The LAMBs in the Director's Chair #21: John Carpenter

For those who are unfamiliar with the series The LAMBs in the Director's Chair might want to check out the on going event over at the Large Association of Movie Blogs website to catch up on the game. The somewhat monthly series is comprised of a collection of bloggers who contribute their writings and reflections upon the career of a pre-selected a film director. The focal point of this particular installment will be a stepping stone from the usual mainstream that a lot of movie theater attendees are adjusted to these days. Long time film director David Lynch has been known for distributing material with a very weird perspective on life, but he is a wiz at doing it so well that it invokes an emotional response every time. Would that not be the intention of art and filmmaking: an emotional and/or intellectual response to its material? In addition, he also knows how to tweak the soundtrack for the film in such a way that could blow the woofers right of the speaker cabinets (that would be a positive thing in this instance) in order to design a particular mood setting for the story of the film. The following installment of the series was posted on October 31, 2011 over on the LAMB website. A horror movie marathon is the most fitting activity for a lot of people when the Halloween holiday rolls around every year. However, there are not very many horror film directors who would closely associate with the annual holiday like John Carpenter. It was with his iconic film franchise, Halloween, which spawned an iconic character in the world of American horror cinema: Michael Myers. In the twenty-first edition of The LAMBs in the Director’s Chair series, the LAMB writers have submitted a collection of reviews and editorials covering the films directed by John Carpenter, which includes a couple of a reviews for Halloween (1978). Enjoy the reading adventure!

Editorials, Highlights and Miscellaneous Files Exiled from Contentment To The Escape Hatch REVIEWS for Halloween (1978) Lord of the Films Film Forager Defiant Success French Toast Sunday The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World REVIEWS for In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Cinematic Catharsis Spooky Bloggery Forced Viewing Radiator Heaven REVIEWS for They Live (1988) Wide Screen World Radiator Heaven REVIEWS for The Fog (1980) Cinematic Catharsis Forced Viewing Radiator Heaven REVIEWS for Escape from New York (1981) Film Forager Radiator Heaven REVIEW for Dark Star (1974) Film Forager

REVIEW for Vampires (1998) Radiator Heaven REVIEWS for The Thing (1982) Defiant Success Commentary Track Forced Viewing (reviewed by Jori) Forced Viewing (reviewed by Lackey) Forced Viewing (reviewed by Drudgeon) Silver Emulsion To The Escape Hatch REVIEWS for The Ward (2010) Filmophilia Forced Viewing Silver Emulsion REVIEWS for Masters of Horror: Pro-Life Forced Viewing Silver Emulsion REVIEWS for Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns Forced Viewing Silver Emulsion REVIEWS for Prince of Darkness (1987) Forced Viewing Radiator Heaven REVIEW for Christine (1983) Forced Viewing REVIEW for Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Radiator Heaven