

Death Ship
Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead!
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.
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- Language
- German
- rescue
- ship
- nazi
- ocean
- shipwreck
- possession
- ghost ship
- slasher
- demon
- blood shower
- canuxploitation
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR7 Mar 1980
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical5 Jun 1980
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A4 Apr 1980
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical23 Jul 1980
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical19 Nov 1982
FranceFR
- Theatrical122 Jul 1980
GermanyDE
- Physical16VPS VHS1 Jan 1984
JapanJP
- Theatrical10 Oct 1980
MexicoMX
- TheatricalC23 Jan 1981
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical14 May 1981
PortugalPT
- Theatrical28 Aug 1980
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical7 Aug 1980
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Death Ship was released on 7 March 1980.
Audience reviews
2- W6/10
Wuchak
10/27/2019
***Ten people trapped on a ghostly… death ship*** A dilapidated German freighter from WW2 curiously rams a modern cruise ship and ten survivors board the mysterious vessel. But will they ever get off alive? George Kennedy plays the retiring captain of the cruise vessel while Richard Crenna appears as the up-and-coming captain. "Death Ship" (1980) takes the “Poseidon Adventure” (1972) template and adds a horror …
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Sierbahnn
5/9/2026
Location, location, location Someone scored an old ship, kitted it out, and they made a movie inside of it. That is a very fortuitous way to make a movie, I think. It is a great little movie, very much an 80's flick, but with great characters, arcs that make sense, and tension that builds. It is by no means flawless, but it is a good movie for what it is, and I recommend it.
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