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...previous films, like Halloween and The Fog, Director John Carpenter has proved himself adept at a kind of minimalist spookiness. It is a mistake to do away with that huge and unreasonable vegetable and the scary possibility that it may be lurking behind every closed door. A deeper problem is that Carpenter's people are not strongly or wittily characterized (though Kurt Russell makes a stalwart hero). Not caring much about them, one's attention fastens on the Thing's spectacular depredations. When it invades a body, a man's guts may open and snap shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Squeamer | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

...plans to build a new home if her offer is accepted, explaining, "I don't like two-story houses. I like a ranch style better." Another helpful lady phoned to recommend her neighbor's house-without telling him-because it was "an eye sore." Director John Carpenter (Halloween) will make the final selection next month, but with the calls coming in from as far away as Houston, it looks as though he has discovered one answer to the real estate crunch: more horror movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Fire Sale | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

...administrative framework than in the past meeting once a week with Dingman and other College officials and discussing issues put forth by an executive committee. One issued discussed at length in this format was the fall's controversy over alcohol politely, when College officials' attempts to monitor alcohol at Halloween parties sparked debate over just now much leeway Masters should have in interpreting College policy...

Author: By Lavea Brachman, | Title: A Hard Task to Master | 4/29/1982 | See Source »

Little Jack Horner's Trick and Joke Shop in downtown Boston may fare better than the Combat Zone Smoke Shop and Laberty Tree Only half of the store's stock consists of paraphernalia. while the rest devoted to jokes, magic tricks, and Halloween masks Manager David Bertolino says he is optimistic that the new law will not hurt his store, and says most of his sales come from the trick and joke products Bertolino says he is not currently stocking up with any new smoking supplies. but sales of those items have been phenomenal customers are coming in and buying...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Heads You Lose | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

...Halloween can be very scary in the little Canadian town of Churchill (pop. 1,200), on the western shore of Hudson Bay. This fall, before Churchill's youngsters were allowed to go out trick-or-treating, armed men checked out every street and back alley. Even after the masked and costumed kids were let loose, some adults stood guard on the outskirts of town. It was not ghosts and hobgoblins that were on their minds, but polar bears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Plethora of Polar Bears | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

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