Not surprised, I didn't expect so much, but what the helllllll!

how tf they wrote the characters to be this dumb, it's senseless, I know it for the plot but just do something makes sense. The girl in the crate woke up and told everyone to get out of the ship, don't even give a reason and then cried? aight, it's not a big deal, but people are dying and she's still stfu until someone asks her 🤷. What she expects after telling a man who never believed on that thing?

Everyone dies one by one and the girl keeps her mouth shut while a boy unlocks his door and goes straight to the hell. Clemens and the captain saw Dracula and did nothing during the daylight, The crew watching their friend burning and the girl said nothing, she was bitten she knows something about it, her village was control by Dracula and she didn't say anything.

And what they wanna do? Be a Hero fighting Dracula? who tf teaches them to fight Dracula at night while they can do everything during the day. It's on the ship, what crates did she come from, why she didn't say anything and went to check all the crates during the day it's so easy.

We don't talk about that right? but it pissed me off-,- so i gotta say it

2 Stars for David Dastmalchian, ½ Star for the entire film

Not surprised, I didn't expect so much, but what the helllllll!

how tf they wrote the characters to be this dumb, it's senseless, I know it for the plot but just do something makes sense. The girl in the crate woke up and told everyone to get out of the ship, don't even give a reason and then cried? aight, it's not a big deal, but people are dying and she's still stfu until someone asks her 🤷. What she expects after telling a man who never believed on that thing?

Everyone dies one by one and the girl keeps her mouth shut while a boy unlocks his door and goes straight to the hell. Clemens and the captain saw Dracula and did nothing during the daylight, The crew watching their friend burning and the girl said nothing, she was bitten she knows something about it, her village was control by Dracula and she didn't say anything.

And what they wanna do? Be a Hero fighting Dracula? who tf teaches them to fight Dracula at night while they can do everything during the day. It's on the ship, what crates did she come from, why she didn't say anything and went to check all the crates during the day it's so easy.

We don't talk about that right? but it pissed me off-,- so i gotta say it

2 Stars for David Dastmalchian, ½ Star for the entire film

❝You want them to believe that you're a god! You and I both know that you're not! You bleed like any of us! You sleep in dirt! You feed! Above all else, you feed!❞
· · ──────⊹⊱ ✦ ⊰⊹────── · ·

A vampire on a ship is a concept that could work, but Dracula on a ship doesn't hold the same intrigue because everyone already knows how it ends for the crew. So while I appreciate the new take on a beloved classic, The Last Voyage of the Demeter has a severe handicap from the very beginning.

The run-time is just under two hours, and by Jove does it make you feel every minute. It's not necessary at all to show every single death on the ship, especially when it's only one a night. On top of that, there's very little opportunity to get to know the characters, so their deaths hold no value and there's no reason to root for their survival. I also couldn't even see what was going on half the time because it was so, so dark; can horror films take inspiration from Nosferatu (2024) so I don't have to sit in pitch blackness to be able to follow what's happening?
I think the cast overall did a decent job considering the script they had to work with. The design for Dracula was alright, though his wings were a little goofy, and overall the set, VFX and atmosphere were great.

This film could've been so much better if it wasn't confined to the restrictions created by the source material, and I don't think I'll be watching it again.

❝You want them to believe that you're a god! You and I both know that you're not! You bleed like any of us! You sleep in dirt! You feed! Above all else, you feed!❞
· · ──────⊹⊱ ✦ ⊰⊹────── · ·

A vampire on a ship is a concept that could work, but Dracula on a ship doesn't hold the same intrigue because everyone already knows how it ends for the crew. So while I appreciate the new take on a beloved classic, The Last Voyage of the Demeter has a severe handicap from the very beginning.

The run-time is just under two hours, and by Jove does it make you feel every minute. It's not necessary at all to show every single death on the ship, especially when it's only one a night. On top of that, there's very little opportunity to get to know the characters, so their deaths hold no value and there's no reason to root for their survival. I also couldn't even see what was going on half the time because it was so, so dark; can horror films take inspiration from Nosferatu (2024) so I don't have to sit in pitch blackness to be able to follow what's happening?
I think the cast overall did a decent job considering the script they had to work with. The design for Dracula was alright, though his wings were a little goofy, and overall the set, VFX and atmosphere were great.

This film could've been so much better if it wasn't confined to the restrictions created by the source material, and I don't think I'll be watching it again.

MANNNN i can't believe they took my dream concept and turned it into a mid film 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

yeah so basically i read dracula earlier this summer and read the demeter's log and was like "man this needs to be a movie!" someone else apparently thought that too. zamn.

dracula design almost rocked. wish it was practical. but it was cool. love some nosferatu teeth! "HE CAN FLY?!?" yeah. he flies now.

how this could have been improved:- really lean into the historical accuracy, like make it the lighthouse- DO NOT FUCKING SHOW DRACULA. oh my god jaws effect it. focus on the paranoia of the crew and how they deal with an unknown threat with their own personal beliefs. (side effect: this may make the theme actually mean something?)- character from the original book cameo at the end PLEASEEE. i was so hyped for a van helsing cameo or like a mina harker reference and yet. NOTHINGGGG

anyways i did find this enjoyable. would have been better if i made it though. [SHATTERS THE TABLE WITH MY FIST]

MANNNN i can't believe they took my dream concept and turned it into a mid film 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

yeah so basically i read dracula earlier this summer and read the demeter's log and was like "man this needs to be a movie!" someone else apparently thought that too. zamn.

dracula design almost rocked. wish it was practical. but it was cool. love some nosferatu teeth! "HE CAN FLY?!?" yeah. he flies now.

how this could have been improved:- really lean into the historical accuracy, like make it the lighthouse- DO NOT FUCKING SHOW DRACULA. oh my god jaws effect it. focus on the paranoia of the crew and how they deal with an unknown threat with their own personal beliefs. (side effect: this may make the theme actually mean something?)- character from the original book cameo at the end PLEASEEE. i was so hyped for a van helsing cameo or like a mina harker reference and yet. NOTHINGGGG

anyways i did find this enjoyable. would have been better if i made it though. [SHATTERS THE TABLE WITH MY FIST]

Creo que pudieron haber hecho algo mejor con lo que había en el libro (son como 4 páginas pero x), no alcanzaron a retratar bien el potencial de la historia

Creo que pudieron haber hecho algo mejor con lo que había en el libro (son como 4 páginas pero x), no alcanzaron a retratar bien el potencial de la historia

It looks and feels like one of those fake movies made with AI that pop-up in twitter from time to time.

It looks and feels like one of those fake movies made with AI that pop-up in twitter from time to time.