Over the past decade, The Universal Monsters has gone through some rough experiences on the big screen. However, in recent years, projects have found success when they have taken an unconventional approach to the source material. This is exactly what The Last Voyage of the Demeter intends to do with Bram Stoker’s Dracula . Rather than being a simple adaptation of a bloodsucker, this new experience focuses on one of the most disturbing sequences to really show how terrifying the concept is, bringing Dracula to life in a whole new way.
Based on one chilling chapter of Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula , Demeter: Evil Awakens tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry a private cargo – fifty unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London. Strange events befall the doomed crew as they try to survive an ocean voyage tracked every night by the merciless presence aboard the ship. When Demeter finally reaches the shores of England, she is a charred, abandoned wreck. There is no trace of the crew.
Check out the The Last Voyage of the Demeter trailer below before the movie hits theaters on August 11.
The film stars Corey Hawkins ( In the Heights , Straight Outta Compton ) as Clemens, a doctor who joins Demeter’s crew. Aisling Franciosi ( Game of Thrones , Nightingale ) as an unwitting stowaway. Liam Cunningham ( Game of Thrones, Clash of the Titans ) as the ship’s captain and David Dastmalchian ( Dune, Ant-Man series ) as Demeter’s first mate. Also starring are Jon Jon Briones ( Rached , American Horror Story ), Stefan Kapicic ( Deadpool movies , Call Saul ), Nikolai Nikolaeff ( Stranger Things,Bruised ) and Javier Botet (It, Mama films).
The horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter , produced by DreamWorks Pictures and the producers of Zodiac and Black Swan, is directed by Norwegian horror virtuoso André Øvredal ( Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , Trollhunter ), from a screenplay by Braga F. Schut ( Escape Room ), Stefan Ruzowitzky ( Counterfeiters ) and Zak Olkewicz (the upcoming Bullet Train ), based on Bram Stoker’s Captain Dracula Diary chapter .
Produced by Brad Fischer and Oscar-nominated Mike Medavoy and Arnold Messer for Phoenix Pictures, and executive produced by Matthew Hirsch.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter hits theaters on August 11.
