British label Nucleus Films has officially announced that it will bring to Blu-ray Alvin Rakoff's film Death Ship (1980), starring George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, and Kate Reid. The release will be available for purchase on June 22.
Synopsis: Unbeknown to the passengers on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean, a mysterious vessel is approaching - on a collision course! Despite the attempts of the crew to avert disaster, the liner is lost with all hands down, except for seven survivors. They are saved when they clamber aboard a ghostly freighter, where they discover an even worse fate. They are now prisoners on a former wartime vessel. As this ship speeds towards an unknown destination, they realise that something is intent on destroying each one of them in a grusesome and terrifying way... It's not a ship, it's a killing machine!
From an original story by Hollywood legend Jack Hill (COFFY, FOXY BROWN, SWITCHBLADE SISTERS) and starring none other than George Kennedy (COOL HAND LUKE, THE DIRTY DOZEN) and Richard Crenna (RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD) comes the long-awaited UK Blu-ray premiere of DEATH SHIP. This deranged horror film is now widely regarded as a must-see cult classic!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
REMASTERED
Stormy Seas Redux (43 mins) - Remastered in HD, with Director Alvin Rakoff, Writer Jack Hill and actors George Kennedy and Nick Mancuso, with comments from Critic Kim Newman
Theatrical Trailer (x 6)
Two Deleted Scenes from Canadian TV version
Shower Scene Comparison with TV version
Alvin Rakoff Director's Trailer Reel (23 mins)
Howard Greenberg Producer's Trailer Reel (24 mins)
Jack Hill Co-Writer's Trailers Reel (30 mins)
Bloodstar - Selected Pages from Jack Hill's Original Script
Image Gallery (Posters, Stills, Press Books, Video Art)
Audio:
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Audio Commentary with Director Alvin Rakoff and English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby
Isolated Score DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Optional SDH English Subtitles (with additional German Translations)