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The Endgame of Cody Leach rankings

Yeah yeah yeah...Karen Allen wasn't in Groundhog Day. I meant to say Scrooged. Cue the dozen comments that only mention that flub. lol

This ranking just happened to come at a time when Carpenter got his star on the hollywood walk of fame. It was fate.

Before even watching the video, all I could think was "Halloween fans are going to be mad..."

Carpenter is a Mt Rushmore director! Super stoked to wake up and see this ranking has dropped from Cody

Strangely enough, my favorite movie of his all-time is probably Starman, his gentlest most mainstream film ever

My personal ranking: #18.) The Ward #17.) Memoirs of an Invisible Man #16.) Prince of Darkness #15.) Dark Star #14.) Ghosts of Mars #13.) Vampires #12.) Village of the Damned #11.) Escape From L.A #10.) Starman #9.) Assault on Precinct 13 #8.) In the Mouth of Madness #7.) Escape From New York #6.) Christine #5.) The Fog #4.) Big Trouble in Little China #3.) The Thing #2.) They Live #1.) Halloween Some of these placements can be flip-flopped but this is what I'm going with for now.

The fact that Halloween, New York, China, and the Thing are all movies I’d put in my top 25 movies of all time show how amazing of a director he is. Carpenter and Scorsese are my 2 favs

I was surprised at how high you ranked Christine. A lot of people don’t even rank it in their top 10. Christine is a VERY underrated Carpenter film. It was my introduction into horror, so it’ll always be my number 1.

Definitely one of my Top 10 Favorite Directors of All Time. Carpenter doesn’t have the most prestigious filmography, but he’s a storyteller who’s near and dear to my heart as a horror fan as well as just a general movie fanatic.

At least I can walk away happy that Big Trouble in Little China made it to the top ten.

Been waiting 84 years for this! All jokes aside - Thanks for the great stuff Cody!

1. Halloween, I will agree that I'm burned out on talking about it and the fighting in the fanbase but this is still my favorite horror movie. 2. In The Mouth of Madness is awesome and gets better each time you watch it. 3. They Live is a crazy fun movie and I dig the darker ending. You didn't see too many movies end with the main heroes dying in the 80s. It was a cool twist that the so-called love interest was actually a villain the whole time. Great social commentary with how the middle class is declining and it's scary how this movie feels more real in 2024. 4. The Thing, great special effects, great music, cool characters and another great dark ending. 5. Christine, mixing Stephen King and John Carpenter is my jam. 6. Escape From NY has Kurt as one of the coolest movie characters ever. 7. Vampires is criminally underrated and James Wood is awesome in everything. 8. Assault on Precinct 13 is really cool low budget 70s thriller, 9. The Fog, it drops the ball a little bit in the 3rd act but most of it was really strong and love Tom as the lead. 10. Big Trouble in Little China, I don't like it as much as I did as a kid, but I still have fun with it and Jack Burton is a fun character. I find most JC movies to be a least watchable, but I hate Ghost of Mars and his Invisible Man with Chevy Chase is also pretty unwatchable. Movies like The Ward and Escape from LA fall on the disappointing side but I don't hate them.

It's finally here, Cody. Congratulations, you did it!!🎉

1. Big trouble 2. The thing 3. Escape from NY 4. Assault on precinct 13 5. Halloween 6. They live 7. Prince of darkness 8. In the mouth of madness 9. Vampires 10. Ghosts of mars 11. Village of the damned 12. The fog 13. Christine 14. Escape from LA 15. The ward 16. Invisible Man 17. Dark star 18. Starman Ask me tomorrow and the top 13 or 14 could all change place because I love them all quite a bit.

I understand your thoughts on "Starman", however I love it simply because I watched it on HBO as a kid, and the scene with him bringing the deer back to life made me cry, the first time I ever cried from a film.

Halloween, The Thing, and They Live has always been my top 3

For me personally: 18. The Ward 17. Memoirs of an Invisible Man 16. Village of the Damned 15. Ghosts of Mars 14. Vampires 13. Escape From LA 12. Christine 11. In the Mouth of Madness 10. Dark Star 9. Starman 8. Big Trouble in Little China 7. Prince of Darkness 6. They Live 5. Assault on Precinct 13 4. The Fog 3. Escape From New York 2. The Thing 1. Halloween

Cody leach, wwam, and haunted hippie are the best movie channels on youtube!!.

1: The Thing 2: Big Trouble In Little China 3: Christine 4: Halloween 5: They Live

Imo his t.v movie "someone's watching me!" from 1978 is top 5, just nonstop tension and suspense.

I’m so pumped to watch this. Your ranking videos are the best man!

Damn, I'm watching John Carpenter's Vampires for the first time, and this comes on. That's some cosmic shit man. This list must have been quite a challenge Cody, good job.

Must be a relief to finally get this off your back. So glad you finished and John Carpenter is and always will be the goat.

The time has come this about to be a banger as usual

One thing i love about Carpenters work is there isnt really a wrong answer for anyones favourite movie he has done, he has so many different genres but his style stays the same, you can tell its one of his movies, The Thing, Halloween, China, Fog, They Live and quite a few more are defently movies that could be anyones favourite and nobody could argue. Thats the mark of a great filmaker.

Such a great idea to add the clips from his interviews!

Glad you finally made it! 21. Ghosts of Mars 20. The Ward 19. Dark Star 18. Village of the Damned 17. Memoirs of an Invisible Man 16. Someone's Watching Me! 15. Elvis 14. Escape from L.A 13. Body Bags 12. Starman 11. Vampires 10. Assault on Precinct 13 9. The Fog 8. Halloween 7. They Live 6. Prince of Darkness 5. In the Mouth of Madness 4. Christine 3. Escape from New York 2. Big Trouble in Little China 1. The Thing

Been keeping my eye out for this, here we go!

Great work sir. You bring out details that I never noticed, and I'm grateful for that. I love Carpenter and his films. He's one of the last of the great old school directors.

Great List Cody! Here is my updated John Carpenter Film List (including TV movies) 21. Dark Star (1974) 20. Big Trouble In Little China (1986) 19. Elvis (1979) 18. Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (1992) 17. In The Mouth Of Madness (1994) 16. Ghosts Of Mars (2001) 15. The Ward (2010) 14. Escape From LA (1996) 13. Village Of The Damned (1995) 12. Body Bags (1993) 11. Starman (1984) 10. Vampires (1998) 9. Someone's Watching Me! (1978) 8. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) 7. Prince Of Darkness (1987) 6. They Live (1988) 5. The Fog (1980) 4. Christine (1983) 3. Escape From New York (1981) 2. The Thing (1982) 1. Halloween (1978)

Good choices.(new subscriber) 1. The Fog was terrifying to me as a child it was the first scary movie I snuck downstairs to watch. In the movie, the Girl is reading out the directions of the fog and she mentions my street name. -I lost it. 2. I was an extra in They Live. Lots of stories and a few I promised never to tell. ( I was visiting a friend in L.A.)

Great video man! Hurts a little to see the fog so low, for me it’s probably too 5, but this video has been a long time coming and didn’t disappoint!

Thanks for doing this. Since I first found your channel on KZfaq I always loved the John Carpenter reviews. So the hope was you’d eventually do a ranking and 2 years was worth the wait 😂

I love the excerpts of the John Carpenter interviews, really love that extra bit of effort that you put into your videos! I’ve seen 11 of his films so here’s my ranking 11: Big Trouble in Little China 10: Prince of Darkness 9: They Live 8: Village of the Damned 7: Escape From New York 6: Assault of Precinct 13 5: Halloween 4: The Fog 3: The Thing 2: In The Mouth of Madness 1: Christine

I was surprised to see Vampires ranked so high. My top 5 would be Escape From New York, Halloween, The Thing, They Live, and Christine.

Best to Worst: 1) Big Trouble in Little China 2) Starman 3) In the Mouth of Madness 4) They Live 5) Elvis 6) The Fog 7) Vampires 8) The Thing 9) Ghosts of Mars 10) Assault on Precinct 13 11) Memoirs of an Invisible man 12) Escape from LA 13) Escape from NY 14) Village of the Damned 15) The Ward 16) Dark Star 17) Christine 18) Someone's watching me! 19) Halloween 20) Prince of Darkness Not counting Captain Voyeur, though that does lay the groundwork for Halloween and Someone's Watching Me!

Hell yes. Been waiting on this one for awhile 🙏🏻

Thank you for your take on Christine. I also grew up with this movie, and have no negatives to speak of. The acting, score, and camera work is what sets this movie apart. It is much too under appreciated.

@CodyLeachYT, another great ranking video! I hope you enjoy your 4th of July! Be safe.

let's not forget, Jeff Bridges was nominated for academy award for his performance in starman

Yes!!! Been looking forward to this. My top 5: Escape from NY, The Thing, Halloween, The Fog and Prince of Darkness

Cody the goat, inspiration fr. Started doing more things I loved bc you always do things bc you want to and that inspired me💯

I'm so pleased Vampires is seeing some love! I took a date to see that at the cinema back in 1999 (UK release date) and we both loved it. It was also one of the first DVDs I ever bought, and Carpenter does a brilliant commentary on it.

This reminds me of when Sean ranked Spielberg as that’s Sean’s favorite director! I find it funny that the hardest director to try and rank and upload it seems is one’s favorite one.

In terms of pure repeat watchability throughout my life: #16.) Escape From L.A #15.) Dark Star #14.) The Ward #13.) Village Of The Damned #12.) Ghosts Of Mars #11.) Memoirs of an Invisible Man #10.) Starman #9.) Vampires #8.) The Fog #7.) In the Mouth of Madness #6.) They Live #5.) Assault on Precinct 13 #4.) Prince of Darkness #3.) Christine #2.) Big Trouble in Little China + Halloween + The Thing #1.) Escape From New York NOTE: I cannot split 'Big Trouble In Little China', 'Halloween' & 'The Thing' at No.2. They are all giants and each film easily makes my top 10 fav films of all time. But personally speaking, 'Escape From New York' is the film that left the biggest imprint on me as a kid of the 80's. Nothing looked like it. Nothing sounded like it. Nothing felt like it. It was as bleak as it was cool. When all my friends dreamed of being Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones or John Rambo, I always wanted to be Snake Plissken. Still do.

1.) Halloween 2.) The Thing 3.) Starman 4.) Christine 5.) The Fog 6.) They Live 7.) Escape From New York 8.) Assault On Prescient 13 9.) Dark Star 10.) Vampires 11.) Prince Of Darkness 12.) In The Mouth of Madness 13.) The Ward 14.) Ghosts Of Mars 15.) Big Trouble in Little China 16.) Village Of the Damned 17.) Escape From LA 18.) Invisible Man

5. In the mouth of madness 4. Christine 3. Escape from NY 2. Halloween 1. The Thing And I still pray one more effing escape movie with Kurt Russell. Great show Cody.

I’ve been waiting on this ranking.🔥

18) Ghosts of Mars 17) Escape From LA 16) Memoirs of an Invisible Man 15) The Ward 14) Village of the Damned 13) Dark Star 12) Vampires 11) Assault on Precinct 13 10) The Fog 9) Prince of Darkness 8) Star Man 7) In the Mouth of Madness 6) Christine 5) Halloween 4) Big Trouble in Little China 3) They Live 2) Escape From New York 1) The Thing

Two of my all time character moments are in a Carpenter films: Hal Holbrook reading the journal in The Fog, and Roddy Piper’s story and interaction with Keith David in the motel room in They Live.

IT’S HERE!!

22) Elvis the Movie 21) Pro-Life 20) The Ward 19) Village of the Damned 18) Ghosts of Mars 17) Someone's Watching Me 16) Vampires 15) Memoirs of an Invisible Man 14) Assault on Precinct 13 13) Starman 12) Escape From New York 11) Dark Star 10) Cigarette Burns 9) Escape From L.A 8) In the Mouth of Madness 7) Prince of Darkness 6) The Fog 5) They Live 4) Christine 3) The Thing 2) Halloween 1) Big Trouble in Little China

Cody please give us your top 10 John Carpenter Characters! The man had some great characters(Michael Myers, Christine and Arnie, Snake Plissken!) Loved this review series…

My ranking I put together a while ago that includes his TV movies: 23. Pro-Life 22. The Ward 21. Ghosts of Mars 20. Escape from LA 19. Someone's Watching Me 18. Village of the Damned 17. Elvis 16. Body Bags 15. Memoirs of an Invisible Man 14. Dark Star 13. Cigarette Burns 12. Vampires (I still really like it, though) 11. Starman 10. They Live 9. Christine 8. Escape from New York 7. In the Mouth of Madness 6. Prince of Darkness 5. Assault on Precinct 13 4. The Fog 3. Halloween 2. Big Trouble in Little China 1. The Thing

Another fantastic watch. I love your ranking videos and was looking forward to this once all the Carpenter reviews were in. As a wee bit of trivia, Kurt Russell made two sequels to The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (for the trilogy of films as the Dexter Riley character he made with Disney between 1969-1975), plus featured in three Fast & Furious movies, so he has done sequels outside of Escape from L.A. for Carpenter, though the F&F were not as a main character.

1. The Thing 2. Halloween 3. Escape From New York 4. Big Trouble in Little China 5. They Live 6. Assault on Precinct 13 7. The Fog 8. In the Mouth of Madness 9. Prince of Darkness 10. Starman 11. Christine 12. Escape From L.A. 13. Vampires 14. Ghosts of Mars 15. The Ward 16. Dark Stat 17. Village of the Damned 18. Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Another awesome video

1. Halloween 1 2. They live 3. The thing 4. Prince of Darkness 5. Christine 6. Halloween 2 (produced) 7. The fog 8. Halloween 3 (produced) 9. Village of the damned 10. Assault on precinct 13 Side mention - the eyes of Laura mars (screenplay)

A long journey reaches its end reflecting on the lows and highs of a talented filmmaker who proves that a box office success doesn’t define their career when the movie they make have a life beyond that and inspire the minds of multiple generations across 50 years.

Awesome video man

My top 4 always swap places depending on my mood. #18.) Memoirs of an Invisible Man #17.) Dark Star #16.) The Ward #15.) Village of the Damned #14.) Starman #13.) Ghosts of Mars #12.) Assault on Precinct 13 #11.) Escape from L.A. #10.) Christine #9.) In the Mouth of Madness #8.) Vampires #7.) The Fog #6.) Prince of Darkness #5.) They Live #4.) Halloween #3.) The Thing #2.) Big Trouble in Little China #1.) Escape from New York

Just recently watched Vampires because of your review. I was pleasantly surprised. I really needed a cheesy vampire movie to lighten my day

Great ranking Cody. My ranking from my favorite to my least favorite is 1. The Thing 2. Halloween 3. They Live 4. Assault on Precinct 13 5. Christine 6. Cigarette Burns 7. In The Mouth of Madness 8. Vampires 9. Body Bags 10. Escape from New York 11. Starman 12. Big Trouble in Little China 13. Prince of Darkness 14. The Fog 15. Escape from L.A. 16. Village Of The Damned 17. Pro-Life 18. Someone's Watching Me! 19. Memoirs of an Invisible Man 20. The Ward 21. Ghosts of Mars 22. Dark Star

I agree a remake of Christine could be interesting, I think the classic time period helps to make the whole film work. I certainly don't want to see a 'modern re-imagine' with a possessed Tesla!!

18. The ward 17. Dark star 16. Village of the damn 15. Ghosts of mars 14. Memoirs of an invisible man 13. Star man 12. Assault on prescient 13 11. Prince of darkness 10. Vampires 9. Big trouble in little china 8. In the mouth of madness 7. Escape from LA 6. The fog 5. Escape from NY 4. They live 3. Halloween 2. The thing 1. Christine

I 100% agree if you swapped Vampires with Prince of Darkness! I’m 53 and saw The Fog to In The Mouth of Madness in theaters.

11) Dark Star 10) In The Mouth Of Madness 9) Prince Of Darkness 8) Christine 7) Escape From New York 6) The Fog 5) Halloween 4) Assault On Precinct 13 3) They Live 2) The Thing 1) Big Trouble In Little China

1. In the mouth of madness 2. The thing 3. They live 4. Christine 5. Halloween Just the ranking of how I enjoy these films and how I would rewatch. 🤷‍♂️

I agree 100% with your list!!! I was ready to fuss lmao 😂 another great video Cody. Thank you 🎉

Congratulations on closing off the John Carpenter reviews!!! Your journey has been legendary

They Live is my favorite. In the Mouth of Madness is severely underrated. Bur the influence of Halloween and The Thing cannot be denied.

Here is my personal Ranking of John Carpenter's 21 Films (including his first short film, the two episodes of the tv-show "Masters of Horror" and one episode of the tv-show "Suburban Screams") 1. The Thing (1982) 2. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 3. They Live 4. In the Mouth of Madness 5. Halloween (1978) 6. Big Trouble in Little China 7. Escape from New York 8. Starman 9. Christine 10. Prince of Darkness 11. Cigarette Burns 12. Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) 13. Dark Star 14. Memoirs of an Invisible Man 15. The Fog (1980) 16. Vampires (1998) 17. Elvis (1979) 18. Body Bags (1993) 19. Captain Voyeur (1969) 20. The Ward 21. Escape from L.A. 22. Village of the Damned (1995) 23. Pro-Life 24. Ghosts of Mars 25. John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams (2023)

My top 10 John Carpenter movies 1- The Thing 2- Halloween 3- Escape from New York 4- They live 5- Big Trouble in Little China 6- Christine 7- Assault on precinct 13 8- Starman 9- Prince of darkness 10- The Fog

My Ranking- 18. The Ward 17. Dark Star 16. Village Of The Damned 15. Ghosts Of Mars 14. Memoirs Of An Invisible Man 13. Starman 12. Escape From L.A. 11. Assault On Precinct 13 10. Vampires 9. In The Mouth Of Madness 8. The Fog 7. Prince Of Darkness 6. Christine 5. Escape From New York 4. They Live 3. Big Trouble In Little China 2. Halloween 1. The Thing

One thing i really love about Big Trouble In Little China is the soundtrack. The synth sounds and chinese instruments mixed together is just incredible.

You could also add Halloween 2 to this list. He co-wrote it, co- composed it and even shot additional scenes for the film.

My Saturday just got better!!!!!

Saw Darkstar recently, was very suprised. Thought it was very funny and had Monthy Piton vibes. Great list!

I love John Carpenter, but I prefer his action movies to his horror movies aside from The Thing. Although Halloween has grown on me when I stopped treating it like a John Carpenter film because it doesn’t really feel like a John Carpenter movie to me. For horror directors Tobe Hooper is probably my favorite

Wow you were right. It’s like outside the top 2 someone threw my top 10 in a random number generator. I always enjoy seeing how others experience with these films alters their perception of them compared to mine

Been long time coming

Out of the only ones ive seen: 5.The Ward 4.Big trouble little china 3.Vampires 2.The Thing 1.Halloween Damn, ive only seen 5 Carpenter movies🤯

1: The Thing 2: Vampires 3: Halloween 4: They Live 5: Christine

My favorite movies of his that I love would be Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness, and Vampires. Great job on your ranking. It's great to see someone else who loved vampires. I feel like Vampires is an underrated film that doesn't get talked about enough.

A video two years in the making!

Have only seen 6 of his movies: 1 The Thing 2 Big Trouble in Little China 3 Halloween 4 Escape From LA 5 Escape From New York 6 Christine

Definitely relevant today more than ever!!!

Awesome ranking Cody ^^ Who’s the next director review series?

1. The Thing 2. Vampires (yep i said it lol) 3. In The Mouth Of Madness 4. Halloween 5. Escape From NY 6. Big Trouble 7. Assault On Precinct 13 8. They Live 9. Escape From L.A. 10. The Fog 11. Christine 12. Ghosts Of Mars 13. Prince Of Darkness 14. The Ward 15. Village Of The Damned 16. Body Bags (havent seen the rest)

16/ the ward 15/ escape from l.a. 14/ village of the damned 13/ dark star 12/ john carpenter's vampires 11/ they live 10/ big trouble in little china 9/ starman 8/ escape from new york 7/ christine 6/ the fog 5/ prince of darkness 4/ assault on precinct 13 3/ in the mouth of madness 2/ the thing 1/ halloween still haven't seen memoirs of an invisible man or ghosts of mars. nice list!

My top three are the same man, great ranking as usual! I really enjoy these director rankings are there any other directors you have thought about doing?

I’m sure you are super happy For John Carpenter & Robert Englund to receive their Star on Hollywood’s walk of fame. 😎

John Carpenter is my favorite of all time as well. Love the channel

Was hilarious when I went into Hallmark this week and saw a Christine ornament for the holidays.

Yay been waiting on this man. Thank you

I forgot how many times I've watched the Thing and JC Vampires. That's how many times I've seen them. I'm never not in the mood to see them. Great ranking Cody.

The ranking years in the making... 1. Escape from NY 2. The Thing 3. Halloween 4. In the Mouth of Madness 5. Prince of Darkness 6. Escape from LA 7. Starman 8. Big Trouble in Little China 9. Assault on Precinct 13 10. Christine 11. They Live- crazy somehow a movie this good is that low 12. Body Bags 13. Dark Star 14. Vampires 15. The Fog 16. Village of the Damned 17. Ghosts of Mars 18. The Ward

Fun list as always. While I don’t always agree, I do always enjoy your analysis. You tend to be fair, and you add a perspective that’s usually different than mine, that I very much appreciate. For fun, here’s my top 5: 1. The Thing 2. Big Trouble in Little China 3. In the Mouth of Madness 4. They Live 5. Halloween (Edited to commend the creator)