John Carpenter, the man behind genre films like “Halloween,” “Assault on Precinct 13” and “Escape From New York,” may not be every critic's idea of an auteur, but Carpenter's movies are unmistakably his own. That's because he's not only a director but often a writer and even a composer whose use of synthesizers and rock guitar gave his films a moody, pulpy ambiance.

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