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<i>Halloween</i>: Horror Comes Home

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Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in a publicity still for Halloween (1978)
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Halloween: Horror Comes Home

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An alien disguised as a human stands in front of a sign declaring "OBEY" in a scene from They Live
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They Live: We’re Here to Chew Bubblegum and Challenge Systemic American Economic Inequality

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Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges in Starman
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Starman: This Is Actually Pretty Normal for an Arizona Road Trip

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Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing (1982)
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The Thing: Have A Shot of Whisky With Your Existential Terror

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Scene from the movie Dark Star
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Absurdist Humor and Truck Drivers in Space: The Legacy of John Carpenter’s Dark Star

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Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken in Escape From New York
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Escape From New York: Snake Plissken Doesn’t Care

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Images from three made-for-TV horror movies of the 1970s: Gargoyles, The Night Stalker, and Frankenstein: The True Story
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15 Reasons Why the 1970s Were a Golden Age for TV Terror

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Images from three low budget science fiction movies: Julian Richings in Cube, Mark Duplass in Safety Not Guaranteed, and Sierra McCormick in The Vast of Night
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Tiny Science Fiction Movies: 13 Great Genre Films Made for $1 Million or Less

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John Carpenter Would Rather Eat Popsicles Than Worry About His Legacy

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Will We Get a Sequel to The Thing? John Carpenter Teases We Just Might

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I Watched All The Things So You Won’t Have To

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Watch Kaiju Movies with John Carpenter during Shout! Factory’s Masters of Monsters Weekend This November

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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