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Torture Ship

Released Oct 28, 1939 57m Mystery & Thriller List
Reviews 8% Audience Score 50+ Ratings
A doctor convinced that glandular disorders are the root of criminal behavior conducts experiments on convicts. Read More Read Less

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the movie h Movie Rating: 3/10 Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review carol s The opening minutes of this movie apparently went overboard with one of the bodies. I spent the rest of the show trying to figure out the poison ring plot and the doctor criminal glands plot. Add a few fist fights and stranglings and you've got it! Rainy Day. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Torture Ship is torture to watch... yes I just said that. Yes, I am THAT guy. I barely got through this movie and it is hard to interpret and even harder to enjoy. The movie starts off with little explanation and leaves you with tons of questions and yawns. The acting is laughable and the storyline is ludicrous. I was on such a hot streak too: The Ape, then Sweeney Todd but now this failure of a film. This movie is a B-Movie through and through. It was obvious from the first five minuets of the film that it was going to be cheap and boring. From what I could piece together the plot is about a group of prisoners who are stuck on a ship with a doctor running experiments on them. What experiments? Who knows. How did they all get there? I don't know. Why did they even spend time making this movie? I don't know. The movie is short in the way of scares and very heavy in the way of "comedy". At least what they try to pass off as comedy. The whole thing is all unoriginal and trite. There is only one scene in the entire film that I enjoyed and it involves the character Harry "The Carver" Bogard in which he has been asked to give a shave to Dirk, the spineless comedic relief character. The whole scene is pretty genuine. It is the only bit of acting in the whole movie. I am going to caution you here: Do not watch this movie unless you are ready for bed as it will make you fall asleep faster than Queen of the Damned. Favorite Quote: "Doctor, is it true that through your experiments in endocrine glands you can cure crime?" Suggested Viewing: Ghost Ship (2002) - Steve Beck Rating: 1 of 10 S!D Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member The torture is having to watch this movie! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty goofy stuff, but the cast is at least good. The plot is a bit bizarre, to say the least. It has a few dull patches, but some really interesting ones as well. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty goofy stuff, but the cast is at least good. The plot is a bit bizarre, to say the least. It has a few dull patches, but some really interesting ones as well. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A doctor convinced that glandular disorders are the root of criminal behavior conducts experiments on convicts.
Director
Victor Halperin
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 28, 1939, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 9, 2016
Runtime
57m
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