Directed by Dan Golden
A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ancient Aztec treasure. However, their joy quickly succumbs to greed, paranoia and fear, as they must battle the murderous creature which guards the accursed treasure.
El buque fantasma, Море дьявола, 妖海奇兵
USA USA 
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Watch a movie starring Krista Allen
This was a pretty ok movie, it wasn't that long which i liked. A movie like this has been done before so it's not original in that factor but the monster was. You can see that this was a pretty low budget production but it wasn't bad. The effects were pretty good for the budget, the acting wasn't bad and the set design wasn't original but it was well done.
Overall this was a pretty ok creature feature movie that i would suggest to fans of that subgenre.
An expedition vessel captained by James Brolin spots a dark freighter in open water. Unresponsive to hailing attempts, Joanna Pacula and crew board finding a stash of weapons, Aztec gold, and little else. Playing exactly to type, Duane Whitaker can't keep his grubby hands off the forbidden booty and transforms into a dragon/snake/dinosaur...
Roger Corman-produced potboiler that's a whole lotta tiptoeing down steely corridors in-between plot predictability. As a consolation prize for having to go topless three times, Krista Allen gets lead despite playing third fiddle to Brolin and Pacula on the poster. Its man-in-suit creature lumbers about clawing flesh from victims in quick, possibly MPAA censored shots. The disc release appears fairly rare, but not worth its bloated eBay prices. Instead actually have fun by watching Deep Rising (1998). Watched via New Concorde's DVD.
Carnosaur on a boat.
Krista Allen (the Timothy Dalton of Emmanuelle actresses) stars in this tale of a salvage operation on a derelict ship with cursed Aztec gold. Allen is very attractive, but there is so much random pointless nudity, that I felt like I was watching a Jim Wynorski opus, and gave it suitable attention (totally ignoring it). The Aztec curse doesn't help with the mid-90s softcore vibe, as Allen frequently envisions herself as a topless sacrifice in an otherwise costumed pageant. Predictably dull.
So you can imagine just how shocked I was when at the half-hour mark I looked over to discover this is actually THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME!
Caveat: I enjoy playing survival horror video games, so set design…
Such an odd title… there’s nothing haunting about it, unless you think an Aztec feathered serpent (Quetzalcoatl) is haunting, but once you see it. I don’t think haunting comes to mind. Being a Roger Corman produced presentation (Concord) you get what you usually expect from a quick-buck, straight-to-video fare. It’s trashy (gratuitous T&A and tacky gore), just not enough of it to break away from its labored pacing. And it only goes for about 70 minutes. What we do get, is another wannabe, rancid “ALIEN” rehash, this time set on a drifting ghost freighter that bestows an ancient Aztec treasure.
Some washed up actors slumming, in the likes of James Brolin and Don Stroud. A grizzled Brolin plays the ship’s…
I had quite a bit of fun with this one! I found it to be a good balance of genuinely fun tension from a decent enough story setup, and some ridiculous things to laugh at 😁 It worked well for me, I was quite entertained by it all and got pretty swept up in it 👍
Quetzalcoatl-Saur
This could easily be a spin-off sequel to the Carnosaur series. According to IMDb the suit used here was repurposed from Carnosaur 2 so it tracks. You don’t meet old Quetzy for about half an hour of lurking about the bowels of the ship in a pretty standard late 90s sci-fi horror mode of exploring the ghost ship but when he shows up in all his rubber suited glory this movie goes from a fun late 90s sci-fi horror movie to a great one. He has this ridiculous face and goes stomping about the ship slashing up the crew with his raptor claws. Quetzalcoatl is a shape changing, mind stealing, vengeance god who gets his own claws dirty which…
Breezy oceanic horror with a fair amount of skin, gore, and humor to keep y'all amused. The 74-minute runtime is just the right amount for this type of movie.
As far as clunky straight to video monster ripoffs goes... not the worst. Elevated by Krista Allen with an M16, a hilarious goofy looking reptile man monster, loads of random explosions and structured like horror games of the era. Very dumb, kinda fun.
Among this baffling creature feature's highlights are a few nude scenes by the stunning Krista Allen, a smattering of gore, a decent practical transformation, a God-awful CGI transformation, walking scenes that feel endless, a surprisingly good cast and one of the absolute silliest monsters I've ever seen complete with a half-Carnosaur body, growls that sound like a drunk trying to stand up and one hell of a pimp slap. All in barely over an hour! If it wasn't so bad it might be the greatest movie ever.
Cursed Aztec treasure turns a greedy seadog into a murderous reptile monster hellbent on taking out the crew of the SS Patna. Said treasure was discovered stored away in an adrift freighter by our unfortunate sailors and once greed rears its ugly head, it ain’t long before the goofy rubber suited creature claws and chews its way through the dinks. Second mate Krista Allen has flashbacks to Aztec rituals in her past life and takes off her top frequently. Joanna Pacula and Don Stroud wander around the ship until it’s time to fight back. Captain James Brolin stays out of the action and collects a paycheck. The lizard thing is a wonderful late 90s man-in-a-suit beasty that is constantly grunting like a cranky octogenarian. Everything else plays out like there was a carbon monoxide leak whilst filming. There’s very few thrills but the stupid thing tried and that’s all I really ask for.
Corman basically made Ghost Ship into a Carnosaur movie. And we always appreciate him for it!
