Ghost Ship: Rating: 3 stars

It's a ship. There are ghosts. Yup, yup.

Ghost Ship (2002)
2002 · R · Horror
Reviewed September 13, 2006

A team of salvagers locates a mysterious, deserted ocean liner adrift in the Atlantic; they explore the ship, discover a gleaming hoard of treasure, and prepare to take their find back to civilization — but it’s increasingly (and grimly) obvious that something on the ship doesn’t want them to make it home. It’s your typical quirky-characters-trapped-and-hunted fare — and, while it ain’t Masterpiece Theater, I’ll admit I’d expected a lot worse. The characters are broadly drawn and, while not exactly nuanced, at least they’re amusing, sympathetic, and not as stupid as the usual horror-heroes. I’ve heard that this movie was originally intended to be less gory and more psychological; while I probably would have liked that better, the dumbed-down (and entrailed-up) new plot works as well as campy horror can. Oh, and the first scene? Priceless.