Death Ship

Name: Death Ship
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: March 7, 1980
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Danny Higham, George Kennedy, Jennifer McKinney, Kate Reid, Murray Cruchley

1980

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AVCO Embassy Pictures | Release Date: March 7, 1980 | R

Starring: Danny Higham, George Kennedy, Jennifer McKinney, Kate Reid, Murray Cruchley, Nick Mancuso, Richard Crenna, Sally Ann Howes, Saul Rubinek, Victoria Burgoyne

Summary: A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.

Director: Alvin Rakoff

Genre(s): Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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A crewless Nazi torture-ship malevolently hunts down and sinks Caribbean pleasure cruisers. Good enough. But a Ten Little Indians plot soon takes over which is as rusty as the evil vessel. Read full review

Tom Shales

Death Ship unfortunately turned out to be about as frightening as "The Love Boat." No -- less. Except for one grisly, chilling scene too horrible to describe, this one was an unintentionally funny stroll. And pity the poor actors -- George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes; it's the TV-jeebies. Strictly second-string city. [9 June 1980, p.B1]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

So ludicrous it's quite funny. Read full review

Rick Groen

The movie degenerates from the merely farcical to the appallingly tasteless...As the end draws mercifully near, one character proclaims: "This ship needs blood to survive." A film needs more than that. [22 May 1980]

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Mathias01

Jul 6, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I remember seeing this at a drive in. I miss those. Anyways the movie itself was actually interesting. The ship itself was very creepy and quite atmospheric. George Kennedy was good as the Captain of the cruise ship. Richard Crenna was also good in his role. About the only gripe I have with the movie is the death scene of Victoria Burgoyne. She gets in the shower and starts freaking out when the water turns to blood. And... she dies. From what? Nothing ever touched her. One of the lamest death scenes I've seen.

Aside from that it's a good movie overall. I wonder why those so called critics gave it such a negative score.… Expand

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