John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 Was a Modern Retelling of John Wayne's Rio Bravo
Originally published as: John Carpenter's 91-Minute Action Thriller Secretly Adapted a John Wayne Western Classic
As a lifelong horror fanatic, it's no surprise that I have an undying affinity for John Carpenter's indelible genre contributions, be it Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, In the Mouth of Madness, you name it.