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The Last Voyage of the Demeter

A crew sailing from Varna (Bulgaria) by the Black Sea to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo. A crew sailing from Varna (Bulgaria) by the Black Sea to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo. A crew sailing from Varna (Bulgaria) by the Black Sea to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo.

• André Øvredal
• Bram Stoker
• Bragi F. Schut
• Zak Olkewicz
• Corey Hawkins
• Aisling Franciosi
• Liam Cunningham
• 464 User reviews
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• 2 wins & 10 nominations

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• Trivia Dracula's look is based on Count Orlok from the unauthorized adaptation Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) . This was also the model for the look of the vampire Barlow in the original Salem's Lot (1979) .
• Goofs (~1h 35m) Wojchek locks himself inside the cargo hold by inserting a wooden board through the handles, but they're sliding doors, so they would still open.

Clemens : I... do not... fear you!

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• Soundtracks Hangin' Johnny Traditional Arranged by Thomas Newman Performed on Hardanger fiddle by Kathleen Keane

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter finds a fresh angle on Dracula's oft-told tale, although lackluster execution often undercuts the story's claustrophobic tension.

A solidly scary Dracula movie, The Last Voyage of the Demeter will reward patient viewers with some intense scenes and plenty of eerie atmosphere.

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Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Last Voyage of the Demeter

• The Last Voyage of the Demeter ends with the entire crew killed, except for Clemens. Clemens witnesses Anna's death and vows to pursue Dracula for revenge.
• Carfax Abbey is revealed to be Dracula's estate in London, where he rests during the daytime before hunting at night.
• Dracula and Anna are buried in Transylvanian soil, which is essential for restoring Dracula's strength during the day. The dragon symbol on the crates symbolizes Dracula's connection to Vlad the Impaler.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter ends with the entire crew of the Demeter — save for Clemens — killed. The supernatural horror film ends where it began: At the port of Whitby, with the ship having crashed into the harbor and the captain’s log having been found. Clemens, meanwhile, drifts at sea, having just witnessed the death of Anna, who reveals she was turned by Dracula. Though Clemens’ blood transfusions staved off the infection for a while, Anna didn’t want to live the life of a vampire.

Knowing she now had a choice in the matter, whereas she didn’t when she was offered to Dracula by her people, Anna chose to be burned by the sun than live the life of the undead. After her death, Clemens (Corey Hawkins) makes it ashore. Instead of going on with his life, the doctor vows to pursue Dracula and kill him for the death he’s caused. Clemens starts with the mystery of Carfax Abbey. Now that he knows Dracula can be burned by the sun, Clemens intends to kill him while he rests. But Clemens belatedly realizes his neck injury makes it so Dracula can sense him and vice versa.

Who Is Behind The Mysterious Carfax Abbey?

Throughout the film, the mystery surrounding Carfax Abbey deepens. It is what signed off on the transport of Count Dracula and his cargo, but there doesn’t seem to be any other information about it. Clemens looks it up when he arrives in England, and it seems to be a location where Dracula is holed up. What The Last Voyage of the Demeter doesn’t explain is that Carfax Abbey is actually an estate Dracula bought in London, and it’s where he lays to rest in the daytime before stalking the city for victims at night.

Considering Dracula had meticulously prepared for his trip, it’s likely that he’d bought Carfax Abbey long before the Demeter was set to sail. Dracula is intelligent, and didn’t want anyone to ask questions. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula , the estate is simply referred to by the first part of its name. Carfax Abbey is also a fictitious place, though it is based on the real-life Whitby Abbey in England. Whitby is also the name of the port at which the Demeter arrives.

Captain Elliot’s Last Words Explained

Captain Elliot is forever changed following the death of his grandson Toby, but he agrees that the Demeter must go down in the hopes of killing Dracula once and for all. Just before his death, Captain Elliot tells Clemens, “Let them know I was true to my trust.” While it seemed as though Elliot was speaking in general, perhaps about his honor as a captain, it’s more than likely he wanted others to know that he was right all along about Clemens. Throughout the voyage, Captain Elliot was one of the only people to believe in Clemens, trusting him with the life of Toby and Anna.

Clemens had long been dismissed because he was a Black man, discredited and not given opportunities despite his credentials. Captain Elliot believed Clemens was not only a good man, but good at his job. Elliot’s last words signified he was right to trust Clemens. What’s more, Elliot believed Wojchek would have made a good captain, and the fact that the latter agreed to go down with the ship and ultimately trusted Clemens with the plan — despite Wojchek’s earlier antagonism towards Clemens — solidified Captain Elliot’s decisions to rely on both characters. Elliot’s last words held weight for Clemens, even if he turned toward revenge.

The Real Reason Dracula & Anna Are Buried In Soil

The entirety of Count Dracula’s cargo was made up of crates of soil. Dracula and Anna were buried in them, so deeply that no one realized at first that there was anyone inside. Initially, the soil seemed like an odd choice. It covered up Dracula well enough, but he was bringing it along to London because the soil itself was from Transylvania — Dracula’s homeland. The Transylvanian soil is needed for Dracula to restore his strength during the day while he sleeps.

This is especially pertinent because Dracula was leaving Transylvania behind for London, and the soil was a requirement as he made his home in a new place. Without being surrounded or buried in Transylvanian soil, Dracula would not be as powerful as he aimed to be. Of course, the Demeter’s crew didn’t know the soil was so important, only that it was an odd thing to be buried in. Perhaps if Anna had an inkling regarding why he needed to be buried in it, the crew could have come up with a plan to rid Dracula of his beloved soil, sapping him of his energy.

The Meaning Of Dracula’s Dragon Symbol

Dracula’s coffin — and the other crates making up the Demeter’s cargo — was decorated with the dragon symbol. The reason behind the symbol isn’t explained in The Last Voyage of the Demeter , but the dragon is synonymous with Dracula himself, whose name means “son of the dragon.” Bram Stoker is said to have been influenced by Vlad III Dracul, also known as Vlad the Impaler.

Vlad III was the son of Vlad II, who was a member of the Order of the Dragon beginning in 1431, and whose emblem was a symbol of the dragon. In modern Romanian, the name Dracul refers to the devil. In the film, Anna often calls Dracula the devil because of his actions, the hold he has on people, and the death he brings wherever he goes. Thus, Dracula and the devil become one and the same, born from the dragon and transformed over time, an ancient entity whose symbol brings terror.

What The Last Voyage Of The Demeter Changes From The Book

“The Captain’s Log” chapter in Stoker’s Dracula lays the groundwork for The Last Voyage of the Demeter , but the film’s screenwriters alter or add a few things to expand upon the existing story. In the book, the Demeter sets sail in the summer of 1893, whereas the voyage in the film takes place in 1897. The sea captain is found lashed to the wheel of the ship in the book, but he is freed by Clemens before he dies in the movie. The names of the crew, and the details of exactly what happened daily on the ship, are additions to the film, as are Clemens and Toby.

How The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’s Ending Sets Up A Sequel

The Last Voyage of the Demeter ends with the entirety of the ship’s crew dead, but Clemens manages to survive. Dracula has made his way to London and is fully aware of Clemens’ presence. It’s Clemens’ vow to find and kill Dracula that essentially sets up a sequel to the horror film. The moment in the pub is charged with revenge, surprise, and a challenge from Dracula, as though daring Clemens to kill him.

While the Demeter’s story is over, the film’s final scene seems to be hinting towards more to come. Clemens’ hunt for Dracula has only just begun when the film ends, and a sequel could follow Clemens in this next chapter. That said, a sequel to The Last Voyage of the Demeter has not yet been confirmed, and it’s unclear whether there will be one. Even if a sequel never materializes, one can imagine that Clemens will struggle in killing Dracula, a formidable foe, but there is always hope he might succeed.

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• How <i>The Last Voyage of the Demeter</i> Revamps a Chilling Chapter From <i>Dracula</i>

How  The Last Voyage of the Demeter  Revamps a Chilling Chapter From  Dracula

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Last Voyage of the Demeter .

The seventh chapter of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula , titled "The Captain's Log," chronicles the fate of the crew of the doomed merchant ship the Demeter through a series of logbook entries detailing the vessel's disastrous voyage from the Black Sea port of Varna to Whitby, England.

Unaware that Dracula is onboard, the captain writes how, over the course of their journey, crew members went missing until just he and the first mate were left on the Demeter. After the first mate caught sight of "a man, tall and thin, and ghastly pale," he jumped overboard rather than die by the vampire's hand. Eventually, the captain lashed himself to the wheel with a crucifix in hand to try to bring the ship into port.

"I shall tie my hands to the wheel when my strength begins to fail, and along with them I shall tie that which He, It, dare not touch," reads the captain's final log entry, which is found rolled up inside a corked bottle in his pocket after the Demeter arrives in Whitby with no one alive onboard. "And then, come good wind or foul, I shall save my soul, and my honour as a captain. I am growing weaker, and the night is coming on. If He can look me in the face again, I may not have time to act."

The Last Voyage of the Demeter , in theaters Aug. 11, takes this chilling interlude in the original story and turns it into a full-length fright flick. "I wanted to make a genuine horror movie about this little part of the novel," says director André Øvredal ( The Autopsy of Jane Doe , Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ). "I found that to be a great challenge and a great way of doing something that could be part of [ Dracula 's] huge, wonderful legacy, but wouldn't risk standing next to giant movies [that have come before]. It's its own thing."

The long journey of The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Øvredal signed on to helm Demeter from a screenplay by Bragi Schut Jr. and Zak Olkewicz in October 2019, nearly two decades after Phoenix Pictures acquired Schut Jr.'s original script in 2003. Prior to Øvredal's involvement, a variety of directors, from Robert Schwentke to Neil Marshall to David Slade, had been attached to the project at different points in time.

The single chapter is such a captivating one that Demeter producers Mike Medavoy and Bradley J. Fischer say they were determined to get a movie adaptation made no matter how long it took.

" Dracula is obviously a very iconic and well-tread piece of IP that's been in the public domain forever. But this particular story was one that hadn't really been dramatized. It's been used as connective tissue in other Dracula adaptations," says Fischer, referencing scenes in 1922's Nosferatu and 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula . "But no one had told the story of what happens on this ship across the body of a single film."

Demeter traps its characters in a contained, isolated setting at the mercy of an elusive monster, a narrative arc that Medavoy says brought to mind one iconic horror movie in particular.

"It reminded me of Alien with Dracula in it. Dracula is the alien on the ship," he says. "That's what drew me to the story."

Dracula at sea

Demeter stars Liam Cunningham as Captain Eliot, David Dastmalchian as first mate Wojchek, and Jon Jon Briones, Martin Furulund, Stefan Kapicic, Nikolai Nikolaeff, and Chris Walley as the ship's crew. It also introduces some additional main players who don't feature in the book: Captain Eliot's grandson Toby (Woody Norman), Dr. Clemens (Corey Hawkins), and a stowaway named Anna (Aisling Franciosi) who is smuggled onboard by Dracula as a food source.

The role of Dracula (or Nosferatu) belongs to veteran creature actor Javier Botet, who has terrified audiences for years playing monsters in movies like 2013's Mama , 2016's The Conjuring 2 , 2017's IT , and 2018's Slender Man . "[Botet] breaches that careful relationship between human character and monster," Øvredal says. "He can find intelligence just through body language in how a creature is portrayed on screen."

That's a quality Øvredal needed in his Dracula, as Demeter paints the vampire as a vicious, bloodthirsty beast rather than the sophisticated, seductive count he often appears as.

"Depicting Dracula as a monstrous, more freaky character was very alluring," Øvredal says. "I wanted to lean into the fact that he's lived for 400 years. I didn't want to see a beautiful Hollywood actor being charming and suave.

"We also removed the sexuality that Dracula is often depicted with because it's essentially just a survival tale for everyone, including him," he adds. "I wanted to see that he has survived and survived and that he will survive this journey as well because, as we know, the story of Dracula continues on."

How The Last Voyage of the Demeter ends

In Stoker's Dracula , the Demeter arrives in England amid a great storm. Witnesses see a large dog disembark from the ship and find only the corpse of the captain still on board.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter offers an inside look at all the horrors that play out on the ship throughout its final journey.

"One of the great thematic elements of the story that is profound in its horror is the way that Dracula takes from each character the thing that person loves the most, including turning the ship itself into a living nightmare of the sea," Fischer says. "It's not enough that it's sustaining itself off of the blood of these people. It wants them to suffer in a way and enjoys it."

However, unlike in the book, the movie ends with one person who was onboard the Demeter, Clemens, surviving the passage and making his way to London with the intent of hunting Dracula down. When asked whether this twist opens the door for a sequel, Øvredal says it would be "quite a revisionist take" on what happens in the book from that point on.

"We try to stay reasonably true to the novel in this depiction," he says. "This movie is really about honoring the novel. But if you go further with Clemens' character, he obviously doesn't exist in the book."

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter

As those of you with a decent grasp of horror trivia already know, the Demeter was the ship whose ultimately doomed journey to deliver some especially dangerous cargo from Transylvania to London was chronicled in the seventh chapter of the Bram Stoker classic Dracula . Although this section, running 16 pages in my copy, contains some of the most evocative imagery in that sometimes clumsily written book, the whole episode is not that important to the narrative. It simply illustrates how the title character got from point A to B, and on the rare occasions when filmmakers have chosen to bring this story to the screen, the journey is either reduced to a brief montage or newspaper headline or ignored entirely. Now comes “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” a feature-length expansion of those 16 pages that fully examines the strange occurrences aboard one of the most doomed sea journeys in literary history.

Upon hearing this movie’s premise for the first time, I wasn’t entirely convinced it could work. This would be a film where practically every audience member would not only know exactly what the supernatural force at the center of the story is before the Universal logo hits the screen. But they would also—barring some unexpected deviation from the well-known narrative—know exactly how the on-screen events would play out. To me, it looked like just another attempt by Universal to introduce the character that played such a key role in the studio’s history to contemporary audiences following the misfired likes of “Dracula: Untold” and the recent and dreadful “ Renfield .” That may have been the case, but the results are a big step up from those previous stumbles, an often striking take on the tale that makes up for what it lacks in surprise with a lot of style and some undeniably effective scare moments.

Set in 1897, the film opens as the Demeter is about to set sail from Transylvania to London, carrying Captain Eliot ( Liam Cunningham ), loyal first mate Wojchek ( David Dastmalchian ), his grandson Toby ( Woody Norman ), and a small crew that grows even smaller when some of the locals recruited for the journey get skittish when they see that the cargo contains many large crates being sent by an unknown figure to Carfax Abbey in London. Among those recruited at the last second is Clemens ( Corey Hawkins ), who signs on as the ship’s doctor to get passage home to England. His expertise comes in handy when one of the boxes is accidentally opened, and an apparent stowaway ( Aisling Franciosi ) is discovered with a mysterious malady that requires numerous blood transfusions. 

Soon, strange things begin happening on the ship. All the livestock on board and Toby’s beloved dog are slaughtered throughout one grisly evening. Sailors begin seeing and hearing odd things at night while on watch, and even the ship’s rats appear to have vanished, leading up to the deathless line, “A boat without rats—such a thing is against nature.” The members of the crew soon begin disappearing, driving the already skittish ones who remain further into paranoia that is not helped when the stowaway, whose name proves to be Anna, finally wakes up and informs Clemens and the others that to steal a line from Mel Brooks , yes, they have Nosferatu. As Dracula ( Javier Botet ) continues snacking through the ship, the rapidly dwindling survivors try to figure out how to stop him before they reach London.

The film was directed by André Øvredal , whose previous credits include such intriguing horror-related efforts as “ Trollhunter ,” “ The Autopsy of Jane Doe ,” and the underrated “ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark .” This time, he is trying to figure out how to tell a story in which everyone in the audience will be ahead of the characters on the screen at virtually every given point. He accomplishes that primarily by focusing heavily on visual style, creating a moody and haunted atmosphere throughout—even during the scenes set in the daytime—that is both eerily beautiful and just plain eerie. “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” is one of the better-looking horror films to come along in a while. The cat-and-mouse games between Dracula and the crew are staged in a manner that suggests a seafaring variation of “ Alien ,” with Øvredal milking scenes for maximum tension before culminating in some nasty business. 

Bear in mind, some of that business is indeed quite nasty—the visualization of Dracula shown here is a particularly grotesque and demonic variation, the scenes of slaughter are definitely gory enough to earn the “R” rating, and not only does the one character you are conditioned to expect to somehow avoid a gruesome demise end up suffering just that, but they also do so more than once. The performances, especially the ones from genre MVP Dastmalchian, Franciosi (so effective in “ The Nightingale ”), and Botet, are all strong and convincing, which helps to raise the emotional stakes to make up for the lack of surprise.

There are two points where the film stumbles a bit. Although the relatively slow and measured pacing employed by Øvredal to generate suspense is mostly effective and preferable to the quick-cut approach others might have taken, a few scenes here run on too long for their own good. Also, the film—Spoiler Alert!—indulges in one of the most irritating elements of contemporary horror cinema, a final scene that exists solely to set up future movies if this one does well at the box office. 

And yet, the rest of the movie works enough so that these flaws don’t hurt things too badly. “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” may not be a classic in the annals of Dracula cinema along the lines of the Terence Fisher’s Hammer production “Horror of Dracula,” Werner Herzog ’s version of “ Nosferatu the Vampyre ,” or Francis Ford Coppola ’s “Bram’s Stoker’s Dracula.” But it is a smart, well-made, and sometimes downright creepy take on the tale that both horror buffs and regular moviegoers can appreciate in equal measure. 

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• Aisling Franciosi as Anna
• Liam Cunningham as Captain Eliot
• David Dastmalchian as Wojchek
• Chris Walley as Abrams
• Stefan Kapičić as Olgaren
• Martin Furulund as Larsen
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• Woody Norman as Toby
• Jon Jon Briones as Cook
• Javier Botet as Dracula / Nosferatu
• André Øvredal
• Bear McCreary

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• Bragi F. Schut
• Zak Olkewicz

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Adapted from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Last Voyage of the Demeter tells the terrifying tale of a single journey captured in the Captain’s Log. Aboard the cursed vessel is a crew of unwitting travelers and seafarers. From captain to castaway, nobody knows what is in the twenty-four unmarked boxes that are the cargo for this merchant mission. Nightly, the crew is haunted by a restless spirit that leaves no trace. Their survival on the journey from Carpathia to London is no longer in their own hands.

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What to know

Corey hawkins takes the lead in this dark adaptation of bram stoker's dracula.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a supernatural horror film based on a chapter from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The movie adapts ‘The Captain’s Log’, an isolated portion of the book that tells of a dark and disturbing mystery across the seas. Norwegian filmmaker Andre Ovredal directs the movie. He is best known for writing and directing the movie Troll Hunter , as well as handling the directing of The Autopsy of Jane Doe . He is working with frequent collaborator Roman Osin who takes the role of cinematographer for the film. The pair are shooting from a screenplay written by Bragi F. Schut, Stefan Ruzowitzky, and Zak Olkewicz.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter features Corey Hawkins playing the lead character Clemens; a surgeon and doctor who joins the fated ferry on its mysterious course. Hawkins has a host of high-profile and varied movie credits to his name including roles in Kong: Skull Island , BlacKkKlansman , The Tragedy of Macbeth , and In the Heights . He is joined by Aisling Franciosi playing Anna, a stowaway who knows nothing of the supernatural horrors that await. Liam Cunningham, of Game of Thrones fame, portrays the captain of the ship while David Dastmalchian plays first mate Wojchek. Want to know more about the movie? Check out our guide to The Last Voyage of the Demeter . The Last Voyage of the Demeter was released in cinemas on August 11th, 2023. 

Production News

• Bragi F. Schut was first reported to have written the initial screenplay for the movie. Robert Schwentke was on board to direct. ( Source: The Hollywood Reporter )
• After years of development setbacks reports emerged that Viggo Mortensen had been offered a role in the movie and that Ben Kingsley and Noomi Rapace were in talks to star. ( Source: ScreenRant )
• Director Andre Ovredal was finally confirmed to be the filmmaker chosen to get the movie going after years of delays. Bradley Fischer, Mike Medavoy, and Arnold Messer all signed on as producers. ( Source: The Hollywood Reporter )
• Corey Hawkins joins the cast in a leading role and Zak Olkewicz is confirmed to have written a new draft of the script. ( Source: Deadline )
• The expanded cast including David Dastmalchian, Liam Cunningham, and Aisling Franciosi amongst others were confirmed. It was also announced that filming had begun in Berlin. ( Source: Hollywood Reporter )
• Amblin Partners who are producing the film tweeted that filming was complete. ( Source: Twitter )
• Thomas Newman was confirmed to be composing the score for the seafaring thriller. ( Source: Film Music )
• The movie is given the release date of August 11th, 2023. (Source: Collider)
• A featurette for the movie is released teasing the alien-like demon that is haunting the ship. Brief interviews with cast and crew offer fresh glimpses of the movie. (Source: Collider)
• A new clip is released teasing behind-the-scenes footage of Last Voyage Of The Demeter with a close look at the ship at the heart of the story. (Source: ScreenRant)
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter was released in cinemas. (Source: Collider) 

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter Swooping Onto Physical Media with Cargo Hold Full of Bonus Features

Sink your fangs into a slew of deleted scenes and a commentary track from director André Øvredal.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is officially sailing onto physical media.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment announced today that the Dracula -inspired creature feature will hit Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital one week from today — Tuesday, October 17 — with a cargo hold brimming with bloodsucking bonus features. Those include a collection of deleted scenes, several behind-the-scenes featurettes, and a commentary track featuring insights from director  André Øvredal ( The Autopsy of Jane Doe ,  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ) and producer Bradley J. Fischer ( Ambulance ,  Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ).

RELATED:  Inside The 21-Year Journey to Bring The Last Voyage of the Demeter to the Big Screen

The Last Voyage of the Demeter bonus features announced

• ALTERNATE OPENING  - Commentary available with director André Øvredal and producer Bradley J. Fischer
• DELETED SCENES  - Commentary available with director André Øvredal and producer Bradley J. Fischer:

"Clemens Picking up a Stone in Varna" "Bosphorus and Constantinople" "Clemens Following Huck's Blood Trail" "Clemens and Anna Talk on Deck" "Crew Discuss Where the Beast Is Hiding" "Finding the Corpses in the Crate" "Wojchek Finds the Captain" "Clemens Visits His Father's Grave"

• FROM THE PITS OF HELL: DRACULA REIMAGINED  - Learn how the creative team behind  The Last Voyage of the Demeter  conjured a new nightmare.
• EVIL IS ABOARD: THE MAKING OF  THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER   - Set sail for an exclusive journey inside the making of the movie with the filmmakers and cast.
• DRACULA & THE DIGITAL AGE  - Visual effects supervisor Brad Parker leads a detailed look at the imaginative work that adds fresh layers of fear to Dracula, creates realistic water, and enhances scenery with bleeding-edge VFX.
• FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR ANDRÉ ØVREDAL AND PRODUCER BRADLEY J. FISCHER

What is The Last Voyage of the Demeter about?

Inspired by a single chapter ("The Captain's Log") in Bram Stoker's seminal Dracula novel, the film takes place aboard the titular merchant vessel, which unknowingly transported Count Dracula from Eastern Europe to the shores of London.

The legendary vampire (played by veteran movement actor  Javier "Javi" Botet ) is forced to leave the comfort of the darkened cargo hold when his meal supply (taking the form of Aisling Franciosi's Transylvanian peasant, Anna) is suddenly discovered by the crew. Emaciated and starving, this horrifically rendered Dracula begins to pick off the hapless sailors one by one.

Corey Hawkins ( In the Heights ), Liam Cunningham ( Game of Thrones ), David Dastmalchian ( The Suicide Squad ), Chris Walley ( 1917 ), Jon Jon Briones ( American Horror Stories ), Stefan Kapicic ( Better Call Saul ), Martin Furuland ( The Last Kingdom ), Nikolai Nikolaeff ( Daredevil ), and Woody Norman ( C’mon C’mon ) co-star.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is currently available to rent or purchase on digital platforms (like  Vudu  and  Apple TV ) without the inclusion of bonus features.

Want more theatrical action in the meantime? Head on over to Peacock for exclusive access to  The Super Mario Bros. Movie ,  Asteroid City ,  Fast X , and  Strays .

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