John Carpenter

Signature meta takes

Readings that recur across the films — what makes a film unmistakably theirs.

• The Return of the Repressed — in 2 of 3
  Halloween · They Live
• The Abject — in 2 of 3
  Halloween · The Thing

Filmography

• Halloween (1978) — 3 meta takes
• The Thing (1982) — 2 meta takes
• They Live (1988) — 1 meta takes