
A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.... (Full plot summary below)
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A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
Leave your thoughts about The Devil-Ship Pirates.
| User ReviewWayne FAn awesome pirate movie by Hammer with a highly original story and elements. The acting is spot on and sets are beautiful - thoroughly believeable historically. If you like pirates then give it a shot. |
| User ReviewAndrew NThe best film ever made period. it's got Christopher Lee playing a pirate. Does not get any better. |
| User ReviewFrançois dThere are 2 kind of Movie I love watching at the End of the Year. Or let say in Winter. Xmax ones and Pirate one. Naaah not POTC or what so ever. I m talkin about classic Pirates Movie. Like this. |
| User ReviewAllan CI had not idea that Hammer Film Productions made a pirate film and this one is a pretty good one. Christopher Lee plays a mean pirate who terrorized the British coast, but some plucky locals take on the evil one-eyed Lee with thrilling and violent results. As you'd' except with Hammer, this film is not an old fashioned swashbuckler, but they add in their usual helpings of sex and violence that set this film apart form it's contemporaries of the time. Overall, it's not a classic, but it's pretty entertaining. |
| User ReviewGreg WThe Devil-Ship Pirates is a rather cheesy pirate film from Hammer Studios, but it does have an interesting premise: a group of pirates who are requisitioned for the Spanish armada's attack upon England in 1588 suffer crippling damage to their ship and stray into an English port town. When they arrive in the town, they convince the locals that the Spanish armada has defeated the English forces and that they have come to install their authority in England. General pirate shenanigans ensue, and there is nothing overly clever about the film aside from its premise. But Christopher Lee is awesome as the Spanish pirate captain, and the film provides an entertaining Hammer romp for those who enjoy such cinematic pleasures. |
| User ReviewAlexander WSpanish seamen during the Armadada are set adrift onto the English Cornish coastline where they overtake a village and slowly turn pirate. Not much swashbuckling, or piracy as such (compared to Captain Blood) but well acted and a thorough story. |
| User ReviewRobin BClassic Hammer swashbuckler. One of Christopher Lee's finest roles. Bit of duelling, chasing wenches through bogs, blowing up Spanish galleons etc. Fun stuff. |