SPOOKTOBER chapter 12:
A 2023 Horror movie
I was very excited for this vampiric adventure, it had a lot of points of attraction, a good director, a delightful cast, and awesome setting, but I knew it won't be anywhere near a masterpiece, and the resulting experience turned out quite satisfying. While the different, but, in my opinion, weaker "Insidious" and "The Nun" brands raked in the green, "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" flopped big time, and very undeservedly so.
More or less a creature feature, this aesthetically well captured, dark and brooding travel over the seas in late 19th century sees a veteran Captain on his last sea mission together with a rag tag crew and cargo of 40 boxes to be delivered from Bulgaria to London. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of "Demeter", the sender and contents of these boxes are going to put them in grave danger.
Andre Overdal, having entertained us with well above average horror flicks like "Troll Hunter", "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" and "Scary Stories to tell in the Dark", offers a rare and very enjoyable piece of interesting elements combined in a horror movie on a high budget, which include the aforementioned setting, time, place and all the details that come with it. It is also an adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", the one and only, however, it's based on a certain chapter about a certain captain's log.
With an amazing leading cast of lesser known greats, including Corey Hawkins, David Dastmalchian, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham as the Captain, and, at this point a horror icon, Javier Botet as count Dracula himself. If you know who Botet is, you already know it won't be a talky, charming, plenty of humane kind of vampire. Creature feature is the most apt subgenre for this horror.
The biggest flaw here is the predictability, but more so the unevenness of the story, that feels like it needed a little more flesh on the bones before proceeding. Nonetheless, the atmosphere is strong, and will carry you through the waves well entertained. Spurts of shadowy spookiness and flashy violence, commendable acting, unique environment, and the candy for the eyes is there for us.
An obviously flawed beauty it is, for sure, but I hope it finds its audience as wide as possible. My rating: 7/10.
I was very excited for this vampiric adventure, it had a lot of points of attraction, a good director, a delightful cast, and awesome setting, but I knew it won't be anywhere near a masterpiece, and the resulting experience turned out quite satisfying. While the different, but, in my opinion, weaker "Insidious" and "The Nun" brands raked in the green, "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" flopped big time, and very undeservedly so.
More or less a creature feature, this aesthetically well captured, dark and brooding travel over the seas in late 19th century sees a veteran Captain on his last sea mission together with a rag tag crew and cargo of 40 boxes to be delivered from Bulgaria to London. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of "Demeter", the sender and contents of these boxes are going to put them in grave danger.
Andre Overdal, having entertained us with well above average horror flicks like "Troll Hunter", "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" and "Scary Stories to tell in the Dark", offers a rare and very enjoyable piece of interesting elements combined in a horror movie on a high budget, which include the aforementioned setting, time, place and all the details that come with it. It is also an adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", the one and only, however, it's based on a certain chapter about a certain captain's log.
With an amazing leading cast of lesser known greats, including Corey Hawkins, David Dastmalchian, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham as the Captain, and, at this point a horror icon, Javier Botet as count Dracula himself. If you know who Botet is, you already know it won't be a talky, charming, plenty of humane kind of vampire. Creature feature is the most apt subgenre for this horror.
The biggest flaw here is the predictability, but more so the unevenness of the story, that feels like it needed a little more flesh on the bones before proceeding. Nonetheless, the atmosphere is strong, and will carry you through the waves well entertained. Spurts of shadowy spookiness and flashy violence, commendable acting, unique environment, and the candy for the eyes is there for us.
An obviously flawed beauty it is, for sure, but I hope it finds its audience as wide as possible. My rating: 7/10.