This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being reviewed here wouldn’t exist.
This article also contains spoilers for “The Last Voyage of the Demeter.”When Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley published her novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” in 1818, she kicked off genre fiction as we still know it to this day.
She also captured the zeitgeist of that time period in regard to humanity’s scientific study and technical progress, observing a relationship between the known and unknown where infinite possibilities lay, possibilities that carry with them a mixed sensation of wonder and fear.79 years later, Bram Stoker captured a bit of that same vibe again, with his horror novel “Dracula.” Taking a collection of various myths and folklore that had persevered through the ages and combining them with the deeds (embellished or not) of…
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