Death ship 1980 a fun early 80s bhorror movie with a. These will be brought back to overpopulated earth, where technicians will evaluate them and, if everything is. Already our bodies are fallen, bruised, badly bruised, already our souls are oozing through the exit. The movie is directed by alvin rakoff and stars richard crenna, nick mancuso, george kennedy, sally anne howes kate reid. Mcgivern that appeared in the saturday evening post and was published as a novel in 1953. The narrator is gerard gales, a us sailor who claims to be from new orleans, and who is stranded in antwerp without passport or working papers.
While the entire conversation between the two men is rather boring, having a plot involving suicide was very much precode and its actually used for some good. The captain george kennedy of a sunken liner and eight other survivors are picked up by a big black ship. Traven the death ship 1928 film, a short film from 1928, see joseph jackson screenwriter the death ship 1959 film, an adaptation of the traven novel. Trailers for death ship 1980, blind date 1984, the unseen 1980, city on fire 1979, seizure 1974, the house on sorority row 1983, opera 1987 also appear. The film is based on the book of the same name by b. This video was originally uploaded on to youtube by mark christian.
Picture of the spaceship e89, cruising above the thirteenth planet in star system fiftyone, the year 1997. Death ship is a 1980 britishcanadian horror movie about a group of passengers who survive the sinking of a cruise liner only to wind up aboard a haunted, derelict vessel. Set just after world war i, the death ship describes the predicament of merchant seamen who lack documentation of citizenship and cannot find legal residence or employment in any nation. Because, to their horror, they discover that the ship is a killer.
A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it. The crew shot for about an hour before the death ship broke down. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a nazi torture ship. Nov 21, 2019 new surveillance video shown to cbs news reveals the final moments before an 18monthold girl fell to her death off a royal caribbean cruise ship. The story was inspired by the legend of the flying dutchman. Watch death ship 1979 full movie free streaming online. Death ship 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Death ship 1980 rare horror film topics death ship, 1980, rare, horror, scary. On the good side, the ship is an effectively creepy if poorly lit location and the solid cast acquits itself nicely, particularly richard crenna and george kennedy. Unknown caller full movie mystery thriller hd suspense english duration. In this cult classic, a ghostly freighter rams a modern cruise ship whose survivors enter the freighter.
What they find however is a crashed spaceship of earth design. Tonights selection is the 1980 britishcanadian horror film death ship, straight out of my personal film collection. The film follows a marine salvage crew in the bering sea who discover a mysterious ocean liner that disappeared in 1962 the film was shot in queensland, australia and vancouver, british columbia. The actors and actresss are very good in this film also it stars george kennedy from the naked gun films as the ships possessed insane captain and richard crenna from first blood and rambo 3 great cult classic check out death ship if you want a good scare hd upgrade of this cult classic open ocean horror film. Death ship is a 1980 horror film directed by alvin rakoff and starring richard crenna, george kennedy, nick mancuso, sally ann howes, kate reid, victoria. Its dated and poorly scripted with very bad acting whereas ghost ship. Watch death ship 1979 full movie free streaming online tubi. The film is an ultimate guilty pleasure, and its mindless fun, entertainment. To sum up, death ship is a voyage that most viewers will want to pass up. As far as obscured horror titles are concerned, death ship is definitely one worth.
Then they agree to play a game of cards where the loser agrees to kill himself so that the other can have her. The bluray also has new artwork and a reversible cover featuring the 1980 movie poster art. Death ship pictures rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The bone box exclusive premiere full length horror movie english. To answer the obvious question, yes, this is better than ghost ship. Traven, author of the treasure of sierra madre, and was filmed in spain. In this cult classic, a ghostly freighter rams a modern cruise ship whose survivors enter the freighter, discovering its origins as a nazi torture vessel. On a side note, while not advertised on the cover this time, death ship is the latest film to be released under the katarinas nightmare theater line of genre horror releases. In a little while, supposedly, the ship will be landed and specimens taken. Death ship the twilight zone, tv series episode death ship 1980 film the death ship, novel by b. Chilling trailer for 80s horror movie death ship, featuring all the best bits. The rotting corpses in this film look pretty real too.
Inside the ship they discover three dead crew members. On a stormy night at sea, a captain mitchell lewis and the first mate jason robards talk about the girl that they are both in love with. Met george kennedy, richard crenna en nick mancuso. After a line of mischief philip gale, an american sailor, is lured into hiring on the yorikke, a tramp cargo, by lawski, a stoker from poland. However, these few good elements are not enough to counteract the films overwhelming sense of boredom. This is a fun, gruesome, chilling filmgreat character actors, excellent cinematography from cronenbergs rabid cinematographer and some awesome effects.
Jan 04, 2020 the thing that continues to bother me, though, is chewbaccas nondeath midway through the movie. 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. The evil ship rams a liner and the people take shelter on the death ship and old nazi ship that is hunting for more victims. I love when video labels do this, its a nice touch. It will definitely make you hate your boss a little bit, but at no point turns into some highhanded polemic. Just watched both death ship and ghost ship and there is no comparison.
Its a good idea for a film and they did the best they could with a low budget here. Death ship was a great choice for scorpoin releasings first blu ray release. Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Death ship is a 1980 horror film directed by alvin rakoff and starring richard crenna, george kennedy, nick mancuso, sally ann howes, kate reid, victoria burgoyne, and saul rubinek in an early role. Gallery of 23 movie poster and cover images for death ship 1980. Death ship internet movie firearms database guns in. Happy travelers on an ocean liner realize their fun is done when they collide with a colossal cruiser in the fog in death ship 1980. Death ship nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. This is a rare, vhs ripped, copy of the 1980 horror film death ship.
Death ship is one of the worst movies ever,do not waste your money. Death ship on dvd 851740003703 from scorpion releasing. Ghost ship is a 2002 horror film directed by steve beck, and starring an ensemble cast featuring gabriel byrne, julianna margulies, ron eldard, desmond harrington, isaiah washington and karl urban. A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on new years eve. On the ship, the yorikke, our sailor is known as pippip. Their mission is to collect plant samples to take back to an overpopulated earth so it can be determined if the planet could be colonized. Battleship nude scenes 4 images and 1 video including appearances from brooklyn decker. In 1997, the spaceship e89 arrives at the th planet in star system 51. Quickly moving from dancing and drinking to flailing and sinking, they are suddenly rescued by a mysterious wwii vessel, plagued by the ghosts of nasty nazis, thats been sailing the seas for thousands of years torturing lost souls and killing sailors. 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 to. The film was selected for inclusion in the national film registry of the library of congress in 2011. Released 1980, death ship stars george kennedy, richard crenna, nick mancuso the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which assembled. Because guess what, not only is it a death ship, it is also a ghost ship, and nazis.
For a lowwattage chiller with a few famous faces, death ship is entertaining, evoking an era when all a movie needed was a rusted boat and george kennedy as a possessed nazi to entice ticket. With horst buchholz, mario adorf, helmut schmid, alf marholm. For the survivors there is no place of safety on the vessel. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned. A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighte. But its the least of these and isnt even as good as the lowbudget ghost voyage 2008. The footage showing the movement of the death ship was the result of filming from a small boat moving around it. Death ship is a film that is made for a specific audience in the horror genre, and if youre not used to b movies, or cheesy horror yarns, you may want to pass up on this one. A ragtag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape. Traven originally written in english in 1923 or 1924, translated into german by b.
Death ship r 1h 31min adventure, horror, mystery 7 march 1980 usa 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. Death ship 1980 alvin rakoff synopsis, characteristics. Thai horror movie train of the dead english subtitle full thai movie duration. 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. Death ship is a terrific, lowbudget cheesy supernatural tale that should definitely appeal to midnight movie horror fans. But the ship is found to be derelict, with no living soul aboard. The film was written by former crime reporter sydney boehm, based on a serial by william p. So we have three fine actors doing a good job in this film.
Death ship is a 1980 britishcanadian horror film directed by alvin rakoff and written by jack hill. Considering it has been awhile since i saw it last then i recently rented it. Staring george kennedy, richard crenna, kate reid and saul rubinek. This film, death ship, while it was a made for tv movie, is actually pretty scary. The death ship really isnt that good of a movie but there are enough interesting bits in it to make the thing worth watching at least once.
Its cool that movies like this used to get big budgets and good actors. Goodbadflicks takes a look at the evil boat movie death ship. I am glad this was put out in a normal release in the uk. Death ship pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released death ship pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive.
The rest of the required shots were achieved by faking movement, as the broken down vessel was anchored and stationary. And richard crenna aalways did a good job in a movie. And horror on the ocean is even more scarcer, so sail forward 1980s death ship for a cruise it cant loose, and nucleus films can be thanked for delivering a region 0 disc with almost as many extras as the us version has, more of that later. The original trailer of death ship directed by alvin rakoff and starring george kennedy, richard crenna, nick mancuso, sally ann howes and. From the golden age of canadian tax shelters comes a horror movie about a fiendish, fearful freighter. They manage to climb aboard by means of a ladder which drops down to receive them. In this episode, a spaceship crew discovers a wrecked replica of their ship with their own dead bodies inside. The big heat is a 1953 american film noir crime film directed by fritz lang and starring glenn ford, gloria grahame and jocelyn brando. Death ship is an episode of the american television anthology series the twilight zone, based on a short story with the same title by richard matheson. The following weapons were used in the film death ship. The death ship is in tune with the underdogs of the world, commenting on class, discrimination amongst classes and even amongst people who work shouldertoshoulder with each other. It centers on a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city. The entire movie doesnt consist of spooky final destinationstyle stuff, though.
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