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

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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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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

The setting is perfectly promising -- but this is the usual dumbed-down stuff, heading for the video bin.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 27, 2003

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

It’s not a good movie, but it has a good cast, and it is salvaged by the bookends of it’s ridiculous beginning and ending.

Rated: 3/10

Sep 18, 2025

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

The opening sequence might be an A+, but everything that follows is an F-.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 12, 2025

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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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Nick K

One of my all-time fav horror films!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/09/25

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kevin c

It was very entertaining and kind of scary when I watched it as a kid

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/02/25

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Sonya M

This movie popped up on our prime video and we thought “what the heck” and mid way through we started to think “what the hell” - I think it could’ve been better if they provided more details like 1: how many bodies did he need to fill his quota? 2: what happened to the bodies once the quota was filled? 3: what type of people filled the quota? Idk there were too many questions to really make it enjoyable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/26/25

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thiago s

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/25

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sasha q

this movie is so good and scary it made me poopoo my diaper 💗 Great movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/19/25

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Brian T

Great movie for what it is. Any 1 star reviews are probably from people with a stick up the bum who love to criticise for the sake of criticism.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/17/25

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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: Warner Bros., Dark Castle Entertainment, Village Roadshow Prod.
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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