FilmRSurvival Psychological

The Island1980

Name: The Island
Genre: Survival, Psychological
Released: 1980-06-13
Rating: 5.2

“For three hundred years a terrifying secret has been kept from the outside world.”

Directed by Michael Ritchie

5.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 5.3Rotten Tomatoes 43%TMDB 5.3

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Year

1980

Runtime

114 min

Box Office

Budget

$22,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$15,700,000

Domestic

$15,716,828

🏆 2 nominations total

The premise

David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.

Horror Vault's take

When journalist Blair Maynard travels to the Caribbean with his young son to investigate a string of inexplicably vanished vessels, he stumbles into a nightmare hiding in plain sight on the open water. A reclusive and violent band of modern-day pirates, cut off from the outside world and loyal only to their own brutal code, have been preying on vacationers for years. What begins as a reporter's scoop quickly becomes a desperate fight for survival as Maynard and his son find themselves ensnared in the group's twisted rituals of belonging. Michael Caine anchors this sun-drenched thriller with a grounded intensity that makes the menace feel disturbingly real.

Content: Graphic Violence, Threat To A Child, Brutal Depictions Of Murder, Disturbing Themes Of Forced Indoctrination