The Cult of John Carpenter
Filmmaker & composer John Carpenter is a master of horror, and an outright national treasure. Join us this week as we screen some of his masterpieces. OBEY!
January 17-23, 2025
Assault on Precinct 13
- Fri, Jan 17
- Sat, Jan 18
- Sun, Jan 19
- Mon, Jan 20
- Tue, Jan 21
- Wed, Jan 22
- Thu, Jan 23
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 91 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1976
Starring: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton
A white-hot night of hate!
Big Trouble in Little China
- Fri, Jan 17
- Sat, Jan 18
- Sun, Jan 19
- Mon, Jan 20
- Tue, Jan 21
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- Thu, Jan 23
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 99 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1986
Starring: Dennis Dun, James Hong, Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, Victor Wong
Kurt Russel plays trucker Jack Burton in this rollicking and fun action fantasy mashup film. Jack’s trip to the airport turns into a supernatural battle between good and evil centering on his best friend’s beautiful green-eyed fiancée.
The Thing
- Sat, Jan 18
- Mon, Jan 20
- Tue, Jan 21
- Wed, Jan 22
- Thu, Jan 23
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 109 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1982
Starring: Charles Hallahan, David Clennon, Keith David, Kurt Russell, Peter Maloney, Richard A. Dysart, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, Wilford Brimley
John Carpenter’s sci-fi cult classic repulses and delights in a barf bag sci-fi mashup that only he could create. A team of researchers in Antarctica, handily armed with flame throwers and very cool sunglasses, are hunted by a shape-shifting alien.
They Live
- Sat, Jan 18
- Sun, Jan 19
- Mon, Jan 20
- Tue, Jan 21
- Wed, Jan 22
- Thu, Jan 23
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 97 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1988
Starring: George 'Buck' Flower, Jason Robards III, John Lawrence, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Roddy Piper, Susan Barnes, Sy Richardson
This delightfully anti-Reaganism, anti-Yuppie movie rethinks alien invasions in a way that feels weirdly on point 34 years after its release. A construction worker discovers a pair of sunglasses that show him subliminal messaging bombarding the populous and the ugly aliens keeping humans subdued.