Death ship 1980 richard crenna george kennedy alvin rakoff. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a nazi torture ship which has sailed. Nov 30, 2008 overall, this is a mediocre haunted ship film that suffers from both poor writing and direction. Sinking of the derbyshire 1980 devastating disasters. Lewis a britishcanadian coproduction, the film was shot onlocation in dauphin island, alabama, quebec city, quebec. Sally ann howes george kennedy nick mancuso richard crenna saul rubinek. Based on the william brinkley novel, the drama finds captain tom chandler and the crew of the u. Death ship special edition bluray disc details high. 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. Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. The shining however does it classier and scarier though kennedys death is pretty gross. 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.
Death ship may feature an obvious denouement hell, its in the title. Alvin rakoffs cancon films include city on fire 1979 and death ship 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. There were some elements in this film that could have made it a positive watch, but in the end all. 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. 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. Boasting a newly restored anamorphic transfer struck from the original interpositive, the presentation accurately reflects the film. Deleted scenes a couple of deleted extended scenes are included, coming in at 4.
But its the least of these and isnt even as good as the lowbudget ghost voyage 2008. Death ship originated as a screenplay by jack hill spider baby titled blood star who receives story credit here alongside david p. Nathan james are the few survivors of a pandemic that has k. I love when video labels do this, its a nice touch.
Staring george kennedy, richard crenna, kate reid and saul rubinek. I have a hard time with ghost houses and a ghost ship is even less scary. Death ship is a 1980 britishcanadian 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. Its dated and poorly scripted with very bad acting whereas ghost ship newer with better script and much better actors. Youve got all the ingredients here for a pulpy good time. 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. Lewis a britishcanadian coproduction, the film was shot onlocation in dauphin island, alabama. Overall, this is a mediocre haunted ship film that suffers from both poor writing and direction. 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. Triskaidekafiles is a love letter to cheesy cinema from the 80s and 90s, with the occasional dip into other eras. Just watched both death ship and ghost ship and there is no comparison. George kennedy as captain ashland richard crenna as trevor marshall nick mancuso as nick sally ann homes as margaret marshall kate reid as sylvia victoria burgoyne as lori jennifer mckinney as robin marshall danny highman as ben. Travens politically charged novels about life among the downtrodden, which have sold more than thirty million copies in thirtysix languages. Follow barrys adventures with the cruise industry on this new website geared for the latest news and cruise information and articles.
Next to the treasure of the sierra madre, it is his most. In a little while, supposedly, the ship will be landed and specimens taken. 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. In this episode, a spaceship crew discovers a wrecked replica of their ship with their own dead bodies inside. A world without death ship is a world id not like to live in. Death ship 1980 the captain george kennedy of a sunken liner and eight other survivors are picked up by a big black ship. 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. On the ship, the yorikke, our sailor is known as pippip. Death ship turned out to be my halloween 2004 movie without even intending to have it be the feature of the 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 one of the worst movies ever,do not waste your money. Season 2 episodes battlestar galactica wiki fandom. Lewis klute while tv director john robins hot resort receives script credit which frankly would have to have been more interesting than the final product. The mv derbyshire is the largest british merchant ship ever to have been. Death ship on dvd 851740003703 from scorpion releasing. Sleepers west lloyd nolan, lynn bari, mary beth hughes. 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. Hapless survivors of a cruise ship disaster board the death ship for a holiday in hell courtesy of scorpion releasing.
The second half turns into a complete exploitation flick. Death ship is a bad movie that has few redeeming qualities. 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. They appear to be cut for time, or because theyre too expositive. When the crew of the ocean liner picks up the echo of the approaching ghost ship on their radar, the closeup of the ship s radar imagery is a reverseimage video clip of the fogcovered skull island, taken from king kong 1976. The cinematography of rene verzier rabid is the films most accomplished aspect, but the many artfullyframed and lit shots of the ships surfaces and corridors hardly. Rare horror film dvd synopsis and information after a passenger liner is rammed and sunk by a derelict german freighter from world war ii, the handful of survivors which include george kennedy and richard crenna manage to board the unmanned hulk but soon discover that their perils have just begun. Death ship does have some moderately cool, moody music, and if thats what you enjoy, you can listen to just that, sans dialogue, sound effects, etc.
Death ship continues to roam the seas at the end of the moviebut i dont think well see a sequel. Screenplay by john robins story by jack hill and david p. Clocking in at 93 minutes, the film and its array of ghosts are stepping up to the bridge to report for duty. Our story begins with a luxury cruise liner being rammed in the middle of the night by a derelict ship. Not a great or good movie by any stretch of the imagination but it will sit with you and. Mancuso is the one who gets hysterical although his death scene is the most ridiculous and needlessly protracted sequence. The bluray also has new artwork and a reversible cover featuring the 1980 movie poster art.
Drifting, they spot a strange black ship floating by and climb aboard. 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. Galactica 1980 is an american science fiction television series and a spinoff from the original battlestar galactica television series. Starring george kennedy, richard crenna, nick mancuso, sally ann howes. The complete twelfth season 12 dvd box set us seller fast shipping. With george kennedy, richard crenna, nick mancuso, sally ann howes. The story was inspired by the legend of the flying dutchman. This video was originally uploaded on to youtube by mark christian. Two pegasus crewmen confront helo and tyrol in the pegasus brig and beat them with soap bars wrapped in towels. Oct 09, 2012 survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. There were some elements in this film that could have made it a. Helena cain warns starbuck not to let her conscience dictate how. It was first broadcast on abc in the united states from january 27 to may 4, 1980, lasting for 10 episodes. The screenplay by john robins was based on a story by jack hill and david p.
The footage showing the movement of the death ship was the. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Former cruise ship entertainer, cruise director, shore excursions manager, business owner and author, barry vaudrin, is the host of cruising authority and a cruise journalist. Death ship went on to become popular in the video store and cable era, but it didnt earn a dvd release until earlier this month, when scorpion released it as part of its katarinas nightmare theater series. 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. Traven originally written in english in 1923 or 1924, translated into german by b. Picture of the spaceship e89, cruising above the thirteenth planet in star system fiftyone, the year 1997. 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. A luxury liner collides with a mysterious ship and sinks, leaving nine survivors, including the captain george kennedy. Helena cain warns starbuck not to let her conscience dictate how she behaves at difficult moments. These will be brought back to overpopulated earth, where technicians will evaluate them and, if everything is. In many ways, the late seventies and early eighties were a great time for horror movies. The resuscitation of herman melville was just beginning in the 1920s, but it would be hard to convince me that traven did not intentionally construct the death ship as an inverse pequod, or moby dick meets the hairy ape.
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