# Death Ship (1980)

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**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
**Directed by**: Alvin Rakoff
**Written by**: Jack Hill, John Robins, David P. Lewis
**Starring**: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, Kate Reid, Victoria Burgoyne

> *Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Fog-shrouded sea, creaking wooden hull, survivors clinging to debris, a black ship looming, its engines churning, a rescue that becomes a descent into terror, trapped on a ship with a dark past, Alvin Rakoff directs this 80s horror thriller.

**Mood tags**: dread, unhinged

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