 
A cruise ship operated
by a man named Ashland (George Kennedy)
spots a ship is heading towards them and
tries to send them a distress signal but
the unknown ship crashes into the cruise
ship causing it to sink with most of the
people killed.
The survivors which were Ashland as well
as some of the employees discover an
abandoned army freighter as they climb
aboard it yet a couple end up being
killed by some so called accidental
deaths.
Everyone is slowly realising that the
ship has a life of it's own and that one
of the people named Trevor Marshall
(Richard Crenna) is experiencing some
strange changes in Ashland.
Ashland is possessed by a German Nazi
that worked for Hitler and makes no
escape for the rest that stay on it and
slowly kills everyone on board.
I remember when I
was little my parents were watching TV
and this was on later on at prime time
hours and could only stay up to watch
half of it as I found the movie
interesting then was upset I had to go to
bed.
Watching it now it looks so low budget
with not alot of effort happening in the
film.
They tried to make it original but the
story is terribly trashy and almost like
a ripoff of the Shining
to top it all off.
Better off next time.
Oscar winning
actor George Kennedy lived to
play this part as he was way too good for
this movie itself as his performance is
worth watching. He was perfect as a
strict Captain of his cruise ship and
then turning possessed and evil going on
the ghost ship as he put everything he
got in this film.
Richard Crenna was another fine
actor who played his assistant and a
strong minded one too.
Nick Mancuso showed great intense
energy in the film as his part as a
customer from the cruise ship.
Sally Ann Howes played a good and
caring person in the film and pulls it
off well.
However, the rest of the other acting in
the film is plain average including the
two child actors Jennifer McKinney
and Danny Higmham as they try to
portray two mischievious children.
Victoria
Burgoyne is fully naked in a shower
room with blood splattering on her and
she spins around.
There are some
corpses lying around.
Alvin Rakoff
is a little cheesy with his work in this
horror flick as he tries to make is
psychologically scary but doesn't really
do the trick but he is acceptable in some
parts of it.
The cruise ship looked interesting but
the cast didn't perform as entertaining
in the ship and it looks very cheesy.
There's great reactions on the cast
members like George Kennedy
reaction to a collision course panicking
to try and signal the next ship.
It looked really fake when the cruise
ship crashed into the abandoned ghost
ship as things happened way too fast.
Kennedy does great crawling out of
the water in a safety raft chocking and
gagging.
The ghost ship looks truly creepy showing
windows opening and closing and things
operating by themselves.
The inside set looked wonderful with
cobwebs making it look unwelcome.
There's a good shot on supporting actor
Saul Rubinek when his leg is tied on
the ship and dunked into the sea
eventually falling in causing him to
drown which looked terrifying but however
his energy wasn't always there when he
was freaking out but he did his
best.
There's a great shot on Kennedy
lying down showing strange expressions as
if something is taking over his mind.
We spot a powerful dialogue between Kennedy
and Richard Crenna about
seeing who should control driving the
ship as Kennedy proves nice possessions
that he is not himself at all.
There's nice creepy shots on corpses on
the ship too.
There's a great shot on Kennedy
when he is holding actress Victoria
Burgoyne in the air calling out a
seance and throwing her in the water.
Kennedy shows a great insane and
aggressive expressions when he demands
the ship to fire on the people in the
water.
We have some
cheesy classical suspenseful music and
synthesizer playing by composer Ivor
Slaney. Sometimes it effective and
sometimes it isn't.
[on collision course
with the titular ship]
Ashland: Signal him to alter
course.
Seaman No. 1: I already have, sir.
Ashland: Well, signal him again,
damnit.
Ben: Don't
touch her Mom, she's poisonous!
Trevor Marshall):
Where do you plan to sail her?
Ashland: Into eternity, Marshall.
Eternity.
(In a
flashback sequence) Ashland:
This ship needs blood Marshall!
Ashland
(While loading his rifle) No one
leaves my ship Marshall! (Still
loading his rifle) No one!
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