MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992)
After a freak accident, a company executive turns completely invisible, goes on the run and becomes hunted by a treacherous CIA official, whilst trying to cope with his new reality.
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
A group of police officers, civilians and prisoners tries to defend a near-deserted police station from the ruthless attacks of gang members
Ranked: John Carpenter Films
The writers of Frame Rated were surveyed to determine our 10 favourite John Carpenter films...
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)
In the future of 1997, when Air Force One crashlands in Manhattan (now a giant maximum security prison), a convict is sent in to rescue the President of the USA...
PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world...
THE FOG (1980)
An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
THEY LIVE (1988)
A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.
HALLOWEEN (1978)
15 years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.
THE THING (1982)
A research facility in Antarctica comes across an alien force that can mimic anything it touches...
ESCAPE FROM L.A (1996)
Snake Plissken is once again manipulated by the US government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, which has become an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
30 Years On: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA was released across the US on this day, 30 years ago. To celebrate, we've investigated the origins of this flop summer movie from 1987 that became a cult favourite...