The Last Voyage of the Demeter Trailer Brings the Thrills

Universal has revealed the first trailer for The Last Voyage of the Demeter, offering a new take on one of Dracula’s most chilling encounters.

With Renfield hitting theaters tomorrow and bringing Dracula to the modern age, you’d think ANOTHER Dracula movie wouldn’t look as appealing. Thankfully that’s not the case as the first trailer for The Last Voyage of the Demeter looks all kinds of impressive.

I’m a sucker for creature features, and this trailer shows all the hallmarks of a fun one. In some ways it looks almost like Alien as the people are stuck on board a lone ship with no where to escape to and no help in sight while a vicious monster whittles them down. Count me in for this one.

Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo—fifty unmarked wooden crates—from Carpathia to London. 

 

Strange events befall the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship. When the Demeter finally arrives off the shores of England, it is a charred, derelict wreck. There is no trace of the crew.  

 

The film stars Corey Hawkins (In the Heights, Straight Outta Compton) as Clemens, a doctor who joins the Demeter crew, Aisling Franciosi (Game of Thrones, The Nightingale) as an unwitting stowaway, Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones, Clash of the Titans) as the ship’s captain and David Dastmalchian (Dune, the Ant-Man franchise) as the Demeter’s first mate. 

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is set to hit theaters on August 11, 2023.