Monday, January 15, 2024

Masters of Carpentry #44: Halloween Ends (2022)

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A huge thank you to J.D. DeMotte for joining me on this episode. Check out his shows Comics Are Awesome! and From the Pages on YouTube.

This episode discusses Halloween Ends (2022). IMDb. Wikipedia.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Johnocrypha 9: Halloween Returns

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JD and Noel discuss the 2015 screenplay Halloween Returns by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan (Feast, The Collector), which Dunstan was also signed to direct. This was the last attempt by Dimension Studios to make a Halloween film, but wasn't able to get off the ground before their license of the rights expired.

Our theme music is "Black Rainbow" by Jak Locke.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Johnocrypha 5: Firestarter Compilation

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As a special bonus, here's a massive 5-hour compilation of all our episodes discussing the various incarnations of Firestarter. If you'd rather listen to them as individual segments:

Firestarter, Part 1: The Novel and 1984 Movie
Firestarter, Part 2: The Unproduced John Carpenter Version
Firestarter, Part 3: The 2022 Film

Our theme music is "Black Rainbow" by Jak Locke.

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Johnocrypha #5, Part 3: Firestarter 2022

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Our 2-part special on Firestarter has now extended to 3! In 2022, Blumhouse and Universal released a new adaptation of Firestarter, with a score created by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies.

A huge thank you to AJ for returning for this extra segment. Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky, and check out his own new podcast series, Small Screeners!

This episode discusses Firestarter (2022). IMDb. Wikipedia.

Our theme music is "Black Rainbow" by Jak Locke.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

EPISODE INDEX

Masters of Carpentry
  1. The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
  2. Dark Star (1974)
  3. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
  4. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
  5. Zuma Beach (1978)
  6. Halloween (1978)
  7. Someone's Watching Me (1978)
  8. Elvis (1979)
  9. Better Late Than Never (1979)
  10. The Fog (1980)
  11. Escape from New York (1981)
  12. Halloween 2 (1981)
  13. The Thing (1982)
  14. Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982)
  15. Christine (1983)
  16. Starman (1984)
  17. Black Moon Rising (1986)
  18. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
  19. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
  20. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
  21. Prince of Darkness (1987)
  22. They Live (1988) and 1980s Recap
  23. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
  24. El Diablo (1990)
  25. Blood River (1991) [FILM NOT AVAILABLE]
  26. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
  27. Body Bags (1993)
  28. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
  29. Village of the Damned (1995)
  30. Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
  31. Escape from L.A. (1996)
  32. Vampires (1998)
  33. Halloween H20 (1998)
  34. Silent Predators (1999)
  35. Ghosts of Mars (2001)
  36. Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
  37. Masters of Horror "Cigarette Burns" (2005)
  38. Masters of Horror "Pro-Life" (2006)
  39. The Ward (2010) and Final Thoughts
  40. Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007)
  41. Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 (2009)
  42. Halloween (2018)
  43. Halloween Kills (2021)

Long Box Carpentry
  1. The Thing From Another World, Part 1
  2. The Thing From Another World, Part 2
  3. The Adventures and Chronicles of Snake Plissken
  4. Halloween, Part 1: The Chaos! Year
  5. Halloween, Part 2: Early Stefan Hutchinson
  6. Halloween, Part 3: Stefan Hutchinson and Devil's Due

Johnocrypha

Monday, October 31, 2022

Masters of Carpentry #43: Halloween Kills (2021)

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A huge thank you to J.D. DeMotte for joining me on this episode. Follow J.D. on Twitter, and check out his shows Comics Are Awesome! and From the Pages on YouTube.

This episode discusses Halloween Kills (2021). IMDb. Wikipedia.

Our theme music is "Black Rainbow" by Jak Locke.

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Monday, April 4, 2022

Johnocrypha #8: Halloween 3D

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As soon as Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 wrapped production, Dimension was hoping to fast-track a sequel by director Patrick Lussier and his writing collaborator Todd Farmer before they went off to do Drive Angry 3D. Why didn't it happen? JD and I get into it!

A huge thank you to J.D. DeMotte for joining me as a co-host on this series. Follow him on Twitter, and check out his shows Comics Are Awesome! and From the Pages on YouTube.

Our theme music is "Black Rainbow" by Jak Locke.

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Monday, December 21, 2020

Halloween 666: The Origin of Michael Myers (unproduced screenplay) Johnocrypha

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Before Dennis Farrands gave the world his version of Halloween 6, at least two other writers took a stab at the sequel, and we look at both drafts in a special double-length episode.

A huge thank you to J.D. DeMotte for joining me as a co-host on this series. Follow him on Twitter, and check out his shows Comics Are Awesome! and From the Pages on YouTube.

Our theme music is "Black Rainbow" by Jak Locke.

Check out banner artist Benjamin J's DeviantArt page.