John Carpenter and Charles Cyphers made 4 films together, averaging 7.15, 0.71 above their career marks. The best is Halloween at 7.6.

Films together

1976 to 1981

Average together

7.15

4 rated, weighted 7.16

Lift

+0.71

apart 6.44

Best together

7.6

Halloween

Apart against together+0.71 lift

6.21

6.67

Other pairings

Their other regulars

John Carpenter with

Apart 6.44Together 7.15

Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.

Both careers by audience ratingJohn CarpenterCharles CyphersTogether

Dot size shows audience votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films below the source vote floor are left out.

Charles Cyphers in the top row

John Carpenter's regulars

	Assault on Precin… '76	Halloween '78	The Fog '80	Escape from New Y… '81	The Thing '82	Big Trouble in Li… '86	Prince of Darkness '87	They Live '88	Memoirs of an Inv… '92	In the Mouth of M… '95	Escape from L.A. '96
Charles Cyphers
Kurt Russell

Each column is a film in release order. Filled squares mark who was in it, colored by the film's rating.

Films with John Carpenter and Charles Cyphers

Assault on Precinct 13	1976	7.3	1,270	Director, as Gang Member (uncredited), Composer, Editor, Writer	as Starker
Halloween	1978	7.6	6,411	as Paul (voice) / Michael Myers (uncredited), Writer, Director, Composer	as Brackett
The Fog	1980	6.7	1,829	Writer, Composer, Director, as Bennett	as Dan O'Bannon
Escape from New York	1981	7.0	3,676	as Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player, Director, Writer, Composer	as Secretary of State

Not in the count

Other films crediting John Carpenter and Charles Cyphers

Halloween II	1981	6.6	2,332	Writer, Composer, Producer	as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Halloween Kills	2021	6.4	3,015	Producer, Source author, Composer	as Leigh Brackett