Ghost Ship(2002)
2002 · Steve Beck · 91 min
After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
6.02.8k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is Ghost Ship?
Ghost Ship opens with a shockingly brutal set piece and then settles into a haunted-house-on-water mystery, mixing eerie corridors and flickering lights with sudden jolts and gruesome visions. The fear is mostly physical and gross-out rather than deeply unsettling, with ghostly figures, gore gags, and a demonic reveal driving the scares more than slow dread. It's the kind of horror movie meant to entertain and creep you out in the moment, not haunt you afterward, making it a solid pick for a group movie night rather than a heavy watch.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Ghost Ship rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A shocking jolt up front settles into a slow, mystery-driven middle before building back to a violent finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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