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Ghost Ship

Village Roadshow Pictures

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Dark Castle Entertainment

Ghost Ship Films Pty. Ltd.

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Gabriel Byrne

Julianna Margulies

Desmond Harrington

Ron Eldard

Isaiah Washington

Karl Urban

Emily Browning

Francesca Rettondini

Bob Ruggiero

Jamie Giddens

Alex Dimitriades

Boris Brkic

Iain Gardiner

Adam Bieshaar

Cameron Watt

Steve Richards

Bruce Berman

Gilbert Adler

Joel Silver

Robert Zemeckis

Steve Beck

Mark Hanlon

Gale Tattersall

Roger Barton

Rebecca Weigold

Christopher Allen Nelson

Lora Kennedy

Fiona McMaster

Tom McSweeney

Graham 'Grace' Walker

Richard Hobbs

Anita Morgan

Nadine Wilkie

Jason Baird

Scott Patton

Tim Lyall

Charles McGuinness

Jim Millett

Claudine Clark

Christian Huband

Kate Lovejoy

David Nimmo

John Roesch

Andrew Lackey

Ken S. Polk

Richard Adrian

Dane A. Davis

Andy Cadzow

Robert Malina

Naomi Mitchell

Dale Duguid

Danny Baldwin

Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn

John Trapman

Simon Werry

Vince Valitutti

Peter McDougall

Shaun Conway

Mel Dykes

Janice MacIsaac

Samantha Walker

Tommy Lockett

Jackie Sullivan

Fiona Searson

John Pogue

Stephen Jones

Susan Downey

Richard Mirisch

John Frizzell

John Rann

Ricky Schamburg

Antony McMullen

Pablo Duchovny

Jeff Gribble

Darrin Smith

Gerard Benjamin Pierre

Marc Sparky Rutherford

Ric Anderson

Trish Cahill

Jeff Smithwick

Zac Murphy

Daniel R. Chavez

Bill Draper

Kent Sponagle

Alan J. Lam

Louisa Kors

Craig Forrest

Miriam Johnson

Rod Conder

Christopher Alba

Frank Bennett

Paul 'Salty' Brincat

Lindsay Adams

Matt Linder

Keith Foston

Daniel Harvey

Brad Lindenmayer

Steve Goldenberg

Steven Boyle

Jac Charlton

David Nichols

Stuart Bell

Nikki Gooley

Colin Fletcher

Jennifer Leacey

Miranda Colman

Melaini Lewis

Bill R. Dean

Nick Ingman

Mark Berrow

Julia Evershade

Kimberley Liptrap

Wetter than a fishes bathing costume.

It’s a pretty unadventurous title that matches the content of the film. Directed by Steve Beck and starring Gabriel Byrne, Desmond Harrington, Ron Eldard and Julianna Margulies, plot finds a salvage crew discovering a long lost passenger liner out in the remote Bering Sea. With the laws of the sea stating that they can keep what they find, they are delighted to find gold on board. But it’s not long before strange things start to happen.

It starts of real well with a bloody and gruesome prelude, the production design is super and everything is in place for a chiller out there in the foggy waters. Unfortunately what we actually get is a predictable series of clichés cribbed from better movies of the past, none of which capable of eliciting a genuine scare. The makers think that having a bombastic techno score accompanying the dramatic moments will make them appear more shocking. It doesn’t, while the cast are ill served by direction and writing.


Horror 101 for beginners. 3/10

Gimly

I remember thinking this was good as a child... I was wrong.

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible._

Ghostly happenings on a decades-lost lost ocean liner 

RELEASED IN 2002 and directed by Steve Beck, "Ghost Ship" revolves around salvagers finding a mysterious ship in the Bering Sea that's been lost for four decades and they intend to claim it, but things go from strange to worse as they board the eerie vessel and try to tow it to harbor.

The cast is strong, headed by Gabriel Byrne. Emily Brown appears as a 12 year-old girl. Julianna Margulies looks fine but they don't do enough with her. Francesca Rettondini is also on hand. Let's just say the low-budget "Ghost Voyage" (2008) is better in the area of women.

Still, the ship sets are excellent and it certainly seems like they shot the film on a real vessel. Interestingly, the Antonia Graza of the movie is a replica of the Andrea Doria.  Other positives include: The refreshing score with “Not Falling” by Mudvayne thrown in for good measure; a nice haunting atmosphere at sea with one creepy scene reminiscent of the excellent “Dead Calm” (1989); potent visuals of the formidable vessel looming over the tugboat; plus some good thrills, notably one of the greatest horror scenes in the history of cinema in the prologue, no kidding. There's also a decent revelation thrown in at the end.

If you like this one be sure to check out the aforementioned "Ghost Voyage," which is a TV movie. "Ghost Ship" was released to theaters and obviously had a bigger budget, but that doesn't mean it's better, just that it's more polished.

THE FILM RUNS 91 minutes. WRITERS: Mark Hanlon and John Pogue.

GRADE: B

Another second viewing flick, wasn't a big fan the first time and basically thought the same now. There are some fun cheesy moments here and there but kind of like Thirteen Ghosts (same director), has some interesting ideas that don't amount to much. Course, I'm also not much of a fan of supernatural horror movies as they play fast and loose with the rules. **2.5/5**

Wiccaburr

Besides **THAT** epic death scene, this movie is mildly entertaining. It has flaws and a terrible story, which I admit the reveal was amusing. If you like terror on the seas but amusingly bad to riff on, this’ll be the movie. That opening scene is memorable for a reason though and basically overshadowed the rest of the movie.

Andre Gonzales

The beginning and the end of this movie is really the only good thing about the movie. Everything else is just a crew chasing around a ghost girl trying to figure out what happened to her. Pretty boring.

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Gabriel Byrne

Julianna Margulies

Desmond Harrington

Ron Eldard

Isaiah Washington

Karl Urban

Emily Browning

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