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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasmi_da_Marte" title="Fantasmi da Marte – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Fantasmi da Marte" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_of_Mars" title="Ghosts of Mars – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ghosts of Mars" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_of_Mars" title="Ghosts of Mars – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ghosts of Mars" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">2001 film by John Carpenter</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Ghosts of Mars</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Carpenter%27s_Ghosts_of_Mars.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/John_Carpenter%27s_Ghosts_of_Mars.jpg/220px-John_Carpenter%27s_Ghosts_of_Mars.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" 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class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ice_Cube" title="Ice Cube">Ice Cube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natasha_Henstridge" title="Natasha Henstridge">Natasha Henstridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Statham" title="Jason Statham">Jason Statham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Grier" title="Pam Grier">Pam Grier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clea_DuVall" title="Clea DuVall">Clea DuVall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Cassidy" title="Joanna Cassidy">Joanna Cassidy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_B._Kibbe" title="Gary B. Kibbe">Gary B. Kibbe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Paul C. Warschilka</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">John Carpenter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Screen_Gems" title="Screen Gems">Screen Gems</a><br />Storm King Productions</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Releasing" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Pictures Releasing">Sony Pictures Releasing</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>August 24, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-08-24</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">98 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$28 million<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$14 million<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Ghosts of Mars</b></i> (titled onscreen as <i><b>John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars</b></i>) is a 2001 American <a href="/wiki/Space_Western" title="Space Western">space Western</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Action_horror_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Action horror film">action horror film</a> written, directed and scored by <a href="/wiki/John_Carpenter" title="John Carpenter">John Carpenter</a>. It was produced by <a href="/wiki/Screen_Gems" title="Screen Gems">Screen Gems</a> and distributed by <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Motion_Picture_Group" title="Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group">Sony Pictures Releasing</a>. It stars <a href="/wiki/Natasha_Henstridge" title="Natasha Henstridge">Natasha Henstridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ice_Cube" title="Ice Cube">Ice Cube</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Statham" title="Jason Statham">Jason Statham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pam_Grier" title="Pam Grier">Pam Grier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clea_DuVall" title="Clea DuVall">Clea DuVall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Cassidy" title="Joanna Cassidy">Joanna Cassidy</a>. Set on a <a href="/wiki/Colonization_of_Mars" title="Colonization of Mars">colonized</a> <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a> in the 22nd century, the film follows a squad of police officers and a convicted criminal who fight against the residents of a mining colony who have been possessed by the ghosts of the planet's original inhabitants. </p><p><i>Ghosts of Mars</i> received mostly negative reviews and was a <a href="/wiki/Box_office_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Box office bomb">box office bomb</a>, earning $14 million against a $28 million production budget.<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film would be John Carpenter's last until his return with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ward_(film)" title="The Ward (film)">The Ward</a></i> in 2010. </p><p><i>Ghosts of Mars</i> has received a <a href="/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a> since its release, with critics praising the action sequences, soundtrack and blending of genres.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Given the film's debt to <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western</a> cinema, particularly the works of Howard Hawks, it has been considered by a number of critics as an example of the <a href="/wiki/Weird_West" title="Weird West">Weird Western</a> subgenre.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Set in the year 2176, Mars has been 85% terraformed, giving the planet an Earth-like atmosphere. Martian society has become matriarchal, centering on the city of Chryse, with smaller outposts connected by an expansive network of trains. In the wake of a series of mysterious 'incidents', Police Officer Melanie Ballard is called before a tribunal to give testimony following a disastrous mission to the remote mining outpost Shining Canyon to retrieve convicted felon James 'Desolation' Williams, of which she is apparently the sole survivor. </p><p>Through a series of flashbacks (and flashbacks within flashbacks as new perspectives are incorporated into the narrative), Ballard recounts details of the mission. Accompanied by commanding officer Helena Braddock, cocky sergeant Jericho Butler and rookie officers Bashira Kincaid and Michael Descanso, Ballard arrives at Shining Canyon to find the town seemingly deserted. Investigating the local jail, Braddock discovers a trio of individuals who appear to have sealed themselves into one of the cells; among them science officer Dr Arlene Whitlock. </p><p>Ballard and Butler find a number of disoriented miners and the convict Williams, who has escaped. The group is attacked by several of the miners, causing Ballard and Williams to band together and incapacitate them. Ballard is forced to shoot and kill one of them, causing the affliction to be passed on to one of the three survivors. Butler, venturing out to the edge of town in pursuit of one of the feral miners, discovers a row of severed heads mounted on spikes, including the head of Commander Braddock and a large assembly in the canyon below committing horrific acts of self-mutilation and ritualistic execution. </p><p>Friends of Williams arrive and force Ballard and Butler to release him. While they originally plan on leaving the officers and remaining miners to die, Ballard convinces them to work together to survive. Their initial effort to escape is halted when the army of feral miners converge on their position, killing, injuring and infecting several of them. Confronted by Ballard, Whitlock eventually explains that she fled from her post after discovering an ancient underground vault created by an extinct Martian civilization. When the door to the vault was opened, it released hostile spirits or "ghosts", which took possession of the workers, causing their violent behavior. Killing a possessed human merely releases the Martian spirit to possess another host. Ballard surmises that these Martian spirits believe humans to be an invading race. Ballard is briefly possessed until Butler feeds her a hallucinogenic drug, which forces the Martian spirit to leave her body. </p><p>The group is forced to flee as the possessed workers breach the jail, leaving only Ballard, Williams, Butler, Kincaid and Whitlock left alive. While they are able to make it to the train, Ballard realizes that they have a duty to exterminate the Martian threat and decide to return to Shining Canyon to overload the outpost's nuclear power plant, assuming that the ensuing atomic blast will vaporize the spirits. While they are able to initiate the meltdown, Whitlock is possessed, while Butler, Kincaid and the two train operators are killed. Boarding the train, the two watch as the army is engulfed in the explosion. Williams tends to Ballard's wounds. Unwilling to face the authorities, he handcuffs Ballard to her cot and leaves. She moves to shoot him, but realizes her respect for him and lets him escape. </p><p>Resting after her tribunal, Ballard is woken by an alert that the city is under attack. Realizing their attempt to destroy the spirits failed, she readies herself to face the onslaught alone until she is greeted by Williams, who hands her a weapon. The two agree to fight their way out of the city together. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natasha_Henstridge" title="Natasha Henstridge">Natasha Henstridge</a> as Lieutenant Melanie Ballard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_Cube" title="Ice Cube">Ice Cube</a> as James "Desolation" Williams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Statham" title="Jason Statham">Jason Statham</a> as Sergeant Jericho Butler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clea_DuVall" title="Clea DuVall">Clea DuVall</a> as Officer Bashira Kincaid</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Grier" title="Pam Grier">Pam Grier</a> as Commander Helena Braddock</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Cassidy" title="Joanna Cassidy">Joanna Cassidy</a> as Dr. Arlene Whitlock</li> <li>Richard Cetrone as Big Daddy Mars</li> <li>Eileen Weisinger as Woman Warrior</li> <li>Liam Waite as Officer Michael Descanso</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duane_Davis" title="Duane Davis">Duane Davis</a> as "Uno" Williams</li> <li>Lobo Sebastian as "Dos"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_A._Grant" title="Rodney A. Grant">Rodney A. Grant</a> as "Tres"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jason" title="Peter Jason">Peter Jason</a> as McSimms</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanda_De_Jesus" title="Wanda De Jesus">Wanda De Jesus</a> as Akooshay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carradine" title="Robert Carradine">Robert Carradine</a> as Rodale</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Forsyth" title="Rosemary Forsyth">Rosemary Forsyth</a> as Inquisitor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_McGrath" title="Doug McGrath">Doug McGrath</a> as Benchley</li> <li>Rick Edelstein as Zimmerman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Linn" title="Rex Linn">Rex Linn</a> as Yared</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marjean_Holden" title="Marjean Holden">Marjean Holden</a> as Young Woman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Cornwell" title="Charlotte Cornwell">Charlotte Cornwell</a> as The Narrator</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It has been widely reported that the script to <i>Ghosts of Mars</i> originally started off as a potential <a href="/wiki/Snake_Plissken" title="Snake Plissken">Snake Plissken</a> sequel.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this rumor has been publicly dispelled by the film's producer, Sandy King Carpenter.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh" title="Michelle Yeoh">Michelle Yeoh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Franka_Potente" title="Franka Potente">Franka Potente</a> and <a href="/wiki/Famke_Janssen" title="Famke Janssen">Famke Janssen</a> were the first choices for the role of Melanie Ballard, but they turned it down. <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Love" title="Courtney Love">Courtney Love</a> was originally cast, but she left the project. Natasha Henstridge replaced her by the suggestion of her boyfriend Liam Waite. Jason Statham was originally going to play Desolation Williams, but he was replaced by Ice Cube because the producers needed some star power for the part, and Statham instead played the character of Jericho Butler. </p><p>Although Mars has a day/night cycle almost identical in length to Earth's, most of the film is set at night. Mars is shown only once in the daytime, in a flashback when a scientist describes how she found and opened a tunnel, unleashing the alien spirits. </p><p>Filming began on August 8, 2000, and ended on October 31, 2000. Production had to be shut down for a week when Henstridge fell ill due to extreme exhaustion, as she had just done two other films back-to-back before joining production at the last moment.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Much of the film was shot in a <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a> mine. The pure white gypsum had to be dyed with gallons of food coloring to recreate the red Martian landscape.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ghosts of Mars</i> received mostly negative reviews. <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> gives the film a score of 23% based on 111 reviews with the consensus stating "John Carpenter's <i>Ghosts of Mars</i> is not one of Carpenter's better movies, filled as it is with bad dialogue, bad acting, confusing <a href="/wiki/Flashback_(narrative)" title="Flashback (narrative)">flashbacks</a>, and scenes that are more <a href="/wiki/Camp_(style)" title="Camp (style)">campy</a> than scary."<sup id="cite_ref-RT_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film has a score of 35 out of 100 based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film an average grade of "C−" on an A+ to F scale.<sup id="cite_ref-CinemaScore_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CinemaScore-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rita Kempley of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> called the film "a schlocky, sluggish shoot-em-up", giving the film one star out of five, and later listing the film as the third worst film of the year. Marc Savlov of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Austin_Chronicle" title="The Austin Chronicle">The Austin Chronicle</a></i> gave the film one star out of five, saying: "<i>Ghosts of Mars</i> is a muddled, derivative, and embarrassing disaster straight on through."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bruce Fretts of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> said about the film "...it's distressingly amateurish and hackneyed to the point of absurdity," further adding "it's dishearting to see the 'master of horror' bring himself to both write and direct a film with such a <a href="/wiki/Prepubescent" class="mw-redirect" title="Prepubescent">prepubescent</a> understanding of horror".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James Berardinelli gave the film 1.5 stars out of four.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rob Gonsalves of eFilmCritic.com suggested that the film was symbolic of "Carpenter at rock bottom". According to press reviews, factors contributing to the box office failure of the film included "poor set designs, hammy acting and a poorly developed script".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conversely, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i>, gave the film three stars out of four, writing: "<i>Ghosts of Mars</i> delivers on its chosen level and I enjoyed it, but I wonder why so many science-fiction films turn into extended exercises in Blast the Aliens...this is an instance where it works."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Roeper" title="Richard Roeper">Richard Roeper</a> also awarded the film three stars out of four, saying: "is it stupid? Certainly. I think that's the point. Carpenter is a smart man and he knows exactly what he's doing. I miss seeing campy action flicks like this at the <a href="/wiki/Drive-in" title="Drive-in">drive-in</a>." <a href="/wiki/David_Stratton" title="David Stratton">David Stratton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Pomeranz" title="Margaret Pomeranz">Margaret Pomeranz</a>, film critics for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Show" title="The Movie Show">The Movie Show</a></i>, both awarded the film three stars out of five. In his review, Stratton made the following observation: "John Carpenter doesn't seem to have moved forward from the 70s and early 80s, when he made his best films. Though it's not terribly exciting, <i>Ghosts Of Mars</i> does have a marvelously skewed vision and can deliver genuine morbid laughs when it wants to."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ice Cube was very critical about the movie: "I don't like that movie. I'm a big fan of John Carpenter and the only reason I did it was because John Carpenter directed it but they really didn't have the money to pull the <a href="/wiki/Special_effects" class="mw-redirect" title="Special effects">special effects</a> off."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Natasha Henstridge is more fond of the movie: “I loved the experience of making the film. It was just brilliant“, she said. “I really loved making the film because I’d just had a young kid and now I get to train all the time and do all this kickboxing and martial arts and all of that, and being a chick action star is pretty cool; it’s pretty kick-ass. That part of it, I loved it! That part was pretty awesome.“ She also enjoyed working with John Carpenter: “I loved John! John’s a hoot and I just love him; a great sense of humor, a great guy. Really loved working with him.“<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Responding to the criticism towards the film, Carpenter stated he was intentionally trying to make <i>Ghosts of Mars</i> as over-the-top and <a href="/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek" title="Tongue-in-cheek">tongue-in-cheek</a> as possible. He claimed he was trying to make a mindless and silly, yet highly entertaining and thrilling, action flick where "the universe allows its characters and plot points to be silly without becoming full-fledged comedies", akin to 80s movies like <i><a href="/wiki/Commando_(1985_film)" title="Commando (1985 film)">Commando</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rambo:_First_Blood_Part_II" title="Rambo: First Blood Part II">Rambo: First Blood Part II</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Predator_(film)" title="Predator (film)">Predator</a></i>. Looking back on the film and its criticism, he stated he was frustrated that most people thought the film was meant to be a serious horror movie, and feels that he should've made the film more openly comedic and "in on the joke", saying "I have no power over what critics say, but when people complained about the movie being campy and not scary...the name of the movie is <i>Ghosts Of Mars</i>, I figured the campiness would be self-explanatory."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film opened at No. 9 in the North American box office in its opening weekend (8/24-26) with $3,804,452,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> grossed $8,709,640 in the North American domestic box office, and $5,301,192 internationally, totaling $14,010,832 worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On a budget of $28 million, <i>Ghosts of Mars</i> was a box office disappointment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ghosts_of_Mars_(soundtrack)" title="Ghosts of Mars (soundtrack)"><i>Ghosts of Mars</i> (soundtrack)</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/John_Carpenter" title="John Carpenter">John Carpenter</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">2001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Cherokee Studios, Hollywood</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">film score</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">42</span>:<span class="s">59</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Var%C3%A8se_Sarabande" title="Varèse Sarabande">Varèse Sarabande</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Robb" title="Bruce Robb">Bruce Robb</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/John_Carpenter" title="John Carpenter">John Carpenter</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Vampires_(soundtrack)" title="Vampires (soundtrack)">Vampires</a></i><br />(1998) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Ghosts of Mars</b></i><br />(2001) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Assault_on_Precinct_13_(soundtrack)" title="Assault on Precinct 13 (soundtrack)">Assault on Precinct 13</a></i><br />(2003) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">Filmtracks</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="1.0/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="1.0/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">SoundtrackNet</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="2.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For the film's soundtrack, John Carpenter recorded a number of synthesizer pieces and assembled an all-star cast of guitarists (including thrash metal band <a href="/wiki/Anthrax_(American_band)" title="Anthrax (American band)">Anthrax</a>, virtuoso <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a>, genre spanning <a href="/wiki/Buckethead" title="Buckethead">Buckethead</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses" title="Guns N' Roses">Guns N' Roses</a>/current <a href="/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails" title="Nine Inch Nails">Nine Inch Nails</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Robin_Finck" title="Robin Finck">Robin Finck</a>) to record an energetic and technically proficient heavy metal score. Reaction to the soundtrack was mixed; many critics praised the high standard of musicianship and the strong pairing of heavy metal riffs with the film's action sequences, but complained about the overlong guitar solos, the drastic differences between the cues used in the film and the full tracks and the absence of any of the film's ambient synth score from the soundtrack CD. </p> <dl><dt>Track listing<sup id="cite_ref-John_Carpenter_Official_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_Carpenter_Official-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <ol><li>"Ghosts of Mars" (3:42) – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a>, Bucket Baker & John Carpenter</li> <li>"Love Seige [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>]" (4:37) – <a href="/wiki/Buckethead" title="Buckethead">Buckethead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robin_Finck" title="Robin Finck">Robin Finck</a>, John Carpenter & <a href="/wiki/Anthrax_(American_band)" title="Anthrax (American band)">Anthrax</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scott_Ian" title="Scott Ian">Scott Ian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Crook" title="Paul Crook">Paul Crook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bello" title="Frank Bello">Frank Bello</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Benante" title="Charlie Benante">Charlie Benante</a>)</li> <li>"Fight Train" (3:16) – Robin Finck, John Carpenter & Anthrax</li> <li>"Visions of Earth" (4:08) – <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Easton" title="Elliot Easton">Elliot Easton</a> & John Carpenter</li> <li>"Slashing Gash" (2:46) – Elliot Easton & John Carpenter</li> <li>"Kick Ass" (6:06) – Buckethead, John Carpenter & Anthrax</li> <li>"Power Station" (4:37) – Robin Finck, John Carpenter & Anthrax</li> <li>"Can't Let You Go" (2:18) – Stone (J.J. Garcia, Brian James & Brad Wilson), John Carpenter, Bruce Robb & Joe Robb</li> <li>"Dismemberment Blues" (2:53) – Elliot Easton, John Carpenter & Stone</li> <li>"Fighting Mad" (2:41) – Buckethead & John Carpenter</li> <li>"Pam Grier's Head" (2:35) – Elliot Easton, John Carpenter & Anthrax</li> <li>"Ghost Popping" (3:20) – Steve Vai, Robin Finck, John Carpenter & Anthrax</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosts_of_Mars&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Directed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Voyeur" title="Captain Voyeur">Captain Voyeur</a></i> (1969, short)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Star_(film)" title="Dark Star (film)">Dark Star</a></i> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Assault_on_Precinct_13_(1976_film)" title="Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)">Assault on Precinct 13</a></i> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)" title="Halloween (1978 film)">Halloween</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Someone%27s_Watching_Me!" title="Someone's Watching Me!">Someone's Watching Me!</a></i> (1978, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Elvis_(1979_film)" title="Elvis (1979 film)">Elvis</a></i> (1979, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fog" title="The Fog">The Fog</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_New_York" title="Escape from New York">Escape from New York</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)" title="The Thing (1982 film)">The Thing</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Christine_(1983_film)" title="Christine (1983 film)">Christine</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Starman_(film)" title="Starman (film)">Starman</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China" title="Big Trouble in Little China">Big Trouble in Little China</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(film)" title="Prince of Darkness (film)">Prince of Darkness</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/They_Live" title="They Live">They Live</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Memoirs_of_an_Invisible_Man_(film)" title="Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film)">Memoirs of an Invisible Man</a></i> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Body_Bags_(film)" title="Body Bags (film)">Body Bags</a></i> (1993, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Mouth_of_Madness" title="In the Mouth of Madness">In the Mouth of Madness</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Village_of_the_Damned_(1995_film)" title="Village of the Damned (1995 film)">Village of the Damned</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_L.A." title="Escape from L.A.">Escape from L.A.</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Vampires_(1998_film)" title="Vampires (1998 film)">Vampires</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ghosts of Mars</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Cigarette_Burns" title="Cigarette Burns">Cigarette Burns</a>" (2005, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Pro-Life_(Masters_of_Horror)" title="Pro-Life (Masters of Horror)">Pro-Life</a>" (2006, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ward_(film)" title="The Ward (film)">The Ward</a></i> (2010)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Written only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Resurrection_of_Broncho_Billy" title="The Resurrection of Broncho Billy">The Resurrection of Broncho Billy</a></i> (1970, short)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Eyes_of_Laura_Mars" title="Eyes of Laura Mars">Eyes of Laura Mars</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Zuma_Beach_(film)" title="Zuma Beach (film)">Zuma Beach</a></i> (1978, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Better_Late_Than_Never_(1979_film)" title="Better Late Than Never (1979 film)">Better Late Than Never</a></i> (1979, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_II_(1981_film)" title="Halloween II (1981 film)">Halloween II</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Moon_Rising" title="Black Moon Rising">Black Moon Rising</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/El_Diablo_(1990_film)" title="El Diablo (1990 film)">El Diablo</a></i> (1990, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_River_(1991_film)" title="Blood River (1991 film)">Blood River</a></i> (1991, TV)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Silent_Predators" title="Silent Predators">Silent Predators</a></i> (1999, TV)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Produced only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_III:_Season_of_the_Witch" title="Halloween III: Season of the Witch">Halloween III: Season of the Witch</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fog_(2005_film)" title="The Fog (2005 film)">The Fog</a></i> (2005)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Themes" title="Lost Themes">Lost Themes</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Themes_Remixed" title="Lost Themes Remixed">Lost Themes Remixed</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Themes_II" title="Lost Themes II">Lost Themes II</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Anthology:_Movie_Themes_1974%E2%80%931998" title="Anthology: Movie Themes 1974–1998">Anthology: Movie Themes 1974–1998</a></i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Themes_III:_Alive_After_Death" title="Lost Themes III: Alive After Death">Lost Themes III: Alive After Death</a></i> (2021)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">EPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Classic_Themes_Redux_EP" title="Classic Themes Redux EP">Classic Themes Redux EP</a></i> (2016)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scores and<br />soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_(soundtrack)" title="Halloween (soundtrack)">Halloween</a></i> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Star_(soundtrack)" title="Dark Star (soundtrack)">Dark Star</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_New_York_(soundtrack)" title="Escape from New York (soundtrack)">Escape from New York</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_II_(soundtrack)" title="Halloween II (soundtrack)">Halloween II</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_III:_Season_of_the_Witch_(soundtrack)" title="Halloween III: Season of the Witch (soundtrack)">Halloween III: Season of the Witch</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fog_(soundtrack)" title="The Fog (soundtrack)">The Fog</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China_(soundtrack)" title="Big Trouble in Little China (soundtrack)">Big Trouble in Little China</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(soundtrack)" title="Prince of Darkness (soundtrack)">Prince of Darkness</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/They_Live_(soundtrack)" title="They Live (soundtrack)">They Live</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Christine_(soundtrack)" title="Christine (soundtrack)">Christine</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Body_Bags_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Body Bags (soundtrack)">Body Bags</a></i> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Mouth_of_Madness_(soundtrack)" title="In the Mouth of Madness (soundtrack)">In the Mouth of Madness</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Village_of_the_Damned_(soundtrack)" title="Village of the Damned (soundtrack)">Village of the Damned</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_L.A._(score)" title="Escape from L.A. (score)">Escape from L.A.</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Vampires_(soundtrack)" title="Vampires (soundtrack)">Vampires</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_of_Mars_(soundtrack)" title="Ghosts of Mars (soundtrack)">Ghosts of Mars</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Assault_on_Precinct_13_(soundtrack)" title="Assault on Precinct 13 (soundtrack)">Assault on Precinct 13</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_(2018_soundtrack)" title="Halloween (2018 soundtrack)">Halloween</a></i> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_Kills_(soundtrack)" title="Halloween Kills (soundtrack)">Halloween Kills</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_Ends_(soundtrack)" title="Halloween Ends (soundtrack)">Halloween Ends</a></i> (2022)</span></li></ul> 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