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Directed a tv show titled 'John Carpenter's Suburban Screams' remotely from his home.


During the same panel, Carpenter did mention something that we can look forward to. While talking about directing, he spoke about recently finishing directing a television series titled John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams. Carpenter says the show was shot in Prague, and he directed the series remotely from his home.

No matter how he got the job done, the promise of seeing new stories directed by John Carpenter is extremely exciting! Not much of anything is known about Suburban Screams yet, though a Google search did turn up a credit on the site Staff Me Up for a filmmaker named Juan Francisco de la Guardia who lists a job editing a development sizzle reel of John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams for Netflix. No official announcement has been made yet, but we’ll relay the information to you once we learn further details.

https://creepycatalog.com/john-carpenter-teases-the-thing-2-at-texas-frightmare-weekend/

Interesting. His first directing credit since The Ward (2010). The whole 'remote' thing sounds odd and doesn't fill me with much hope but I'd guess he's also wrote some of the work for this show. Sounds like a horror anthology series?

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TRAILER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9cRV4_Qgew

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The series is described as “a genre-busting unscripted horror anthology series from the mind of legendary director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter. The series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage, combining the visual language of horror films with the tools and techniques of documentaries, creating a uniquely frightening experience for viewers.”

“Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil that lurks beneath the surface of friendly suburbia through the lens of one frightful tale. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage.”

The horror master directs one episode in the six-episode series alongside showrunner Jordan Roberts, Michelle Latimer, and Jan Pavlacky.

Carpenter also composes the series’ theme music.

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Trailer looks okay. Not normally one for these 'reality' paranormal shows. Shame Carpenter only did one episode - but one is more than none, so I'll take it. As soon as I heard the music at the end I thought 'Sounds like he did that as well!'.

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