Haunted Boat (2005)

HAUNTED BOAT is a mystical, mind-twisting psychological horror film about six teenagers going on a boat trip and getting lost in parallel dimensions where they have to face their greatest fears.

Director:

Olga Levens

Writers:

Olga Levens, Jason Levens,

Stars:

Courtney Scheuerman, Sarah Scott, Tien Pham

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Courtney Scheuerman	...	Christina
Sarah Scott	...	Summer
Tien Pham	...	Leo
Travis Hammer	...	David
Evan Andrew Adams	...	Kevin
Mathew Fox	...	Simon
Alex Lane	...	Mystery Man
Hannah Whalley	...	Gigi
Skyler Purkiss	...	Red Rose
Alonnah Purkiss	...	White Rose
Hayo Stekker	...	Gnome
Isis	...	Black Cat
Jon Ericksen	...	Peter
Brian Harr	...	Brian
Daniel Echegaray	...	Dany

Storyline

When the young Kevin gets the boat of his dead uncle as a gift, he invites five friends of him to a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend. While in the journey, they drink booze, have sex and play games, with each one of them telling his or her greatest fear. Later Kevin drowns in the open sea, the engine stops, and they are haunted and murdered by their greatest innermost fear.

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Plot Keywords:

boat | mind twisting | lost | teenage boy | ocean | 

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Taglines:

What's YOUR greatest fear?

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexuality, violence and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 April 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Haunted boat - Incubo in alto mare

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

LEVENS Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original title was "Scary Boat Movie" but after the success of Scary Movie, the producers change the name to the current title.

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Quotes

Summer: The ghosts and the spirits and the dead that you're so afraid of are harmless, what can they do? You should be afraid of the living people.

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Soundtracks

"In a Sleep In a Dream"
Written and Performed by Jess Stroup
Courtesy of 'Reed Rothchild'

User Reviews

Poor acting, but fun

Haunted Boat sells itself as 'The Fog' meets 'Open Water'. In many ways this is accurate. There are scares and weird looking people to keep you interested.

However the acting ability is poor at best. Showing clear signs that this is merely a bunch of friends making a horror film. Which in all credit they do to the best of their ability. When you accept the low budget makes it very difficult for special effects, with the ghosts looking pretty much like men with rubber masks on.

Many aspects of the film are creepy and strange. But it suffers for using too many twists and turns in a short space of time which just leaves you bored and confused. In terms of keeping you awake the film does it very well. Ignoring the irrelevant twisting every 5 seconds near the end, you actually want to know what is going on. And are willing to wait the 1hr 35 minutes for the climax.

This is no Ghost Ship but it'll definitely do for an evening in front of the T.V.