The thought of a dark and decaying cruise ship adrift since 1962 is creepy enough. Add the fact that it is haunted and this is a premise I can "dive" into. So why the 5 out of 10 stars and not higher? Because, disappointingly, the originality ends with the premise.
A pale, creepy, young girl, (ghost) with an empty stare in a pale blue dress. An apparent recovering alcoholic sitting at a long-since abandoned bar being poured drinks by a phantom bartender. A beautiful, young temptress who transforms into a (insert gasp here) old hag. Two unsuspecting men who are chowing down on food only to discover they've been eating maggots. Okay, so that last one was lifted from "Lost Boys".
Point being, yes. I realize this is probably an "homage" to "The Shining". But it would seem they were too busy re-writing "The Shining" to create a truly original and creative script.
A pale, creepy, young girl, (ghost) with an empty stare in a pale blue dress. An apparent recovering alcoholic sitting at a long-since abandoned bar being poured drinks by a phantom bartender. A beautiful, young temptress who transforms into a (insert gasp here) old hag. Two unsuspecting men who are chowing down on food only to discover they've been eating maggots. Okay, so that last one was lifted from "Lost Boys".
Point being, yes. I realize this is probably an "homage" to "The Shining". But it would seem they were too busy re-writing "The Shining" to create a truly original and creative script.