Ghost Ship

2002
R
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

112K

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A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

112K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,076

699

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
In 2016, the media website ComingSoon named the film's opening scene one of the greatest in horror film history.

Goofs
(at around 24 mins) Captain Murphy's story of the Mary Celeste is largely inaccurate. According to him, it was a two-mast brigantine leaving Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War. She carried a load of cotton for London, England. Fishermen off the coast of Tripoli found the ship under sail with no one on board; its last log entry was 59 days prior. Somehow an unmanned ship sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean Sea.

In truth, the Mary Celeste left New York Harbor in late October 1872 with a cargo of 1,701 barrels of denatured alcohol bound for Genoa, Italy. She was found off the coast of Portugal, under sail yet abandoned, with its last log entry nine days before she was found.

Quotes
Epps: Have you told anyone else about this?
Ferriman: Not a living soul.

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.

Alternate versions
The version aired on Indian cable networks omitted a huge chunk of the opening mass-decapitation scene and most of the gore and graphic shots throughout the film. The scene where Francesca seduces Greer was also edited significantly in order to obscure any nudity.

Connections
Featured in Around the Bend (2004)

Soundtracks
Senza Fine
Written by Gino Paoli
Produced by John Frizzell
Performed by Monica Mancini
Courtesy of Concord Records
[Francesca sings the song in the opening sequence; the salvage crew later hears her singing the song]

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Featured review

7/10

forget that cruise you always wanted!

This films best bits are in the special effects and those moments when you jump out of your seat. The opening sequence lulls you into a false sense of calm, from then on its guess the scenario. The viewer is always two steps ahead of the actors but, for the most, grips you nevertheless. The special effects are especially good and the acting, although no top-notch stars are evident, is not bad. The end is a real twist. Better to watch this than many others I could mention, certainly worth the video rental and a pizza.