A publicity stunt gone wrong leaves two women models stranded in the ocean on a small, leaky boat. Their situation soon becomes stranger, then just worse, as a 16th century galleon appears in the foggy distance and then turns out to be full of the zombified corpses of the Knights Templar.
Soon the head of the modeling agency, and a group of workers, sets out to find the models and also come across the ancient ship. But when they get on board they quickly realize that it may be too late not only for the two unfortunate young women, but for themselves as well.
The Ghost Galleon is the second sequel to Amando de Ossorio's Tombs of the Blind Dead. Like the original, this film features a gang of campy, but very cool looking zombie Templar's who arise at night to feast on human blood.
Unlike the original, this movie takes place primarily as sea with no rationale for this but a somewhat silly explanation as to how the Templar's came to get there. It also starts off quite slow unfortunately, and doesn't really pick up a heck of a lot even by the end. Ghost Galleon lacks a lot of the action and gore of the original as well as the atmosphere and cinematography that set the mood in the original. One thing it does, unfortunately, still possess is its rampant sexism. A flimsy plot, poor special effects, uninteresting characters, and a painfully obvious model Galleon top it all off.
Ghost Galleon is a duller, poorer, sillier installment to a series that started off much better with Tombs of the Blind Dead. In comparison to that film, this one doesn't even come close. Pretty cool cover art though.
1.5 toy Galleon's out of 5
Rated R for violence, frightening scenes.
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