Death Ship

1980

Action / Adventure / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 6369 6.4K

rescue ship nazi ocean shipwreck possession

Plot summary

Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.

Director

Alvin Rakoff Photo
Alvin Rakoff

Top cast

Nick Mancuso Photo
Nick Mancuso as Nick
George Kennedy Photo
George Kennedy as Captain Ashland
Saul Rubinek Photo
Saul Rubinek as Jackie
Richard Crenna Photo
Richard Crenna as Trevor Marshall
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
857.77 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 1
1.72 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Platypuschow 5 / 10

Death Ship: I wanted to like it a lot more than I did

PlotA 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.CastGeorge Kennedy, Richard Crenna and a brief contribution from Saul Rubinek.VerdictI've always loved the cover art for Death Ship, trouble is for whatever reason it took me over three decades after initially seeing it to get round to watching it.Truth be told I was quite excited booting it up, great cover art, a very interesting sounding premise and it's always great seeing George Kennedy. Did it live up to my 30+ year expectations? No, sadly very much not.You see though it manages to be suitably creepy with its ghost ship setting it never really feels like it goes anywhere and when it does it's a tad non-sensical and very underwhelming. I wanted it to be more visceral, instead it adopts a very disappointing approach and also provides us with walk to walk lackluster deaths and a finale that feels rushed and apathetic.Death Ship is one of those few movies I think could do with a remake to reach the potential is badly squandered here.RantsI was going to do a rant about the people who original ran the ship this movie is about, speak of how I'm in awe that they're so prevalent at time of writing and ask how such a thing is even possible. That however would likely prevent this from getting published so I'll resist the urge.The GoodGeorge Kennedy is excellent here Fantastic concept Solid setting Brilliant cover artThe BadAnnoying kids Awful deaths Concept is wasted Too many plot holes.
Reviewed by ryan-10075 5 / 10

Death Ship

When I was a kid I hated this movie. But, after additional viewings and understanding that there is a creepiness to the film and some good ideas. 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.The story is about a cruise ship with ultra-stuffy Captain Ashland (George Kennedy) on his final voyage. They crash into this mysterious ship and are sunk. The few shipwrecked survivours are in a lifeboat and come across that very ship that sunk them. Inside they begin to find horrific secrets and must escape before their very lives are taken.Film also has a pretty darn good cast that also includes Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Kate Reid and Saul Rubinek. Yet, in the end it just misses the mark.
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