Name: Death Ship
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1980-03-07
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, Kate Reid

1980·Horror·1h 31m

6.9

★

Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.

Directed by Alvin Rakoff

rescue

ship

nazi

ocean

shipwreck

possession

ghost ship

slasher

demon

blood shower

canuxploitation

Trailer

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Cast

George Kennedy

Captain Ashland

Richard Crenna

Trevor Marshall

Nick Mancuso

Nick

Sally Ann Howes

Margaret Marshall

Kate Reid

Sylvia

Victoria Burgoyne

Lori

Saul Rubinek

Jackie

Anthony Sherwood

Seaman No. 2

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Crew

René Verzier

Director of Photography

Jack Hill

Story

Grant Page

Stunt Coordinator

André Ouellette

Grip

Peter Benison

Still Photographer

Don Carmody

Production Executive

Popular Reviews

28 reviews

Shottypho

6.0★ · 12/26/25

Pretty fun movie

Ghost

6.0★ · 12/13/25

This whole time I thought ghost ship was a remake of this only to find out it isn’t

Liana Rude

3.0★ · 10/05/25

Sounded cool. It was not.

Edith

6.0★ · 10/04/25

Alright, a bit dull at times

Would’ve liked it if they’d explored the ghost trope a lot further

The music in this at times sounded suspiciously close to music you’d hear in Lego Batman

avi

6.0★ · 03/26/25

strange but in the good way