The Ship – Das Böse lauert unter der Oberfläche (2019)

The Ship – Das Böse lauert unter der Oberfläche: Directed by Michael Goi. With Gary Oldman, Emily Mortimer, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Stefanie Scott. A family looking to start a charter-boat business buys a ship that holds terrifying secrets once out on isolated waters.

“Trapped on the open sea in a haunted boat is an oft-seen horror movie scenario, but rarely has it been used with as little imagination as in Mary. In telling his nautical tale of terror, director Michael Goi employs so many hackneyed techniques that even the talents of Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer cannot prevent the film from being a colossal waste of time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIntroducing his film at Frightfest, Goi claimed to have over 18,000 films in his collection, so one wonders why he directs like heu0026#39;s only ever seen a handful, and bad ones at that. One might think that with such a wealth of inspiration, he could have come up with something a little more creative… something that didnu0026#39;t rely so heavily on obvious supernatural jump scares accompanied by obligatory loud noises. The scenes intended to have me throwing my popcorn in the air in fright actually had me holding my head in dismay: this is about as basic as horror movies get.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e3/10. I imagine that Itu0026#39;ll be a case of abandon ship for many who dare to sail these treacherous waters.”