John Carpenter: Lost Themes III: Alive After Death
Bandcamp / Buy For years, John Carpenter was thought of more like a session musician than a serious artistâa slick and sturdy genre craftsman, more of a cult icon than a name brand. Thatâs all changed in the last decade as heâs become thoroughly deified as the untouchable and exalted Master of Horror, and without even returning to the directorâs chair. Carpenterâs shadow falls over much contemporary American genre cinema and extends internationally too, from the recent Brazilian political thriller Bacurau to the über-stylish movies of Bertrand Bonello, who c...