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Ghosts of Mars

2001 ·1h 38m · ★ 5.1 (1,209)

In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.

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Director

John Carpenter John Carpenter
15 horror films in catalog
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Someone's Watching Me! 1978
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Village of the Damned
Village of the Damned 1995
Vampires
Vampires 1998
Ghosts of Mars
Ghosts of Mars 2001
Cigarette Burns
Cigarette Burns 2005
Pro-Life
Pro-Life 2006
The Ward
The Ward 2010

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
85
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
60
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
100
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
83
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
83
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
100
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Content Warnings

Body HorrorEye TraumaDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

anti herobattering ramcavernescaped convictflashbackfuturefuturisticghost towngunshot air balloonminingouter spaceplanet marsself mutilationsurvival horrortrain

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