Death Ship Poster

Death Ship (1980)

R 03/07/1980 Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller 1h 31m
52%
User
Score
4.8/10
29%
10/100

Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead!

Overview

Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.

Alvin Rakoff

Director

John Robins

Screenplay

David P. Lewis

Story

Jack Hill

Story

Top Billed Cast

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Captain Ashland

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Trevor Marshall

Nick Mancuso

Nick Mancuso

Nick

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes

Margaret Marshall

Kate Reid

Kate Reid

Sylvia

Victoria Burgoyne

Victoria Burgoyne

Lori

Jennifer McKinney

Jennifer McKinney

Robin Marshall

Danny Higham

Danny Higham

Ben Marshall

Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek

Jackie

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Media

Death Ship (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Death Ship (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on October 27, 2019

***Ten people trapped on a ghostly… death ship***

A dilapidated German freighter from WW2 curiously rams a modern cruise ship and ten survivors board the mysterious vessel. But will they ever get off alive? George Kennedy plays the retiring captain of the cruise vessel while Richard Crenna appears as the up-and-coming captain.

"Death Ship" (1980) takes the “Poseidon Adventure” (1972) template and adds a horror angle à la the later “Ghost Ship” (2002). But it’s the least of these and isn’t even as good as the low-budget “Ghost Voyage” (2008). Speaking of which, I didn’t view the movie until over a decade after its release and it struck me as low-budget. The constant shots of the navigation equipment and giant pistons operating on their own were particularly dubiou...

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