linnandersonnn
I was so in love with that movie when I was 11, I watch remember that I re-watch it like 5 times. I don't remember very clear now but I will try to find this movie and watch this again.
Paul Evans
Ghost Ship will forever be one of my favourite films in the horror genre, it has so much going for it, for starters the ship itself makes for a far more interesting setting then the usual and obligatory haunted house. The special effects, even to this day look really good, as do the sets, it has a quality look about it. Solid acting throughout, an unusual choice for Gabriel Byrne. It has some fine scares, coupled with some powerful imagery, not least the scene where Katie shows Ebbs the true events. I love the story line, it has a bit more depth then the usual batch of horrors, but the main bit where it scores highly is atmosphere, bucket loads of it, so its a little reminiscent of Event Horizon, that doesn't detract from what is a very good film.
moonspinner55
40 years after an ocean-liner is beset with tragedy while on a voyage, a salvage crew in the Bering Sea comes across the drifting vessel, thought to have capsized. Director Steve Beck takes a standard haunted-house-at-sea scenario and spikes it with a viciousness that transposes everything else on-screen; the plot, the characters, the performances and the technical achievements of "Ghost Ship" each end up taking a backseat to this filmmaker's penchant for rage and torment (which is something to see but distinctly unpleasant, and difficult to shake off). Beck didn't double as screenwriter for "Ghost Ship" (it was penned by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue, who may be harboring demons of their own), however it's the raw-nerve handling of this bloody tale that one ends up remembering. Rarely have I seen a horror movie of any era wherein the filmmaker's hostility (a deliberate, passionate hostility, one simmering in bad vibrations) completely overtook his own production. ** from ****
David Love
The film commences with (almost) an entire complement of passengers and crew on a 1960s cruise ship being sliced in half by a cable. It's dramatic and horrible. Then we switch to the 'present day' where things slow down.'The best damn salvage crew in the business' is led by Captain Sean Murphy (an Irishman convincingly played by Gabriel Byrne) and consists of Maureen Epps (the lovely Julianna Margulies), Dodge (Ron Eldard), Munder (Karl Urban), Greer (Isaiah Washington), and Santos (Alex Dimitriades). We get to know them well over the next few days.A Canadian Air Force Pilot, Jack Ferriman (Desmond Harrington) approaches them with pictures of an ocean liner which he spotted and convinces the crew to take a look at the ship, and take him with them. They discover that the ship is holed and sinking. They have three days to repair it and tow it.However, once on the ship strange things happen. Munder falls through a floor, Epps sees the ghost of a little girl (Emily Browning), Greer is seduced by the voice of the dead (and dead gorgeous) Italian singer (Francesca Rettondini).Steve Beck does a superb job as Director in keeping the suspense up. What is going to be behind the next door? Behind one door is millions of dollars worth of gold! After the crew's own boat mysteriously explodes, they are left to fend for themselves on the cruise ship as the spooky events escalate. And the plot weaves its way towards its conclusion.The movie is genuinely horrific with great special effects. The actors are all good. Why is this rated so low? I'm knocking a couple of points off for that fast-motion scene where all the plot points are revealed in rapid succession to a background of pumping beat music. But it's still worth eight.
AD
