Ghosts of Mars

Vampires felt like a misstep. Ghosts of Mars feels like John Carpenter had lost all sense of what made him appealing as a filmmaker. A combination of Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog (In SPACE!!!), Ghosts of Mars is pretty much a complete disaster. Carpenter gave an interview a decade after this movie’s release where he said that everyone had misjudged it. It wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. It was just a silly action movie that you’re supposed to enjoy as a silly action movie. I read t...