The long anticipated Last Voyage Of The Demeter, based on a single chapter from the original Stoker novel, has all the ingredients to make a horror classic. It is beautifully shot, should literally be nominated for it's production design but fails to deliver the full goods in scares. It's too slow moving, the characters are hard to relate to.
Having said that, this doomed voyage carrying 50 crates in a tumultuous journey from Transylvania to London is an important and oft overlooked chapter in the original book, the film is faithful to the original source material. The production design is gorgeous, the whole movie oozes goth. And the special effects are admirable as well.
If it had more scares and was faster moving, it may have hit the mark. But ultimately, Last Voyage (which spent over two decades in development hell and bombed big time at the box office) is, at best, a serviceable horror flick. 2.5 stars/5
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