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John Carpenter says he had no qualms about dropping out of the University of Southern California\u2019s School of Cinema to pursue his film career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I knew what I was doing,” the director of horror classics like 1978\u2019s “Halloween”<\/a> and 1982\u2019s “The Thing” told The Associated Press earlier this month. “I just wanted to get out of there, get on with my career.”<\/p>\n

He began working on his first full-length film “Dark Star,” which was released in 1974, while he was still at film school before moving on to “Halloween,” “The Fog” and “Escape from New York.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You have to have confidence,” Carpenter told USC students on the 40th anniversary of “Halloween” in 2018. “You have to have confidence in your vision. If you\u2019re a decent human being, they\u2019ll listen.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Halloween” was a low budget film made for around $325,000, and it grossed $47 million during its theatrical run in North America, according to IMDb. The movie also spawned a myriad of successful sequels and an entire industry for lead villain Michael Myers \u2013 who has become a pop culture icon \u2013 that includes everything from costumes to Chia pets and birthday cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Halloween” also marked Jamie Less Curtis’ film debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite his genre-defining work behind the camera, the 75-year-old agreed that critics still look down on horror movies.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve always been looked down on,” he said. “We\u2019re close to being pornographers. Just a little above, you know? Just a bit.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carpenter, who wrote “Halloween” and composed its iconic piano theme, mused on how some of today\u2019s directors like Jordan Peele,<\/a> who won an Oscar for “Get Out,” are attempting to elevate the genre.<\/p>\n

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“His movies are pretty damn good,” Carpenter said, adding that he “loved” Peele\u2019s most recent film “Nope.”<\/p>\n

He added, “I see horror as a genre that gets reinvented by every generation to fit their generation. You know, I did it with mine. [\u2018Texas Chainsaw Massacre\u2019 director] Tobe Hooper and [\u2018Night of the Living Dead\u2019 director] George Romero<\/a> reinvented it for theirs. It always happens.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also noted how much has changed technologically in the more than 50 years since he started making movies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s all different now. Oh, everything is different,” Carpenter, who most recently directed the TV miniseries “John Carpenter\u2019s Suburban Screams” for Peacock, said. “The technology of the business is different. The business is different. I would be starting over completely green if I had to right now. I learned everything about the camera and editing and sound and all that stuff. All that stuff has changed. It\u2019s all different. The sound now is like, \u2018What the hell is that? Where\u2019s the NAGRA [portable audio recorders]?\u2019 At USC, we had a lab where you could do processing. We don\u2019t process any more. It\u2019s all digital.”<\/p>\n

In his newest venture “Suburban Screams,” Carpenter said he is delving into true horror stories for the first time in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve never done this before,” he admitted. “True stories of killers are a staple of television. But what we\u2019re concentrating on in this series are the survivors. You know, we don\u2019t care so much about the perpetrators. The thing about \u2018Dahmer,\u2019 the character that I remember the most is\u00a0Niecy Nash\u00a0\u2014 the character from the survivor\u2019s point of view. And that\u2019s something I haven\u2019t done. I also haven\u2019t done a true-life deal, except for Elvis, which \u2014 that doesn\u2019t count.”<\/p>\n

He said he was able to “remote” direct the series from his living room while the cast was in Prague “and that\u2019s fantastic.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I have a full cup of coffee in my hand saying, \u2018Do this, do that.\u2019 That\u2019s fabulous,” he said. “I cannot wait to do it again that way.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Additionally, while he says he does not understand why more people are foregoing the theater for their computer or phone, he notes, “I gotta see it big.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of the interview with the AP, Carpenter also admitted some of the industry is struggling because of the writers\u2019 and actors\u2019 strikes – the writers’ strike has since ended. “I love movies,” he vowed. “The art of motion pictures. So, wherever the business goes, I\u2019ll follow along and still love it. But I fell in love when I was really young. And it hasn\u2019t gone away.”<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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