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Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship

Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 2002

After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

Movie details

Ghost Ship

“Sea evil.”

2002 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 1h 31m

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6.0 / 10

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After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Steve Beck

Written by

Mark Hanlon · John Pogue

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Captain Sean Murphy

Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies

Maureen Epps

Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington

Jack Ferriman

Ron Eldard

Ron Eldard

Dodge

Isaiah Washington

Isaiah Washington

Greer

Karl Urban

Karl Urban

Munder

Emily Browning

Emily Browning

Katie Harwood

Court is in session

Put Ghost Ship on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.