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Podcast: Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter
Episode: Body Bags (1993)
Description: After the disappointing returns of his big-studio effort Memoirs of an Invisible Man, John Carpenter briefly returned to television for a Showtime anthology film, seemingly designed to cash in on the popularity of HBO's Tales from the Crypt. 1993's Body Bags was a  particularly fun entry in the filmography for Chris and Nick to discuss -- it includes two segments directed by Carpenter (plus a third by his fellow 70s genre auteur Tobe Hooper) and, even better, features the filmmaker/composer in a rare on-screen appearance as the mortician who hosts the show!  We even get cameo appearances from th...