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Death Ship

Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead!

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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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
—
Language
German
  • rescue
  • ship
  • nazi
  • ocean
  • shipwreck
  • possession
  • ghost ship
  • slasher
  • demon
  • blood shower
  • canuxploitation

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Alvin Rakoff

Produced in

Canada, United Kingdom

Gallery

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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

Frequently asked questions

Death Ship was released on 7 March 1980.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    10/27/2019

    6/10

    ***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 …

  • S

    Sierbahnn

    5/9/2026

    6/10

    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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