Gorgeous, beautifully-shot The Shining meets Titanic ghost ship flick
Haunting of the Queen Mary's trailer and premise of a ghost story set on the real historic Queen Mary vessel immediately intrigued me, but I almost skipped this one entirely after seeing its dreadful IMDB rating. I'm glad I didn't as Haunting of the Queen Mary is a surpringly good and effectively scary horror film set aboard the real-life Queen Mary ocean liner that despite its straight-to-video-on-demand release feels like a big budget Hollywood blockbuster.
While the story becomes a bit incoherent in the second half, the stunning visuals - set during both the ships operation in the 30s and present day - brutal violence and pace make this one of the more enjoyable horrors of 2023. It is definitely one of the better ghost ship movies right up there with Val Lewton's The Ghost Ship from 1943. Give it a shot if you dig historically-themed ghost stories.
While the story becomes a bit incoherent in the second half, the stunning visuals - set during both the ships operation in the 30s and present day - brutal violence and pace make this one of the more enjoyable horrors of 2023. It is definitely one of the better ghost ship movies right up there with Val Lewton's The Ghost Ship from 1943. Give it a shot if you dig historically-themed ghost stories.
- PATtheCHUD
- Aug 23, 2023