Death ship 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Rakoff is no stranger to the genre, having directed nine episodes of sixteenseason series armchair thriller as well as the short tv adaptation of the vampire story mrs. A spooky, trashy anomaly set adrift in an ocean of cinematic slasher films during the early 80s, death ship is the kind of movie people stumble upon late at night on tv and spend years trying to track down again. Actually, im not sure if this happened at night, since all the footage of the rusting ship is at daytime, while the cruise liner footage is shot at night. Even though it was released first by a couple of decades, death ships alternate title might as well be no, not ghost ship since that 2002 dark castle joint stole the whole killer boat thunder. Death ship is a terrific, lowbudget cheesy supernatural tale that should definitely appeal to midnight movie horror fans.
Sinking of the derbyshire 1980 devastating disasters. Suicidal behavior excludes overboard events of death in the sea, river, lake, etc. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a nazi torture ship which has sailed. We start out pretty ominously, setting a tone right out of the gate. Death ship special edition bluray disc details high. This video was originally uploaded on to youtube by mark christian. The footage showing the movement of the death ship was the result of filming from a small boat moving around it. 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. Youve got all the ingredients here for a pulpy good time. Drifting, they spot a strange black ship floating by and climb aboard. Our story begins with a luxury cruise liner being rammed in the middle of the night by a derelict ship. It was the height of the storm season and the derbyshire had the misfortune to run into typhoon orchid. While on earth, jorel gained superhuman powers like any kryptonian due to exposure to the planets yellow sun. Death ship 1980 the captain george kennedy of a sunken liner and eight other survivors are picked up by a big black ship.
The rest of the required shots were achieved by faking movement, as the broken down vessel was anchored and stationary. The ship of the dead disney books disney publishing. Never hike alone a friday the th fan film full movie duration. Watch the last ship season 3 episode 9 online via tv fanatic with over 6 options to watch the the last ship s3e9 full episode. Putlocker watch all your favorite movies and tv series with a simple click. And they do all this with angry german shouts over it all. A luxury liner collides with a mysterious ship and sinks, leaving nine survivors, including the captain george kennedy. I thoroughly enjoyed the film, and i feel that this is one of the most.
Hes readying naglfar, the ship of the dead, complete with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the asgardian gods and begin the final battle of ragnarok. Clocking in at 93 minutes, the film and its array of ghosts are stepping up to the bridge to report for duty. Learn about 769 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1980 or search by date or keyword. It has creepy atmosphere, music, and all the right ingredients for a great horror flick. But its the least of these and isnt even as good as the lowbudget ghost voyage 2008. 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.
Oh yeah, george kennedy actually gave an award winning, creepy performance. Most common cases are sitting on or crawling over cruise ship railings and falling to lower decks, drinking to excess, brawls, drugs, or intentional impediments in judgement. Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Some time on that or the following day the giant ship sank without trace and with all hands on. A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day.
Scorpion releasing is proud to present death ship on bluray for the very first time with a new 2k scan of the original iterpositive of the unedited, longer cut. Watch it if you are a diehard horror fan or bmovie fan. The screenplay by john robins was based on a story by jack hill and david p. Starring george kennedy, richard crenna, nick mancuso, sally ann howes.
Supposedly important things like coherence and incisive characterizations werent considered all that important, and plenty of character actors with great, craggy faces were available, people like george kennedy and richard crenna, both of whom star in death ship, an at times lackluster, but nevertheless pretty cool creeper from 1980. One of the most notorious bombs of the 1980s, death ship actually turned out to be one of the most interesting movies ive seen in a while for a couple of reasons. Chilling trailer for 80s horror movie death ship, featuring all the best bits from this pretty bad movie. One of the most notorious bombs of the 1980 s, death ship actually turned out to be one of the most interesting movies ive seen in a while for a couple of reasons. Academy award winner george kennedy cool hand luke, thunderbolt and lightfoot, the naked gun and airport franchises stars with richard crenna the evil, wait until dark, first blood, nick mancuso nightwing, rapid fire, blame it on the night and saul. Hapless survivors of a cruise ship disaster board the death ship for a holiday in hell courtesy of scorpion releasing. Death ship turned out to be my halloween 2004 movie without even intending to have it be the feature of the night. The shining however does it classier and scarier though kennedys death is pretty gross. The crew shot for about an hour before the death ship broke down. Death ship is a bad movie that has few redeeming qualities. A world without death ship is a world id not like to live in.
Unbeknown to the passengers on board a cruise ship in the caribbean, a mysterious vessel is approaching on a collision course. I have a hard time with ghost houses and a ghost ship is even less scary. Thus, section 2 calls upon all you, the readers to build a ship of death, because the season of frost has arrived and apples are ready to fall. Collection of english subtitles download for tv shows and movies. This is a rare, vhs ripped, copy of the 1980 horror film death ship. Oddly enough, ghost ship shared a title with a couple other flicks such as the val lewton one, but it wasnt an update of either.
Staring george kennedy, richard crenna, kate reid and saul rubinek. In this episode, a spaceship crew discovers a wrecked replica of their ship with their own dead bodies inside. The story was inspired by the legend of the flying dutchman. Watch the last ship season 3 episode 9 online tv fanatic. The music is heavy and dreary, they try and make the inner workings of a ship look dark and foreboding and mostly succeed.
This canadian horror effort fails to bring the scary. Death ship 1980 nude scenes 1980 for coproducer greenberg, plus dirty tricks 1981, king solomons treasure 1979, and the horror anthology three dangerous ladies 1977 with directors robert fuest and don thompson. Sleepers west lloyd nolan, lynn bari, mary beth hughes. However, with death ship there is an extra sense of dread in that this time the threat is of a paranormal nature and you cannot escape because there is still the threat of being lost at sea.
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. In other words, where it lacks in atmosphere death ship makes up for in overall dread and fear. In 1961, as a young man around the age of 26, jorel was sent to smallville by his father as a kryptonian rite of passage. His cousin, annabeth, recruits her boyfriend, percy jackson, to give magnus some pointers, but will his training be enough.
Death ship on dvd 851740003703 from scorpion releasing. With george kennedy, richard crenna, nick mancuso, sally ann howes. The number of survivors from the luxury ocean cruise liner was nine. Find most popular tv shows and tv series and movies subtitle. Death ship continues to roam the seas at the end of the moviebut i dont think well see a sequel. Episode 153 horror movie what ifs, including resident evil. 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. Death ship 1980 richard crenna george kennedy alvin rakoff. Death ship doesnt have the scope of the former or the effects.