Another movie people only praise because of nostalgia and not because it is really that good

This movie has it's moments, but its not that good. Carpenter's weaker films from his strong period (70's and 80's). Luckily he returned to low budget movie making and gave us Prince of Darkness and They Live. After that he was more or less finished, with a couple of highlights left (In the mouth of madness, Cigarette burns).