Death Ship (1980) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - May 2, 1980

On paper Death Ship sounds terrific. A haunted derelict Nazi ship roams the ocean, ramming and sinking any vessel unlucky enough to cross its path. If any survivors are unlucky enough to climb aboard, well they will not be surviving for much longer. Because the ship needs blood...

Yet when unspooling across the big, or small, screen, Death Ship is lethargic and aimless. Stars George Kennedy and Richard Crenna are given very little to do. The same can be said of the titular Death Ship itself, which comes across as an underwhelming presence and unimaginative threat. 

The whole endeavor just sits there and... sinks.