I like horror films that take place on boats. It's a great location for shit to go down.

This is a pretty good flick about a murderous spirit that goes from person to person on a yacht, turning them into killers.

I would've like it if they kept who was possessed a secret, though. It would of upped the paranoia. It seems a weird decision, once they've established the mythology, to let the audience know who is a threat as soon as someone is taken over. And this also has some of the worst placement of pop songs I can recall ever seeing in a horror film. And man, do they ever break the rule of "Don't kill a dog…

Once again a horror movie with an interesting starting point and a setting with a lot of potential. But somehow I didn't get what I expected. The movie is less a slasher with a creature and more a body snatcher movie. The characters quickly get on your nerves, you get to see less and less of the atmosphere that was quite fitting at the beginning and there are no highlights either. Everything is very predictable after the opening and I quickly get bored. At some point, the movie plays on one trigger point after another, from violence against animals to sexual violence, and so you lose the last spark of fun.
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Mal wieder ein Horrorfilm mit einer interessanten Ausgangslage…

Hail to the Fantasy Filmfest - Film No.2

Release: 2007

Regisseur Chris Graham und seine Drehbuchautoren Matthew Metacalfe und Nick Ward haben mit The Ferryman einen sehr interessanten und mysteriösen Horrorfilm auf die Beine gestellt. In diesem Fall handelt es um eine Direct-to-DVD Produktion, welche niemals einen großen Kinosaal gesehen hat. Sondern nur auf Filmfesten eine große Kinoleinwand betreten durfte. Meine letzte Sichtung von The Ferryman ist sicherlich schon 13 Jahre her.

Das Setting des Films spielt komplett auf hoher See. Eine Gruppe von jungen Pärchen muss sich mit geheimnisvollen Ereignissen auf einer Yacht herum schlagen. Neben einem unheimlichen Nebel, seltsamen Visionen und gruseligen Momenten, schließt sich ihnen noch ein Schiffbrüchiger Mann an, welcher von keinem geringeren als John Rhys-Davies…

Hooptober 8.17…

Gimliest Catch

Three couples take a pleasure cruise from New Zealand to Fiji but encounter Quik Stop Quint and his ghost ship along the way. As the sus sole survivor, John Rhys-Davies is here to chew scenery and kick ass, and he’s running out of scenery since most of this thing takes place on the yacht. The ensemble cast act like they’re in one of those “How to Host a Murder Mystery” parties where they ask each other questions to share backstories.

“It says here I’m the shallow, bikini girl, trophy girlfriend. My signature trait is Selfish. So, I guess I vote we ignore the distress signal.”
“But then we won’t get any more clues.”
“Oh, yeah. Right.”…