Last Voyage Of The Demeter was inspired by one of the best vampire stories ever
For those who haven’t read it or need a refresher, the seventh chapter ofis sort of a turning point for the story after early sections set at Dracula’s castle. The point-of-view settles on Mina Murray, the fiancée of Jonathan Harker, who spends the beginning of the novel at the castle partying with vampire ladies, but even she is somewhat irrelevant to the main plot beyond the fact that she happens to live in the seaside English town of Whitby.
, right down to the people refusing to listen when someone tells them about something supernatural happening. The captain picks up his cargo, a bunch of boxes of dirt , and proceeds to detail the various suspicious setbacks the ship suffers over the course of a month or so—including the gradual disappearance of every crew member.
you’re not only seeing Dracula in a monstrous bat-like form but hearing The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” , all of which spoils the fun of not putting “Dracula” in the name of the movie. And that kind of thing is ultimately what inevitably tanks the real potential of turning the story of the Demeter into a movie: It’s at its best when you don’t know what’s going on, but it’s difficult to crack open the book without knowing it’s calledand it’s even more difficult to release a movie with Dracula in it that doesn’t spoil the fact that Dracula is in it with the marketing.
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