John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars is not one of Carpenter's better movies, filled as it is with bad dialogue, bad acting, confusing flashbacks, and scenes that are more campy than scary.
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Movie Info
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Director -
John Carpenter -
Producer -
Sandy King -
Screenwriter -
John Carpenter , Larry Sulkis -
Distributor -
Screen Gems -
Production Co -
Screen Gems , Storm King Productions -
Rating -
R (Some Drug Content|Language|Strong Gore|Strong Violence) -
Genre -
Sci-Fi , Horror , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 24, 2001, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 27, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$8.4M -
Runtime -
1h 37m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby SR , DTS , Dolby Stereo , Surround , SDDS , Dolby A , Dolby Digital -
Aspect Ratio -
Scope (2.35:1)