It's such a bummer that this movie was so poor. It has an interesting premise, solid acting, a great atmosphere, and lots of potential to be great. Where it falls flat is with the split story format that keeps going back and forth between 1938 and the present day. Had they just focused on the much more interesting part of the story set in 1938 and expanded on that part, while also shortening the length of the movie to an hour and a half as a whole, it would have been really enjoyable as far as horror movies go. The start was certainly a great way to get people invested into the movie. I just wish that the story hadn't been ultimately rushed where it mattered. For example, if the unfortunate onlookers had been murdered gradually throughout the movie a few at a time instead of all at once in the span of 30 seconds to a minute, it would have felt far more impactful. Or really if all the murders had been more gradual and less in rapid succession, it would have been better. As it is, it's just a particularly gruesome moment in an otherwise very dull movie. Altogether, I think the modern day scenes were pointless. They didn't really do anything to benefit the movie. If anything, like others have said, they just made the movie very confusing and discombobulating to watch. Had I not looked up what happened, I would have been even more lost.
Honestly, what I wish they had done was just to pull from any number of the stories of hauntings on the Queen Mary that you can read about online. They did technically pull from a couple of them like the story about the girl who drowned in the pool, so that's something. But, of course, there is also all the war history they could have pulled from that the Queen Mary was actually involved in. That would have made for a great movie, I think.
All things considered, I think if you are a fan of cheesy horror movies that are so bad they are almost good at times or if you just like a mindless slasher with a solid atmosphere, you might just enjoy this film. It's just a shame that for all that it had going for it, it was failed by bad story formatting, pacing and telling.
Honestly, what I wish they had done was just to pull from any number of the stories of hauntings on the Queen Mary that you can read about online. They did technically pull from a couple of them like the story about the girl who drowned in the pool, so that's something. But, of course, there is also all the war history they could have pulled from that the Queen Mary was actually involved in. That would have made for a great movie, I think.
All things considered, I think if you are a fan of cheesy horror movies that are so bad they are almost good at times or if you just like a mindless slasher with a solid atmosphere, you might just enjoy this film. It's just a shame that for all that it had going for it, it was failed by bad story formatting, pacing and telling.
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