Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJoin co-hosts Nick Rocco Scalia and Chris Oliphant on a movie-by-movie journey through the career of filmmaker/composer John Carpenter. From the genre-defining works to the cult classics to the overlooked gems (and misfires), we're covering the entire catalog of this modern master of horror, science fiction, and beyond!
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Halloween (1978) [Part 2] f/ Megan Mosley
October 30, 2019 02:24 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBAs promised, we're back with another episode on Carpenter's horror masterpiece Halloween, just in time for All Hallow's Eve -- and, this time, we've also welcomed to the show our very first guest co-host, Halloween franchise devotee Megan Moseley! Chris, Nick, and Megan go in-depth on some of their favorite shots, sequences, subtleties, and scares in a wide-ranging discussion that covers the multitude of reasons why this 1978 film is a cut above the slasher-film genre it pioneered. Plus, a w...
Halloween (1978) [Part One]
October 16, 2019 02:38 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBHappy Halloween, Carpenter fans! Chris and Nick are celebrating the season with the first installment of our two-part discussion of 1978's all-time horror classic -- a movie that defined the slasher sub-genre and remains one of the filmmaker's most critically acclaimed and popular efforts. We kick things off with a few horror-flick recommendations to get your season started right, and then it's on to a wide-ranging exploration of everything Halloween! From the film's masterful direction and...
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
October 01, 2019 22:03 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBIn this super-sized episode, Chris and Nick tackle John Carpenter's critically acclaimed second film, Assault on Precinct 13 -- for us, the source of a killer podcast title, and for Carpenter, a springboard to (eventual) Hollywood success. The film is a gritty, low-budget action/thriller that draws on Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo in its story of a straight-laced cop and a smooth-talking criminal who lead a dwindling band of survivors against the vicious street gang that's trapped them in a decomm...
Dark Star (1974)
September 19, 2019 15:26 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBIt's the movie that started it all! On the premiere episode of Precinct 13, hosts Chris Oliphant and Nick Rocco Scalia kick off their film-by-film discussion of John Carpenter's body of work with 1974's Dark Star. Made in collaboration with Dan O'Bannon, Carpenter's USC classmate who would go on to co-create the Alien franchise, this sci-fi comedy began its life as a student film and became Carpenter's first theatrically-released feature. With some still-impressive low-budget production desi...