The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

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   Siskoid

   Expanding on just a few pages of Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter creates a literary slasher flick on Dracula's trip to London, and it's frankly much better than reported. André Øvredal (Troll Hunter, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) assembles a solid cast headed by Corey Hawkins, and also starring Liam Cunningham and David Dastmalchian, all actors I like, as well as an endearing young swab (Woody Norman) for that certain frisson you only get from a child in a horror movie. The practical sailing ship makes a good setting for the action (though If they found Drac's coffin, why not do anything with it, aside from the obvious thing that it didn't happen in the book?). And it acts like a microcosm of the larger novel, with a scientist (Hawkins) and a young bitten woman (Aisling Franciosi) at the forefront of fighting the vampire. Though everyone is doomed, what we actually know is that the ship is deserted when it reaches English shores, so there comes a point where you think at least SOME of the characters might escape Dracula's fangs, and that sudden hope fuels the third act and may even make you hunger for a further instalment. 8 months 1 week ago
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   americanadian25

   Surprisingly good. Falls victim to a few overdue tropes and runs a bit long. Though a good cast and some great effects make it work. A solid, if hardly groundbreaking, horror film. 8 months 1 week ago
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   samoan

   Overall good movie, better than I expected based on reviews. Too bad it didn't make more money as I would enjoy a sequel. 6 months 1 week ago

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