Head to headJohn Carpenter against Nick Castle Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn CarpenterNick Castle
Tale of the tape as a director
John Carpenter vs Nick Castle
John Carpenter averages 6.61 across 18 rated films as a director, ahead of Nick Castle at 5.93.
- 18
- Films directed
- 9 (8 rated)
- ◀6.61
- Average
- 5.93
- ◀6.65
- Weighted
- 5.95
- ◀The Thing 8.2
- Best film
- The Last Starfighter 6.7
- ◀7.42, 1976 to 1982
- Peak five
- 6.38, 1984 to 1995
- ◀2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 5.58 (−1.03)
- Current form
- 5.66 (−0.26)▶
- ◀2.23M
- IMDb votes
Rows won
6 to 1
John Carpenter ahead
Films together
8
averaging 6.56
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 Dark Star | 1974 | 6.1 | Composer, as Talby voice, Director, Writer, Producer | as Alien |
 Halloween | 1978 | 7.7 | Composer, Actor, Writer, Director | Actor |
 Escape from New York | 1981 | 7.1 | Writer, Actor, Composer, Director | Actor, Writer |
 The Boy Who Could Fly | 1986 | 6.6 | Actor | Actor, Writer, Director |
 Halloween | 2018 | 6.5 | Composer | as The Shape |
| In Search of Darkness | 2019 | 8.0 | Actor | Actor |
 Halloween Kills | 2021 | 5.5 | Composer | as The Shape |
 Halloween Ends | 2022 | 5.0 | Composer | Actor |