1. Wire death: This is an obvious one, but the wire slicing and dicing is probably one of the most memorable scenes ever for me. Though some of the effects may look a little fake, and are a little far-fetched, when I first saw the movie I was both sickened and delighted by bodies falling apart around the little girl. Now, I look back on it with fond memories and munch on popcorn as the Love Boat-esque ghost ship falls into chaos.
2. (At 5:45) Greer is seduced by an ample-bosomed ghost: Greer puts himself under the impression that since the Italian songstress is a ghost with supreme nipples, he's allowed to cheat on his fiancee. Well, even if that's a bit wrong, I can't help but laugh at the fact that he thinks it natural to bang her right by a deep shaft (pun? you decide). Ghosts can be flirty too.
3. (At 6 minutes) Epps jumps from the giant ghost ship into the briny deep: Slightly improbable? Of course. But Epps is a she-devil of a woman who will risk her life for others' sake. You'd never find me jumping off of a 50 foot deck into the ocean to save a guy who is probably already dead, but she does it, and with panache!
4. (At 2 minutes) Greer decks Munder: Holy crap does Greer have an arm on him! I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that punch. Munder looks pretty pained afterward too.
5. Techno-themed little girl's story: Unfortunately, I don't love this scene for the fact that it is well done and terrifying but because it is the exact opposite. All tension is taken out of the horrible story of the ship being attacked by vandals and the backstabbing that takes place afterward by the incredibly out of place techno-club music that plays in the background. This is also the case when Mudvayne's song shows up here and there throughout the movie. Whoever picked the soundtrack was severely deluded into thinking that heavy metal = scary movie.
The Warner Bros early 2000s films are all guilty pleasures of mine. I love GHOST SHIP and DEEP BLUE SEA even though neither are particularly good films. They are, however, entertaining as hell, and what GS lacks in originality and structure, it definitely makes up for in sweet gore and scare scenes! Good call here man
ReplyDeleteGood stuff. Great to post movies. The Youtube site shws that the film was taken from a site here in China called 优酷网youku wang (yow-koo wong. I knbew about the site but only recently discovered they host and show entire films there. I noticed, for example, they have old Hammer films in their entirely, not cut up into 10 minutes segments. But I have not been able to figure out to embed them. I can red a little Chinese on a menu but not on a webpage. Check it out sometime:
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Sadly I just found out that youku may be blocked in the US.
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