMPIRE BRIDES; Sheryl Lee on filming Carpenter's brand of erotic horror action.
11-02 Hollywood Reporter - 'Vampires' draws b.o. blood
11-02 Daily Variety - 'Vampires has bite; B.O. pumpkin patchy
1999
January 1999 Film Comment - American Movie Classic: John Carpenter
10-15 Hollywood Reporter - Screen Gems sees Ghost as first prodn
11-29 Daily Variety - 'Throne' takes crown at Turin film festival
2000
02-20 Santa Barabara News-Press - 'Halloween' director John Carpenter helms UCSB film class on sex and brutality
03-14 Daily Variety - DISH - Casting Convergences
06-09 Daily Variety - Thesp DuVall closes in on 'Carpenter's Ghost'
06-20 Albuquerque Journal - Zia To Have Large Part in Carpenter Sci-Fi Film
07-01 Jemez Thunder - Science Fiction Film Coming to Zia Pueblo
07-21 Hollywood Reporter - Love leaves Carpenter's 'Mars' pic due to injury
08-02 Hollywood Reporter - Henstridge lands on Carpenter's 'Mars'
08-02 Daily Variety - With Love lost, Henstridge will land on Mars
09-19 Daily Variety - DISH - Vampires Tap Another Vein
11-03 Daily Variety - Bon Jovi will vamp for Carpenter pic
2001
March 2001 Fangoria Magazine - Facing the Evils
Spring 2001 - Wicked Magazine - Mars Attacks
Spring 2001 - Operating Cameraman - Life On Mars, a Distant Location
04-27 Entertainment Weekly - John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
05-31 Daily Variety #1 - A Man With Killer Style
05-31 Daily Variety #2 - Helmer snags spooks on angry red planet
05-31 Daily Variety #3 - F/x players praise Carpenter's craft
May/June 2001 Cinescape Magazine - Ghosts of Mars
August 2001 The Santa Fean Magazine - Telling It Like It Is
August 2001 Fangoria Magazine - Ghosts of Mars Rule Their Planet
08-17 L.A. Weekly - Prince of Darkness
08-23 L.A. Times - Chill Seeker |