Ghost Ship

since it's the ever so wonderful bewitching season, i thought it would be good to do some spooky reviews. my first is a fave movie, ghost ship.

released in 2002, it stars juliana margolies and gabriel byrne. there's also some post-xena, pre- star trek karl urban too.

the story centers around a salvage crew back from the sea. they're approached by the mysterious ferryman about something in international waters which is basically, finders keepers. the group decides to go, of course, and find this mysterious ship.

her name is the antonia graza and she's been missing since 1962.

of course, many scary things happen. but, for me, the big clincher is the "death scene." in this scene, they tell you how everybody died. it's great. it's morbid. it's got a great soundtrack! seriously, "my little box" just adds wonders to this scene.

i'd highly recommend this movie for a little bit of a scare. for me, it's not too scary. more morbid than anything. especially when the dead lounge singer changes from tantalizing to her been dead for forty years look. creepy. but just wait to see how she died!

of course, there is the double meaning of the name ferryman. he really is a ferryman, i.e.- a man who ferries things or, in this case, people.

look for him and what looks like a dead crew(they're not, but isn't that just great?) at the end of the movie.