It's refreshing to watch a horror film that's this unpretentious. It's not afraid to be profoundly cheesy...and it actually unsettles us with hideous grisliness rather than mere noises on the soundtrack.
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12/05/02
Ghost Ship (2002)
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Reviews Counted:119
Fresh:15
Rotten:104
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: With a plot as creaky as the boat, Ghost Ship fails to deliver the scares.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: The salvage crew aboard the tugboat Arctic Warrior is the best in the business. Under the leadership of Captain Sean Murphy (GABRIEL BYRNE), and with the expertise of salvage team leader Maureen... [More]
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Desmond Harrington, Ron Eldard
Director: Steve Beck
Reviews for Ghost Ship
B-movies can be better than this.
10/29/08
Top CriticWhere are all the icebergs when you need one?
12/08/02
Top CriticDirector Beck loses it, with techno-scored flashbacks (note: techno isn't scary) and blow-up-the-place gimmickry...
12/30/06
Top CriticIt's clear from the outset that quality is never going to be an option...
01/26/03
The setting is perfectly promising -- but this is the usual dumbed-down stuff, heading for the video bin.
01/27/03
Top CriticThe final reel plots a course smack between predictable and sheer idiocy.
06/24/06
Top CriticAs long as they keep pumping out the cheese from Dark Castle's schlocky shock shop, I'll be there, nachos in hand, waiting to be overwhelmed with cheddar.
10/23/02
effectively keeps things suspenseful even when faced with some hoary cliches.
04/05/03
Ghost Ship is produced with a certain level of restraint by Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis, with a script credited to Mark Hanlon and John Pogue that draws upon many familiar sources and suffers only mildly from Narrative Deficit Disorder.
10/25/02
Contains a spooky ambiance from start to almost-finish.
10/26/02
A fine, old-fashioned haunting on the high seas.
10/25/02
If you're in the right B-movie frame of mind, it may just scare the pants off you.
10/26/02
This starts off with a 1950's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly, very fast. The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year!
10/25/02
Os efeitos visuais são risíveis, os diálogos são péssimos e o filme simplesmente não assusta. Em contrapartida, a trama é desenvolvida de tal maneira que jamais perdemos o interesse no que está acontecendo.
08/19/03
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.
10/25/02
One of the scariest, most original scream-at-the-screen style horror movies I’ve seen in years...nonetheless ruined by an insultingly insipid cliché of an ending.
10/23/02
The movie has few surprises for lifelong horror fans, but it'll keep them (or us -- I count myself in their number) happily diverted for just under 90 minutes.
02/14/08
It's Halloween season, and while Ghost Ship can't hold a candle to The Ring for true primal scares, it'll probably stay respectably afloat until at least most of the candy is gone.
10/24/02
If you are a viewer mature enough to withstand the stunning onslaught of gore without suffering nightmares, Ghost Ship is worthy entertainment.
10/24/02
Latest News for Ghost Ship
April 12, 2007:
Sequel Buzz on "Haunted Hill" and "Fast and the Furious"?
For those of you who were desperately waiting to see a sequel to "House on Haunted Hill," your wait is soon over. Also, raise your hand if you're interested in seeing... More...
July 21, 2006:
Trailer Bulletin: Hilary Swank in "The Reaping"
Those Dark Castle guys are at it again. From the studio that brought you "Ghost Ship," "Gothika," and "House of Wax" comes "The Reaping"... More...
June 20, 2006:
Who's Ready for Another Trip to "Haunted Hill"?
Bloody-Disgusting.com (arguably the best horror site out there) is reporting that Dark Castle Entertainment (the guys behind "Ghost Ship," "Gothika," and... More...
July 11, 2005:
Pogue Pens Remake of a French Fright Flick
Screenwriter John Pogue has sold his pitch for a remake of the 2002 French horror film "Malefique" to Paramount, says Variety. Producer Neal Moritz... More...
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