The atmosphere in the movies of that time era simply can't be reproduced today. Just ask the guys who developed the campaign for "Ghost Ship" They obviously thought so too! One of the lamest death scenes I've seen. The former Nazi crew influence, tempt, and manipulate the survivors in chillingly macabre ways to … Scorpion was able to use the American interpositive for their 2012 DVD and Blu-ray as part of the Katarina's Nightmare Theater line. If Death Ship were made today, it would probably be a "Made for TV movie". A decent horror flick...for the most part, Ship of Death: The Haunting of Unspeakable Acts from the Past, Some castaways from a passenger luxury cruise are trapped inside a mysterious freighter on open seas. | One of the most notorious "bombs" of the 1980's, DEATH SHIP actually turned out to be one of the most interesting movies I've seen in a while for a couple of reasons. His second series, featuring DI Peter Shaw, has been more of a slow burner. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - Complete Edition, Death Ship unfortunately turned out to be about as frightening as "The Love Boat." In essence, it's a traditional haunted ship story, but on watching the viewer realises they're exposed to a minor horror classic – a film that is a hundred times better than the Gabriel Byrne-starrer GHOST SHIP made twenty years later. The only thing that bothered me was the way that the initial ship collision was shown--no one bothered to explain how the 8 survivors got off their doomed ship or why a group spread out all over their ship would manage to get together on the lifeboat (and oddly they all seemed to know each other before the crash)! beware of the severe late 70's early 80's problem with lighting. With George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes. N.B. Death Ship (1980) Cast: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, Kate Reid, Victoria Burgoyne, Jennifer McKinney, Danny Higham. The idea behind the movie is interesting. The images of the abandoned ship, guided by unsettling noises really chills you. Released theatrically by Avco Embassy, DEATH SHIP languished on VHS from Embassy before Nucleus Films released a stacked DVD in 2003 utilizing a so-so quality master. There are other flaws - plot loopholes, dodgy acting and one extraordinary moment of bad editing/continuity. It's certainly not the only horror film on the IMDB list for co-writer Jack Hill, who wrote and directed Spider Baby, as well as Switchblade Sisters, Foxy Brown, Sorceress and so many more. However, for the rest who aren't as picky, this is a great chilling movie. Except for one grisly, chilling scene too horrible to describe, this one was an unintentionally funny stroll. Death Ship. And surely this film has all those right elements for a b-movie. Watch it if you are a die-hard horror fan or b-movie fan. Sure it's a low budget horror b-movie but what it lacks in budget and script it makes up for in very uncanny and eerie atmosphere. A review of the movie Death Ship. The actores are great, and the fact that I have seen George Kennidy in other kooky horror films that are much worse then this one, makes this one of his best works in this kind of film (see "Just Before Dawn"!). User Ratings The most striking aspect to the film for me was its ominous looking poster artwork (which would be reused by the similar in plot 2002 'Ghost Ship') of a skull transpiring from the front of ramshackle ship. "Death Ship" was obviously produced on a flimsy budget, as the cost-conscious opening shipwreck demonstrates - we're not talking James Cameron here! About the only gripe I have with the movie is the death scene of Victoria Burgoyne. I remember seeing this at a drive in. I'm not familiar with the synopsis policy early 80s, while reading this one does not really spoil the adventure, but still you get the gist of where this is going. A frightening vessel lost from the 40s at a remote region nowadays is floating drift.The mysterious Nazi vessel is lost at sea for more than 50 years.But one time aboard the cavernous, eerie ship, the group encounter that the decaying Oceaner freighter is anything but deserted. One scene in particular, when Nick Mancuso falls into a water filled hold of the ship only to be scooped out in a net full of rotting corpses is the stuff of nightmares! Drifting, they spot a strange black ship floating by and climb aboard. VIRUS in 1999 (rogue ship seemingly abandoned, which when boarded proves to be an unpleasant experience) and this year's GHOST SHIP, an even closer related caper, which has even ripped-off the original POSTER with only subtle alterations. The ship itself was very creepy and quite atmospheric. A lot of them are cheesy, badly acted, and have horrible plots. Related to: cecil death ship good bad flicks horror movies and tv. It still kept me guessing at certain parts. “The Death Ship promises something for everyone, set a course for adventure, your mind on a new romance,” well, maybe Alvin Rakoff’s aquatic horror film is a little light on romance but it does have something for everyone. George Kennedy and Richard Crenna definitely are decent actors, although they're not really showing it here. One of the most notorious "bombs" of the 1980's, DEATH SHIP actually turned out to be one of the most interesting movies I've seen in a while for a couple of reasons. No oil or gas or whatever the hell normal ships run on. This has the most gratuitous shower "blood-booby" scene imaginable - everything that Terror Tuesday should be. From what? The only reason I find myself talking about this movie is that it seems to have wound up on many late night reruns lately. A crewless Nazi torture-ship malevolently hunts down and sinks Caribbean pleasure cruisers. 156 reviews The Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an 'illegal' job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction. [9 June 1980, p.B1], The movie degenerates from the merely farcical to the appallingly tasteless...As the end draws mercifully near, one character proclaims: "This ship Along with 1981 sci-fi / horror 'Galaxy of Terror' (which only a couple months back I saw for the first time), 'Death Ship' has been at the top of my must see list and finally it was fulfilled. The whole haunted Nazi ship thing was really creepy (especially with the spooky ship used to make the flick). Awards Ok, so its not real believable, but the concept is scary as hell! It kept me spellbound and wondering what was going to happen next. See more videos on my YouTube Channel. Initially critically panned on its release, the film isn't anywhere near as bad as it's reputation suggests. Death Ship. A cruise ship comes into collision with an unknown black vessel, the familiar faces survive and end up on aforementioned seemingly unmanned ghost ship. DEATH SHIP turned out to be my Halloween 2004 movie without even intending to have it be the feature of the night. Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian television, stage, and film director who has spent most of his career working in England. Matter of fact the entire FILM has been ripped off with only subtle alterations....less Nazis, more ghosts! - 75% hells_unicorn , November 23rd, 2012 It is good enough to be added to any horror fans video library. But Death Ship … I give it a 9. Death Stranding is dense, complex, and powerful, steadfast in its belief in the power of love and hope when faced with overwhelming adversity. Oh, and one of the coolest original movie posters ever designed! The mysterious roving Nazi "death ship" that picks up the survivors of the rammed vessel(including George Kennedy and Richard Crenna) is perfectly creepy--all rust on the outside and dust covered rooms within. By the time I was old enough to go rent it, the copy had mysteriously disappeared from the videostore. And... she dies. That disc had included a disclaimer citing the film lab that housed the original camera negative closed in the late 1980's and the aforementioned resources were "lost" as a result. Death Came Through a Phantom Ship, as you may have already guessed from the band’s nationality, is a concept album based on the famous Dutch legend of the Flying Dutchman. Strictly second-string city. No -- less. Don't expect logic, just a bunch of fun. In fact, I'd file it quite high up in my "Lost Gems" folder - quite why this one has been resigned to the Dustbin of History and the Golden Turkey awards is beyond me. Professionally wanting as this may be, film-makers have re-worked the concept twice now. I'll try to find a copy of it at Hollywood Video and see if the . When the video certification act came to pass in 1984, "Death Ship" (rated X) was removed from the shelves, never to be released again in the UK. An abandon, rusty, Nazi torture ship, roaming the seas, looking for victims. A communist in Australia reviews B. Traven's The Death Ship, and relates it to the 2002 attacks on the working conditions of maritime workers in Australian waters. This movie is very dark, lots of shadows. Nothing ever touched her. But, when it made its limited run on cable, I watched it by myself in the middle of the night with no lights on. This low budget UK/Canadian collaboration was based on a story entitled Blood Star by one Jack Hill – yep, the exploitation king who made SWITCHBLADE SISTERS amongst other drive-in flicks in the 1970s. This movie has a lot of 80's slasher cheese to it--I will freely admit that--but overall I think it is a pretty good movie. Released on 13th July 2020 by Nucleus Films to commemorate it's 40 years milestone. Episode 4.6 “Death Ship” Original air date: February 7, 1963 Writer: Richard Matheson (adapted from his short story) Director: Don Medford Rating: 6/10. Check this one out and give it time--it won't let you down. The undertones and references towards the Nazi reign are eerie and photographed in viciously black and white. At least, until the silent tomb of DEATH SHIP lets them onboard. DEATH SHIP turned out to be my Halloween 2004 movie without even intending to have it be the feature of the night. Under appreciated classic horror film was one of the last to put mood before blood. And pity the poor actors -- George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes; it's the TV-jeebies. It was also a perennial renter. Some of the scenes in this film were absolutely frightening! I recently broke down and picked up a really neat UK release on DVD and so got my first look at the film in a decade or so. The film is an ultimate guilty pleasure, and it's mindless fun, entertainment. Creepy and exciting movie about some shipwrecked lead to remains of a deserted ghost ship that's been missing for more than 40 years , since WWII, it is packed with good actors and slick direction . I've been on the look-out for this film ever since. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I suspect that it has not held up well to time. And pity the poor actors -- George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes; it's the TV-jeebies. Maybe its the atmosphere, because this movie has one of the greatest creepy atmospheres I have ever seen. The teeth were terrifying, but watch it for the shower scene ! Working at a video store in the late 80's I saw this film rent better than many "better" films. I was greatly impressed! FAQ So glad this turned out to be waaaay better than I was expecting it to be. But a Ten Little Indians plot soon takes over which is as rusty as the evil vessel. I’m a huge fan of Jim Kelly’s journalist series, set in Ely. Here a full review of the excellent Horror movie DEATH SHIP. No crew. Once again, the charm of movies like "Death Ship" passes by on many people. No -- less. Nazi death ship driving people insane, a shower full of BLOOD, and George Kennedy going full … A group of three space explorers face a dilemma, when they explore a crashed ship, that looks very similar to their own. © 2021 METACRITIC, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. This is one of my favorite horror films. Ok, we've already stated the fact that I LOVE b-movies. Review of B. Traven's The Death Ship. Also, it has one of those great endings where you know that the evil Death Ship is out there looking for more BLOOD! For reasons never clearly explained the ship has become "haunted" or possessed by the Nazis who manned it [who's demise is also never explained] and continues roaming the seven seas looking for souls to torment by ramming pleasure yachts and lurking around until the survivors scrabble on board for refuge. Check box if your review contains spoilers. Strictly second-string city. A spooky, trashy anomaly set adrift in an ocean of cinematic slasher films during the early '80s, Death Ship is the kind of movie people stumble upon late at night on TV and spend years trying to track down again. Maybe I shouldn't be so picky though. "This ship needs BLOOD!!" Except for one grisly, chilling scene too horrible to describe, this one was an unintentionally funny stroll. Many was the night that this played on HBO and other pay services that I stayed up late to watch. When I was a little kid, driving by this local videostore on my bike, I always stopped to take a quick peek at this amazingly cool video-cover displayed in front of the store window (just look up the poster art here on IMDb). People have all but forgotten it. Sure it's trashy and shot ugly, but it's FUN! Prev: Hulk Next: Exploring The Guardian >> I love B movies, so I try to give these obscure flicks some attention in the hopes more people will check them out. As a nightowl, I keep watching it. External Reviews Here's our final list of the 50 highest-scoring films released (in one... Music title data, credits, and images provided by, Movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by. needs blood to survive." The story was inspired by the legend of the Flying Dutchman. It's got a freaky plot (Nazi-ghosts floating around the oceans and torturing survivors of a horrible shipping disaster), and an amazingly chilling atmosphere. George Kennedy was good as the Captain of the cruise ship. Review. It creeped me out pretty well. Okay, that’s a little bit of a sizzle sell; Death Ship doesn’t have the scope of the former or the effects of the latter, but it does achieve a grimy buzz as it progresses. Released by Avco Embassy in early March stateside, critics hated it and audiences failed to come aboard; it only brought in about a third of its $4.5 million dollar budget. It begins with a pseudo-creepy introduction track filled with minor-key keyboard melodies and a recording of a sailor sending a message to a mysterious ship he meets at sea. This film, "Death Ship", while it was a made for TV movie, is actually pretty scary. Blood comes in the form of a cruise ship, carrying all of our protagonists. The off-kilter, but downright fixed premise is cut and dry (as the original idea, before the story/script was chopped and changed around was originally penned by cult exploitation filmmaker Jack Hill) with it projecting a Gothic haunted house atmosphere aboard an ominous looking rust-bucket ship endlessly travelling the high seas with an sinisterly deranged twist behind it. A luxury liner collides with a mysterious ship and sinks, leaving nine survivors, including the captain (George Kennedy). Good enough. Death Ship (1980) – Review. Doesn't matter... a film like Death Ship doesn't depend on great acting. That is probably why late 70's and early 80's horror/splatter movies still stands today. Siersdorfer also led Bainton to a 32 page German booklet written in 1954 by Otto Mielke, entitled“Das Totenschiffin der Südsee” or “Death Ship in the South Sea.” Mielke seemed to know a lot about the Ourang Medan’s route, cargo, tonnage and engine power and even, allegedly, the Captain’s name. But, after additional viewings and understanding that there is a creepiness to the film and some good ideas. Originally released on DVD in England in 2007, Death Ship had at the time had been transferred from a print that was not perfect and contained a few sporadic imperfections but was believed to be the best surviving source material. [22 May 1980]. Atrocious acting,nonsensical script,very low production values:all these elements can be found in Alvin Rakoff's "Death Ship".So why am I not going to trash this little movie?It's simple,I really like this film for those very reasons.It is everything low-budget horror movie should be,yet still manages to tell its story and generate a considerable amount of unease and dread.A cruise ship is destroyed by another ship(the Death Ship),killing most of the crew.The few survivors of the crash,who include the captain(George Kennedy from "Creepshow 2" or "Just Before Dawn"),a family of four and some others,decide that it would be a good idea to board the same ship that crashed their cruise ship.The death ship then starts killing its new victims.Despite so many bad comments "Death Ship" is still watchable.It has some really creepy scenes and memorable moments.Yes,the film doesn't make very much sense,but that's not what director Alvin Rakoff intended.Instead he puts together nightmarish sequences surrounded by an eerie sounds.You have to be a real horror fan to fully appreciate "Death Ship".Check this one out,it's pretty good.Highly recommended. A dilapidated German freighter from WW2 curiously rams a modern cruise ship and ten survivors board the mysterious vessel. We rented it and I have VERY vague recollections of it not being very good but I never got round to see it as an adult. Sadly, these days B.Traven and his many novels have been assigned to relative obscurity in the world of literature and politics. Directed by Alvin Rakoff. DI Shaw and DS Valentine find themselves with 60-year-old case on their hands following an explosion on Hunstanton beach. The cast did a pretty good job. Your prudish sensibilities will be very disappointed. I remember it from 20 years ago-Better than the film- Ghost Ship-. To sum up, Death Ship is a voyage that most viewers will want to pass up. I miss those. I saw this movie at a drive as a double feature with Scanners, I thought both films were great, but then I saw this film on video about ten years later,and I understood it a lot better. But will they ever get off alive? Do not watch this movie if you only like good movies and good acting. Metacritic Reviews. Creepy! View all reviews for Carach Angren - Death Came Through a Phantom Ship Black metal for non-black metal listeners. Which brings us to the present day - after all these years, I finally score a copy by chance, excitedly bring it home and, with a set belief in my mind that it's going to be a huge disappointment and a rubbish movie, I line up the alcoholic anathestic and push the tape into the cringing VCR... To my surprise, "Death Ship" turns out to be a winner! The theam and the creepy ship were enough to scare me once again. Those of you who did see DEATH SHIP on its maiden release and would like to catch up with it again might want to invest in a region-free DVD player if you do not currently have one (the Zenith DVP615 is a nice portable unit that is easily alterable to Region 0 by Googling it). The film concerns about a passenger luxury liner is crashed by a strange freighter . It already has got the things it really needs: tension, a fair amount of effective horror and great music. The isolated setting is elaborated rather professional by director Alvin Rakoff. However as time has passed, the screenings have been reduced to odd ball commercial TV screenings, if its screened at all. This is the lone horror film on a resume that including more than a hundred television works. It isn't like I haven't seen cheesier horror flicks than this one in my life. Just a burning need for blood. I first began my relationship with "Death Ship" when I were a lad growing up in the Heart of England - we had a little video library in our village that had quite a nice selection of horrors and I was always fascinated by the garish, ghoulish box art... Oh, and there were few as ghoulish as the spooky cover of "Death Ship", which I vividly remember recreating with pencil sketches in my schoolbooks. This is a cheesy movie, the effects aren't great, but dammit, if I'm flipping the stations and its on, I just can't stop watching it. As far as obscured horror titles are concerned, Death Ship is definitely one worth checking out. "Death Ship" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on a 1953 short story with the same title by Richard Matheson. But what this film does better than those other films, is that I manages to maintain atmospheric. A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel. "Death Ship" is a 1980 horror film starring Richard Crenna (Rambo series) and George Kennedy (Naked Gun series). The castaways enter into the rare German ship and after encounter themselves trapped and they figure out that things are not as they should. The ship collision near the start of the movie, that sank the cruise liner carrying the survivors, was caused by the Death Ship in its ghostly mission to search for more victims. Oh yeah, George Kennedy actually gave an award winning, creepy performance as the captain who wanted to take over the Nazi Freighter. Ten people trapped on a ghostly... death ship, A movie where George Kennedy drinks sewage. Nevertheless, I think it's an effective film because the basic idea is strong and there are some good creepy moments. She gets in the shower and starts freaking out when the water turns to blood. Like at least one other reviewer here the lurid cover art of Death Ship drew me in as young, impressionable boy standing in the local dodgy video store in the early eighties shortly before many of the horror and exploitation films therein were whipped from our shelves by the fledgling BBFC and consigned to that cinematic void that lurks somewhere between obscurity and cult-fame. And this co Canadian / UK produced low-rent, b-grade picture effectively delivered on its promised chills, despite its low-budget that shows from its creaky, murky and minimal execution. DEATH SHIP originated as a screenplay by Jack Hill (SPIDER BABY) titled “Blood Star” – who receives story credit here alongside David P. Lewis (KLUTE) while TV director John Robins (HOT RESORT) receives script credit – which frankly would have to have been more interesting than the final product. This is a 1980's video and cable classic. Anyways the movie itself was actually interesting. Considering it has been awhile since I saw it last (then I recently rented it). I don't know if it was the film in the cameras or some other technical aspect but todays films are just too clean and polished. When a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the crew becomes caught in a web of ghastly deeds ,they soon learn is inhabited by haunting previous crew. Not a masterpiece, but it sure left a lasting impression.. Far from the total turkey its reputation would suggest. Notable Video Game Releases: New and Upcoming. | Yet it is not a good horror film in my mind and those good ideas become wasted due to what I find are scenes that are too drawn out, stupid characters and it does become tiring watching the characters bumble around an empty ship. | George Kennedy is the main character, and is rather creepy in this movie. When I was a kid I hated this movie. However, these few good elements are not enough to counteract the film's overwhelming sense of boredom. Around that same time I saw on television just a few little fragments of a French-dubbed horror movie taking place on a ship. Alvin Rakoff's direction makes the most of the location and the climax is well-managed. A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel. George Kennedy stars as the captain of an excursion liner who is facing retirement with less than a dignified attitude, who's boat is rammed by an old Nazi freighter that apparently acted as a sort of floating death camp, complete with a medical atrocities ward. Death Ship by Jim Kelly. A film needs more than that. Or, more accurately, a wrecked cruise ship no longer carrying all our protagonists--they're adrift. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtwvuVTisFo This is one of those movies I saw as a kid, was terrified by and have been trying to find ever since. Death Ship unfortunately turned out to be about as frightening as "The Love Boat." That the ship seems to have a mind of its own and that unseen crewmen seem to be just around the next corner compliments the aire of uncertainty and mounting claustrophobia which builds as the one time survivors fall prey to the forces of the ship. Even though, it was blatantly obvious and predictable. But that's what I love about them. The name George Kennedy both on the cover and on the credits linked the two facts together. Richard Crenna was also good in his role. The horror of who the Nazis were and what they did, adds a whole other dimension of terror to this movie. Gales accepts the job, although he realizes the vessel is a death ship: overinsured, flagless, near-derelict, and staffed by men like himself, who are without documentation. | On the good side, the ship is an effectively creepy (if poorly lit) location and the solid cast acquits itself nicely, particularly Richard Crenna and George Kennedy. Yes the beginning ship collision is poorly done but nothing afterwards is. In this episode, a spaceship crew discovers a wrecked replica of their ship with their own dead bodies inside. Boarding the ship results to be a big mistake since the tragedy that overtook the lives of crew and captain lingers and starts to affect the present passengers. 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