This is an odd one. I think it falls in that weird time between the experimental/European inspired horror of the 70s and the slasher films of the 80s. Filmed like a TV movie, and if you cut out one sequence, it could have easily been one. I didn’t dislike it, but feel it really didn’t live up to its potential.
Death Ship
Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead!
Rating
1.5 (2)
Release Date
3/7/1980Runtime
91 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
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A claustrophobic supernatural slasher where rescued survivors realize their salvation is actually a cursed Nazi death ship hunting them. It's a paranoid, blood-soaked siege film that traps you in an inescapable metal tomb.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling
Themes
SurvivalWar
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
HandheldNaturalistic
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violence
Reviews
More like <i>Death <b>SHIT</b>.</i>
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