The read
Audiences rate it 38 points higher than critics do. Most of the 576 1980s horror movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.
Ratings
IMDb4.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic10/100
Audiences rate it 38 points higher than critics do.
165 audience votes
Key crew
- Alvin RakoffDirector
- John RobinsScreenplay
- Ivor SlaneyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George KennedyCaptain Ashland
- Richard CrennaTrevor Marshall
- Nick MancusoNick
- Sally Ann HowesMargaret Marshall
- Kate ReidSylvia
- Victoria BurgoyneLori
- Jennifer McKinneyRobin Marshall
- Danny HighamBen Marshall
- Saul RubinekJackie
- Murray CruchleyParsons
- Doug SmithSeaman No. 1
- Anthony SherwoodSeaman No. 2
Stills
Movies like Death Ship
Themes
rescueshipnazioceanshipwreckpossessionghost shipslasherdemonblood showercanuxploitation