Directed by Christopher Smith • 2009 • United Kingdom, Australia
Starring Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael Carpani
Something like THE SHINING at sea, this surreal psychological puzzle follows single mother Jess (Melissa George) as she sets out on a boating trip from the coast of Florida with a group of friends. When their boat capsizes during a storm, they take refuge on a passing ocean liner—an eerily deserted, unstuck-in-time floating netherworld that Jess has the curious feeling she’s seen before. And when the killings start, it’s the beginning of a disturbing voyage into increasingly hallucinatory depths.
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