First trailer of Vicky Kaushal's 'Bhoot: The Haunted Ship' out

The 3-minute-long trailer opens with the announcement that "Sea Bird", a dead ship has run ashore Mumbai's Juhu beach. The trailer then introduces us to Prithvi (Vicky), a surveying officer who has been assigned the task of investigating the Sea Bird.

Our protagonist confronts eerie elements and spirits, both on and off the ship, as he dives deeper into the mysteries concerning the ship.

Despite the fact that the premise of the film sounds fascinating and pretty promising for a Bollywood horror flick, the trailer of the much-talked-about movie comes off as a rather bland and boring exercise.

Even as the trailer is filled with plenty of jump scares, they are just too cliche and predictable to evoke any interest or scares.

A rare horror movie by Dharma and a whole-new genre for Vicky, Bhoot: The Haunted Ship has been directed by debutant director Bhanu Pratap Singh.

Jointly produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Shashank Khaitan, under the banners Dharma Productions and ZEE Studios, The Haunted Ship is the first part in a planned franchise.

It also stars Bhumi Pednekar, Ashutosh Rana.

Bhoot: The Haunted Ship is set to hit the theaters on February 21.

The film will clash with Hitesh Kewalya's romantic comedy film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar, which is also releasing on the same day.

Bhoot may also face competition from Imtiaz Ali's much-awaited Love Aaj Kal sequel, which releases a week before, on February 14.