lost-in-limbo There's nothing haunting about it, unless you think an Aztec feathered serpent (Quetzalcoatl) is haunting, but once you see it. I don't think haunting comes to mind. Being a Roger Corman produced presentation (Concord) you get what you usually expect from a quick-buck, straight-to-video fare. It's trashy (gratuitous T&A and tacky gore), just not enough of it to break away from its labored pacing. And it only goes for about 70 minutes. What we do get, is another wannabe, rancid "ALIEN" rehash, this time set on a drifting ghost freighter that bestows an ancient Aztec treasure.Some washed up actors slumming, in the likes of James Brolin and Don Stroud. A grizzled Brolin plays the ship's captain -- doing nothing more than pacing up and down the bridge, while trying to make his meaningless dialogues seem meaningful. Then there's the hard-nosed, if reliable Joanna Pacula who might be wishing, she was somewhere else by the look on her face. Even with these names attached, the camera really does focus on lead actress Krista Allen. And when I mean focus, her breasts could get their own billing with the amount of exposed, topless scenes. Obviously someone had been watching Allen in all of those mid 90s made-for-cable "Emmanuelle" films. You begin to ask the question, is this one of the reasons (the other being time-frame quota) for the ancient flashbacks? No it was all about using their iguana stock footage.Now let's move onto the monster. It's a cruddy looking, man-in-a-rubber suit --- like something you would get out of a 1960/70s Godzilla film. Well more like the awkward leftovers. In the opening minute you get frenetic camera movements and blood being splashed about here and there. Oh no I was concerned... but gladly it does do a little more than that later on. You get a decently executed transformation sequence (... remember this is barebones), involving bubbling skin, cracking bones and someone's guts spilling out. Once this thing goes on the rampage you get a touch of latex gore, but the actions are limited. It goes about waving around its oversized claws, while its head dangles from its long neck. There's even some tongue action and it likes to get in a good punch too. Just be prepared to endure a lot of wandering through corridors, the boring kind, where the low-rent sets look plain, and studio bound. Just those scenes, especially later on, could've done with a little more sense of urgency, just liked the pointless slow motion running through the corridors scene, well it did look like the same scene done on a loop."THE HAUNTED SEA" is a dumb, disposable run-of-the-mill creature-feature for a lazy afternoon.

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki The sea isn't *haunted*, so much as it is inhabited by an abandoned ship home to a gassy-sounding, rubbery, dinosaur-looking creature who is supposed to be the feathered, winged serpent known as Quetzacoatl. Apparently, the filmmakers didn't do their homework on that one, because its physical description, as well as the spelling of its name, are incorrect herein. Eventually, a small crew board the ship and discover a crate filled with a curiously lightweight gold statue. Several times, top-heavy Krista Allen imagines herself jiggling and bouncing topless during some sort of sacrificial offering, before the statue shock/ possesses one of their number, who turns into a fanged, belching, slobbering demon, and rips them to shreds, eventually turning into what this film calls "Queztacoatl".Lengthy tracking shots during opening credits only serve to pad out the film's brief run time, as does Krista Allen's shower scene and plentiful nude scenes (I counted three in the first fifteen minutes) . Krista has a great body, but should either stick to doing porn, or at least get better screenplays to work with. The camera jiggles almost as much as her huge rack does, which makes it difficult to figure out what little is happening on-screen.The final shot is intended to be a shock twist ending, but it only made me groan. Furthermore, it is held for such a long time that any surprise which might have been is slowly driven away by boredom.

johnc2141 OK i seen this a few times and haunted sea is not a bad movie,true it is a b-movie but it is entertaining although short.a good soundtrack,a good cast led by sexy Krista Allen,James Brolin,and Joanne Pacula.it deals with an Aztec treasure and a monster that looks like a leftover from carnosaur.i would call this a Saturday matinée movie much like atomic submarine.i am a fan of Roger Corman movies,except of course carnosaur which i did not care for.another notable actor is Don Stroud who made numerous movies with Corman like;bloody mama and dillinger and Capone.haunted sea is not a classic but like i said its not bad,ill give it 7 out of 10.

SRW-2 Plot: Monster decimates ship crew, derelict found by cargo ship whose crew investigates to monster's delight. Terrible special effects, boring chase scenes, and an uninspired cast and story line sum up this ripoff of ALIEN with an Aztec twist. Special effects consist of lots of fake blood, a bad monster costume, and Krista Allen -Moritt's breasts. Monster looks like it walked straight off the set of SPECTRAMAN (old precursor to POWER RANGERS), including monster noises those TV producers would have been embarrassed to dub (they sound like someone after a bad bowl of chili). The channeling/dream scenes are particularly stupid, and the chase scenes, such as they are, are beyond boring - my vocabulary fails me at this point.Will make MST3k some day, if MST3k survives.