John Carpenter is one of the most beloved directors around, with hits like Halloween, The Thing, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape From New York, and Assault on Precinct 13 going on to have a huge impact on the genre. He’s also a supremely talented musician, providing scores for many of his own movies, and proving he still knows his way around a synthesizer by creating music for Blumhouse’s Halloween trilogy.
Beyond that, he’s endeared himself to the internet by being open about his love of video games. Carpenter is now 75, and not necessarily someone you’d expect to be glued to the latest AAA releases, though he’s expressed his love for titles like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and The Last of Us.