Ghost Ship (2002)

A salvage crew that discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea soon notices, as they try to tow it back to land, that "strange things" happen...

Director:

Steve Beck

Writers:

Mark Hanlon (story), Mark Hanlon (screenplay),

Stars:

Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Gabriel Byrne	...	Murphy
Julianna Margulies	...	Epps
Ron Eldard	...	Dodge
Desmond Harrington	...	Ferriman
Isaiah Washington	...	Greer
Alex Dimitriades	...	Santos
Karl Urban	...	Munder
Emily Browning	...	Katie Harwood
Francesca Rettondini	...	Francesca
Boris Brkic	...	Chief Steward
Bob Ruggiero	...	Captain (as Robert Ruggiero)
Iain Gardiner	...	Purser
Adam Bieshaar	...	First Officer
Cameron Watt	...	Second Officer
Jamie Giddens	...	Friendly Officer

Storyline

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 ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

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Plot Keywords:

sea | ghost ship | ghost | salvage | passenger | 

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Taglines:

Sea Evil

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore, language and sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros Warner Bros. [fr]

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English Italian Spanish

Release Date:

25 October 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chimera

Filming Locations:

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$373,380 (Brazil) (14 February 2003)

Gross:

$1,057,934 (Brazil) (7 March 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The opening floor deck sequence of the film where everyone is severed in the torso area by a cable, was originally conceived to be that everyone was decapitated, but the studio didn't like the idea.

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Goofs

In the sequence immediately prior to the Arctic Warrior finding and striking the Antonia Graza, at least one small ship or other structure is barely, but distinctly, visible on at least two occasions in the sea in the gloomy background. If this is the middle of open sea, they shouldn't be there.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Greer: I can't hold her much longer, Murph. Port bow is heeling. She's taking on way too much water.

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Crazy Credits

The opening logos are tinted brown, and the typical Warner Bros. logo is instead an intentionally chintzy 60s style logo. All this ties into the infamous cruise ship opening.

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Connections

References The Lost Boys (1987)

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Soundtracks

"Superhoney"
Written by Edwin, Thomas Salter, Jeff Dalziel, Memphis, and Meher Steinberg
Performed by Edwin and The Pressure
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Tough call but...

I would have to recommend this flick. Great idea, terrible script, fantastic special effects/art direction/& editing, wasted cast, & one truly excellent final scene: such a dichotomy! What they really should have done was chop it down to about an hour (excluding virtually every line uttered by the embarassing Latino stereotype called Santos for starters) and present it as one of those "Outer Limits" episodes on cable. It would then be a thrill ride from start to finish. Otherwise, it drags where it should accelerate. Rent it on DVD and fast forward thru the static parts.