Halloween director and horror legend John Carpenter doesn't think much of the Friday the 13th franchise.
Speaking on Bret Easton Ellis's podcast (as reported by Vulture), Carpenter revealed he wasn't a fan of some of the cash-grab movies that followed his seminal 1978 slasher flick. "One sprints from an organic idea and has a truly artist's eye working," Carpenter said. "And Friday the 13th...affects me as very cynical. It's very cynical moviemaking. It just doesn't rise above its cheapness."
Carpenter blames the slasher fatigue of the '80s on directors trying to appeal too hard to young people ( "that's what the teenagers want to see") and cheap budgets.
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Speaking on Bret Easton Ellis's podcast (as reported by Vulture), Carpenter revealed he wasn't a fan of some of the cash-grab movies that followed his seminal 1978 slasher flick. "One sprints from an organic idea and has a truly artist's eye working," Carpenter said. "And Friday the 13th...affects me as very cynical. It's very cynical moviemaking. It just doesn't rise above its cheapness."
Carpenter blames the slasher fatigue of the '80s on directors trying to appeal too hard to young people ( "that's what the teenagers want to see") and cheap budgets.
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