So did "Ghost Ship" suck or what?

The captain with the bogus "pepperidge fahms" accent did mention the Mary Celeste, which is a genuinely creepy ghost ship true story. I don't think they've done a film treatment of her, have they? (I just said "her" about a ship like I do it all the time.)

this film is almost entertainingly terrible

Copycat poster though, eh?

this is showing at local art theatre as a 'cult classic', showing on 35mm. does this movie actually have a following? I've never heard ANYBODY talk about it. wondering if it's the only 35 mm film they could afford this week.

Looks like it turned a modest profit:
Budget: $20 million
Box office: $68.3 million

seems like art cinema has defined cult classic as "one of our panel members really likes this bargain bin film"

I remember an early shock scene followed by boring boilerplate.

how cahiers did it iirc

(xp)

not so sure about "cult classic", but it does seem to have picked up some traction among horror fans

While critical response to Ghost Ship was varied upon its theatrical release, many contemporary critics and film fans alike praised its elaborate opening murder sequence. Website Bloody Disgusting listed Ghost Ship's opening massacre as #13 in their list of "The Top 13 Kills in Horror Movie History," while ComingSoon named the scene one of the greatest opening sequences in horror film history.

maybe they're just showing the first 15 minutes

the original version is amazing
― amateur!!st, Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:04 PM (eighteen years ago)

this same theatre also shows High Tension just about every year, which does have such a following, but the host always says COME IN BLIND, don't read ANYTHING coming in, and I'm like..it's deux ex machina, don't worry, nobody will see it coming and everybody will be angry when it happens

Pretty sure Am was referring to

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Ghost_Ship_%281943_poster%29.jpg/800px-The_Ghost_Ship_%281943_poster%29.jpg

yeah, he was.

sadly taht isn't the one my theatre is showing, or maybe I'd go. I checked on a hope :/

There was a 2009 film that I found flawed but entertaining: Triangle

It's one of those repeating time-loop things that were in vogue for awhile after Memento, Donnie Darko,etc. but I found it more fun than Ghost Ship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(2009_British_film)

xp yeah, the original is a Val Lewton production ... it's better than most 1940s horror movies and only 69 minutes long

if you're hunting for nautical horror Harbinger Down (2015) is decent ... it gets a few extra points for having Lance Henriksen as the crusty skipper + practical creature effects allegedly in the style of The Thing

lol all i've ever heard about this movie is that it has some wild opening scene and that the rest is awful

still 60+ seats available less than an hour out.

they only seat about 100.