I'm a great champion of the suspension of disbelief. If you go to the movies leave your irony outside and accept that films aren't real. This usually helps you enjoy a film a whole lot more than if you laugh at the odd inconsistency or implausible plot twist. There is however only so much suspending of disbelief one can do for any film.

I would not advise anyone to pay the £'s multiplexes will ask you for to see this film, I would even be discourage you paying your local video / DVD rental store to hire it. I may even advise you check the TV guide again if you were considering watching it on a quite night in. Ghost Ship is pants.

Gabriel Burns, that respected and talented actor, manages to lead his crew through the first two reels with a certain amount of dignity and saves face by dying before things get really silly. The remaining cast then get shredded in a comprehensively mundane fashion whilst the audience are treated to a shockingly unshocking plot twist. It may have looked exciting on paper and it probably still looked good on set but unfortunately in the cinema it all falls apart.


Ghost Ship isn't scary and is certainly a long way from original but what it does do well is disappoint.

5 Out Of 10