If your actually trying to compare these film directors you need to be beaten with barbed wire. Craven's movies aren't even in the same league as carpenter. Yeah craven has a few great films, cult followings even, but you have to look at consistency and quality here. craven's eraly work was raw and flooding with potential, however he just kind of trailed off onto a long dark road of shit movies. I mean dracula 2000, and dracula 2000 2, and they. not to mention all of his other half ass attempts that never even made it to theaters. Credit still needs to be given, at one time he knew horror, he knew how to break the rules. he gave us freddy and scream. god bless him.
however carpenter is a deverse director that knows horror just as well as craven and continues on a consistant line. The thing, Halloween, and aliens is what makes carpenter a champ in the horror realm. I love craven so font get me wrong but these are two very different directors, but if you want to compare them the simple fact is that carpenter is the superb movie maker, consistancy and quality wins over a few cult followings