Johnuary.
Hellish Views' first 2026 project.
My next project is exactly what it sounds like! A celebration of John Carpenter movies! Jamie B. will be joining me in this, which is super exciting.
This month I’ll be covering the following:
Halloween (1978)
Christine (1983)
In The Mouth of Madness (1994)
I’ve seen The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness before, and I can’t wait to rewatch them. They’re both classics with a lot of depth. Plus, they’re just very fun movies.
Christine is a favourite novel of mine so I’m intrigued to see how it’s adapted.
Halloween is, of course, one of The Big Slashers and it’s appalling it took me until 2026 to see it. I’m steadily working my way through the essentials.
On Jamie B. - they’re researching with interviews and videos, and have a whole lot in store from what I can tell. The post ideas keep racking up, so there’s a lot to look forward to on that end. My coverage of these films will probably be fairly minimal, but hopefully my excitement shines through!
I’d love to hear about your relationship with Carpenter’s movies, so please comment!
As ever, thanks for reading,
Until next time,
H.E.
I cannot WAIT for you to watch Halloween!! How jealous I am that you get to experience THE slasher for the first time!
I'm going for a clean sweep of first time watches with my Johnuary picks, so we'll both be watching new films! This is gonna be a great month!
Is it bad that ‘Johnuary’ first made me think you were gonna stick an unhinged SUPPLEMENTAL at the end of every post…