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7 DVD Set
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 651
Retail Price: £54.99
Release Date: 06/10/2008

Synopsis:
Very few filmmakers could hope to achieve the immense cult status obtained by legendary director John Carpenter and his highly influential, unmistakable movies. Having written, directed, edited and scored the music for most of his films he remains a true auteur and a groundbreaking innovator of independent cinema. With his vivid imagination, sly streaks of dark humour and his tense, terrifying and sometimes disturbing scenarios he has become renowned as a master of horror and is responsible for creating some of modern cinemas most original and iconic characters, from Halloween’s relentlessly evil Michael Myers and Escape from New York’s unstoppable anti-hero Snake Plisskin to The Fog’s unforgettable army of zombie pirates.

Featuring:
• ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
• HALLOWEEN
• THE FOG
• ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
• THE THING
• PRINCE OF DARKNESS
• THEY LIVE

Special Features:

Directed By:
John Carpenter

Written By:
John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Nick Castle
Bill Lancaster

Starring:
Jamie Lee Curtis
Janet Leigh
Adrienne Barbeau
Hal Holbrook
Austin Stoker
Charles Cyphers
Darwin Joston
Laurie Zimmer
Martin West
Tony Burton
Donald Pleasence
Nancy Loomis
Kurt Russell
Lee Van Cleef
Ernest Borgnine
Harry Dean Stanton
Isaac Hayes
Wilford Brimley
Keith David
Richard Dysart
Roddy Piper
Meg Foster

Distributor:
Optimum Home Entertainment

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