The Phantom Ship (1936)

★★★★★ · The Bela Strikes Differently Butttt Well · Travisab1 · 2005-06-02

Bela is out of character here but pulls off this truly different character from the blood sucker he became famous for. I loved this film and after serving my time in the Navy and 30 years as a Merchant Marine I can tell you that there are times that IÃÂÃÂve lashed out at my superiors like some of these sailors did with the sir thingy. It seemed more realistic to me than it appears to others giving a review on this film. This seems all too real to me. IÃÂÃÂve spent a many a night in bed with a weapon nearby in fear for my life as did these folks not knowing who the killer/stalker is. One can…

★★★★★ · Great stuff!! · burgo · 2005-08-20

A very good Bela Lugosi in a very different role. (Hey, you can't always suck blood!) I found the plot about the mystery around the Mary Celeste very believable (no bermuda triangle, no aliens, no sea monster, no ghosts). Only the end came too quickly - while it takes the killer an hour for the first two or three murders, the rest of the crew is killed in some minutes and in a glimpse of an eye there are only two men left. Great stuff and very recommended to watch on a dark evening, maybe with some little thunder storm outside... Normaly I love this archive for the many B-movies, the trashier…

★★★★★ · Bella was one of the best · fredfull · 2011-09-16

A very entertaining mystery. I wonder how Lugosis career would have progresed if he wasnt typecasted in horror films.

★★★★ · Bela Lugosi as a Sailor · debra71 · 2011-09-14

A different role as a sailor for Bela Lugosi, so it was interesting to see him look different from a scientist or vampire. Film kept my interest. Can you guess the killer?

★★★ · Unsolved Mystery · picfixer · 2010-02-03

The mystery of the famous derelict ship, the Marie Celeste, has defied solution for almost 140 years. Found sailing in good order with its cargo intact and no signs of violence onboard, what happened to its missing crew and single passenger has perplexed investigators and historians - but not fiction writers. This movie is a 95% fictional explanation of the enigma that offers revenge and madness as the solution. An otherwise good cast features Bela Lugosi, whose performance unaccountably vacillates between being believable and atrocious overacting. Production values are good, with all the…

★★★ · Uneven and Stilted · Ella Greggs · 2005-10-26

The true story of the Mary Celeste is interesting, but this movie is like a train wreak -- you keep watching because it's just so bad. The pacing is VERY uneven. But even worse, the dialogue is stilted, the acting is wooden, and the characters (yes, even Bela) are one-dimensional It's almost as bad as James Cameron's "Titanic." Strictly for Lugosi fans and people fond of dark, cheesey movies.