Although Carpenter was famous for Halloween and I guess The Thing, he wasn't in the upper ranks, such as Spielberg, as far as the Club is concerned. So on one hand they didn't take him seriously, but were annoyed he was biting the hand that feeds Hollywood (bankers for one). So he was ostracized for a good long time, although was not annoying enough to be killed off. (Now Mel Gibson, however, pissed off the Tribe, and he was bitchslapped plenty for it.)

A second factor is that Carpenter pissed off both the Democrats, who infest Hollywood, and the Republicans, who weren't keen on anyone criticising corporations. He was viewed as politically subversive, and the good ol boys can't allow that (though Jane Fonda got away with kissing North Vietnamese ass 10 years earlier).

Although Carpenter was famous for Halloween and I guess The Thing, he wasn't in the upper ranks, such as Spielberg, as far as the Club is concerned. So on one hand they didn't take him seriously, but were annoyed he was biting the hand that feeds Hollywood (bankers for one). So he was ostracized for a good long time, although was not annoying enough to be killed off. (Now Mel Gibson, however, pissed off the Tribe, and he was bitchslapped plenty for it.)

A second factor is that Carpenter pissed off both the Democrats, who infest Hollywood, and the Republicans, who weren't keen on anyone criticising corporations. He was viewed as politically subversive, and the good ol boys can't have that allowed.

Although Carpenter was famous for Halloween, he wasn't in the upper ranks, such as Spielberg, as far as the Club is concerned. So on one hand they didn't take him seriously, but were annoyed he was biting the hand that feeds Hollywood (bankers for one). So he was ostracized for a good long time. A second factor is that he pissed off both the Democrats, who infest Hollywood, and the Republicans, who weren't keen on anyone criticising corporations.