“In the night it drinks our blood, and he is on the ship. “The thing wears the skin of a man,” says stowaway Anna (Aisling Franciosi). That evil comes in the form of Dracula (Javier Botet), a 400-year-old aristocratic vampire who feeds on the crew, killing them one by one, to regain his full powers. “Evil is onboard,” says Olgareen (Stefan Kapicic). When someone or something begins attacking the on-board livestock at night, rumors fly amongst the crew. The bonus pay will be hard earned by the crew… if there is any crew left by the time they hit dry land. “Our charter has agreed to pay a bonus for timely arrival in London,” says Captain Eliot (Liam Cunningham). Set in 1897, the story begins when the Demeter is chartered to carry fifty mysterious, unmarked wooden crates, contents unknown, from Eastern Europe to England. A claustrophobic nineteenth century thriller, it swaps out the commercial space tug Nostromo and Xenomorph creature for the merchant ship Demeter and the most famous vampire of all time. Haven’t read the book? Then think of it as “Alien” on the high seas. “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” a new horror film now playing in theatres, is based on the chapter "The Captain's Log" from Bram Stoker's novel “Dracula.” Told through news clippings and notes from the captain’s log of the Demeter, the chapter details the horrifying voyage that brought Count Dracula to England. THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER: 3 ½ STARS
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