There are ominous clouds gathering over the opening weekend of “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” which is rather appropriate for a film about a ship’s crew who are doomed to become a mid-journey vampire snack.
Made for a steep (for a horror movie) budget of $45 million, “Last Voyage of the Demeter” is set to fall short of expectations that were already set very low.
Though Variety reported in the wake of Thursday previews that the film was heading for an opening weekend between $7 million and $9 million, Friday’s numbers are now pointing to a debut of just $6.5 million, per The Hollywood Reporter.Based on a chapter from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” the film was directed by André Øvredal, who has some great horror movies already under his belt, including “Troll Hunter,” “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” and “The Autopsy of Jane Doe.” But mixed reviews indicate that “The Last Voyage of the Demeter…
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