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After completing "Escape From L.A" (1996), John Carpenter was actually thinking of taking a break from the movie business. For him, making movies "stopped being fun". He couldn't decide whether to quit or not. Then he got his hands on the novel ‘Vampire$’ & two screenplays (by Don Jakoby...

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