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Leslie Daher 01-05-2004 08:30 AM

John Carpenter or Wes Craven???
 
Whose movies do you think are more consisently scarier and better overall? AND what are some of your favorite movies by your more beloved director-aside from the obvious HALLOWEEN and ANOES.

Ritualistic 01-05-2004 08:53 AM

I cant choose over the other... big fan of both directors... although I prefer Cravens older stuff... i`m not a fan of his new shit

Aylmer 01-05-2004 09:03 AM

Gotta go with Carpenter on that one because of movies like "The Fog", "They Live", "The Thing", and "Big Trouble in Little China", which are his best excluding "Halloween"

ds_spoon 01-05-2004 09:24 AM

i like carpenter but his stuff sometimes makes me laugh allot

but definitely carpenter

Dr.Kelvinstein 01-05-2004 12:13 PM

Carpenter, though Craven seems more able to fit commercially into Hollywood without losing what made him cool in the first place. Scream was commercial and still good, whereas Carpenter's attempt to make a Hollywood-style movie, Escape From LA) was a mess (Sane shooting basketball). Hopefully Carpenter will stick to his guns and keep putting out low-budget, enigmatic movies showcasing his anti-heroes, stuff like Vampires and Ghosts of Mars. Besides, Craven still has to answer for Vampire Of Brooklyn!!!!!

MichaelMyers 01-05-2004 01:10 PM

Wes Craven. Just a personal preference, because I've met the guy. If he hadn't re-vitalized the Horror genre with NOES and Scream, who knows where the Horror genre would be. Like it or not, the more people that see a certain type of movie the more those kinds of movies are produced...and Wes has produced consistently scary movies.

crazy clown 01-05-2004 01:16 PM

this is a tough one...i'm gonna go against the crowd and say craven. i really liked his old stuff. my fav excluding ANOES woould be last house on the left.

AUSTIN316426808 01-05-2004 01:22 PM

CARPENTER without a doubt.

Elvis_Christ 01-06-2004 10:44 AM

I would have to say Carpenter because of Escape From New York, They Live, The Thing.....

ShamSham04 01-06-2004 03:33 PM

No competition for me...

Craven is one of the best directors in the business.

Freddy Krueger. 01-06-2004 04:05 PM

Wes Craven all the way!!!!!!!!!

Digital Murders 01-06-2004 05:08 PM

One movie

The Hills Have Eyes.

Wes Craven definately. But like stated above, his new stuff sucks.

Sam The Egg 01-06-2004 07:28 PM

since I'm assuming we're talking about the horror movies, I'll go with Craven. Carpenter tends to not do horror movies.

Leslie Daher 01-07-2004 08:05 AM

i guess it depends on YOUR definition of what a horror picture is. i'm quite familiar w/ John Carpenter's pics and i can think of a few off hand that IMO would fall into the horror category, like:
CHRISTINE
THE FOG
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
VAMPIRES
HALLOWEEN
GHOSTS OF MARS
THEY LIVE (BORDERS ON SCI-FI BUT A STILL A HORROR IMO)

scary movies often equal horror for me..not necessarily gory

Leslie Daher 01-07-2004 08:33 AM

village of the damned
in the mouth of madness
body bags

more horror type movies....hmmm, kinda a lot for a director that doesn't really do horror

Leslie Daher 01-07-2004 08:41 AM

duh! THE THING! what was i thinking..how could i forget such a classic?! so some of his movies border sci-fi but they're scary and that's good enough for me. seems kinda like horror director compared to let's say james cameron.

avenger00soul 01-12-2004 05:23 PM

Carpenter. He's made some of my favorite movies and he's WAY more consistent.

orangestar 01-12-2004 06:54 PM

Carpenter is a better director IMO, but I enjoy Wes Cravens movies more. I think its more in the writing etc. etc.

allmykids 01-13-2004 04:18 PM

GOD, I can't choose!! I like both of them ALOT!!!


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