They talked about the moorland but didn't show anything.
Also they didn't show anything bah Romania or Bulgaria.
These two factors reduced the atmosphere.
The movie is creepy at times, the settings claustrophobic n the idea of exploring the uncharted portion of the novel is downright solid but the lack of blood n action made me give low ratings.
Also some of the scenes are shot in too much darkness n the kills happens very fast. Some terrible fast cut editing which ruins the fun.
The make up of the Dracoola will remind of Nosferatu 1922 n Salem's Lot.
The characters make dumb decisions. After eventually knowing that the creature hides during the sunlight n inspite of knowing his hiding place, nobody takes the effort to throw his casket in the water nor do they try to search him or destroy his casket during the daytime.
Also why the Dracoola goes after Joseph (the chef) is beyond me.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023
Action / Fantasy / Horror
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023
Action / Fantasy / Horror
Plot summary
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
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October 19, 2023 at 09:33 AM
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Glad they made a movie on the portion of Bram Stocker's novel that needed to be explored but got let down by the lack of gore n action.
Dracula's Rogue One
Rogue One is based on a small snippet of a larger story, but managed to expand that small snippet into a fun adventure. This movie does the same thing, but with an R rating. It takes a chapter out of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and turns it into a summer, thriller/suspense movie. I enjoyed this movie for what it was, I would recommend it as a good time.
This is a decent, popcorn summer film. If you go in expecting more or less, you will be disappointed. I went in with low expectations as the movie was not doing well critically. Some critics were lamenting it adds nothing new to the dracula mythos, it doesn't subvert expectations, it doesn't reinvent the wheel. C'mon guys, not every movie needs to be an Oscar contender, can't we just have some fun with Dracula? Critics were too harsh on this movie and are slamming it for what it isn't rather than commenting on what it is. It's a solid 7/10 movie.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
This film isn't great. Dracula is played out at this point but, it's a cool concept. Dracula at sea terrorizing the crew. The execution and story are just way off in this for me.
The direction is decent from Andre Overdal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe). I assume the budget wasn't much but he did a decent job with what he had.
The cast is trying their best. Again the material and the screenplay are terrible. But the relatively unknown cast are doing as good as they can.
This films screenplay is the problem. This film should've been 20 minutes shorter and taken place over the last night on the ship. I was so frustrated with how many "days" pass without the crew finding Dracula in the middle of the day and releasing him into sunlight. Only to have the final battle take place at night. Why would these characters, who have literally watched 2 people spontaneously combust wait until the darkest night imaginable to fight a vampire? They had day after day to go search from Dracula on this boat and have the sun take him. Really bad screenplay.
Again, not a great film but I like the filmmaker and will watch whatever he makes next. This was a dud though.