In the age of streaming, some movies have gained a second life when arriving on a platform. That’s the case of this horror film, “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” which was released last year but now it’s one of the most watched titles on Max worldwide. However, in the US, you will find it on Fubo (which offers a seven-day free trial), and Paramount+.
The supernatural horror film, directed by André Øvredal, is an adaptation of “The Captain’s Log”, a chapter from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Per FlixPatrol, the film currently holds the global Top 5 spot.
However, when it came to box office performance, the movie didn’t break even, grossing only $21.7 million worldwide against a budget of $45 million. Critically, it also received mixed reviews by critics but fans were more enthusiastic about it.
‘The Last Voyage of Demeter,’ a period horror film to fans of the genre
Starring Corey Hawkins, Liam Cunningham, Aisling Franciosi, David Dastmalchian, Woody Norman and Javier Botet as Dracula, the film is set in 1897 and follows the crew of the merchant ship named Demeter as they sail from Transylvania to London, while Dracula is stalking them.
The story follows a typical slasher film formula, with the legendary vampire killing the crew members one by one. However, to add to the tension, Dracula’s full image isn’t shown at the beginning, but it’s slowly revealed throughout the film.
Øvredal told Collider that he wanted to work “with the dramatic effect of discovery,” and in this case the biggest discovery in the movie is the “evolution of the creature,” so they kept it in the “shadows” in the beginning of the film.
According to the critics’ consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, in which the film holds a 49% score on the platform, the movie is definitely a fresh take on the character but the execution wasn’t that interesting. Meanwhile, the audience thinks the film is a “ solidly scary Dracula movie.”
