Ranking Every John Carpenter Movie (part 1 of 3) - re:View 

Rich doesn’t see the appeal behind Halloween because for him, stalking Jamie Lee Curtis is just a regular Tuesday.

"My involvement with the Rob Zombie Halloween films, was accepting a check and returning to my spot on the couch watching basketball." -John Carpenter

12:55 I love the idea of Rich and his sister watching a movie together and laughing, because I like to imagine they both have the same laugh.

One of my favorite RLM jokes is when someone fucks up a famous person's name and they show a completely random image of someone entirely different with the made-up name under it.

Rich Evans: "You are all going to hate me." Me: Clutches heart and looks to "The Thing" poster on my wall. Rich Evans: "Halloween." Me: Sigh of relief.

"part 1 of 3" just warms my cold dead heart

Wait. As to Rich's theory about Adrienne Barbeau maybe having an affair, then disappearing from Carpenter's later movies. Escape From New York (1981)wasn't her last appearance in a Carpenter film. She voiced the chess computer in The Thing (1982). The chess computer that the character, MacReady, calls a "Cheating b**ch." I mean....Rich might actually be right...somehow.

"Christopher Reeve was very stiff and awkward" Too soon, Jay.

22:18 - "No, I don't hate you." - Probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said to Rich on camera.

My aunt almost quit med school because she was afraid of blood. My dad showed her “The Thing” on cable, and years later she has a job dissecting cadavers. The reason why? (In her own words). “Nothing I’ll ever see in real life can be scarier than that movie”.

A friend of mine is a minimalist electronic music composer who has never seen a John Carpenter movie but owned all the soundtracks and went to a horror convention John was appearing at to get his vinyl records signed. When John Carpenter heard that they were BFFs for the rest of the weekend.

Dark Star has the most accurate depiction of space travel of any film. Space ships in isolated parts of the galaxy will likely be manned by weirdos that are bored out of their mind.

One of my favorite bits of "Enrico Morricone" trivia is how 99% of the score he wrote for The Thing went unused for 35 years until Quentin Tarantino asked him to score Hateful Eight. Ennio pulled his unused Thing score out of a drawer, dusted it off and pretty much turned it in as-is and it won the fucking Oscar for Best Original score that year.

Jay found a way to get “hey Ted where’s the corkscrew” in there

Lmao the fact that Rich thought the kid on the bike from In the Mouth of Madness was John Carpenter is amazing

I've always felt that the original Halloween was like a ghost story without a ghost. It centres on a tragic and terrifying event in the seemingly distant past, an abandoned house where the terrifying thing happened, and a scholarly character trying to fight the inexplicable evil. I love ghost stories, and that's probably what makes it so memorable for me.

This is the fourth video in a row about topics that Jay loves. It's official - Mike's reign of Trekkian Terror is at an end. Is Rich Evans now free, or does he have a new master? Tune in to the next episode of RLM Adventures to find out!

I love John's late-career pivot to focusing on his music. I hope he's having loads of fun, he deserves it.

"I've come to learn I really like SynthWave" - Rich. YES!!! Gunship, The Midnight, Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, Timecop1983, Kavinsky, FM-84, Laserhawk, Mitch Murder... boy howdy you have a run ride ahead Rich!

"Mom can we go see the new Doom movie?" "No, we have Doom at home." At home... (Ghosts of Mars dvd)

I'm slowly coming around to the idea that Rich Evans is the main character of the world

I legit gasped when Rich said prince of darkness at 14, and then when he said Halloween I audibly said "No!". Jay burning on the inside but just diplomatically saying "I don't ... hate you."

05:12 Dark Star 08:13 Escape from L.A. 13:53 Ghosts of Mars 19:13 The Fog 22:06 Prince of Darkness 26:57 Village of the Damned 32:18 Halloween

Someone once explained to me the "fear" of Halloween movies--Michael Myers skulks around being creepy and doesn't actually do anything you could call the police on him for, until he starts killing people and then there's no help. It's something resonated with a lot of people, especially women. It's the helplessness and dread of it that you know he's no good but you can't actually do anything to stop him short of killing him first but you don't know he's THAT bad yet.

"I don't hate you, I'm just disappointed." - Jay's eyes.

Every time Rich mentions his sister, I just imagine Mike in a wig wearing a "Fanny the Birthday girl" t-shirt.

I can't believe Mike, in a fit of drunken rage, deleted parts 2 and 3 of this series

Rich AND his sister "laughing hysterically together" ... grammy material, hands down

Leave it to Jay to know the font John Carpenter uses off the top of his head.

Prince of Darkness isn't perfect, but I really like that movie. The tone, and pace of it is just so engaging to me. Even the premise is just kinda cool to me, and how certain things are framed and shot. It's not my favorite Carpenter film, but it's up there.

The part of the conversation where Jay says, "It's creepy because he has no motive!" and Rich is like "Ehhhhh..." feels like a conversation my brother and I would have. It's like a I get it, but it doesn't do it for me. Like the big reveal at the end of The Strangers. My brother thought it was the greatest thing ever. I don't know why, but the "no motive/random act of violence thing" doesn't do it for me.

Fun Fact: So John actually didn't use much of Morricone's score for The Thing. The classic "BUM BUM" was Carpenter's doing. Occasionally you can hear some of Morricone's score in the film, but overall he threw out much of it. Tarantino wanted Morricone to compose an original score for The Hateful Eight which is inspired by The Thing. Morricone had obligations for another film he agreed to work on so he told Tarantino he could only write 20-25 minutes of original score that Tarantino could maybe stretch into 40 minutes & then he suggested using the unused parts of The Thing score. So if you want to hear more of The Thing's score just watch The Hateful Eight.

I now need to know what Rich Evans sisters laugh sounds like...

One of the greatest assets in Carpenter's earlier films was the god-tier cinematography of Dean Cundey.

Saw John Carpenter live a few years ago on Halloween night. It was awesome. He played the main themes from his films with clips from his films projected behind the band.

The theme from Halloween is so effective that one evening I came home from work. I opened my front door and stepped Into my house. There were no lights on and all I could hear was the Halloween theme loudly echoing through out the house. For a split second I instinctively felt an uneasiness and dread before it clicked in my brain that my brother was watching one of the Halloween movies.

31:58 Rich: You're all going to hate me. Me: Oh come on it can't be that bad Rich: My number 12 is Halloween. Me: Oh no.....

I saw Rich Evans at a grocery store in Milwaukee yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

They're definitely right about Halloween suffering from the movies that came after it. My experience was much like Jay's-Halloween came out the year I was born, so I ended up not seeing it until like 19 years after its release. By that time, every other 80's/90's horror movie of my adolescence had ripped it off and amped it up much that it was predictable and hard to appreciate without approaching it from a film-making mindset. So while I do think Halloween is a classic masterpiece, it reminds me of a wonderful food item from a local restaurant that gets watered down and played out once the recipe gets acquired and used by a national franchise chain.

Immediately knew Jay’s worst was gonna be Ghosts of Mars

I actually like that Rich put Halloween so low, one reason I like RLM is that I like hearing new viewpoints instead of just having my opinions regurgitated back at me.

Once Rich reminded us that he isn’t a horror guy, I understand his low placement for The Fog and Halloween. And yes Loomis is a terrible psychiatrist lmao

Man, I love Prince of Darkness. Like you said, I can see why people dislike it, but I find it such an interesting movie. I love the slow burn, the atmosphere and the ideas he has in that movie. It's so interesting and different. The feeling of doom and the open ending, like in The Thing, are so awesome! It's one of the very few movies I'd actually love to see remade.

Am I the only one currently OBSESSED with the question of whether Rich's sister laughs just like him or not? I can't stop thinking about it. Rich, help me.

I LOVE this style lol. They both have contrasting taste on what they like yet still give good points that do make sense.

I need more videos like this, ranking the whole filmography of different directors. You guys are the best!!!!

"I'm not a horror guy" is kind of a weird place to be for someone ranking Carpenter films.

In a twist of fate, they published this while I'm at the gym and 3 of the 5 TVs are playing Night Court reruns.

Instead of furiously typing at Rich's number 12 I just wanna say Rich and Jay videos are wholesome and I love them.

Love hearing Rich talk and share opinions etc without having the piss taken out of him. Love Mike but prefer to hear rich actually speak and be confident

Enjoyed every moment of this one. Can't wait for the other two parts!

I love Rich and Jay together. Such great friendship and chemistry.

I remember watching Ghosts of Mars with my brother when I was like 9, and thinking it was the greatest movie of all time. I never intend to rewatch it, just going to keep my memory of it in my mind.

Carpenter is probably my favorite director ever. Even when he’s bad he’s still entertaining. All of his films have a style unique to him. He’s far from the greatest director, but there’s nothing like him

Prince of Darkness is easy top 5 material for how tightly it's made. low budget, mostly single location, classic Carpenter score - a directing masterclass. not to mention returning alumni from Big Trouble.

Wow, Rich is looking great. Good for him for getting more in shape.

I love these director spotlight episodes. Jay and Rich give me huge Siskel and Ebert vibes without taking themselves too seriously

I love how this ends in a push-top pen click ... so satisfying.

This show is 10 times better.than anything... ANYTHING you see on television. Just pure entertainment. Thank you! I was with you guys on Escape from LA!

So sad to hear that Mike drank himself to death after watching the trailer for Picard season two.

The best thing about seeing a new RLM video is dropping everything for 40 minutes to watch it; the worst is that it only takes 40 minutes until your waiting for a new RLM video.

Post next part already what heck I waiting

Always appreciate your eloquence and humor. Love you guys

Got to see John Carpenter perform on Halloween a few years ago, that was a real treat. Glad he gets to spend his elder years just playing video games and making cool music with his family

When Rich said he watched it with his sister, I got Adam Sandler in Jack and Jill images.

This is a great format. Great way to make Jay nerd about stuff he cares about. Please do more of these.

Could be that I’m a sucker for 80s italian horror, but Prince of Darkness is my favorite.

A Pam Grier lead Ghosts of Mars is the best idea Jay has had in years.

John Carpenter is my favorite director. The man has no effs to give. I saw him do a Q&A in Hollywood back in 2010 and he ended it by saying, "Let's get close to wrapping up. I have to go meet my drug dealer pretty soon."

Super happy you're doing this, great first ep

really enjoyed this! looking forward to 2 and 3

I’m 100% convinced that Rich Evan’s “sister” is just Rich Evans in drag , ala Jack and Jill.

“What excuse can I come up with to rewatch all the John Carpenter movies?”

Cannot wait for part 2.Really enjoyed that.

I NEED PART TWOOOO. This was great!

Rich's Halloween pick actually made me go "oh, ok, that's fine" because after all that build up I thought he was gonna say The Thing.

He should do a zombie-western and fulfill two of his dreams

Part two? Your video’s are all that brings me joy in my pitiful existence🥲

I haven't seen a few but my list would be something like 1. The Thing 2. Starman 3. They Live 4. Christine 5. Big Trouble in Little China 6. Assault on Precinct 13 7. Halloween 8. The Fog 9. Escape from New York 10. Dark Star 11. Village of the Damned 12. Vampires 13. Escape from L. A. 15. The Ward 16. Ghosts of Mars

Seeing Carpenter live and watching him do that little old man dance Jay mentioned is a highlight of my life. In The Mouth of Madness slaps so hard live.

Fun fact about that beach ball in Dark Star: In The Thing, when the dog splits open there is a flower like appendage made of dog tongues with teeth. That prop is actually the feet of the beach ball alien in Dark Star

please do stuff like this more often. this was great :)

Rich putting the film that is the reason for Rich doing this list this month so low in the list is the most Rich Evans thing ever. And I kinda appreciate it.

When Jay said Christopher Reeve was stiff and awkward, I was waiting for a really dark joke to follow that.

Part 3 of Ranking John Carpenter Movies is already on track to being one of the most popular and successful videos of all time.

I love this idea. I really hope they do this with more directors.

Glad I found this channel! over the past month or so Ive been watching John Carpenter movies, so far I've watched Assault on precinct 13, Body Bags, In the Mouth of Madness, They Live, Dark Star, The Thing & Halloween, Dark star is the only movie I had to tap out of I just couldn't make it to the end but I can understand why after watching this video lol.

I still remember the funniest movie review I’ve EVER read in my entire life for “Escape from L.A.”. The review was “Escape from the movie theatre!”.

Jays impression of the 'Old Man Dance' will always warm my heart from now on

At some point Rich is gonna be fed up with desperately trying to pronounce the phrase "stick out like a sore thumb"

I will always love Escape From LA. One of the most satisfying endings of any film ever.

Holy fuck did I laugh hard at Rich thinking John Carpenter had a cameo in _In The Mouth of Madness_

I loved Rich Evans before, but knowing he likes synthwave makes him even more likeable!

I have watched this 4 times in anticipation for part 2.

More rankings please. This was fun.

I appreciate that Rich doesn’t care about pandering to anybody and would rather be honest with himself. He has relatable reasons for going against the crowd as well.

I remember when I realized that Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, Halloween, and The Thing were by the same dude as a kid. Even if some of his stuff has been kind of weak, dude's had more influence than just about any other filmmaker for me.

My issue with Rich's placement of Halloween isn't even on if he liked it. You have to acknowledge the impact of it. Friday the 13th would not have existed if it wasn't for Halloween. It really spawned the slasher genre, everyone was trying to make their own Halloween movie.

so glad jay got the chance to see john carpenter do his old man dance live! he came to day for night in houston several years ago and he was awesome

I want Jay's shirt. I hope they make it in men's sizes.