Triskaidekafiles

Triskaidekafiles is a love letter to cheesy cinema from the 80s and 90s, with the occasional dip into other eras.  if you're a fan of MST3K, Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, or just bad horror movies in general, Trisk is the place for you.

Filtering by Tag: John Carpenter

Halloween II (1981)

HALLOWEEN II

WRITERS: John Carpenter and Debra Hill

DIRECTOR: Rick Rosenthal

STARRING: Donald Pleasence as Sam Loomis
    Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
    Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett
    Lance Guest as Jimmy
    Pamela Susan Shoop as Karen
    Leo Rossi as Budd

QUICK CUT: Michael Meyers is back, and he seems to have some major injuries after taking six bullets to the chest, because he's heading to Haddonfield's local hospital!

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Halloween (1978)

HALLOWEEN

WRITERS: Screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill

DIRECTOR: John Carpenter

STARRING:

Donald Pleasence as Loomis
    Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie
    Nancy Loomis as Annie
    PJ Soles as Lynda
    Charles Cyphers as Bracken
    Kyle Richards as Lindsey
    Brian Andrews as Tommy

QUICK CUT: What starts out as an average Halloween night for babysitter Laurie Strode ends in horror when a masked killer stalks through the small, Midwestern town she lives in.

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They Live (1988)

THEY LIVE

WRITER: John Carpenter (As Frank Armitage)

DIRECTOR: John Carpenter

STARRING: Roddy Piper as Nada
    Keith David as Frank
    Meg Foster as Holly
    George "Buck" Flower as Drifter
    Peter Jason as Peter Jason
    Raymond St. Jaques as The Street Preacher

QUICK CUT: A drifter wanders into town, and wanders into a conspiracy to keep the populace of Earth complacent in the face of an alien invasion.  His only hope to save us is a pair of magic sunglasses and a bag full of one-liners.

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Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

SOMEONE'S WATCHING ME!

WRITER: John Carpenter

DIRECTOR: John Carpenter

STARRING: Lauren Hutton as Leigh
    David Birney as Paul
    Adrienne Barbeau as Sophie

QUICK CUT: Upon moving into a new apartment after leaving NYC, Leigh becomes the latest subject of a stalker.  As the threat becomes more and more real, time begins to run out for Leigh.  Happy Valentine's Day!

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