The real-life tragedy of the RMS Titanic has drawn forth a ton of movies inspired by the event, much like Titanic 2. In fact, the very first Titanic movie came out just a mere 29 days after the RMS Titanic sank. Released in 1912, Saved From the Titanic stars silent film actress Dorothy Gibson, who did indeed survive the sinking of the real-life Titanic. After surviving the incident, Gibson returned to New York City and co-wrote the script with a character based on herself.
All in all, there are more than 15 feature films about the RMS Titanic. In addition, the incident inspired a slew of boat disaster films. Everyone loves a good disaster movie, and the incident with the real Titanic inspired tons of boat disaster flicks. In fact, the first movie based on the Titanic released barely a month after it sank. While James Cameron will never make a sequel to Titanic, and Shane Van Dyke’s Titanic II has nothing to do with the historic ocean liner, there are still plenty of movies about the H.M.S. Titanic for viewers who want more.
Titanic 2 Has A Sequel – Titanic 666
While Titanic 2 isn’t a sequel to Titanic, the film itself does boast its own sequel — Titanic 666. Titanic II got its own sequel in 2022, which went on a completely different route in terms of tone as it’s a supernatural horror story. Set on a third Titanic ship, Titanic 666 was directed by Nick Lyon, and follows a group of digital influencers who find themselves involved in macabre events after embarking on the maiden voyage of Titanic 3. Throughout their trip, strange supernatural occurrences begin, as the ship is haunted.
Titanic 666 understandably got dismal reviews upon its premiere on Tubi, and the supernatural thriller has been lambasted for treating a historic tragedy as a jumping-off point for a story that creates a mockery of its source material. James Cameron’s Titanic has inspired a litany of Titanic-themed and original disaster movies — some of them better than others. What these movies seem to have ignored or not understood is that James Cameron’s Titanic was mostly a respectful retelling of the real-life tragedy of the Titanic, while movies like Titanic II and Titanic 666 simply took the sinking of the ship as the basis to tell nonsensical stories that, ultimately, felt disrespectful and even like a joke.
