Hard to believe the great JC made this POS!

I think 'POD' was part of Carpenter's multi-film deal with ALIVE Films, which granted him--on the modestly budgeted projects in question--greater creative freedom and control of his movies. Final Cut may have been part of the deal...

Since 'Prince' was designed as a low budget production and they didn't bite off more than they could chew, I don't feel any contraints in watching it. And if working within more modest means helped Carpenter produce what is in my view one of his best films and a personal favorite of mine, it makes me wish he'd managed to make even more movies under these conditions.

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Prince of Darkness was fine. Ghosts of Mars on the other hand...

The picture is not big on character development but does present several intriguing possibilities about our perception of reality. I was 15 when this film was released and at that time I had never really given any thought to the possibility that we were on the "anti" particle side of things, a very "Twilight Zone" like concept.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a shoestring budget, either. I think Carpenter did a great job, within whatever budget he had, creating a supremely creepy and terrifying concept, some of which worked really well on screen. Like all of Carpenter's films, there are little things here and there that could have been tweaked but "POD" is still one of my go-to scary movies.

-Rod

It's POD, not POS. And it's easy to believe he made it, since this is his greatest work.

It may not be a personal favorite—I prefer Carpenter’s late 70s/early 80s films—but it’s still a solid effort, with some particularly creepy sequences. The “pray for death” scene holds up just as well as Michael Myers’ rising from the floor behind an unsuspecting Laurie.