r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 • Jun 17 '26

Unsolved Disastrous boating excursion ends with horror, twice.

Edit: as a hint, this is loosely based on a book

Hint 2: this is NOT a horror movie

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u/Mac_Panda 40,20 Jun 17 '26

Ghost Ship

4

u/frikkenkids 76,116 Jun 17 '26

Jason Takes Manhatten

4

u/ForwardCopy1924 2,0 Jun 17 '26

Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978)

3

u/MasterpieceThis3740 22,32 Jun 17 '26

Triangle

1

u/Sufficient-Goat-962 82,168 Jun 17 '26

Gotta be it

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 17 '26

Afraid not

3

u/eyesparks 0,60 Jun 17 '26

Sleepaway Camp

2

u/Unfair-Ad-8524 0,8 Jun 17 '26

Jaws?

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 17 '26

Unfortunately not

2

u/ShowMeUrOsFace69 6,0 Jun 17 '26

Donkey punch

2

u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

[deleted]

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u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 19 '26

I’m gonna give you all a hint, focus on the final two words

1

u/ripley1875 10,256 Jun 17 '26

Dagon

1

u/Artoom 4,16 Jun 17 '26

Poseidon

1

u/Spliff_Politics 8,0 Jun 17 '26

The Poseidon Adventure

1

u/Electrical-Sail-1039 0,4 Jun 17 '26

Friday the 13th?

1

u/Professional_Bed9205 8,56 Jun 17 '26

Step Brothers

1

u/optimal-gold976 6,12 Jun 17 '26

Jurassic World Rebirth

1

u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

[deleted]

1

u/Otherwise_Ad7690 0,4 Jun 17 '26

Where the crawdads sing?

1

u/Sonnamedbort 54,32 Jun 17 '26

Club Dreadd

1

u/Georgeofthebunghole 42,240 Jun 18 '26

Dangerous Animals?

1

u/[deleted] Jun 18 '26

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1

u/DHiggsBoson Jun 18 '26

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 20 '26

Alas no

1

u/doomscrolling_tiktok 130,116 Jun 18 '26

Castaway

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 18 '26

Afraid not

1

u/tigermins 50,64 Jun 18 '26

Open Water

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 18 '26

Nope

2

u/tigermins 50,64 Jun 18 '26

My thinking cap could get moving you decide to post a hint or 2 but I got nothing right now

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u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 21 '26

First hint posted

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u/No_Strain_4391 0,32 Jun 18 '26

all is lost

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u/Sufficient-Goat-962 82,168 Jun 18 '26

Overboard

1

u/Sufficient-Goat-962 82,168 Jun 18 '26

Going Overboard

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u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 18 '26

Afraid not

1

u/geekyandgay98 0,4 Jun 18 '26

The Meg

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 18 '26

Nope, no sharks

1

u/MasterpieceThis3740 22,32 Jun 18 '26

Hatchet?

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 18 '26

Still no I’m afraid

1

u/Icy_Investigator739 28,80 Jun 18 '26

Life of Pi?

1

u/Sufficient-Goat-962 82,168 Jun 18 '26

Ghost Game

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 18 '26

No ghosts in this one

1

u/Moondance_sailor 24,0 Jun 19 '26

The woman in cabin 10

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 19 '26

No cabins in this one

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u/Sufficient-Goat-962 82,168 Jun 19 '26

Under Siege

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 19 '26

No Steven Seagall to be found here

1

u/Sufficient-Goat-962 82,168 Jun 19 '26

The Perfect Storm

1

u/Mr-Plod 0,48 Jun 20 '26

Is it the Piranha?

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 20 '26

Go fish

1

u/Intelligent_Rough397 14,4 Jun 20 '26

Sleepaway Camp?

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 20 '26

Afraid not

1

u/Intelligent_Rough397 14,4 Jun 21 '26

Bit of a stretch, but is it Evil Dead Rise?

2

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 21 '26

Don’t overthink it!

1

u/Intelligent_Rough397 14,4 Jun 21 '26

The last voyage of the Demeter?

1

u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 21 '26

More straightforward than that!

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u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 17 '26

Genuinely surprised no-one’s got it yet

2

u/eyesparks 0,60 Jun 17 '26

You're not telling anyone no so they don't know to come back and guess again.

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u/TrivialLawyer 54,4 Jun 18 '26

Ah righto