Memoirs of an invisible man
Unusual pick for Carpenter. Memoirs is a fairly straight ahead Chevy Chase studio pick. Chevy's usual humorous schtick is at play as a businessman who is accidentally made invisible and ends up pursued by the CIA. Sam Neill plays the psychopathic CIA agent hunting him and Daryl Hannah plays his love interest.
Carpenter, probably mindful of the box office failures that seemed to haunt him plays things relatively safe here. Its fairly by the numbers and anyone who doesn't like Chevy Chase might want to steer clear.
That all said, Its still very well crafted and its clear Carpenter knows what he's doing. It's all framed in his usual 2:35:1 and moves along at a rapid pace. I certainly enjoyed it more revisiting it after a lot of years.
Body Bags
Carpenter returns to TV for a Horror anthology. Three films, two directed by Carpenter, the Third by Tobe Hooper. The stories are all linked by Carpenter himself playing a sinister mortician. The stories are all pretty good. The first with a woman on her first night on the job at a gas station is possibly the best. Its weird seeing a Carpenter film not framed 2:35:1 but its not a deal breaker as its all a lot of fun. Its a treat for Horror fanboys including guest appearances from Wes Craven and Sam Raimi.
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