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A salvage team think they've made the find of a lifetime, until they discover there's more on board than meets the eye in this supernatural thriller. Led by Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), the cr... read more read more...ew of the tugboat Arctic Warrior have discovered a sideline far more lucrative than hauling ships in and out of the harbor -- they locate missing or wrecked ships in international waters, repair them until they can be brought back to port, and then sell off the ship and its contents as salvage. Acting on a tip from Jack Ferriman (Desmond Harrington), a pilot in the Canadian Air Force, Murphy and his crew -- salvage expert Maureen Epps (Julianna Margulies), first mate Greer (Isaiah Washington), and crewmen Santos (Alex Dimitriades), Dodge (Ron Eldard), and Munder (Karl Urban) -- set out to find a large craft seen adrift off the Alaskan coastline. To their surprise, the crew of the Arctic Warrior discover what appears to be the Antonia Graza, a famous Italian ocean liner, legendary for its luxury, which vanished without a trace in 1962. While they at first anticipate the payday of a lifetime from this find, the crew soon discover a sinister force has taken control of the ship, and before long they're battling not for salvage rights, but for their lives. Ghost Ship was directed by special effects man turned filmmaker Steven Beck, who previously directed the 2001 remake of 13 Ghosts. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Steve Beck

Release Date: October 25, 2002

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  • FiLmCrAzY
    May 1, 2012
    FiLmCrAzY
    I dont know why but every time i watch this movie i enjoy it more and more! Its a good creepy horror that i dont think is a let down at all !
    In my books it well worth a watch!
  • aquateen2
    April 29, 2012
    aquateen2
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    Once the protaganists got on the titiluar ship there was one massive jump that spooked me, and I was convincing myself that maybe the film wasn't as bad as everyone was saying but to my displeasure it san... read morek my expectations completely shortly afterwards. On the positive side, the acting isn't awful and the set pieces are excellent and sometimes quite creepy. However the plot is derivative and sadly it's never as scary as it should be.
  • SirPant
    October 25, 2011
    SirPant
    Not to be mistaken for Val Lewton 40's film, this version is a little bit more impressive but not necessarily much better. The idea itself is brilliant, the possibilities could have been endless - a franchise could have been born, but unfortunately it wasn't to be. After a brilli... read moreant first sequence, this film just got silly, odd and down right confusing. I still don't fully understand who the bad guy was or what his point was? It looked good though!
  • theoneandonlybg
    August 28, 2011
    theoneandonlybg
    Can I please get one thing straight - if a film has a jumpy moment near the beginning of a film, it HAS TO KEEP TO THAT JUMPY THEME! You get one jumpy scene with a clock, then that's it folks - Ghost Ship is flawed from the start. A scene where a boat full of people are killed by... read more a metal wire that rips them all in half? I'm sorry, but no. Just no. It didn't work and I still don't get why it had to happen or why the villain had to exist in the first place, let alone the movie.

    I was told by two horror fans it was, and I quote "...alright". WRONG! It was one of the worst films I have ever seen. It seems to be suffering from what shall henceforth be known as the Paranormal Activity effect: the PA effect is where a film tries to make itself out as a good film, before failing after about 10-20 minutes (in most cases). In this film it took about 20 minutes for me to get bored and start half watching for a while until the ending.

    The only major attractions of the film are the ending (after the bit that belonged in a PG or a U (to be honest, that bit was ripped off from Pokemon The First Movie!)) where you find out something that gives the film a perk towards a good horror, the brief scene of nudity and the violence. If you are the sad sort of person who only wants a little bit of violence, poorly chosen music for the setting, and A pair of breasts, then watch this.

    But for those people who have taste and want to watch a good horror film, let this movie sink like the Titanic!
  • 3niR
    December 20, 2010
    3niR
    This was not a scared-to-death type. Just another watchable horror movie. It had a good attention-catching starting but it got messed up eventually. I liked Emily Browning over here. She was cute.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    June 9, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Ghost Ship is another Dark Castle feature. The film is more famous for it's opening scene, and some have claimed that it's the best part of the film. Ghost Ship is an average Horror film with an average cast and story. The film sometimes falls flat and doesn't get quite there in ... read moreterms of good storytelling and executions. Sometimes scenes are not that great, the cast could have done a better job, but they seemed bored I guess. Ghost Ship is the text book definition of a guilty pleasure. Despite it's many flaws, I feel compelled to watch this film from time to time. But if you want the ultimate haunted ship film, track down a copy of Alvin Rakoff's Death Ship, another Guilty pleasure, but with a more intriguing and creepy story than Ghost Ship.
  • FilmFanatik
    February 23, 2010
    FilmFanatik
    The first 10 minutes of the movie are great. That's about it.
  • stormyweather980
    September 10, 2009
    stormyweather980
    Don't you hate it when you see the previews for a movie and you think you're going to completely love it, and then you see it and find it to be a big disappointment, but you still want to love it? That was my experience with "Ghost Ship." I liked it, and horror movies are one of ... read moremy 3 favorite genres, but it just wasn't nearly as good as I anticipated. I thought it'd be much deeper than it was.
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    June 10, 2009
    LoughnerWasLucid
    hahahahah what a turd im glad south park made fun of this turdle
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    April 29, 2009
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "Sea Evil"

    After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside ... read morethe ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

    REVIEW

    This movie was extremely horrible. The plot revolves around a rag-tag group of ocean salvagers who are given the opportunity to salvage a gigantic ocean liner. This isn't just any ocean liner, it's an Italian ship that was bound for the US in 1962 and vanished from the face of the earth. No survivors were ever found much less the ship itself. To make a long story short, the team of salvagers board the ship to find nothing but remnants; no corpses just their belongings. More eerie, all the life boats and life vests were gone, suggesting that the passengers jumped ship. However, no survivors were ever found. Strange huh? Anyway, they board the ship that is apparently haunted by a demon who likes to eat souls. Once he fills his quota, he can return to hell. He has devoured the souls of the passengers, now he's hungry for the souls of the salvagers. All of this unfolds in a slow, unintersting narrative that doesn't build any tension or terror. You're better off watching the Ring. A much more terrifying picture of 2002.

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Critic Reviews

Kirk Honeycutt
October 30, 2002
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

A lame script, featuring sorry dialogue and a senseless story, is more likely to provoke laughs than screams from its intended audience.

Mark Holcomb
October 29, 2002
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice

In a cut-and-paste job more transparent than ectoplasm, Ghost Ship screenwriters Mark Hanlon and John Pogue plunder every notable horror movie from the last 30 years. Full Review

Richard Roeper
October 29, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

A dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
October 26, 2002
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

This creaking vessel of a movie can't spice a routine story with genuine horror.

October 26, 2002
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Audiences will feel more tricked than treated after sitting through this silly gorefest that wastes the talents of several good actors. Full Review

John Monaghan
October 26, 2002
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

If you're in the right B-movie frame of mind, it may just scare the pants off you. Full Review

David Germain
October 26, 2002
David Germain, Houston Chronicle

A ticket to tedium, a horror movie so devoid of horror that mouths will open wide in yawns, without a scream to be heard. Full Review

Richard Harrington
October 25, 2002
Richard Harrington, Washington Post

The plot doesn't always make sense, despite a thunderous explicatory montage halfway through, but as a fresh setting for terror shenanigans, this Ghost Ship is somewhere between B minus and the High Cs.

Ann Hornaday
October 25, 2002
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Doesn't orchestrate the scares with much finesse. Full Review

Robert Koehler
October 25, 2002
Robert Koehler, Variety

Launched with a few surprising touches and a disturbingly bloody prelude, horror pic collapses under the weight of its own dull conception and weak direction, dialogue and character portraits. Full Review

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