Directed by Alvin Rakoff. Written by Jack Hill, David P. Lewis and John Robins. Starring George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes and Saul Rubinek.
Plot: nine survivors of a sunken liner are picked up by a big black ship of death.
Nine people whose cruise ship sinks on it’s final voyage, are picked up by huge black freighter. And the freighter is out to kill them once they’re onboard. For some reason, even after finding an empty ship, seeing hatches opening and closing by themselves and one man being killed, they still insist on splitting up. That’s a recipe for disaster, of course, and more people die. The movie isn’t scary, although the outside shots of the freighter do scare me because ships scare me in general. Other than that, the movie is just annoying.
The movie is very The Shining meets Twilight Zone. It seems to steal from a bit of things actually, some older, some newer. It also isn’t very innovative, has a horrible motive and there’s no rules. DJ really didn’t see the point of the movie at all. It just didn’t have much to say at all. Over all, the movie should have been better. It had a good cast and good effects and boob shots. Still, it’s nothing to write home about.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. I love comic books. I'm particularly into anything X-Men related and everything Harley Quinn.
2. My celebrity crush is Chris Evans (AKA Captain America). He's even more political than I am and he's not afraid to show it, plus he's really, really hot.
3. I love baseball and more importantly the Boston Red Sox, even though I've never even been to Boston. LOL
4. If I won the lottery tomorrow, after paying off my debts, I'd buy a smallish house somewhere in Southern California. I have got to get out of Texas.
5. My cartoon hero is Tina Belcher. Her and I share a soul.
6. I've been rescuing dogs since I was a teenager and firmly believe that fur babies belong inside and on the furniture.
7. I'm very much addicted to Hallmark Channel. I love their sappy movies, especially the Christmas ones.
8. I have 2 tattoos. An "E" on my ankle for my first lost fur baby. And a ladybug on my wrist named George after George Romero told me he liked it. May he RIP.
9. I'm a bit of a night owl. Not that I go out a lot, it's just that I prefer to be up at night and asleep during the day. I'm a vampire like that.
10. I have an unhealthy relationship with potato chips. My favorite are Herr's Sour Cream & Onion.
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Good review and fair score. A very disappointing movie that had the potential to be quite creepy.
Good review and fair score. A very disappointing movie that had the potential to be quite creepy.
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