Critics and essayists love to use the phrase "Master of Horror" to describe director John Carpenter. This is certainly a fair descriptor, as Carpenter has directed some of the most notable horror films of all time. He created masterpieces in the 1970s ("Halloween"), the 1980s ("The Thing"), and the 1990s ("In the Mouth of Madness") . All told, several of Carpenter's best movies have been horror films, and he's also helmed a few horror TV projects besides. The man is often asked about the genre, although he rarely goes into much thematic or intellectual detail during interviews. Instead, Carpenter tends to regard movies in a more workmanlike fashion, concerned more with the craft than the substance.

And speaking of the substance, Carpenter disliked "The Substance."

Indeed, Carpenter m

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