Ghost Ship

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Ghost Ship

R

Released Oct 25, 2002

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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In a remote region of the Bering Sea, a boat salvage crew discovers the eerie remains of a grand passenger liner thought lost for more than 40 years. But once onboard the eerie, cavernous ship, the crew of the Arctic Warrior discovers that the decaying vessel is anything but deserted. It's home to something more deadly and horrific than anything they've encountered in all their years at sea.

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Critics Consensus

With a plot as creaky as the boat, Ghost Ship fails to deliver the scares.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C

Sep 7, 2011

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

Director Beck loses it, with techno-scored flashbacks (note: techno isn't scary) and blow-up-the-place gimmickry...

Rated: 2/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

The final reel plots a course smack between predictable and sheer idiocy.

Jun 24, 2006

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

As for the "shock" ending, it's the sort of feeble finale that has marred many a horror flick for approximately 40 years.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 3, 2020

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Routine Dark Castle blandness, with the horror factory missing a prime opportunity to generate an interestingly grotesque chiller on the open sea.

Rated: C

Sep 21, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Not a masterful script by veteran John Pogue and collaborator Mark Hanlon... it nevertheless gets the job done, thanks to Beck, Tattersall and Hobbs, giving us a haunting little tale set on the high seas, just perfect for a Halloween viewing.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 7, 2019

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connor j

A fairly easy watch, not too intense compared to most horror films of today with fairly mild horror and a few scenes of gore. The story revolves around demonic entity that uses a ship to collect souls for the devil as payment for a life full of sin. We then follow a salvage crew who are lured to the ship in the hope of claiming the vessel for money. Although the concept of this film is brilliant the execution is quite poor which is a shame as the fundamental concept is quite interesting. Overall I think this film is definitely a decent watch but nothing to write home about and the more hardcore horror fans will be left wanting much more.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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Ma. Catherine V

This might be a guilty pleasure

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Lunar C

Insanely boring plot. No real depth, no surprises. I ended up skipping forth and forth. A total waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Tyler B

The opening scene is the best part of the movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Dan R

2002's 'Ghost Ship' promises a lot but delivers very little. SYNOPSIS: 'A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.' 'Ghost Ship' is famous for its opening scene but beyond that there's very little to celebrate. It's just a big standard 00's horror affair. Tropes aplenty, it's a cut-and-paste job that's more transparent than ectoplasm. If it's been in a recent horror film it's plundered here and for good use. Devoid of legitimate shocks and marred by a storyline which feels like it was written by a child. So bad it's good, the story meanders from one bloody set piece to another. B-list horror at its best. Worst. 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Dawn B

Ghost ship - openning minute inferred how this filum was going to go. Stopped listening around that time and read me book b.utt. unfinished, shortly after. 1.11.24. 1/0. D.B.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/02/24

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Synopsis

In a remote region of the Bering Sea, a boat salvage crew discovers the eerie remains of a grand passenger liner thought lost for more than 40 years. But once onboard the eerie, cavernous ship, the crew of the Arctic Warrior discovers that the decaying vessel is anything but deserted. It's home to something more deadly and horrific than anything they've encountered in all their years at sea.

Director: Steve Beck
Producer: Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Gilbert Adler
Screenwriter: Mark Hanlon, John Pogue
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Prod., Warner Bros., Dark Castle Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexuality|Language|Strong Violence/Gore)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.1M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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