While has become synonymous with fictional horror storytelling, the 75-year-old director and composer is dipping his toe into true life terrors with his new show, 91裸聊视频淛ohn Carpenter91裸聊视频檚 Suburban Screams.91裸聊视频�

The legendary director, known for genre-defining classics including 91裸聊视频淗alloween91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淭he Thing,91裸聊视频� sat down with The Associated Press for a wide-ranging interview ahead of the release of the unscripted anthology series, which fittingly hits Peacock on Friday, Oct. 13. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

AP: I know you91裸聊视频檝e talked about how film school helped you understand the plumbing of making movies. But it91裸聊视频檚 interesting because now with education we have so much more access to information thanks to the internet.

CARPENTER: Tell me about it. It91裸聊视频檚 all different now. Oh, everything is different. The technology of the business is different. The business is different. I would be starting over completely green if I had to right now. I learned everything about the camera and editing and sound and all that stuff. All that stuff has changed. It91裸聊视频檚 all different. The sound now is like, 91裸聊视频榃hat the hell is that? Where91裸聊视频檚 the NAGRA?91裸聊视频� At USC, we had a lab where you could do processing. We don91裸聊视频檛 process any more. It91裸聊视频檚 all digital.

AP: I91裸聊视频檓 curious if you had any reluctance at the time about dropping out or if it was like full steam ahead.

JC: No, I knew what I was doing. I just wanted to get out of there, get on with my career.

AP: I have noticed that a lot of recent academic literature has been written about horror movies, even outside of film studies. For so long it was thought of as kind of low brow. Now, scholars are writing about it. And we91裸聊视频檙e seeing this interest in elevated horror, directors like Jordan Peele.

CARPENTER: His movies are pretty damn good. The is great. I loved it. I see horror as a genre that gets reinvented by every generation to fit their generation. You know, I did it with mine. Tobe Hooper and George Romero reinvented it for theirs. It always happens.

AP: But some people still turn their nose up at it.

CARPENTER: They still look down on it, don91裸聊视频檛 they? We91裸聊视频檝e always been looked down on. We91裸聊视频檙e close to being pornographers. Just a little above, you know? Just a bit.

AP: Have you been playing any good video games lately?

CARPENTER: I91裸聊视频檝e been playing one for a long time, the 91裸聊视频淔allout91裸聊视频� game. I91裸聊视频檓 looking forward to the new 91裸聊视频淎ssassin91裸聊视频檚 Creed91裸聊视频� game. I don91裸聊视频檛 know if it91裸聊视频檚 going to be any good, but I91裸聊视频檒l check it out.

AP: I think video games are having a similar kind of moment. They were written off for a long time, and now they91裸聊视频檙e having a kind of renaissance.

CARPENTER: Roger Ebert said video games will never be art. And I thought, 91裸聊视频淲ait a minute now. It is.91裸聊视频� In its own way, it91裸聊视频檚 art.

AP: So now you are pivoting to real scary stories 91裸聊视频� things that actually happened. Can you talk a little bit about what prompted you to make this sort of shift in your storytelling?

CARPENTER: Well, I91裸聊视频檝e never done this before 91裸聊视频� true stories that involve frightening things. True stories of killers are a staple of television. But what we91裸聊视频檙e concentrating on in this series are the survivors. You know, we don91裸聊视频檛 care so much about the perpetrators. The thing about 91裸聊视频淒ahmer,91裸聊视频� the character that I remember the most is 91裸聊视频� the character from the survivor91裸聊视频檚 point of view. And that91裸聊视频檚 something I haven91裸聊视频檛 done. I also haven91裸聊视频檛 done a true-life deal, except for Elvis, which 91裸聊视频� that doesn91裸聊视频檛 count. But I also remote directed this series and that91裸聊视频檚 fantastic. The cast and crew were in Prague, and I91裸聊视频檓 sitting in my living room. I have a full cup of coffee in my hand saying, 91裸聊视频淒o this, do that.91裸聊视频� That91裸聊视频檚 fabulous. I cannot wait to do it again that way.

AP: And how did the stories come to you? Were they pitched to you and then you vetted them?

CARPENTER: Yeah, that91裸聊视频檚 it. We have researchers who find the stories out there and we pick the ones that are the most interesting. I picked the phone stalker because I couldn91裸聊视频檛 believe that this woman was being stalked for six years and they couldn91裸聊视频檛 catch this guy. What the hell is that? It91裸聊视频檚 crazy.

AP: It91裸聊视频檚 been a tumultuous time in Hollywood with the writers and actors strikes this summer. I91裸聊视频檓 curious what your thinking is on the state of the industry.

CARPENTER: Oh, wow. Well parts of it , parts aren91裸聊视频檛. I mean, look, 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� is the biggest movie of the year and it worldwide, made by a woman. That91裸聊视频檚 incredible. That91裸聊视频檚 progress. I can91裸聊视频檛 promise you that I understood the damn movie or cared about it that much. It91裸聊视频檚 just so, you know, it91裸聊视频檚 just different. However, I appreciate what she did. Appreciate everybody involved in that film.

So, I mean, come on. The movie business has always been cooking along. We all love to go to movies. We still love to go to movies. We91裸聊视频檙e watching a lot on our TVs, though. And I guess on our computers too. I91裸聊视频檓 not sure about that. That doesn91裸聊视频檛 make sense to me. Why that? I gotta see it big. Anyway, what do I think of the business? Well, I love cinema. I love movies. The art of motion pictures. So, wherever the business goes, I91裸聊视频檒l follow along and still love it. But I fell in love when I was really young. And it hasn91裸聊视频檛 gone away.