Alo draws his line in the sand. “That’s it, I hate this movie ! I won’t buy it a sixth time!”

The Thing is easily my favorite

Any discussion of John Carpenter has to start with “The Thing”

1. Big Trouble 2. The Thing 3. They Live 4. Halloween 5. Christine Very excited for this one!

The Thing IMO is the greatest horror movie ever made...started as a slow burn when it came out, but established itself over the years. A real masterpiece.

John Carpenter my favorite director, heavy metal my favorite music, man I love this channel 1. The Thing 2. Escape From New York 3. Christine 4. Vampires 5. Prince of Darkness is mine

I believe that the 1951 “ Thing” is briefly glimpsed on the TV screen in Halloween.

I'd like to hear more from Rich Catino. Everyone seems to interrupt him, and he has great things to say! More Rich please.

Rowdy Piper got on Vince McMahon’s bad side for making They Live and tried to talk him out of it by promising Rowdy a role in a different movie... but Rowdy said, I’ll take the movie with John Carpenter.

Big Trouble in Little China is the best for a Saturday matinee.

I love this channel. Between the music and the film discussions, it's awesome!

Great show, really entertaining discussion. 1. The Thing - for the blow torch Petri dish paranoia, FX, cast, script, acting 2. Escape from NY -Snake rules! 3. They Live - Good point from Chris that it has a western vibe heightened by that slow music bass notes theme da-dum with harmonica. Carpenter calls it a documentary! 4. The Fog - what everybody said 5. Dark Star - first and admittedly low low budget but very funny, great script, good ideas and of course “Benson Arizona” song

1. The Thing 2. Halloween 3. Big trouble in little China 4. Escape from NY 5. They Live, The Fog, or Prince of Darkness (depends on the day you ask me)

Love the overwhelming 70s b-movie charm and atmosphere on Assault On Precinct 13. Napoleon Wilson being a more laidback proto-Snake Plissken tough guy delivering endless cool quotes and John's minimalistic score, plus you get 2 pretty young ladies and zombie-like villains.

I remember seeing The Thing at the pictures when it was released in 1982,brilliant film the sound is incredible on the film which created huge tension.

I don't usually watch The Monster's Den but I had to come here and say how much I like Carpenter, especially The Thing and The Fog

It’s way too difficult to pick a top 5. Glad to see vampires get some love.

The fog is amazing.

Dan, Chris, Rich and Pete talking about a master's work - excellent show. Would love to see this crew take a swing at the series that changed TV ...... The X Files but the content selected is great. Thank you all.

Awesome episode!! Can't wait for the next one !!

1. The Thing 2. Halloween 3. In the Mouth of Madness 4. They Live 5. Big Trouble in Little China

Great show guys, I hope you do more of this.. Big fan here of the old carpenter films..

Halloween, The Thing, Stephen King’s Christine and The Fog are my most favorite flicks.

Hey Pete, great video to you and the guys. Great passing of Rich’s water to you at 54:29, pure magic, lol. My picks change year by year with Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York, The Fog. Not sure if you look at Christine as a carpenter film or Stephen king but I love it. Great channel, keep up the great work.

1. The Thing (not only his best film but maybe the best ever in the entire genre. Simply stunning!) 2. Halloween 3. Christine - I think this is the best film about bullying and it's effects. 4. The Fog 5. Escape From New York Honourable mention: Assault on Precinct 13

I've loved John Carpenter since high school where they used to show many of his movies at lunch time in 2 parts. 1. The Thing 2. Halloween 3. In the mouth of madness 4. Assault on Precinct 13 5. Escape from NY

Top 5 1-Halloween 2-The Thing 3-Escape From NY 4-Prince of Darkness 5-Big Trouble HM- They Live and Starman

Thanks, Dan, for joining the Trio of Terror in this show - a great episode for those who watch The Monster's Den. The depth and breadth of the knowledge of this panel makes for such an enjoyable episode and i really appreciate Rich willing to be the show "googler" to check on certain information while to episode is underway. But Chris' discussion of how much he detests his least favorite John Carpenter movie put an indelible image in my brain for future reference. Thanks, gents, and looking forward to the George Romero discussion to come next.

They live is a classic

Love Kurt Russell as Snake Pleskin, in Escape From New York, ..I love all Kurt Russell films, Big Trouble in Little China was good as well. Christine, was suspenseful and a pretty good movie. The Thing, well I remember The Thing. I got to meet Rowdy Roddy Piper at a small town wrestling gig. He was cordial enough to stop and say "hi, thanks for coming" to people and shake hands after the show as he went on his way through the crowd. He was such a huge factor in the wrestling world. Halloween, is still memorable no matter what, such a trendsetter. GTSY guys, and TY for the enjoyable show! ✌️🤟

I can't believe no one listed "Assault on Precinct 13" (my fave) in their top 5!

I'm hearing subtle deep rooted unresolved issues regarding the Dodgers escaping NY for LA

I like Prince of Darkness. The insect scene in the parking lot got me and still does. It would probably be my # 5 or 6 for his films.

Been a fan of this channel for a couple years now, but I'm not big into horror films so I've never gotten into these Monsters Den videos. However in the last year or so, I've gotten really into John Carpenter so I skimmed through the list figuring you had a video like this one, glad I wasn't disappointed. I've been meaning to watch Escape from New York for a while, I think this is as good an occasion as any!

They Live and The Thing are two of my favourites films of all-time, not just in the Carpenter catalogue.

The Thing is the greatest sci/fi horror film of all time and it’s easily his best film. Halloween, Escape and They Live are directly behind it.

Thank you guys for your picks.🎤🎸🎵🥁

They Live!

To me it's Halloween all day long. It's fashionable to these days to say The Thing, and I love The Thing and saw it in the theater as a kid, but Halloween is the from the first frame to the last THE most focused razor sharp masterpiece in film history. The visceral impact of it, the MUSIC, the iconic villain. Narratives get repeated on the internet and people follow them, often subconsciously, but in this case I think Halloween (like iconic albums Led Zeppelin IV or Who's Next) gets severely underrated these days due to it being overplayed. But never forget what that movie was when it came out, and what it is, a focused masterpiece where EVERY second serves to build the tension and dread. My order: 1. Halloween 2. The Thing 3. Escape From New York 4. They Live 5. Assault On Precinct 13

At 57:28 Albert Finney was not in Network. It was Peter Finch. I had to comment, Nework is one of my all time fav. pics.

1. The Thing 2. Halloween 3. Escape from New York 4. The Fog 5. Assault on Precinct 13

1. The Thing 2. Escape From New York 3. They Live 4. Big Trouble In Little China 5. Halloween

1. Halloween 2. The Thing 3. Big Trouble In Little China 4. Christine 5. They Live honorable mentions: Assault On Precinct 13 Escape From New York The Fog

I will never forget seeing Halloween as a kid in the movies. Scared just walking in to the theatre. It was the very first movie to show a killing so graphically. ( in my experience at the time). For me and my buddies at the time it was beyond groundbreaking . We talked about it for a year. I loved that they would screen it for years every Halloween somewhere near me.

1. Escape From New York 2. Halloween 3. Christine 4. The Fog 5. The Thing

I remember also liking the Body Bags anthology. Since I worked on it for several days I have to mention Escape from L.A. Great experience watching him direct.

1. Escape from New York 2. The Thing 3. The Fog 4. Prince of Darkness 5. Big Trouble in Little China

5-Escape From New York 4-The Fog 3-The Thing 2-Christine 1-Halloween

I love the thing! I think child’s was a thing at the end because of the drink Kurt Russell gives him, Kurt doesn’t drink from it and childs does with no reaction… the drink is gasoline, it’s a call back to when Kurt defeats the chess computer by pouring the alcohol into it.

Tremendous show. I enjoyed it. ! 👍💯

My first Carpenter film was Escape from New York and he got me so easily with his gritty and dirty style, nihilistic characters, raw action, dark atmosphere and sense of humour Little by little, film by film, and despite some of them (Vampires, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, the truly hateful Escape from LA...) I discovered a true master of suspense and thriller. My Top 10 would be: Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Christine, Big Trouble in little China, Prince of Darkness, They Live and In the Mouth of Madness

Great Show Gents! My list: 1.) Halloween 2.) The Thing 3.) Escape from New York 4.) Big Trouble in Little China (can you guess I'm a Kurt Russel fan) 5.) The Fog (took me awhile to get into this but great atmosphere)

For me, Carpenter and Russell were an awesome team. Great action horror in The Thing. Laconic and channeling Eastwood in Escape From New York. The love-child of John Wayne and Inspector Clouseau in Big Trouble in Little China. Dennis Dun was great in that film: his only other role I can remember is next to Gary Cole in Midnight Caller. I came back to this episode, strangely by coincidence when I was thinking about Carpenter’s score in Escape From New York. The incidental music of the Irish electro-folk group Clannad to HTV’s eighties show Robin of Sherwood reminded me of it. Perhaps Carpenter influenced them.

My Top 5 The Thing Halloween Starman Christine Escape from New York Honorable Mention: The Fog Great Job Guys!! We all need to hang out at Dan's Place !

Here are my baker's half-dozen: 6) In the Mouth of Madness (the red covered bridge is just a few minutes out of town; also featured in the It remake) 5) Prince of Darkness 4) Halloween 3) The Fog 2) Escape from New York 1) The Thing

This is awesome, guys. Keep these comin'!

1. The Thing 2. They Live 3. In the Mouth of Madness 4. Halloween 5. Prince of Darkness

It doesn't get any better than "The Thing." I saw it when it was first released in theaters and it remains one of my favorite movies of all time. The Naro Cinema in Norfolk, VA brought it back a couple of years ago for one night only. SOLD OUT. They had sled dogs and a snow machine in the auditorium. I had the best time.

Carpenter's soundtrack albums would make a great topic for a ranking show of their own, if not already done before. (Assault ... may be my favourite...that repeating Fender Rhodes pattern, if I remember correctly.) Non-soundtrack album Lost themes III - Alive after death came out in Feb 2021 btw.

The Fog is my favorite horror movie of all time... the atmosphere, the music, everything was perfect.

Good job on this series !! Could maybe you guys do sci-fi ??

Great show guys ! The Thing Halloween Escape from NY They Live Into the Mouth of Madness

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

40:19....asking Chris Alo if he has a copy!!!!......This guy has everthing.....

My favorites. Not my ranking of his best films but the ones I watch and enjoy the most. 1) Escape from New York 2) Big Trouble in Little China 3) They Live 4) Christine 5) Halloween

Fun episode. Thank you.

5. They Live 4. Big Trouble in Little China 3. Prince of Darkness - I really like this movie a lot 2. Escape from New York 1. The Thing

The Napalm Death album Utopia Banished opens with a sample from They Live.

Great video gentlemen! Here's mine 1) The Thing 2) They Live 3) Halloween 4) Assault on Precinct 13 5) Big Trouble in Little China Honourable mention: Dark Star!

I also love Prince of Darkness and it definitely has been criticized and hated in the past. Loved the creepy sense of doom...and where better to place all of that darkness than in a church setting! Brilliant!

Man the passing of water at 54:29 Someone else pointed it out long before me. But it had me rolling!!

The Thing is a bloody work of art in the genre (sci fi horror?) and on release in London,i went to the pictures (cinema) 3 nights on the spin at the Empire,Leicester Square (they had an amazing sound system with low frequencies that you felt as well as heard) and those 3 nights were packed out so it did very well here in England. In my top 3 films of all time. Also,a bit of love for Starman. A warm feelgood movie,always loved it. *you didn't mention his Thriller video 👹 Even that was a groundbreaker.

great t-shirt, Pete ! my favourite film... (and proud owner of a mint vinyl soundtrack(MCA)). The Fog, Halloween & Dark Star make a Top 4.

Nice discussion, there can never be enough Carptenter talk. Mine: 5. dark star 4. prince of darkness 3. the fog 2. assault on precinct 13 1. the thing

Wonderful episode. I expected Halloween and The Thing to dominate but I'm glad The Fog held its own. Always loved that movie.

Hi guys, good overview of John Carpenter's work. I think my top 5 JC films would be: 1)- The Thing, 2)- The Fog, 3)- Big Trouble in Little China, 4)- Escape from New York & 5)- Dark Star.

There's a film called Harbinger Down (aka. Inanimate) made by the guys who worked on the original 2011 Thing practical effects. Predictably, the film itself is not amazing but the effects are all practical and a treat to see, standing out as being so much more compelling than CGI. Great to hear Big Trouble mentioned, absolutely love that film that shows Carpenter's versatility.

Assault on Precinct 13 is my overall favourite Carpenter movie.

The Thing, Halloween, The Fog, Starman and Christine

1. Christine 2. Halloween 3. The Thing 4. In the Mouth of Madness 5. Body Bags HM's: His Masters of Horror episode "Cigarette Burns" They Live I haven't seen The Fog, or Escape from New York.

Mustafa Akkad came up with the “on HALLOWEEN night” concept. After he’d had the title “Babysitter Murders.”

Top 3 for me are "Escape from New York," "The Thing," and my favorite is "Halloween." I haven't seen all of Carpenter's films but "The Fog" was a good watch, plus "Christine" was fun as a kid. I'd like to see "Starman" again; I have a feeling I'd like that one after seeing it since being a kid.

Halloween, The Thing, The Fog, Escape from New York and Christine. HM: Assault on Precinct 13, They Live and Starman.

Love Carpenter films as well as music. Have many soundtracks and all three Lost Themes. 1. Big Trouble In Little China 2. The Thing 3. Escape From NY 4. They Live 5. Halloween 6. The Fog 7. Star Man 8. Halloween 3 9. Bodybags 10. Escape From LA The Fog has moved up over the years. Really digging it these days. But can't top Kurt and John. Favorite actor with favorite director equals hell yes.

My first comments here. I've been watching for a while. Not in a creepy way. Your video made me realise just how long it's been since I've seen these so some films in my list are there pretty much by default. I need to make some time to watch these again. Halloween The Thing Big Trouble in Little China Vampires Escape from New York I wouldn't mind seeing a top 10 David Cronenberg ranking. There's some great stuff there.

Mine are 1. The Thing 2. Halloween 3. They Live(It also has grown on me over time. It totally reflects whats going on in the world/USA today) 4. The Fog(Another that I didnt like at 1st but, now I love) 5. Escape From New York.

Predictable top 5 from me: 1) Halloween 2) The Thing 3) Assault on Precinct 13 4) Escape from New York 5) The Fog Honourable mentions: They Live, Dark Star and Vampires

What I love most about Carpenter and I would add Craven to this as well is the body of work is so varied. I love many of the the Italian directors works too but they stayed within their fields. My top 5 are 1. Halloween (my fav horror movie of all time) 2. The Thing 3. The Fog 4. Christine 5. They Live Honorable mentions to Escape from NY and Vampires

My go-to Top 5 1. The Thing 2. Escape From New York 3. Halloween 4. They Live 5. The Fog

I love Carpenter's musical soundtrack scores. The eerie synth music in The Fog, Christine and the first 3 Halloween's (especially Season of the Witch) is amazing.

Great show as usual,guys. Dan's curve-balls were very interesting. I remember really enjoying at the mouth of madness,apart from that 90's lighting! Something I always found interesting about the thing and the year it came out ( I also think it's his best.). The thing and blade runner both came out in 82,both dark,atmospheric films....they were box-office bombs,they were massacred by E.T. But which of those three had a greater influence on fantastic cinema in the following years? The two bombs! I recall ing the thing on vhs with a buddy who spent half the film hiding his face behind a couch pillow! It was too intense for him!

1. The Thing 2. Escape From New York 3. They Live 4. In the Mouth of Madness 5. Big Trouble in Little China Guys: I actually enjoy Escape From LA. Gotta look at it as a satire of the original. Not a big fan of Halloween. (Moves too damn slow for me.) Mouth of Madness still the greatest HP Lovecraft film even though it isn't based directly on an HPL story. The Thing has an all male cast, I believe. Something that is very rare even in the early 80's. (There are a few others.) I sometimes wonder how They Live would have been with Kurt Russell in the lead role.

@54:28 it looks like Rich is handing Pete a bottle of water that transforms into a glass of water, LOL.

- The Thing - Assault on Precinct 13 - Halloween - In the Mouth of Madness

1. Big Trouble in Little China 2. They Live 3. Escape From NY 4. Assault on Precinct 13 5. The Fog

These are the John Carpenter movies I have. 1)Christine 2)Halloween 3)Halloween ll 4)The Fog 5)The Thing 6)Someone's Watching Me

A top stephen King movie ranking would be awesome

The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China and Christine are my favorites.

Good video and very entertaining. My ranking 1. Halloween 2. The Thing 3. Escape From New York 4. Christine 5. Vampires

I'd like a glass of beer like Dan's. It keeps replenishing itself. Marvellous.