For the most part I enjoyed this movie. What I was particularly drawn to was the very effective use of the setting. The story recounts what happened to the crew of the Demeter - the ship that transported Count Dracula from Europe to London. Being set on a ship, it's a very cramped, often dark and isolated environment. It gives this movie the appropriate atmosphere for a story in this genre. It's based on the captain's log of the Demeter, discovered when the ship runs ashore with no one aboard in England, and recounts what happened to the crew on this cursed voyage. The movie is certainly tense - and frightening at times. Dracula here is much more in sync with Nosferatu than the Bela Lugosi character that we all associate with the Count.
The performances from the cast were decent enough. My biggest criticism of the movie is that it's a bit too long - to the point of becoming a bit tedious in its last half hour or so. As I said, the atmosphere and setting of the movie is great but you can only run so far with it. Th movie also ends by setting us up for what seems to be the plan for a sequel. I'm not a big fan of movies that take their success so for granted that the coming sequel is telegraphed this obviously.
Overall though it's a decent movie if you like the genre.
(6/10)
The performances from the cast were decent enough. My biggest criticism of the movie is that it's a bit too long - to the point of becoming a bit tedious in its last half hour or so. As I said, the atmosphere and setting of the movie is great but you can only run so far with it. Th movie also ends by setting us up for what seems to be the plan for a sequel. I'm not a big fan of movies that take their success so for granted that the coming sequel is telegraphed this obviously.
Overall though it's a decent movie if you like the genre.
(6/10)