Bil, I'm your biggest fan but I gotta call you on this one. What possible use of the word "classic" allows this career killing movie to fall under it?
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2026
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it's not a classic. But it's a Carpenter movie. That's about it.
It’s always get me when 2001 got the classic tag
Just an absolutely shit movie. Definitely Carpenter's worst.
The Ward enters chat.
It's a contender, for sure. But I feel like The Ward is better put together, and more focused.
it was as focused as a blur. It feels like a story was originally written without supernatural elements and then one things led to another and it's supernatural scotch taped on top. Shock Corridor it isn't. In contrast, Ghosts of Mars is "Carpenter doesn't give a shit (again) and plays the hits, killer soundtrack though".
So shit it’s great.