John Carpenter

Before we sink our fangs into Reginald the Vampire, let's review some of the standard vampire "rules" and some of the weird ones, too. 

John Carpenter knows who was really the Thing at the end of the movie... but four decades later, he's still not telling. 

The legendary horror master knows how to do a lot with a little.

The Thing Returns would have tapped into the "ghosts of the Cold War."

Not unlike "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, They Live hits you over the head with blunt punch after blunt punch. 

The celebrated filmmaker returns as composer alongside his son, Cody Carpenter, and godson, Daniel Davies.

Actor Keith David, associate producer Larry Franco, and cinematographer Dean Cundey talk about John Carpenter's iconic film.

The antics of the Silver Shamrock company weren't enough to sell audiences on the anthology idea.

Even though it's perfect in retrospect, Piper's casting wasn't exactly a (body) slam dunk at the time.

We were this close to getting a Stephen King movie from the Halloween director.