- Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:41 am
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Yep that's right. I've been looking for Carpenter's early Super 8mm shorts for years, and through some digging came across this USC 16mm short from '69, which was part of a recently preserved collection of student work that's been screened at CineFamily under the title SHOCK VALUE: The Movie. I'd love to see the entire programme, includes the infamous Dan O'Bannon short 'Blood Bath' which brought JC and DoB together for Dark Star.
Interesting short! Shame it doesn't have an early JC score, very 'back humour' vibe to it, but most fascinating is how much of it is very Halloween-ey! The masked stalker, those handheld tracking shots.... wow.
Interesting short! Shame it doesn't have an early JC score, very 'back humour' vibe to it, but most fascinating is how much of it is very Halloween-ey! The masked stalker, those handheld tracking shots.... wow.