Ghosts of Mars
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| Directed by | John Carpenter |
| Produced by | Sandy King |
| Written by | John Carpenter Larry Sulkis |
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| Music by | John Carpenter |
| Cinematography | Gary B. Kibbe |
| Edited by | Paul C. Warschilka |
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Storm King Productions
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| Distributed by | Screen Gems |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28 million |
| Box office | $14 million |
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| Released | 2001 | |||
| Studio | Cherokee Studios, Hollywood | |||
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| Length | 42:59 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
| Producer | Bruce Robb | |||
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Ghosts of Mars is a 2001 American science fiction action horror film composed, written, and directed by John Carpenter. The film stars Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, and Joanna Cassidy. The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb, scoring just a 21% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and earning $14 million at the box office, against a $28 million production budget.
Set in the second half of the 22nd century, Mars has been 84% terraformed, allowing humans to walk on the surface without pressure suits. Martian society has become matriarchal, with women in most positions of authority. The story concerns police officer Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge), who is sent to a remote mining outpost to transport prisoner Desolation Williams (Ice Cube). Arriving at the remote mining town, Ballard finds all of the people missing. She learns that they had discovered an underground doorway created by an ancient Martian civilization. When the door was opened it released disembodied spirits or "ghosts", which took possession of the miners.
The possessed miners commit horrific acts of death and destruction, along with self-mutilation. When team leader Helena Bradock (Pam Grier) is murdered, Ballard must assume command, fight off the possessed miners, escape the town and hopefully destroy the ghosts. Unfortunately, killing a possessed human merely releases the Martian spirit to possess another human. The team eventually decides to blow up a nuclear reactor to vaporize all of the ghosts.
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