The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Rating: 7.9

The Last Voyage of the Demeter, or as it’s more commonly known, "Dracula on a Boat", is actually pretty decent! It’s a solid watch with great use of eerie, claustrophobic atmosphere, fun horror and awesome kills! Plus the effects, whether it be makeup or CGI, look really great. I loved the setpieces and found it really did strike the same sort of feel as the original Alien. Gotta love a solid fantasy-horror flick!

I just want to see what happens next! Loved the tone and take on Dracula so much I’d love to see them do the full story and not just a chapter! The ending has an amazing setup for a sequel….

It’s like… Dracula’s version of Rogue One!

*** No full review as I am taking a break for the month of August... so please enjoy this extended video review***

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Film Info:

Premise: The crew of the merchant ship Demeter sets sail from Carpathia to London to deliver a cargo of 50 unmarked wooden crates. However, they soon discover they're not alone as Dracula's unholy presence turns the trip into a nightmarish fight for survival.

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Universal

Directed by André Øvredal

Screenplay by Bragi F. Schut & Zak Olkewicz

Screen Story by Bragi F. Schut

Based on the chapter “The Captain’s Log” of Dracula by Bram Stoker

Cast: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian

Runtime: 1hr 58min

Rating: 14A

Horror

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IMDb Rating: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 50%

RT Audience Score: 75%

RT Critic Average: 5.7/10

RT Audience Average: 3.9/5

Metacritic Score: 52

CinemaScore: B-

Letterboxd: 2.8/5

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Fun Fact: Director André Øvredal described this movie as "basically Alien (1979) on a ship in 1897".

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