Episode 74: John Carpenter Watch Series #22 (THE BIG JOHN CARPENTER COUNTDOWN)

Curtis and John revisit the John Carpenter watch series, discussing their favourite moments and JC movies, as well as providing a countdown of his best films. Before the discussion, they also talk about their latest additions to the watchlist and what they watched this week.

Tune in next week for the return of QUINN and DORE as they dare to enter THE TEMPLE OF DOOM!!!

JOHN CARPENTER MOVIES RANKED

1. The Thing
2. Escape from New York (both 4.75)
3. Halloween (4.5)
4. Assault on Precinct 13 (4.33)
5. The Fog (4.25)
6. They Live (4.17)
7. Prince of Darkness (3.83)
8. Starman (3.75)
9. In the Mouth of Madness (3.6)
10. Big Trouble in Little China (3.33)
11. Christine (3.25)
12. Someone’s Watching Me!
13. Elvis
14. Body Bags
15. Ghosts of Mars
16. Cigarette Burns (ALL 3)
17. Escape from LA (2.83)
18. Dark Star (2.67)
19. Vampires (2.33)
20. The Ward (2.21)
21. Village of the Damned (1.67)
22. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1.4)
23. Pro-Life (1)

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:07 Watchlist Additions

00:09:35 What We Watched This Week

00:38:55 The JOHN CARPENTER countdown begins!! (22-11)

01:19:05 JOHN CARPENTER BIG HITS (10-6)

01:19:05 JOHN CARPENTER GOD TIER (5-1)

01:31:30 Question Time (& VAMPIRES)

01:43:32 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

JOHN: Peep Show (Season 1); The Ring; Intruder (1989); Skinamarink; Troll (2022); The Wailing;

CURTIS: Holy Spider; The Killing Fields; The Banshees of Inisherin; The Lair (2022); The Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders (TV Series)

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

JOHN: The Other Side of the Wind; Unsane; Bingo

CURTIS: Killer Women with Piers Morgan (Netflix Series); Ruby in Paradise; Solo: A Star Wars Story; Living (2022)

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Night" by John Carpenter (Lost Themes)

Outro: "Weeping Ghost" by John Carpenter (Lost Themes III: Alive after Death)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

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