I've been eager to see this movie since I heard about it, simply because it sounded like a neat concept. Now that I've finally managed to get ahold of it, I am pleased. I find it to be an entertaining movie. The director has been quoted as describing it as "Alien, on sailboat, in the 1890's" and that pretty much sums it up.
If you don't know the story already - there is a short chapter in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula that is the ships log of the Demeter, a Russian sailing ship commissioned to bring 50 boxes of earth from Romania to London... and the horrors that befall the doomed ship thanks to its stowaway: Dracula himself.
So, there, now you pretty much know the story of Last Voyage of the Demeter... and if you didn't, well you should because the movie doesn't try to hide it. The movie is pretty up front with what is happening, doubtless assuming that most people already know anyway.
What makes Last Voyage of the Demeter isn't any kind of mystery. We know Dracula is on board. We know the ship and the crew are doomed. What makes it interesting is watching how it all unfolds. Getting to know the characters, knowing they are doomed, and watching their Last Voyage...
It's a good story.
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