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7 March 1980 (USA) moreTagline:
Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead! morePlot:
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Inventive and unsettling moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| George Kennedy | ... | Captain Ashland | |
| Richard Crenna | ... | Trevor Marshall | |
| Nick Mancuso | ... | Nick | |
| Sally Ann Howes | ... | Margaret Marshall | |
| Kate Reid | ... | Sylvia | |
| Victoria Burgoyne | ... | Lori | |
| Jennifer McKinney | ... | Robin Marshall | |
| Danny Higham | ... | Ben Marshall | |
| Saul Rubinek | ... | Jackie | |
| Murray Cruchley | ... | Parsons | |
| Doug Smith | ... | Seaman No. 1 | |
| Tony Sherwood | ... | Seaman No. 2 |
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91 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Norway:18 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | France:-12 | Finland:(Banned) (1980) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 (1988) | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | Norway:(Banned) (1980-2003) (cinema release)Fun Stuff
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The footage showing the movement of the Death Ship was the result of filming from a small boat moving around the Death Ship. The crew shot for about an hour before the 'Death Ship' broke down. The rest of the required shots were achieved by faking movement, as the broken vessel was anchored and stationary. moreQuotes:
[on collision course with the titular ship]Ashland: Signal him to alter course.
Seaman No. 1: I already have, sir.
Ashland: Well, signal him again, damnit.
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This low-budget horror film, produced as one of the last gasps of the late 70s UK/Canada co-production treaty, is a ramshackle affair in places, particularly the early shipwreck scene, cobbled together with stock footage from earlier films (such as "The Last Voyage"). Nevertheless, the premise of a Nazi torture ship endlessly roaming the oceans in search of fresh victims is a genuinely original one, and it's well-handled by director Rakoff. The ship itself looks appropriately forbidding and the various mishaps that befall the luckless survivors are nasty and inventive. You never quite know when the film is going to deliver a nasty shock moment, or just an unnerving frisson - such as the projector that goes on playing footage of Hitler rallies even after it has been destroyed. Wisely, the film doesn't attempt to explain why the ship has never been detected previously, how it is powered or what became of the crew ; it works on the level of a nightmare and becomes increasingly surreal the more heroes Crenna and Mancuso delve into the ship's horrors. The ending is well-conceived and extremely gruesome. Effective music score too. Nobody seems to rate this film too highly yet I find it chilly, unsettling and considerably more powerful than many better-known horror movies.