“It was a fake account,” a rep for the legendary horror director confirms to EW.

“It was a fake account,” the rep says.

It’s not entirely implausible that a filmmaker of Carpenter’s caliber would join Letterboxd, however.

John Carpenter at the TCM Classic Film Festival in 2018

John Carpenter at the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival.Stefanie Keenan/Getty

In the past two years,Martin Scorsese,Francis Ford Coppola,Michael Mann, andhave alladoptedthe platform.

“It was awesome.”