The Last Voyage of the Demeter Clip Goes Behind-The-Scenes Of Terrifying New Dracula Movie-TGN

Summary

• The Last Voyage of the Demeter brings to life a chapter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, focusing solely on Dracula’s journey to England and his terrifying presence on board a merchant ship.

• The movie’s unique Dracula design features him in a bat-like form throughout the film, making him a more animalistic and terrifying foe reminiscent of the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise.

• Director André Øvredal, known for his critically acclaimed films set in claustrophobic settings, brings a fresh take on the Dracula formula, making The Last Voyage of the Demeter a highly anticipated adaptation for horror genre fans.

One of Bram Stoker’s unexplored chapters is coming to life in The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the movie. Based on “The Captain’s Log” chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the story centers on the doomed crew of the eponymous merchant ship as they set sail from Transylvania to England, only to learn of a terrifying presence stalking them on board every night. Corey Hawkins leads the star-studded Last Voyage of the Demeter cast alongside Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Jon Jon Briones, Stefan Kapičić, and Javier Botet as Dracula.

With just over a week remaining until the movie’s release, watch Screen Rant’s exclusive look at The Last Voyage of the Demeter set:

The video, as seen above, explores how the Demeter itself was built and situated on the island of Malta. The behind-the-scenes clip includes fascinating new details from The Last Voyage of the Demeter‘s production, as well as commentary from actors Liam Cunningham, Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, director André Øvredal, production designer Edwards Thomas, and producer Bradley Fischer. Aside from the ship, the clip also gives a sneak peek at the movie’s unique Dracula design.

How Last Voyage of the Demeter Could Be The Scariest Dracula Yet

While Stoker’s iconic novel has been adapted countless times throughout the years, ranging from the more gothic Bela Lugosi-led Dracula movie of 1931 to the campier comedy Renfield featuring Nicolas Cage as a Hammer-inspired take on the vampire. Across the various adaptations of the book, “The Captain’s Log” chapter has not found its way to the screen, with the majority instead keeping the story’s focus on the more human-looking form of the vampire and his relationships with Jonathan and Mina Harker and Renfield.

In shifting the focus solely toward Dracula’s journey to England and feasting on those on board, The Last Voyage of the Demeter is primed to be the scariest Dracula adaptation to date. The trailer and exclusive clip featured above indicate that the vampire will be in a bat-like form throughout the movie, making him more of an animalistic foe akin to that of the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise. The claustrophobic setting of an ocean-bound merchant ship further evokes memories of the Ridley Scott horror classic.

Director André Øvredal even has experience with claustrophobic settings in the past, having garnered critical acclaim with 2016’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe, set almost exclusively in a morgue examination room while occasionally extending to the nearby hallway and rooms. With his follow-up, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, similarly scoring large praise even as the scale was raised, Øvredal’s fresh take on the Dracula formula with The Last Voyage of the Demeter seems primed to an exciting new adaptation for horror genre fans.

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• The Last Voyage of Demeter