by John Kenneth Muir
It’s always a difficult task to weigh a director’s career output in terms of a mere top ten list, but much more so in the case of John Carpenter. The auteur and maverick has directed so many great films --- and in so many genres -- that often times it feels like comparing apples and oranges. For example, how does one choose between two legitimate masterpieces like The Thing (1982) and Halloween (1978)?
