Ship of the Damned (2024)

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(thunder crashing)

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(people groaning)

(rat squeaking)

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(people groaning)

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- Jacob, (speaking

foreign language)

(woman cries out)

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You got them blue

eyes screaming

You got my heart--

- First one to tap

out makes dinner.

- That's fine by me.

Smile

You've got my mind

dreaming everyday

You've got that

something special

(phone buzzing)

- Isn't that your phone?

(phone buzzing)

- Ignore it, it's been

going off all day.

(phone buzzing)

- Who is it?

- Leave it Charlie.

(phone buzzing)

- It's just Michael.

- It's been years.

- Yeah, four years.

- What do you think he wants?

- When we broke up he

rang me every single day.

Like, there was

always some excuse.

Like I still had one of his

T-shirts or you know, something.

- He's bound to have

moved on by now.

How long were you two together?

- Like a year and a half.

Last year of my PhD

and the first six months

of the real world.

To be honest, it was the

six months that did it.

- What?

- Broke us up.

- That's a very

disassociative thing to say.

Like you had nothing

to do with it.

- Don't do that, don't start

psychoanalyzing me.

- Well, people say

things like that

to disassociate themselves from

things they feel guilty about.

- I do not feel guilty.

- You dumped him, didn't you?

- The relationship reached

its natural conclusion.

We weren't right for each other.

- He obviously didn't think so.

- He used to call me Ellie.

- Crime of the century.

- Well you know, I hate it.

Makes me sound like

a cartoon elephant.

- I thought he was quite nice.

- Yeah, he was nice.

Of course he was nice.

He was too nice.

- This is a small town on

the coast of nowhere Elena.

Not that many nice guys around.

Go east and there's

nothing but farms.

Go west and there's

nothing but sea.

- Plenty of fish in the sea.

- And yet here you are,

stuck living with me

and I'm stuck living with you.

It's gotta be you

- So if he calls again,

are you going to answer?

- Oh, can we just

drop this please?

- A year and a half together.

You can't just ignore him.

What if he's in

trouble or something.

- Michael's not in trouble.

If there's one thing

that man knows how to

avoid, it's trouble.

- Did you love him?

- Can I ask you a question?

- Yes.

- Did you take up

psychology just so

you could stick your nose

into other people's business?

- Yes, absolutely.

- At least you're honest.

- So, did you love him?

- We lived together for a year.

- That's not what I asked.

- Sometimes things

just don't work out.

He was the settling

down type and I wasn't,

the day after I got my PhD,

I wanted to go scuba diving

shipwrecks in Barbados

and he wanted to get

married and have kids.

- Did he actually propose?

- Yeah.

- With a ring and everything?

- In the restaurant

in front of everybody.

And it was the most embarrassing

moment in my entire life.

- I never knew that.

- Well, now you know everything.

So can we just drop it?

You didn't get me a glass.

- You were in charge of dinner.

(phone buzzes)

- Not again.

- I'll get it.

- Don't you dare.

- Hello, Ellie's phone.

Hello Michael?

Yeah, she's here.

- Michael, hi, hi, how are you?

Yeah, yeah, no, sorry.

I was, I was in lectures

and my phone was on silent.

Yeah, I'm, I'm actually

teaching now, yeah.

Really?

Yeah, yeah, I'd love

to if, if you're sure.

Yeah, I can meet

you. Half an hour?

Okay.

Okay, see you then, bye.

- Well, that escalated quickly.

- I'm going to k*ll you

on the mats this weekend.

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(waves crashing)

(ominous music)

- Sorry for the weather,

thanks for coming down.

- Do you wanna get in?

- It's nice to see you, sorry.

It's nice to see you again.

- Yes, how are you?

- Fine, you?

- Yeah, fine.

Are you still working at

that British waterways place?

- Oh, no, no, no.

I took a sideways promotion,

Maritime and Coast Guard Agency.

- Doesn't sound like you.

- Well, I, I don't go on

the boats or anything.

It's just a desk job,

but occasionally I have to

deal with things like this.

Amazing, isn't it?

A helicopter pilot

spotted it a few days ago,

floundering a few

miles out to see

he couldn't see anybody on it,

so he phoned it into the office

and we sent a tug to tow it in.

- What do you think it is?

- Well, that's what

I wanted to ask you.

You're the expert on old boats.

Maritime Strategies

and Technologies of

the 17th Century.

- You remember the name

of my dissertation?

- It's literally all you

ever spoke about Ellie.

Basically it was

pirate ships, right?

- Yeah.

- Well there you go.

The real thing, I mean,

that's gotta be from

that period, hasn't it?

- You're not

seriously suggesting

that's actually a, a mid

17th century pirate ship?

- Isn't it?

- I mean, if a ship

like that was to survive

floating around for 500 years,

it would be a wreck at the

bottom of the ocean by now.

You know, you know,

the timber would've

disintegrated to nothing.

It does look old, but

it can't be that old.

- You think it's a modern repro?

- It has to be.

- Well, that's the

first thing we checked.

I mean, there's a

Small Boats Register.

You literally can't go to

sea unless you're on it.

But that thing isn't

registered, anywhere.

It doesn't exist.

- Wooden boats don't

survive for hundreds

of years out at sea, Michael.

Not without a crew

to maintain them.

Are you sure there's

nobody on board?

- We haven't seen anybody.

- Have you been on board?

- Me?

No, no, no, no.

Mine's strictly a a desk job,

but well, we do need

someone to check it out

and that's why I

wanted to talk to you.

- You want me to

go and examine it?

- No, we've got a couple of guys

coming down from

the Coast Guard.

But the thing is, with

anything like this,

we need an expert to sign off

on everything we're doing.

- I see.

- Yeah.

It's box ticking.

Ah, here we go.

If you could just

sign here just to say

that you are happy for us

to investigate the vessel.

- And what if I'm not happy?

- Why wouldn't you be?

- If, if that really is

a boat from 17th century,

and it's, it's somehow

survived being battered

around on the ocean

for 500 years,

that is an object of

incredible historical value.

Okay, nevermind, whatever

else might still be on board.

Okay, look, have you

ever seen those films

where they have archeologists

digging up dinosaur

bones, right?

Only they're not digging.

They're using these

teeny tiny little brushes

and they're delicately

removing the grains of sand.

You know, trying not to, to,

to damage the precious fossils.

Yeah, okay, so that is

the kind of treatment

that this boat needs.

Not some guys from the Coast

Guard traipsing all over it.

Probably putting their

boots through the deck.

- So what do you want

me to do about it?

- Okay, look, I'm still not

entirely convinced about this,

but I'm free tomorrow morning.

Okay, so what I

would suggest is that

you give me at least half

an hour with your guys

before they go on board.

You know, think of it as

like a, a site induction.

You're telling them where to

tread, what to look out for,

how not to break anything.

- Oh yeah.

They'll love that.

- Well that's my condition

for signing off on anything.

- Should've known you

wouldn't make it easy for me.

- These boats are my life

Michael, you know that.

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- [Michael] Elena his

is Marcus and Tony.

- Nice to meet you,

nice to meet you.

Okay, well I know

you all have work

to be getting on with,

so I will try and

keep this as quick

and painless as possible.

From what I can tell,

the ship you discovered

is mid 17th century era.

This is the closest model I

could find to that period.

As you can see, there

are three masts.

The fore mast, the main mast.

- I thought she was gonna

tell something we don't know.

- Well, I suppose

things haven't actually

changed topside that much.

Okay, so below deck

you have three levels.

The very lowest level

you have the cargo hold.

- That's where the

pirate treasure be.

- Not likely.

The kind of cargo down there

would usually be provisions,

ammunition for g*ns.

Very rarely anything valuable.

The reason being, if the

ship was to take on water,

you don't really

wanna be traipsing up

and down to the

very lowest level

to rescue your ill-gotten gains.

- And the valuables, you

know, the, the proper stuff,

the, the gold and that.

- I'm getting to that bit.

So the middle level, you

have your sleeping quarters,

the infirmary, and at the

back here you have the brig.

Which was a sort of

jail holding cell

for your prisoners,

hostages, to hold for ransom.

- Hear that mate.

It might be someone down

there that needs rescuing.

- The top level, just below

decks you have the ship's mess,

the galley and at the back here.

- You mean the aft?

- Yes, you're quite

right, the aft.

You have the captain's cabin.

And my guess is that is where

you would find any items

of major historical interest.

- Well, thank you love.

- Oh wait, I haven't gone over

the most important aspect.

- What's that?

- Preservation.

Do either of you smoke?

- Only when we're working.

- Okay.

There has to be absolutely

no smoking onboard

the ship or anywhere

near it actually.

You'll be needing equipment.

These will go over your boots.

- Nope, not wearing them.

- What's the problem?

- Have you ever

set foot on a boat

that's been out

to sea for months?

- No.

- It's slippery as f*ck.

That is why we

wear these, grips.

I'm not going arse over tit

just to stop some old

wood getting boot marks.

- What about these overalls?

- Nah, it's against

regulation isn't, mate?

We've got the life jacket,

the emergency whistle,

the high vis patch.

We can't cover this up.

- He's got a point actually.

Regulation clothing must

be worn at all times

and the safety equipment

must be accessible.

- I think we are done here.

Cheers love.

And we will be sure

to let you know if we

do find anything of

historical interest.

- Don't forget to

file your reports.

You've got to understand

that those guys

have been on more boats

than you've had hot dinners.

They're about to

get a bit prickly

when someone tries to tell

them how to do their job.

- I'm just trying to do my job.

- I know.

Look, how about I

make it up to you?

- How do you mean?

- It's been ages,

we should catch up.

We could go for a

drink or something.

- Actually you can

make it up to me.

I want to get on that boat.

- What?

- Once those two idiots have

finished going through it

there's gonna be nothing

left to preserve.

But if I can get on there

as soon as possible,

then maybe I can,

I can do something.

- I don't think that's

gonna be possible.

- Come on Michael.

I am the named

expert on the papers.

Surely I'm allowed

to personally investigate

the actual vessel.

- I don't think non-agency

personnel are covered

by our insurance.

- Is that it?

- You know what these

organizations are like.

It took me six weeks, three

forms and one doctor's note

to get a wrist rest for my desk.

- A wrist rest?

- For my carpal tunnel.

- Can't you just at least ask?

- I'm due back at

the office at 11.

I'll make some inquiries,

that's all I can promise.

- Thanks Michael.

- And I'll call you

later if that's okay.

- Of course.

- Great.

See ya.

Sorry.

- It's okay.

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- Oh, it stinks in there.

- You'll get used to it,

now go on, get down there.

- What's the hurry?

- You heard the

expert, didn't you?

There might be

treasure down there.

Antiques, all sorts.

- Yeah, but it's

salvage rules, isn't it?

The Coast Guard Agency

towed the ship in, yeah.

Well then they're just gonna

claim anything that we find.

- Not if they don't

f*cking know about it.

Look, it's Friday afternoon.

Anything we do find,

we stick it on the van,

park it up over the weekend

and it goes missing.

Who's gonna know?

Now go on, get down there.

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What is that smell?

Rotten wood?

- Rotten something.

Mate, we should have

brought a bigger crew.

- We can come back with

a bigger crew on Monday.

Once we've had a look

at the captain's cabin.

- Where's that?

- Were you not listening

to lecture this morning?

- No, not really.

- Oh, it's right at the back.

So go on, keep moving.

And watch your step.

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Marcus?

Marcus?

Come on mate.

Don't, don't, don't f*ck around.

There's, there's no

way you can't hear me.

(wood creaking)

Marcus!

Is that you on deck?

(ship growling)

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(Tony screams)

- Who are you messaging?

- Michael, he was supposed

to call me earlier, but.

- You've changed your

tune since yesterday.

What happened last night?

- Nothing.

- All right, didn't mean to pry.

- Yes you did, but this

isn't about Michael.

Okay, just--

(phone buzzes)

Michael, hi.

Any update?

Yes! Amazing.

Okay, how about now?

Yeah, got my equipment.

Okay, I'll see you there.

Okay, bye.

- Going out again?

- Uh huh.

- With Michael?

- Uh huh.

- Well, if you want my opinion.

- I don't.

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- Gently, don't rip

it off its hinges.

- What are you looking for?

- I'm trying to see if there's

actually a floor down there.

What did your two guys report?

- Oh, I haven't

heard anything yet.

Those two aren't the quickest

at getting their paperwork in.

- Well, it seems sturdy enough.

So you're sure this is

okay for us to do, right?

- What do you mean?

- I mean, with your office,

we're not breaking any

health and safety rules.

- No, no, no, it's fine.

I pulled a few strings.

- Amazing.

It's still strong and it's

cleaner than you'd think.

- It doesn't smell very clean.

- You're breathing air

that's centuries old.

It's bound to smell a bit musty.

- It smells like death.

(Michael coughing)

- Don't throw up here Michael.

This ship is an

historical artifact.

You need to leave everything

exactly as we found it.

There's no way this ship's

been abandoned that long.

- It looks pretty

abandoned to me.

- Wooden boats don't

stay this sturdy

for hundreds of years, not

without being maintained.

You ever heard of ship worm?

- Funnily enough, no.

- It's basically a

type of saltwater clam.

It attaches itself to the

wooden part of the ship.

Turns it to Swiss cheese.

(Elena gasps)

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Did we just move?

- Must be the tide coming in?

Yeah, right on cue.

It'll probably lift the

boat by a good few meters.

(dramatic music)

- Careful, floor's

a bit wet here.

- Is that salt water?

If this thing's taking on water,

we better not hang around.

- Boats get wet Michael.

It's nothing to worry about.

sh*t.

- What?

Oh my God.

Are you all right?

- Yeah, it's not my blood,

- Right, okay, that's it.

I really think we should

get off this ship right now.

(ship creaks)

- Wait, what was that?

- I don't care.

- What if it's one of your guys?

You know, Tony and

what's his name?

- What?

- Well, you said you

hadn't heard from them

and clearly someone's

been hurt here.

What if they're stuck somewhere?

- Jesus Christ.

- You were in charge

of this expedition.

Do you really wanna

be responsible for

someone bleeding to death

'cause you were too

scared to go find out.

- I'm not scared.

Look, this isn't a search

and rescue expedition.

We're not properly

equipped for that.

- This is exactly the

Michael I remember.

- What's that supposed to mean?

Ellie.

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(Tony grunting)

Ellie.

(dramatic music)

(Tony grunting)

- Please, no.

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- Jesus Christ.

(Tony screaming)

(dramatic music)

- What are you doing?

- Calling the police.

- Shut it off, they'll see it.

(dramatic music)

(waves crashing)

(dramatic music)

(pirates snoring)

(door knocks)

(pirates snoring)

(door knocks)

(dramatic music)

- Calm down.

You'll be no good to anyone

if you start hyperventilating.

- What the hell is this place?

- We're in the brig.

- Where they keep the hostages?

- Yeah.

- We're dead.

We are so dead.

- Shut up, I'm trying to think.

- They took my phone.

Have you got yours?

- No, I left it at home.

- What the hell is this?

And who are those people?

- Well, I told you

there had to be a crew.

- What kind of

f*cking crew is that?

- A desperate one.

(dramatic music)

- We're so f*cking dead.

(dramatic music)

- You see Garrick?

It is a woman.

- Aye.

- This, what is it?

- You all speak English?

- Aye, we speak it.

We learned it from this.

Got that talking box from a

boat we robbed 40 some year ago.

I like to listen to it.

Time to time, it

even makes music.

- That's, that's

a talking box too.

- This?

- Yeah, they made them smaller.

I mean that, that

can make music too.

- Make it work.

- I can't get into it.

- Into it, what do you mean?

- It's locked, I

can't access it.

You need a code.

- Code, like on a safe box?

- Kind of.

- There ain't no dials on it.

She's playing us

for fools, Jacob.

- Are ya?

You're playing us

for fools miss?

- How long have you

lived like this?

On this ship.

- Forever.

- You said you robbed

a boat 40 years ago.

- More or less.

- Well then, you,

I mean both of you,

you must have been children.

- There ain't no

children on this ship.

Never has been, never will be.

- Shut it Garrick.

We're taking care

of it, ain't we?

What's your name, miss?

- Elena.

- A pretty name

for a pretty woman.

Just the kind we were after.

- After for what?

- You think we came here by

mistake, to your little town?

See Miss Elena, one thing

we're lacking on this ship

is women folk to bear

us our next generation.

- You have a woman.

- That wh*re is only

good for one thing

and it ain't bearing young 'uns.

- She's never born a child.

Never will, she's

cursed, like us all.

- I said shut it, Garrick!

See that's our problem, miss.

What we need is new blood.

A woman who's fit and healthy

and good for breeding.

I think you'll do fine.

Is the tide high, Garrick?

- Aye.

- Set sail, we got

what we came for.

- Set sail?

Where are we going?

- Where ever the wind takes

us miss, as it's always been.

- Now you and your friend

will join me for dinner.

- I've seen what

dinner looks like.

- Ah, those men,

they're animals,

not a working brain among them.

But Garrick and me,

we're civilized people.

You'll see.

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See, we're civilized people.

- What's that?

- You know what it is.

- Civilized people

don't eat people.

- That so?

Tell me miss, you ever been

lost at sea for months on end?

Without food or water so

long you can't stand up?

You got flies dancing

in front of your eyes.

Your head's pounding and your

gut feels like it's on fire.

- No.

- Well wait till you have,

then we'll see what a

civilized person will eat.

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Is this your man Elena?

- No.

- Do you have a man Elena?

- No.

- You do now.

Many a man.

As many as you can take.

Been a long while since we

had fresh game on this boat.

Here's to a new beginning,

and God willing, a new life.

Only question is who

gets to do the deed?

- Has to be you Jacob.

- Maybe, maybe not.

I'm in the mood for some sport.

Is there any man

aboard this ship

who thinks they could

beat me in a fair fight?

This is your prize.

The lovely Miss Elena.

Is anyone here man

enough to try for her?

Come on now.

She not a fine prize?

Does no one here have the

guts to fight me for her?

Well now we've

got us some sport.

Clear the way.

(dramatic music)

I said a fair fight,

that means no blades.

(dramatic music)

That settles it.

Garrick, take the

girl to my cabin.

- Wait.

I'll fight you.

- What's that?

- Michael, no.

- You said you'd

fight any man here.

Well, I'll fight you.

- Well, well, so the man

has a spine after all.

- Michael, don't do this.

He'll k*ll you.

- Garrick.

- You said it'd be a fair fight.

- Aye, I did, no blades.

- And if I win, you

turn back to shore

and you let Elena off this ship.

- Aye, I'll agree to that.

Will you not have a go, Michael?

Strike me.

- Michael, stop, you don't

have anything to prove.

- I'm wide open Michael,

give it to your best shot.

(dramatic music)

I'll give you a hand.

(dramatic music)

You've drawn first

blood, now my turn.

(dramatic music)

So you can take a hit, can you?

Good man.

- Michael, stop it.

- I think it's going fine.

- He's just playing with you.

- You never had a fight

in your life, have you?

Look at these hands.

They're soft, woman like.

Never done a days work.

There's only one thing

a woman like man's

good for aboard this ship.

Garrick, hold him down.

- No, no, no!

- Stop it Jacob!

I'll fight you.

- You'll what?

- I'll fight you.

- You?

- Yeah, you said you'd

fight anyone on the ship.

- I said I'd fight any man.

- Well, I understand

if you're scared.

(Jacob laughs)

- What's to be scared of?

- Losing to girl in

front of your men.

- I've never lost to anyone.

But there's no sport

in fighting a girl.

- I guarantee you there

will be sport in it.

- What say you Garrick?

- I think you have

to do it, Jacob.

- Untie her.

(dramatic music)

- What will it be, miss?

- Fair fight, no blades.

If I win, turn the ship

around, Michael and I go free.

- She's got ba*ls, this one.

More than her man friend.

- Alright, miss.

Give it your best shot.

- You first.

- I'm trying to give

you a chance girl.

- That was some fancy moving.

- How will we know

when the fight's over?

- One of us will be dead.

(dramatic music)

- You'll have to hit

harder then that girl.

Get her off me!

- Back!

No blades.

- Shut your face Garrick.

- Don't k*ll her,

we need her alive.

- Aye, you're right.

Go against me again

Garrick, you're a dead man.

Get those two out of my sight.

- You all right?

- No.

- That was very brave of you.

- Please don't.

- I mean it, you could

have been k*lled.

- Like I'm not gonna

be k*lled anyway.

Or worse.

- I just wanted you to know,

I appreciate what

you tried to do.

- Not like the old

Michael you remember?

- Hmm.

Sorry I said that.

- You're exactly the

Ellie I remember.

You kicked that

guy off his feet.

- This is gonna sound petty

given our current situation,

but could you just

please not call me that?

- What?

- Ellie.

- What's wrong with that?

- I hate it.

- I've always called you Ellie.

- I know.

- You never said so.

- Sorry, just I, I

didn't mind it at first

and then later on it was

just sort of too late

and I didn't wanna

hurt your feelings.

- I guess that

doesn't apply now.

- Well, we're not a

couple anymore, so.

- It's kind of ironic.

We're gonna spend our

last hours together.

- What are you talking

about, last hours?

- We just need to make

it through the night.

And then in the

morning your office

will see the ship's gone

and raise the alarm.

Cause they know we're on board.

- No one knows.

- What?

- No one knows where we are.

- But you had to get permission.

I mean, who, who

did you speak to?

- I didn't speak to anyone.

There was no way Ellie, Elena.

The Coast Guard agency

don't bend the rules.

Especially for a nobody like

me and you were just so keen.

- What are you,

what are you saying?

- I just wanted to give

you what you wanted

and I thought it'd be nice

to spend some time

with you again.

- Oh, oh Michael.

- Well what about your friend

who answered the phone?

- Charlie.

- Did you tell

her where we were?

- No.

- Well, how come?

- She was being annoying.

She kept going on about you

and me getting back together.

So no one knows where we are

and no one's gonna miss

me until Monday morning.

We could be literally

anywhere by then.

(dramatic music)

- Jacob.

- Leave me be woman!

(woman hisses)

You're no use to man or beast.

I'll have better company

in this bed tonight.

- I'll k*ll the b*tch.

- You'll do nothing.

(woman hisses)

- So how's life?

- sh*t.

- I didn't mean now,

I meant in general.

- Yeah, so did I.

- Seriously?

- It's fine.

I'm fine.

- Just fine?

- Fine is good enough with me.

- Yeah, you never were

much of a risk taker.

- And yet somehow here I am,

chained up on a

cannibal pirate ship.

If only I could get my phone.

I've got all the

numbers for the search

and rescue teams on there.

- He smashed it.

Jacob.

But there is a radio

in Jacob's Cabin.

I, I don't think they

know how to use it,

but I heard it working.

- Do you know how to use it?

- No, you?

- Yeah, kind of, in theory.

There's, there's a

standard procedure

for sending out distress calls.

If we can get access to it,

it's gotta be worth a try.

(dramatic music)

If you're lucky

on a ship's radio,

there is literally a button

that says the distress on it.

You just hold it

down till it beeps.

- Yeah, I didn't see

anything like that.

It's 40 years old.

- Right, well in that case,

you just locate

the channel dialer.

Okay, you, you turn

it to channel 16,

and you just say

Mayday, mayday, mayday.

- And then what?

- Hope to hell someone answers.

Look, any boats or, or planes

or helicopters,

anything in the vicinity

should have that channel open.

I mean it's reserved

for emergency signals.

(dramatic music)

- b*tch.

I'll k*ll ya.

(dramatic music)

- Jesus Christ!

- Michael, the keys.

- What?

- They're by your

feet, kick them over.

(dramatic music)

- Now do me, quick.

Come on then, let's

go find that radio.

- Wait, if someone comes

to check on us and,

and we are not

here, they'll start

combing the whole ship for us.

- So what?

You just wanna

sit here and wait?

What about her?

- I've got an idea.

- Fetch me a drink.

You, head down to the brig.

Check on the woman.

(dramatic music)

- You think that'll fool them?

- Yeah, if they

don't look too hard.

- It's a silly question but

how are we gonna make them

think that I'm still here?

- You will be still here.

- You're leaving me?

- Michael, I know my way

around these ships, okay.

I, I've studied them for years.

It won't take me long

to find Jacob's cabin.

It's just two floors up

at the side of the mess.

- What if he's in there?

- I'll cross that

bridge and I come to it.

- Wait.

- What?

- Just in case, you know.

Just wanna say I'm sorry.

For everything I f*cked up.

- Michael it's just

as much my fault.

I mean, I shouldn't

have pressured you

into get me on board this ship.

- I didn't mean that.

I meant everything.

(dramatic music)

- Sometimes things

just don't work out.

- Yeah.

Cause people f*ck them up.

- Nobody f*cked anything up.

We parted as friends didn't we?

- Friends who don't

speak for four years?

- Sorry.

I just thought it'd be

best if we moved on.

- Did you?

Move on?

(dramatic music)

- When we get off this

boat, I'm gonna call you.

Promise.

(dramatic music)

- k*ll me.

Please, k*ll me.

(dramatic music)

- All good things

come to he who waits.

Garrick has waited

a very long time.

- How long, 40 years?

- Longer than that miss.

- How, how is that possible?

- Cursed, we're all cursed.

Cause of Jacob.

Forever stuck on this damn ship.

- So what is it you want?

- Same thing Jacob wants.

- Didn't see you standing

up to challenge him.

- He's a big man, but I've

got it where it counts.

Up here.

He'd have sunk the ship

a million times over.

Drowned us all, if

it wasn't for me.

- Why all this fighting over me?

Why, why don't you

just go ashore,

and, and take any

woman you want?

- I told you, we're cursed.

We can't go ashore,

not now, not ever.

- So, so you haven't left

this ship in 40 years?

- 400 years.

- 400 years on a cursed ship.

- It's not the ship that's

cursed, it's the people on it.

All of us.

Perhaps even you.

- So why do you need me?

- You can make a life

with my seed flowing

in between your legs

you're gonna break this curse.

- Oh yes.

It has to be

Garrick that does it

'cause I never ate the flesh.

- No.

- [Garrick] Everything

comes to he who waits.

(g*n firing)

(dramatic music)

- My apologies Miss Elena.

I told you the men on this

ship, they're like animals.

Being confined to a

ship for so many years,

it's rotted their brains.

- How many years, exactly?

- I think that's

mine Miss Elena.

Take a drink, won't you?

- How many years have

you lived on this ship?

- Can't say for sure.

- Hundreds of years?

- Aye, could be.

You'll be used to it in time.

- Used to what?

- Life on board ship.

It ain't without it's comforts.

- Beautiful.

- Put it on.

I'd like to see you in it.

(dramatic music)

- What is it you want?

Look, we're both in here.

We're locked up, there's

no need to check.

(suspenseful music)

Ah, f*ck.

(dramatic music)

(pirate growling)

- Now that's how a

woman oughta look.

- I'm glad you approve.

Allow me.

- And that's how a

woman oughta act.

- And can you drink like

a man ought to drink?

- Of course.

- Tell me more.

- What?

- About life at sea?

How did you come to

be here all this time?

- You mean all these

hundreds of years?

- Yes.

(dramatic music)

What's that?

- Ship's log.

- Wait.

Sorry.

The oil from your fingers can

damage paper as old as this.

(dramatic music)

Is that a date?

Cartagena de Indias, wait, 1622.

That was the raid on Cartagena,

Lawrence Van der Graaf.

- Aye, that was the

b*stard that hired us,

us and a dozen other ships.

- To blockade the town

and hold it to ransom.

- Aye, that's right.

Der Graaf promised us

gold to join the blockade.

But all we got was hostages.

There was this one

woman, strange she was.

They said she had

witching powers.

Thought she might bring us

luck on our next journey.

- And did she?

- She brought us luck

all right, bad luck.

12 days and nights of storms.

Waves high as the mizzenmast.

The compass spinning

round and round.

No way of knowing which

way we were facing,

where we were going.

And then in the

space of one night,

all the food went rotten.

Got me to thinking.

Maybe this witch woman

cursed us somehow.

(dramatic music)

The longer it went on,

the hungrier we got,

the more sure of it I was.

- And so you k*lled her.

(dramatic music)

And you ate her.

(dramatic music)

- Aye.

That's when the

trouble really started.

- Garrick said, you

can't ever go ashore.

- Can't even make landfall.

We tried time and again.

Every piece of land we found,

the wind and the

tide pushed us away.

Dunno why it was

different this time.

- They towed you in.

- What?

- The coast guards.

- All we could do was

keep sailing, hunting.

- Hunting what?

- Small boats, big boats.

Anything we could raid,

for people, for food.

Ever since we had our

first taste of flesh,

we've hungered for nothing else.

That woman cursed us

every which way you can.

Said we'd never see

life aboard ship again.

We'll fix that.

You and me, Elena,

we'll make a life.

(dramatic music)

(static screeches)

- sh*t.

(door knocks)

- Hi.

- Jesus Christ Michael,

what are you doing here?

- Well I just wondered if

you might need some help.

- You were safer in the brig.

- It's all right.

I don't think anybody's seen me.

- Michael, you are

wearing a high vis jacket.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Don't worry.

Just come over and help

me work this thing.

(door creaks)

Quietly.

- Did you knock him out?

- Yes, with this.

- Mayday, mayday, mayday.

Mayday, mayday, mayday.

(radio static)

- Try again.

- Mayday, mayday, mayday.

(radio static)

- I suppose it was

a long shot anyway.

- [Radio] This is cruise

ship Fleur de Lis,

we hear your

distress call, over.

Hello, so you hear me, over.

- Hello, yes, we can

hear you, thank God.

- [Radio] What are

your coordinates, over.

- We don't know,

sh*t, over, sorry.

- [Radio] What was your

last known position, over.

- We left the English coast

around eight PM last night.

Nearest town is Saltfleet.

We've been traveling

15 knots since then.

Direction unknown.

- Look, we're on a

f*cking pirate ship.

- [Radio] What was that,

please repeat, over.

- A pirate ship.

You can't miss us.

Look, call the UK Coast Guard

Agency, Saltfleet office.

They'll know what to look for.

Tell them to send

the helicopter, now.

Hello, hello?

(radio static)

They must have

moved out of range.

- Think he got the message?

- I dunno.

I guess we go up on deck

and keep an eye out.

(pirates growling)

Oh f*ck.

- Michael.

No!

(dramatic music)

- You know, miss, I'm starting

to think you might be more

trouble than you're worth.

(dramatic music)

(g*n firing)

(dramatic music)

(pirates growling)

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music)

- Are you ready

to talk about it?

(dramatic chord)

Just let me know.

- You were right Charlie.

- What?

- About people not wanting

to talk about things

because it makes

them feel guilty.

- I was pregnant.

When I broke up with Michael.

I found out when we

got back from Barbados.

- Did he know?

- No, I never told him.

He'd have just asked

me to marry him again.

It's all he ever wanted.

I just wasn't ready.

- Did you, I mean,

did you get a--

- No, I didn't have

to do anything.

I lost it after seven weeks.

So, you know, I didn't

have to make any decision.

- And you never told anybody?

- I guess I, I thought if I

didn't have to see him again

and I didn't have

to talk about it,

it would just go away, you know.

- You should eat something.

- You've not had a thing

since you've been back.

Those oranges are nice.

- Just don't really have

an appetite, you know.

(dramatic chord)

(dramatic music)

- It's not the ship that's

cursed, it's the people on it.

Perhaps even you.

(dramatic music)

- [Charlie] Why are you

looking at me like that?

(dramatic music)