This is one of Carpenter's best films. It is useless to compare it to The Thing, They Live, or Halloween - it is as different from those films as they are from each other. It is more of an atmospheric horror tale in the vein of Lovecraft, in fact it has a very distinct Lovecraft vibe to most of it.
Sam Neil is great, it is a great mystery tale. Perfect film to watch around October and Halloween.
Find it, buy it, watch it. Let's just hope Carpenter has at least one more like this still in him. By the way, I lived in New Hampshire and I'm pretty sure there aren't giant cathedrals and monsters there. Beautiful state, go visit.
Sam Neil is great, it is a great mystery tale. Perfect film to watch around October and Halloween.
Find it, buy it, watch it. Let's just hope Carpenter has at least one more like this still in him. By the way, I lived in New Hampshire and I'm pretty sure there aren't giant cathedrals and monsters there. Beautiful state, go visit.