Watchmen – Tale Of The Black Freighter (2009)

Tales Of The Black Freighter is a story within a story in the original Watchmen comic and it’s been turned in to an animated short to accompany the Watchmen movie. The characters that read the comic in Watchmen don’t appear in the movie (except for quick glimpses of the newstand) and the comic doesn’t appear at all. This film is really just for fans of the comic wanting more Watchmen (and even then its appeal is limited). It’s a pirate horror story and the Black Freighter with its undead crew reminded me of the Black Pearl (without the benefit of Geoffrey Rush). Maybe Watchmen’s influence didn’t stop with the world of comics, it may have influenced Pirates Of The Caribbean as well.