Ghost Ship | | Cast : | Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard | | Director : | Steve Beck | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | October 25, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 19, 2005 | | Summary | A Riff On THe Haunted House Concept!!! | Content
 | In this movie we see a motley bunch of ship salvagers led by Gabriel Byrne who has a drinking problem but is now on the wagon. Then his crew discover an abandoned old ship with lures them with the promise of untold riches. However the ship has a few secrets of it's own. The big problem with this movie is that none of the characters are particularly likeable so you don't care about their fate.As Stephen King points out in his excellent book "Danse Macabre" CHARACTERIZATION is all important in a horror movie or book if it is to make you feel emotionally involved in the story.I give this movie 5 stars because it does have some good special effects. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 01, 2005 | | Summary | Differnt But Good | Content
| This is a very strange different movie but it is very good and the ending is my favorite ending to a movie ever, it leaves an opening for a sequel but it probably won't happen. I Highly recommend it. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 16, 2005 | | Summary | There's a reason it's selling for only $2.00.... | Content
| While I appreciate Terry Castle, daughter of the great William Castle, with a new company called 'Dark Castle' trying to revive the quickie low budget horror genre that the 50's did so well, they're missing the mark by a longshot. The cover of this flick looked scary enough but it never went beyond that.
My biggest disappointment was the script, the amatuer acting and the fact that at the entire film was too well lit for any effective scares. It was funny to hear the cast and crew say in the documentary that there are many dark room scenes?!?! They all should really get together with notepads and watch some classic scary movies to see how it's done. Someone on the cast also said this is a new story that has never been seen on the screen before. Maybe someone forgot to tell him about a 1953 film titled 'Ghost Ship' with a similar script. I think all of these Dark Castle productions are remakes so far, and none very good. (13 Ghosts, House on Haunted Hill, House of Wax)
For real and effective low budget scares, spend your time and money exploring the old classics like Last Man on Earth, The Haunting, House on Haunted Hill or Roger Cormans Poe films... |
| Rating | | | Date | May 15, 2005 | | Summary | Good One | Content
| If you like the scary movies this one is well worth watching. I liked it alot! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 27, 2005 | | Summary | Perhaps no classic... | Content
| ...but "Ghost Ship" has its' moments, and is far from the worst horror-movie I've seen. Now I must add; I am a big fan of movies involving old ships and ocean (I don't know why) -so of course this "a bit b-scripted" movie may recieve some of its' credit by the fact that it is that type of film. From me that is.
The opening-sequel of "G.S" is something of the most grotesque that I've ever seen, and I'm not easily scared actually -it just looks so... hm... yes, painful. The scene the way it is arranged and "made" is a well-worthy opening for a horror-movie, and impressive done and thought-out. But from here it's not going anywhere near this scary again. It made me jump a couple of times, and the ship looks really fantastic (as new, and as a wreck) -but once again the effects dominate, the plot is weak (and if not predictable, not very convinsing or exiting to put it like that). But I enjoyed the movie anyway, ignoring the bad acting, and the unsympathetic characters involved. When it comes to quality I'd compare it to "Deep Blue Sea". But it's not a floating "The Shining" as some has described it as. The "personality" of the production simply isn't there, and there's not much style -and the story not very inspiring. It's easy to forget, and has not much originality. But turn your mind off, lean back -and you might just feel entertained. |
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