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        4****skulls</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>* Blood * Violent * Strong Language * No Sexual Situations * Nudity *  * Gory *</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1980/Color/91 Min./Bloodstar Productions, Ltd. & Nelson Entertainment & Embassy Home Entertainment & Released by International Film Distributors/Canada/Great Britain/Rated R</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Director........Alvin Rakoff</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay......John Robins</B></div> <div> <B>Music...........Ibor Slaney</B></div> <div> <B>Producer........Derek Gibson & Harold Greenberg</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.......Sandy Howard</B></div> <div> <B>Director of Photography..Rene Derzier</B></div> <div> <B>Story by Jack Hill and David D. Lewis</B></div> <div> <B>Special Effects by Mike Albrechstsen & Peter Hughes</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dramatis Personae</B></div> <div> <B>Captain Ashland...George Kennedy</B></div> <div> <B>Trevor Marshall...Richard Crenna</B></div> <div> <B>Nick..............Nick Mancuso</B></div> <div> <B>Margaret Marshall.Sally Ann Howes</B></div> <div> <B>Sylvia............Kate Reid</B></div> <div> <B>Lori..............Victoria Burgoyne</B></div> <div> <B>Robin Marshall....Jennifer McKinney</B></div> <div> <B>Ben...............Danny Higham</B></div> <div> <B>Jackie............Saul Rubinek</B></div> <div> <B>Parsons...........Lee Murray</B></div> <div> <B>Seaman #1.........Doug Smith</B></div> <div> <B>Seaman #2.........Tony Sherwood </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Critique: A pleasure cruiser is rammed by a freighter crewed by nazi ghosts--they just need a captain and some fresh blood--the eight survivors fit the bill. Some of the scenes in the abandoned ship are a bit eerie--evoking a similar atmosphere to that of the Shining with its endless empty hallways. When Mrs. Morgan looks after the captain, you don't know what's coming, but you just know she ought not to be popping those hard candies in her mouth. Here's a rule of thumb--if you're on a ghost ship, don't start munching on treats you find lying around. In general the gradual possession of Ashland, set up by his bitterness at being cashiered, is effective. The german voices muttering in his ear would drive anyone to distraction. If you speak some German, that will at least give you something to do as you watch. Otherwise, we suggest you indulge in whatever hobbies you might have. In general, nazis don't make a good subject for horror--as we have remarked, horror ought to deal with the largely buried darker side of life, not such all too evident evils. The pace in this movie is just stultifying. This is partly due to the fact that we have seen it all before in various manifestations--the posseidon adventure meets the Shining--or is it the flying dutchman? It is only seldom that nautical horror can work, and this is not such a case. George Kennedy is effective enough as the bitter and unpersonable captain. All in all, though, this is not Cool Hand Luke. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Plot Summary: A mysterious Freighter, apparently crewed by unseen germans, heads toward a pleasure ship. Onboard the cruiser, everything seems ship shape--in fact, see the beginning of the poseidon adventure for details. The captain is on his last cruise, to the glee of the crew. It's a costume party on the cruiser. The cruise ship detects the onrushing freighter on radar and tries to veer off. The freighter reves up to full speed. The helmsman realizes the ship is trying to ram them and the captain is called to the bridge. They scramble to get out of the way, but we're into a poseidon adventure. Next we see a raft with a few survivors. The m.c. from the party, Jackie, the first officer, his wife and two children, Robin and Ben, an older religious woman, and a party girl with her beau from the night before, Nick. They pull the captain out of the water, who apparently couldn't even go down with his ship. The next thing they know, the freighter, now a drifting derelict, looms up next to them. It does appear someone is there, as a gang plank is lowered for them. When the first officer searches the ship, he finds no one, but we get the impression they are being watched. As they head up the gangplank with the captain, the plank falls and Nick, the first officer and the captain arethrown into the water. The party girl thinks fast and lowers a ladder, and they attempt to make their way p. Just for spite, a valve opens, and bilge is dropped on them as they make their way up. Covered with bildge, they make it to the deck. Nick pokes about for an officer. Jacki gets caught on a rope, and is swung over the side and doused to almost drowning, then brought up to the height of the crane, and dropped, to be pulled into the propellor--though no time is wasted on special effects. The engines churn on. We hear someone speaking in german to the still delerious captain Ashland, telling him that the ship is his and that it has waited for him. The next thing we know, Nick is struck on the head by a heavy swinging hook. They come on the crews quarters and galley, searching for food. The party girl heads off to find some clothes for everyone. Everything is covered with cobwebs. Party girl hears some music coming from a phonograph. She enters and finds no one there. When she leaves, the needle moves back onto the record. She knows when not to stick around and investigate.  The ships phone begins to ring, and the first officer answers, but there is no response. Ashland hears the voice again, telling him that this is his last chance--and that he is awaited on the bridge. Nick, who has come to, and the first officer check out the bridge--the course is just heading in circles in the atlantic. A projector starts up, showing a film, and then as mysteriously halts. The castaways start up the projector. The captain, watched only by the religious woman, comes awake. The exec, Marshall, decides they need to get off the ship. They find a lifeboat. Back at the film, Mrs. Morgan's little snack seems to have had ill effects as her face has become corroded. She makes her way back to Ashland, who hears voices urging him to kill her, and he begins strangling her, imagining her to be a sailor. The captain has regained his wits and claims to the exec that she had a seizure. Just after the burial, the lifeboats are lowered mysteriously to sea and left to drift off--the captain doesn't look surprised. Looking spiffy in the german captain's uniform, Ashland mounts the bridge, and calls Marshall to him. He insists Marshall inspect the wheelhouse--and tells him he's the captain of the ship. He shows Marshall that he can move the wheel with ease when Marshall couldn't budge it. Marshall later matter of factly tells his wife that Ashland has gone "schizophrenic", and that the ship has taken possession of him. In spite of the circumstances, it looks like Nick and party girl, Laurie, are still game. We get an image of Nick backing away from a bloody party girl, but it may just be an illusion. Ben, once again, must go to the bathroom, and the kids head off to look for the bathroom. Blood pours down on Laurie as she takes a shower. Meanwhile, Ben has wandered off on Robin. Robin hears german music, and perhaps Laurie struggling with the blood in the shower. Ben wanders the halls alone. Marshall has checked the children, and is out looking for them. The captain gets hold of them, and it looks bad for a moment, but he hives them up to Marshall. When Nick and Marshall return, they find only water coming from the shower. They just catch up with Ashland as he throws the blood covered Laurie over the side "commending her to the deep". They arrive at Ashland's cabin and find it decorated with Nazi photos and insignias and other memorabilia. They arrive at the hospital, and there they find evidence of torture. They move into the next room, and see the dead bodies of the tortured. Nick and Marshall are attacked by images of torture--they stumble into the film room, and get images of Nazi troopers marching. Nick jusmps into water and is pulled up in a net laden with the skelletons of the tortured. The net descends and his screaming halts. Marshall is told by Ashland that the ship needs his blood and his wife's. Marshall kills Ashland with a knife, and this seems to appease the ship. Marshall goes into a walk in freezer and finds the frozen bodies of more prisoners. He finds life vests and an enflatable raft. He drops anchor, and they prepare to jump off the ship. THe next thing we know, Ashland is up and around, shooting at the with a carbine. He nails Margret, but she is alright. Marshall jumps Ashland, but is easily overpowered. He nabs Margret before she can get overboard. Marshall and Mararet meet up and they get overboard without much of a problem. Ashland gives the order to the ship to pursue them, bvut the ship disobeys. He starts shootig things up but the ship responds by tipping him onto the gears where his hand is pulled off, and presumably the rest of him is consumed soon too. The family is picked up by a helicopter sweeping for the survivors from the ramming.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>