Legends of Horror month continues with the sub-theme of the siege movie. That's when you're in a place and other people want in your place but you don't want them in your place so you try to keep them out of your place while they try to get into your place.
Assault on Precinct 13 is John Carpenter's second movie, following the sci-fi spoof Dark Star. Did you know John Carpenter scores most of his movies, including the iconic Halloween score? Look:
I mean listen.
I mentioned that watching a non-horror movie by a legend of horror may be a little like watching the George A. Romero romance There's Always Vanilla. Maybe we should watch that, judging by this video I found:
Speaking of, Romero executive produced his own remake of NotLD and had make-up artist Tom Savini direct. They're still coming to get Barbara, they still hole up in a farm house (zombies are excellent siegers). Ending's different though.
Does Assault on Precinct 13 really fit into the greater theme of Bad Movies? Are you trying to trick people into watching movies highly acclaimed by critics that aren't sock puppets?
ReplyDeleteI should have called it Cult Movie Night because we've always watched good movies like Re-Animator. This way, though, if people don't like the movies I can say, "What did you expect, it's BAD movie night".
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