John Carpenter Hosting Shout! Factory TV's Masters Of Monsters Weekend Celebrating Godzilla
It’s pretty awesome when you find out the people you love who create things in the Horror genre also love the things you love as fans themselves and that’s exactly what John Carpenter is. He’s a fan of movies in general but even more so of classic monsters and who bigger to talk about than The King Of All Monsters himself, Godzilla.
From Halloween to The Fog to The Thing, Carpenter has earned his nickname as the Master of Horror. Not only is Carpenter a ‘zilla fan, but he’ll host Shout! Factory TV‘s Masters of Monsters weekend in November.
Beginning November 3, Carpenter will sit down to present his four favorite monster films directed by Ishiro Hondo: Godzilla, The Uncut Japanese Original (Gojira), Rodan, Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster, and The War of the Gargantuas. John Carpenter will make appearances throughout the Masters of Monsters marathon to discuss his great love and admiration for the franchise.
As a composer, Carpenter has brought life to his movies and in the below video discusses composer Akira Ifukube. Ifukube composed music for nearly 300 films including a truly staggering number of Godzilla and other kaiju films. He also, chiefly, came up with Godzilla’s distinctive noises.
Masters of Monsters kicks off Thursday, November 3, at 6pm and 8pm PT with the original Godzilla. On subsequent nights at the same times, tune in for Rodan, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, and The War of the Gargatuas. That last one is Brad Pitt’s favorite movie, fun fact. The watch party for Gargantuas takes place on TokuShoutsu’s Twitch, while the watch party for Ghidorah will be on Scream Factory TV. Shout! Factory TV, TokuShoutsu, Scream Factory TV, and Shout! Cult will all be streaming the original program. For more information about the Masters of Monsters Godzilla movie marathon, please visit MastersofMonsters.com.
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