Ghosts of Mars

Ghosts of Mars
Credits
Title:	Ghosts of Mars
Directed by:	John Carpenter
Written by:	Lary Sulkis; John Carpenter
Produced by:	Sandy King
Music by:	John Carpenter; Anthrax
Cinematography:	Gary B. Kibbe
Edited by:	Paul C. Warschilka
Production
Distributors:	Screen Gems, Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment
Released:	August 24th, 2001
Rating:	R
Running time:	98 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$28,000,000
Gross:	$8,434,601 (US) $14,010,832 (Worldwide)
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Ghosts of Mars is an American horror film of the science fiction and survival horror subgenres. It was directed by John Carpenter and written by Carpenter and Larry Sulkis. The film was produced by Screen Gems, Inc. and released through Sony Pictures Entertainment on August 24th, 2001. The film stars Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Clea DuVall, Joanna Cassidy and 1970s icon Pam Grier.

Cast

Actor	Role
Ice Cube	Desolation Williams
Natasha Henstridge	Lieutenant Melanie Ballard
Jason Statham	Sergeant Jericho Butler
Pam Grier	Commander Helena Braddock
Clea DuVall	Bashira Kincaid
Joanna Cassidy	Whitlock
Liam Waite	Michael Descanso
Wanda DeJesus	Akooshay
Duane Davis	Uno
Rodney A. Grant	Tres
Lobo Sebastian	Dos
Robert Carradine	Rodale
Peter Jason	McSimms
Richard Cetrone	Big Daddy Mars
Rosemary Forsyth	Inquisitor
Doug McCrath	Benchley
Rick Edelstein	Zimmerman
Michael Krawic	Man in the rover
Eileen Weisinger	Woman warrior
Rex Linn	Yared
Matt Nolan	Miner
Marjean Holden	Young woman
Charlotte Cornwell	Narrator

Notes

• Ghosts of Mars (2001) redirects to this page.
• Copyright holder: © 2001, Screen Gems, Inc.
• Production on Ghosts of Mars began on August 8th, 2000. Principal filming concluded on October 31st, 2000.
• Ghosts of Mars was filmed in Rio Rancho, White Mesa and Zia Pueblo, New Mexico. Interior shots were filmed in Los Angeles, California.
• The movie closed out of theaters on September 23rd, 2001.
• Ghosts of Mars grossed $3,804,452 over it's opening weekend in the United States and £104,723 over it's opening weekend in the UK. It's total US gross was $8,434,601. It grossed $14,010,832 worldwide.
• Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave Ghosts of Mars 3 stars.
• Rotten Tomatoes gives Ghosts of Mars an approval rating of 21%.
• Metacritic gave Ghosts of Mars a metascore of 35/100.
• The Popcorn Pictures review site gave Ghosts of Mars 3/5 stars.
• The tagline for this film is, "Terror is the same on any planet."
• Internet movie reviewer Harry Knowles of the website Ain't It Cool News has a cameo appearance as a head on a stake.
• The population of Mars at the start of this movie is 640,000 colonists.
• Ghosts of Mars was released on home video in DVD Region 1 format on December 4th, 2001 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
• Ghosts of Mars was released on Blu-ray, region free format by Sony on March 31st, 2009.

The year in film

Other films that were released in 2001 include:

2001 Maniacs Bones Children of the Corn: Revelation Devil's Backbone, The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula, The Forsaken, The From Hell Ghosts of Mars Hannibal Ichi the Killer Jeepers Creepers Jurassic Park III Killer Instinct Mimic 2 Mummy Returns, The Others, The Ripper: Letter from Hell Scary Movie 2 Soft for Digging Soulkeeper Thir13en Ghosts They Crawl Valentine Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell

External Links

Ghosts of Mars at AMG Ghosts of Mars at IMDB Ghosts of Mars at Wikipedia Ghosts of Mars at Metacritic

Ghosts of Mars at Themoviedb.org Ghosts of Mars at Popcorn Pictures Ghosts of Mars at Rotten Tomatoes Ghosts of Mars at the Sci-Fi Movie Page

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Keywords

22nd century | Decapitation | Dismemberment | Dynamite | Exploding bodies | Flashbacks | Gunshot victims | Head injury | Mutilation | Severed fingers | Severed limbs | Shot in the head | Slit throat | Stabbings | Suicide | Throat injury