Talk about scary -- the entire last half of the flick is a spectral presence that can hardly be said to exist.
Comment
10/25/02
Ghost Ship (2002)
13
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
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
A standard haunted house tale transplanted to the high seas.
10/25/02
...to end the film the producers use a plot device so old it needs a hip replacement.
10/25/02
Abandon ship if you prefer psychological thrills to cheap-shot scares.
10/25/02
It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as 'worse than expected,' but Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that.
10/25/02
It's better than you expect but not as good as you hope.
10/25/02
Top CriticThe only surprise is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this; I assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies' underwear.
10/25/02
All the Queen's Men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels, it should pay reparations to viewers.
10/25/02
The script ... is so sketchy that you can predict which characters will survive by whether they have been given first names.
10/25/02
Parts of it are worth salvaging. The rest is campy scary, but with a tagline like, 'Sea Evil', what did you expect?
10/25/02
The movie turns into a special effects centerpiece of morphing faces and relentless explosions.
10/25/02
Was I scared? Only at the prospect of Beck's next project. Let's see, a haunted house, a haunted ship, what's next . . . Ghost Blimp?
10/25/02
This one is definitely one to skip, even for horror movie fanatics.
10/25/02
Wait for it to hit cable.
10/25/02
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
(Director Steve) Beck wants to dazzle the audience. I'd settle for a story.
10/24/02
If it doesn't reach the level of awfulness embodied by 13 Ghosts, it gets pretty close.
10/24/02
Combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time, Beck seems to be under the illusion that he's shooting the latest System of a Down video.
10/24/02
In the not-too-distant future, movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds. Right now, they're merely signposts marking the slow, lingering death of imagination.
10/24/02
So preoccupied with delivering its effects that it doesn't bother to make sense of its story.
10/24/02
Top CriticLatest 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...
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Fresh Links
Featured
RT on YouTube 
Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.
RT on Twitter
Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.
IGN RSS Feeds