CaliggyJack: John Carpenter Ranked

CaliggyJack 05.18.26	Big Trouble in Little China is overrated af and im tired of pretending it isnt
BAT 05.18.26	I'm surprised btilc is beloved as it is critically cause it's one of those movies my family kept in our rotation as like a guilty pleasure, it's not bad but I'm admittedly more of a horror guy and generally like carpenter at his most simplistic....the thing being the exception that's probably my defacto favorite carpenter. Prince of darkness I'd put up a few notches, it's uneven and weird but in a good way. The fog I actually think is the most over hyped buuut, it's still like a Halloween season comfort movie. Village of the damned I haven't seen since I was like 10 I remember it being okay but just don't hear about it much. Escape from LA feels like a practical joke on the audience, it's like one of those 2000s meta parody remakes a la starskey&hutch buuuuuut: it's just not very funny lol. That's probably my least favorite. His anthology stuff is fun but kinda hit/miss, think it was body bags with the gas station attendant...the mark hamill transplant parts waaaay better than carpenters. His masters of horror episodes are also interesting, cigarette burns in particular is pretty brutal/dark for carpenter buuut it's got some shoddy editing and normon reedus trying to sound American just makes it a little silly. Haven't seen the pro-life one since it first aired and I thought it was way too over the top/poorly written, with modern political hindsight it may've aged well but I remember it being straight up ridiculous. Haven't seen the ward just didn't hear much about it, JCs a top 3 director for me tho
CaliggyJack 05.18.26	Ward is pretty good, a bit flawed tho
RVAHC13 05.18.26	13 is 1
Sevengill 05.18.26	3 & 4 win for me. Halloween never grabbed me as much as it probably should've. Christine was a childhood fave but I haven't felt compelled to watch it in decades. Vampires was lame, ya.
Larkinhill 05.18.26	Prince of Darkness higher, In the Mouth of Madness and Vampires both slightly higher, Village of the damned much lower. Top 3 are definitely Halloween, The Thing and The Fog, in that order. Also don’t forget Escape from LA which, while cheesy and with horribly outdated effects, is still a fun ride.
Insurrection 05.18.26	the thing > halloween > everything else
CaliggyJack 05.19.26	Yall are absolutely sleeping on Assault on Precinct 13. That movie slaps
BAT 05.19.26	oh it's in my top 5, there's some repeat shots i'd take out during the defense scenes but aside from that it's a banger. contender for best siege movie of all time next to night of the living dead
Hyperion1001 05.19.26	the thing is kind of the inarguable #1. its basically a perfect film. i would rank the rest wildly different too. carpenter is my favorite director of all time tho.
Deathrot 05.19.26	Alien 1979> the thing
Hyperion1001 05.19.26	not even remotely close.
combustion07 05.19.26	The Thing, Assault, In the Mouth, Halloween, Big Trouble, They Live, Escape, Prince, The Fog, Christine, Vampires, Village, The Ward, Ghosts Honestly Prince of Darkness should be hire for me but idk putting it there
Deathrot 05.19.26	Not even remotely close to a decent take agreed lol.