British label Second Sight Films has confined that its upcoming 40th Anniversary Edition of John Carpenter's classic action thriller
Assault on Precinct 13 will include the director's early student film
Captain Voyeur.
The inclusion of
Captain Voyeur was made possible by Dino Everett, film archivist at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.
On discovering the film Everett said, "At first it seemed like
Captain Voyeur was going to be a class exercise with no title cards to identify it as Carpenter's work but, eventually, a hand written title card came up."
"About a third of the way though the film, there was this hand written, 'Written and Directed by John Carpenter. You couldn't ask for a better representation of a first student film. Captain Voyeur has many of the themes as Carpenter's later work including masked faces, obsession and even comedic set pieces."
"In my head I hoped it would be a magical tie to Halloween," said Everett. "He's not a killer but he's a voyeur. In a sense, it shows what Michael Myers was in the beginning of Halloween. The two films make a natural line."
Full list of supplemental features to be included on the upcoming Blu-ray release will be confirmed shortly.