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The idea of turning the Demeter chapter into a horror movie sounded brilliant: a ship voyage turned into a floating trap, with the shadow of Dracula lurking in every corner. Yet what seemed on paper like a suffocating, anxiety-filled experience ends up being a rather flat exercise. The atmosphere works at times, with a detailed recreation of the ship and that nineteenth-century feel that adds some charm, but the script never fully exploits the potential of its **** biggest issue is that the fear fades away too soon. The monster is revealed without much mystery, which drains tension and leaves scenes that, while bloody, rarely become truly unsettling. A greater sense of subtlety and a steady build of suspense could have trapped the viewer in the ship’s darkness alongside the **** the plus side, the cast does what it can, and André Øvredal’s direction delivers some striking images, especially when focusing on the oppressive atmosphere of the sea and the claustrophobia of confined spaces. Still, the characters are so thinly developed that it’s hard to care about their fate, which lessens the impact of the **** Last Voyage of the Demeter is a decent film—occasionally entertaining, with flashes of good old-fashioned horror. But it leaves the feeling that, with more ambition in its storytelling and better use of tension, it could have been something far more memorable within the genre.

Truly good horror films have become very rare these days. The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a good horror film, well-structured, never boring, and featuring a convincing ensemble cast. It stands out positively from mainstream horror, which too often uses overly contrived stories to shock the audience with bloodthirsty carnage. This film has atmosphere, is elaborately staged, and captivates with its mounting horror, to which people are helplessly exposed. Films of this kind have unfortunately become very rare.

not a bad movie, I'm not a fan of horror and this movie is easy to watch, it was interesting to see a new variation of the old Dracula without any nonsense and comedy

Drácula sigue más vivo que nuncaHace poco que nos hemos topado con esta humilde película de terror que pasó desapercibida en cines el año 2023; tan desapercibida que apenas se notó su presencia en salas, pero que ha acabado gustando en redes sociales ahora que ha caído en plataformas **** último viaje del Demeter cuenta el pasaje de travesía realizado por el personaje de Drácula en el famoso libro homónimo escrito por Bram Stoker. En este largometraje viajaremos mar adentro en el buque Demeter en su viaje desde Rumanía a Londres; a través de su tripulación seremos testigos de cómo la presencia del vampiro hará añicos la cordura de los marineros y la sed de sangre acabará con sus vidas.Esta humilde película que nos trae André Øvredal, director de la aterradora Autopsia de Jane Doe (2016) y también Historias de miedo para contar en la oscuridad (2019), es un claro ejemplo de que se pueden seguir haciendo buenos filmes inspirados en otros largometrajes como son los alien exploitation. La premisa es como en El Octavo Pasajero (1979); una tripulación monta a bordo de su navío un cargamento desconocido que terminará por desatar la muerte y la locura durante su viaje, descubriendo que tendrán que matar a la bestia no sólo para salvar sus vidas, sino para evitar que desate el infierno cuando llegue a su destino en tierra **** apartados más concretos en la realización de la película, el reparto y sus actuaciones están estupendas, la ambientación del barco es aterradora por momentos y el español Javier Botet aporta fisicalidad al monstruo que en muchos momentos destaca notablemente; es verdad que uno de los problemas generales es que en algunos primeros planos y secuencias del monstruo con CGI se nota algo de pérdida de realismo, culpa de combinación del maquillaje junto a unos efectos digitales, dentro de un presupuesto **** dejará insatisfecho a nadieEl entorno hostil del mar embravecido, la presencia maligna y sobrenatural de una criatura demoníaca que acecha en la oscuridad y termina por convertir en monstruos a los tripulantes que no terminan de morir. Ver como la bravuconería se pierde ante el terror y los personajes tienen que sacar el arrojo necesario para sobrevivir, hacen que la travesía del Demeter sea a ratos estremecedora. La película consigue lo que propone: entretener con creces. Se traza un buen ritmo de tensión durante todo el tiempo, el buen uso de la sangre en los momentos en los se producen ataques y la aparición de la criatura con un diseño que cambia y crece cuanto más se **** buenas actuaciones, se consigue empatizar con los personajes y no se respira ninguna sensación de plot armor entre ellos, lo que permite que no esperemos cómo se va a desenvolver todo (aunque para los que conozcan la obra original sí puede que esperen cómo termina la historia). Estamos ante una película creativa, efectiva en su cuerpo y forma: una ambientación conseguida con momentos de terror clásico y sin abusar de jumpscares o sobresaltos. En definitiva, es una película palomitera muy recomendada para pasar un buen rato acompañado o en solitario.

What a fun movie. I'm a huge fan of the Dracula story and this was an incredible film made off of four pages of the book. What a unique concept!

A decent cast and atmosphere are ruined by the overly long, uninteresting story that is painfully stretched out to 2-hours. This should have been told in a tight 90 minutes, at best.

Well-made and atmospheric, but offering little surprises. It's not a bad spooky rental. But it is a bit too long for its own good

It's the story of the transportation of Dracula across the sea, only THIS time, Dracula has a magical black Dr. to deal with.

With a decent cast and pretty good cinematography, this movie ended up being a huge dissapointment. The director and writers really let this one down. Even though the cast is quite small, most of the characters were basically extras with zero development. The hamfisted foreshadowing the director tried to employ was so obvious you knew exactly what was going to happen about 2 minutes before every event. The film jumped from one moment of action to the next so quickly that spatial continuity went out the window, which is impressive as the setting is so small it should have been easy for the audience to keep their bearings while moving throughout the ship. It felt to me that the director was so focused on delivering visually impressive shots (which they did) that the narrative was simply an after thought. If they would have taken the time to establish the setting, had a few moments of peace between major plot events, and actually tried to give the characters a small semblance of a survival instinct, this film would have been much better off.

Here's my take on this flick... Everything's ok - acting is ok, cinematography also looks good, I liked special effects also, scenes also good, dialoges not bad, but plot.. boy oh boy, few big holes in plot, few smaller.. the plot is simple and boring that's all..

This film has noteworthy costumes, sets and period details, however it's a relatively unexceptional horror film in which a ship's crew is slowly killed off without making good decisions or offering any resistance. An ultimately inconsequential entry in the Dracula mythos.

This is fun monster movie that we don’t get much of anymore but I enjoyed it and thought the sets were fantastic. The creature was scary and had fun atthe movies which. Is not guaranteed these days

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a movie directed by André Øvredal (Troll Hunters, 2010, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, 2016), that tells basally the prologue of 1897's Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1847-1912) that tells about the Captain's Log of the Bulgarian ship named after the movie tile in 1867, before the events that happens in England.Bragi Schut Jr. that took almost 20 years to put the idea to a movie adapted the text to a full screenplay (Escape Room, Velvet Road) and there may reside the big flaw of the movie, because the rhythm is inconsistent and the plot even being interesting moves very slowly, with many flaws. It tries to emulate an ancient Alien the 8th passenger movie to this setting.Maybe the worst mistake was to put a protagonist Corey Hawkins in the role of the afro-english doctor Clemens that survives the trip and will start the hunt for Dracula, this already show in a pre-credits scene where the doctor is on a bar and see's the shadowy figure of Dracula, alrey telling the viewers that will de a sequence, on cinema or streaming.Nothing to say about the well know story - a massacre of the tripulation of the ship, that consists with the book, and the arrival at the destiny as a wreck with the coffin containing earth of Dracul's "bed" (I wonder if it sunk in the middle of the Atlantic what would happened - no earth, but no no sunlight so...anyway:). After some gruesome assassinations on the ship, is obvious that somebody would be suspicious of each other, but not in the scale they happen, The mouse and cat cat between Dracula (in his man-bat form) and crew is the main core of the movie. Göran Lundström made the wonderful prosthetic work that was used almost 100% oon the scenes with dracula only using CG to put the artist that interpreted it on the creature (that is very similar to the one at Midnight Mass at Netflix)Beside the prosthetics and some scenes, the movie is too slow, and the final is ridiculous. I would give it a score of 6,0 out of 10,0 / B- by the effort.

The fact that all this didn’t go down in some 200 year old dilapidated mansion in the middle of nowhere was quite a refreshing change of scenery!

+Great visual effects +Decent cinematography and production quality +Great cast and soundtrack -Terrible quick cut pacing destroys any tension -Modern dialogue and characters feel entirely out of place in the setting -Very predictable action sequences I loved the concept here but it felt wasted. For some reason the direction and editing was done with such a quick pacing there was never a moment of stillness for any tension to build. On top of this the dialogue was done in a modern style with characters that acted with modern sensibilities. It just didn't feel authentic. Its seems like the focus went more on the visual style which was very good if a little pointless without the tension required to sell it. In the end you saw the creature so much it fell almost into parody. It passed the time and is worth a view if you are a creature horror fan.

The Movie returns to the roots of vampire tales and masterfully presents the most terrifying aspects of the genre on the big screen. While there are some minor additions to the story, the core elements remain unchanged.

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Okey

Pretty enjoyable and fun film, keeps you intrigued.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is yet another forgettable adaptation/"expansion" of Bram Stoker's work. The original material doesn't have much content as it's just a single chapter, but it's interesting. Here in the film, this word falls into limbo due to the common tricks that are used throughout the construction. The script is obvious, poorly written and poorly developed. The text does not delve into some of the points raised and instead prefers to include some ridiculous monologues. The third act is annoying and the resolutions found here border on the height of **** script also fails with the presentation and development of the characters. They have very little charisma, which leads us to give a damn whether they live or **** atmosphere of the film is good thanks to the photography. It is a dense environment with cloudy weather, thunder and the deafening noise of the sea. These aspects instigate our curiosity to know where Dracula is and where and how he will **** film's CGI is good, the apotheotic sea is very real and Dracula's appearance is good and reminiscent of his classic appearance in ****'s a forgettable film that when it is remembered it will only be for being another Bran Stoker adaptation that didn't work.

Good lord this is a superb horror film. Sure there are some points of the chapter this film is taken from that should have beentweaked just a touch to make things fit together better and thus avoid obvious "Why not just do X and problem solved", eg; changing the Schooner to a Galleon and increasing the cargo size, but otherwise this is a fantastic horror film orders of magnitude better than the American horror drivel vomited out with cliche stories and plotholes a dozen relying far too heavily on predictable jump scares and laughably over the top gore to try and do the "scaring". Do yourself a favour, watch this film and see that it is possible to make a good horror film.

Long and somewhat over play movie. Dracula for me is something that as been over used and this new entry into the genre is bland and to slow burning for my taste. Dracula looks like a gargoyle with a weird CGI effect that takes me out of the movie. The fact that they add a new character to the story of Dracula is something I have a problem with. Stop modernizing stories and right them well instead.

I really good movie, I wasn't expecting that. I thought it was about to be boring but kept me at the edge of the seat the whole time

The Last Voyage of the Demeter has so many going for it: great production values and creature effect. A reasonably talented casts and many more. It is also based on a very interesting concept: this film is an Alien clone but set during 'the past'. However, like another film this year, 65, the director can't milk the tension from this premise and the result is a film that could not live up to its full potential.

For the life of me, I cannot understand why THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER is not doing better at the box office because the movie is really good! The movie reminds me of the old British horror movies that I love to watch on MeTV around Halloween. Americans just do not appreciate good acting, have no imagination anymore, and only have an appetite for blood and guts. Go see this movie, and you will be scared and thrilled (about the good acting in the movie) and love eating popcorn while watching!

I wish i listened to the reviews instead of wasting my 1 hour watching this crap, all the crew is just plainly dumb including the captain, the dialogue sounds like a child wrote it, the characters are horrible, and the story sounds promising but Hollywood somehow made it an absolute boredom, the movie as a whole was way dawn out for no reason, and yes like some reviews pointed out this movie if full of woke agenda like the only smart person in the crew is... yes you guessed it is the woman. the only thing i will give praise for is the cinematic aspect and CGI anything else is just ridiculously stupid and boring Please do not watch the movie, I stopped halfway through this movie and I skipped all the way to the end. you better waste your precious time somewhere else. 2/10

Some of the worst editing and sound design I have ever seen. It had good ideas but it constantly bombards you with loud noises and camera cuts that take you out of the experience. It actually made me feel sick on how badly it was edited.

Good over all story was fun, actors did well, and then I saw the awful joke of cgi for vamps.. ruined it. But good overall.

A movie about a crew on a ship being hunted by Dracula is such an awesome premise. I like that they went with a more monstrous design for Dracula which makes him feel like a force of nature. The mix of practical and CGI is done well. The production design of the ship is phenomenal with how claustrophobic it feels. The actors all are phenomenal as well with special mention to David Dastmalchian and Liam Cunningham. The kills are brutal and entertaining to watch. However, this movie does suffer from the horror trope of stupid characters making nonsensical choices. It also starts with a flash-forward that spoils the ending for no reason. The movie is also way too long and has a very slow pacing. Could easily cut 20 minutes of this film. It also has an ending that just feels "wrong" and not very fitting of the tone that was throughout this film. Overall, it's an unexpectedly entertaining monster movie.

A little better than the second episode where the story of the Demeter is explored in the Netflix series Dracula, this movie is very, very boring, not to mention the agenda they inserted.

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Not a bad premise, but we all know how it ends. Corey Hawkins doesn't really work as a lead either. All in all, it's kinda boring and they show the vampire too soon. And it's a creature instead of the charming vampire we think of, who is more terrifying than the monster. Add to it Hawkins little DEI rant, and this doesn't work on any level. Still, it looks good and aside from Hawkins, has some good performances.

Dull and not very good, the cast is woke and wacky and the script is plain dumb. Also, it's just not very scary, could've been Alien on a 1800s tall ship but what we got was a boring vampire slog with all the progressive agenda boxes ticked - 2 stars

Demeter é um navio que aparece no conto do Drácula de Brom Stoker, daí a Disney teve a brilhante ideia de fazer uma história recontando a última viagem que ocorrera na tal embarcação, que no livro acaba sendo encontrada encalhada já em solos ingleses, dado que o drácula a usara. O saldo final é um filme que se ancora no suspense mas que, infelizmente, não sabe aproveitar o potencial do Drácula. Com um cenário até certo ponto claustrofóbico, salvo raras exceções (a cena de perseguição ao garoto, por exemplo), o roteiro faz a opção acertada de cadenciar a aparição do vilão, o que nos deixa com nó na espinha, contudo, erra ao abordá-lo de forma muito mais metafísica e fantasiosa, veja que os poderes dele estão mito acima da capacidade humana, é como se todo o clima de terror se transformasse em pura fantasia. Ora, se ele é tão poderoso, ágil e esperto assim, por que não matou todos quando teve a oportunidade? Enfim, o roteiro precisava de filme para desenvolver, não é mesmo? Ainda assim, algumas decisões me deixaram bem contentes, como o final trágico de certos personagens. E mesmo que o sangue esteja contido, higienizado, ele está lá, mostrando que é um filme que busca equilibrar-se entre o entretenimento e o horror. Infelizmente, a fotografia escura e os cortes rápidos que só mostram a supervalorização do poder do drácula, a meu ver, tornaram a experiência menos imersiva quanto deveria. Com um cenário enclausurante, a direção não consegue fazer emergir todo o potencial do navio, que afinal era para ser o verdadeiro protagonista aqui. Outra coisa que me incomodou um pouco, mas talvez já seja birra minha, foi o discurso religioso transversal ao filme. No entanto, entendo que essa narrativa pode aproximar o grande público, e também não está tão estridente assim a ponto de incomodar. É um filme de puro entretenimento, não verossímel, que vai acertando na construção da atmosfera e derrapa quando mostra a ação pura. Ainda assim, uma ótima forma de passar o tempo.

Demeter was enjoyable but maybe a bit long. The story is average and has been seen a lot. They modified some details on the vampire side of things. That said, the movie is nice visually. The creature is really good too. I was impress by the rain and water effects. The acting is average at times. The music is ok. If anything, the movie is a bit long and somewhat generic. I give it 70% because it was handle with a lot of care. But there are some lack of logic at the end regarding the plan and the ship. That made me turn my eyes and wanted more blood.

Boring Dracula film. Creature is cool, though. The good news is that Robert Eggers is bringing his version of 'Nosferatu' next year. .

The movie is really descent. Dracula owns the movie but I needed to see more of him or action. The actor/makeup is on point.

I thought this was perfectly average, the setting and mood are good if pretty drab. The kills and immolations are graphic and well placed but extremely repetitive. Overstays its welcome as there is not nearly enough meat on the b one to sustain 2 hours.

IF only this movie borrowed ideas from the first Alien movie, building up suspense, letting you care about the crew. You can have a slow burn movie if you do it correctly it could've been something great. There's another upcoming movie directed and written by Robert Eggers called Nosferatu, if there's any hope left for Hollywood to resurrect Dracula that movie could have the potential to do so. (Robert Eggers directed The Witch, Lighthouse, The Northman and they're all received well by audiences, one of the main reasons why I mention it here)

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a decent movie with the potential of being something much better. We know the character of Dracula, and though fun seeing him systematically feed on the ship's crew he was condensed down to being just a standard movie monster vs the character of Dracula we love.

A biased part of me may have seen things that other people may find irrelevant, but my genuine passion for these kinds of stories sometimes gets in the way of me being more objective but I'll say it like I feel it and that is that this movie definitely has its fair share of flaws. However, it's the gripping atmosphere and the formidable antagonist at the heart of the horror what allows The Last Voyage of the Demeter of being a better movie. This isn't about humanizing a bloodthirsty monster. No. It's a story of a fantasy-level apex predator on the hunt, going after its prey like a lion among sheep, locked up and placed at their mercy in the confinement of a ship in the middle of the ocean. In the words of Watchmen's Rorschach: "I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me.' The combination exudes a style that swings between melodrama and crudity reminiscent of classic films about beings such as Dracula. The terror is amplified by a great villain whose behavior evokes shades of the Xenomorph from Alien, and considering that the victims are locked in a ship like those in Ridley Scott's film were on the Nostromo, this vampire who looks like a cross between Man-Bat and Nosferatu maintains the film's most riveting elements, fostering palpable suspense and tension throughout. The script has its flaws, and I saw it coming from afar. The balance it seeks often falters, and much of what it does in several passages is more reactionary than coherent. Also, unfortunately, it doesn't give enough room for development to the lead characters, and the resolution it offers isn't satisfying either. I don't mean to say that everything should be tied up neatly, but let's just say that some of those points feel a little flimsy. As for the overall experience, I can say that The Last Voyage of the Demeter is the kind of film that can easily be recommended to casual moviegoers, devoted Dracula enthusiasts, avid monster aficionados, and dedicated horror fans alike. While it may not possess any extraordinary or stunning quality, it still managed to keep me engaged and free from any sense of disappointment. Therefore, from my point of view, it duly earned its credit with me.

Much better than I thought it was going to be. Visuals and suspense were very good and the performance delivered by Corey Hawkins and David Dastmalchian are spectacular.

A joke, let's make a horror movie about Dracula on a ship(not a bad idea), but have the most boring characters, trash writing, plot holes etc . It has a good atmosphere, you can feel the endless sea, but that's about it. Also, too long and for what? You could cut 30-40 minutes without issues.

Movie of the Week for 12 bucks can't really go wrong so it was value for money but there were few things which kind of bugged me considering I did indeed read Bram Stocker's Dracula. For me number one issue is they sort of started the story in the middle (Which Dracula's journey from Romania to England is) and they don't really do a good job to explain the origin basically just assumes everyone read the book and they know who Count Dracula is ? Why he is travelling to London ? What was he doing until he came to a brilliant idea to migrate to England. 2nd problem their Count Dracula looks more like a Leper then a Vampire honestly they couldn't even get the teeth right. 3rd problem The whole plot is based around the question you already knew before you even start watching the movie ,everyone knows Count Dracula does indeed reach London where he finds Mina etc... so why base the plot around this in the first place ? Thing I did like was Aisling Franciosi , I can't believe she plays a kid while she is actually 30 , they nailed this part also her Romanian accent is amazing considering she was Irish . The ending **** it suggests a sequel Black man vs Dracula in London which I admit is a take on the story we didn't have before but I think they should have kept Aisling Franciosi alive.

I'm not sure why this movie isn't doing better. It has a decent script, the ship is a fun experience (minus the threat if imminent death), and there are some good effects. It's not phenomenal, but it was a good time at the movies and well worth my time—probably because I'm a **** for mariner films. I hope it gets a second life in streaming.

It takes talent to make a premise this good boring. Dracula never turns into a bat, insects, a wolf, mist – he never takes over people’s minds or seduces them. No, he’s just a dumb beast like the screenwriters. That just leaves a talented cast to spin their wheels on a cheap set. Total waste of time.

Well filmed and acted adaptation somehow created from one chapter of the book. The normal cheesy scary movie feel isn’t present here making it more enjoyable than most.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a decent enough movie. The film has pretty good cinematography--with many of the shots looking downright beautiful--and there are also some genuinely entertaining tense and creepy scenes. The problems with the movie lie in a substantial plot hole that weakened the films engrossing atmosphere, as well as a pretty disappointing and drab ending. The film will entertain you, but don't expect a super unique addition to the horror genre.