Earlier immediately, a tweet went viral claiming that horror master John Carpenter was posting disparaging, even shit-talking evaluations of his personal work (in addition to different movies, together with the latest Reagan biopic) on the movie-watching social platform Letterboxd. Carpenter is a legendary curmudgeon, however the truth that anybody believed the posts had been actual is a captivating reminder that there are nonetheless gullible individuals on-line.
The unique put up has since been deleted, as has the faux-Carpenter’s Letterboxd web page, however not earlier than others joined within the enjoyable and shared a few of “John Carpenter’s” evaluations. Only a few examples:
Thread of John Carpenter’s funniest letterboxd evaluations. pic.twitter.com/nvMvD62oH9
— An actual human being (@DomARealHuman) September 26, 2024
I do kinda admire the chutzpah of John Carpenter giving his personal filmography star rankings.
Even when he’s waaaaay too harsh on “The Fog.” pic.twitter.com/yrWntVZAsO
— Darren Mooney (@Darren_Mooney) September 26, 2024
It’s unclear if the X customers who shared the evaluations believed it was really the director of They Reside, Halloween, The Factor, and Escape From New York posting beneath his personal identify on Letterboxd—and positively a few of the “likes” the tweets acquired had been from individuals knowingly having fun with a parody account. However some, it appears, might have really fallen for the prank—and together with it, apparently believed that Carpenter neither is aware of the way to spell “embarrassing,” nor has any affection for the coed film-turned-cult favourite that catapulted him into his lengthy profession, 1974’s Darkish Star.
Talking to Variety final 12 months (the identical chat through which he described his excellent day as “Rise up late, watch somewhat information, play a online game, watch some basketball, go to mattress”), Carpenter made a degree of claiming “I don’t consider myself.” He was reluctant to reply a query about what his best ability is as a filmmaker, saying solely that he’s most pleased with The Factor. “I actually suppose I did a fantastic job with that. I’d like to have made extra critical movies like that, that aren’t teenage films and never geared to younger individuals. That was a film I’m pleased with. I don’t know what my power is. I’ve no clue.”
X ultimately stepped as much as share a “readers added context” disclaimer on the unique thread sharing the fake evaluations, reminding the web that one want solely do the naked minimal in peeling again the layers of a social media account to keep away from being duped. But when that wasn’t sufficient, Carpenter himself stepped into the fray, posting the right case-closed response:
What the hell is a Letterboxd!??
— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) September 26, 2024
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