In this 80s horror extravaganza, only one rule is true - opposites attract. Whether they’re the sun and moon, science and religion, matter and antimatter, an ancient secret under a decrepit Los Angeles church threatens to swallow all of reality, and our understanding of time and space itself! Channeling his inner Michael Jackson, John Carpenter takes a look at *man* in the mirror - gleefully capturing the event horizon of our relationship with faith from its figurative accretion disc. In a film that examines the terror inherent to discovery and the reevaluation of pre-established truths, this horror icons reexamines the hallmarks of his own oeuvre, and your hosts could not be more excited to close Dolly Back’s Halloween by adding what flourishes they can to the enduring legacy of this brilliant chapter!
Fredric Jameson's Article in Science Fiction Studies - Progress versus Utopia; Or, Can We Imagine the Future?
John Carpenter Interview by Craig Jenkins on Vulture (Free for a limited time as of October 31st - check it out while you can!)
