Review – The Last Voyage of the Demeter

I’m a huge fan of the idea of taking a small moment from a well-known work and spinning it out into a story of its own. But my enthusiasm for the concept often leaves me underwhelmed by the execution, which was definitely the case here. The tale of the hapless crew of a sailing ship picked off one at a time by a thirsty vampire could have been good. But the plot meanders so much that eventually it stops making sense. For example, our heroes discover where Dracula sleeps during the day. But for no good reason – unless I missed something somewhere, which is definitely possible – they don’t kill him. Production values are good, but that isn’t enough to make up for the threadbare plot. Plus a loss of a point for animal cruelty, including the death of a child’s pet dog. Wish I’d skipped it