The Haunted Sea 1997

Near the Yucatan Peninsula, Captain Ramsey James Brolin’s freighter spots the drifting ship Hades, seemingly lifeless. Ramsey and his crew board the ghost vessel to investigate, while an unseen presence watches from the shadows. In the cargo hold, they uncover an Aztec treasure that stirs memories for second mate Medina of a brutal ritual. They also uncover the diary of the Hades’ captain, Captain Jameson Cole S. McKay, which notes that the artefacts were taken from Montezuma’s temple. Two crew members, Delgado Duane Whitaker and Lane Jeff Phillips, attempt to seize the treasure, but Delgado is seized by a dark power. He mutates into a reptilian monster, mauls Lane to death, and begins to hunt the rest of the crew.

In the kitchen, Medina discovers Jameson alive but scarred. The captain hints that he too fell under the treasure’s evil influence, and while possessed, he turned against his mates before fleeing and taking his own life. Eventually the number of living crew on the Hades dwindles to just Johnson and Bergren—1st Mate Bergren Joanna Pacula and 2nd Mate Johnson Krista Allen. They rig the cursed ship with explosives in a final bid to end the threat. The monster strikes down Bergren, and Johnson dives overboard just as the Hades explodes. She is rescued by the pursuing freighter, but is revealed to be possessed herself.