“Halloween” helmer John Carpenter revives “Friday the 13th” rivalryMay 31, 2016 - 11:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - John Carpenter does not think much of the 1980 film that spawned the hockey-mask wearing, machete-wielding slasher Jason Voorhees, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Halloween director recently criticized the original Friday the 13th film for what he said was a lackluster money grab. Carpenter told author Bret Easton Eliis on his podcast that he is a huge fan of the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but Friday the 13th, not so much. “One springs from an organic idea and has a truly artist’s eye working,” Carpenter told the American Psycho author. “And Friday the 13th, I feel, affects me as very cynical. It’s very cynical movie-making. It just doesn’t rise above its cheapness.” Carpenter's 1978 slasher classic, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, was an enormous box office success, and he believes that is why similar horror films flooded the market in the years following. “I think the reason that all these slasher movies came in the ’80s was a lot of folks said, ‘Look at that Halloween movie. It was made for peanuts, and look at the money it’s made. We can make money like that. That’s what the teenagers want to see,'" the director said. "So they just started making them, cranking them out. Most of them were awful.” His comments come on the heels of the news that Carpenter will executive produce a new edition to the Halloween franchise. The new film will be produced by Jason Blum and will be co-financed by Blumhouse and Miramax. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |