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Director: John Carpenter

Dark Star (1974)

9 June 200023 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Space Mission Gone Wrong Comedy

Category: Science Fiction

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

5 March 200514 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Urban Siege

Actors: Austin Stoker, Charles Cyphers, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, …
Category: Horror

Halloween (1978)

6 December 200226 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★½

Slasher Film

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, …
Category: Horror

Someone’s Watching Me (1978)

23 September 200710 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Stalker Psycho-Thriller

Actors: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers
Category: Horror

The Fog (1980)

25 August 200229 March 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Vengeful Ghosts

Actors: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh, …
Category: Horror

Escape from New York (1981)

5 July 20026 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Action/New York as a Future Prison

Actors: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Adrienne Barbeau, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Thing (1982)

11 January 200215 June 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Shapechanging Alien Nasty

Actors: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, David Clennon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Christine (1983)

4 May 200119 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Car/Stephen King Adaptation

Actors: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, William Ostrander, …
Category: Horror

Starman (1984)

5 May 200019 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Alien Visitor

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel
Category: Science Fiction

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

7 May 20034 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Chinese Supernatural/Martial Arts Fantasy

Actors: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong, …
Category: Fantasy

Prince of Darkness (1987)

6 April 200424 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

The Devil and Quantum Physics

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

They Live (1988)

6 July 200111 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Reality-Manipulating Aliens

Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason
Category: Science Fiction

Body Bags (1993)

7 September 201322 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Actors: Stacy Keach, Mark Hamill, Tom Arnold, Alex Datcher, …
Category: Horror

In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

17 August 200231 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Meta-Fictional Horrors

Actors: Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, Charlton Heston, …
Category: Horror

Village of the Damned (1995)

22 June 200231 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Telepathic Alien Children

Actors: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Lindsey Haun, …
Category: Science Fiction

Escape from L.A. (1996)

11 September 200313 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Action/Los Angeles as a Future Prison

Actors: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, George Corraface, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vampires (1998)

19 June 199928 May 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Vampire Hunter

Actors: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Tim Guinee, …
Category: Horror

Ghosts of Mars (2001)

26 August 20016 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Resurrected Spirits on Mars

Actors: Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Joanna Cassidy, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Ward (2010)

16 June 20115 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Haunted Asylum

Actors: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Danielle Panabaker, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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