Here’s a Nice Clear Look at Javier Botet’s Dracula in ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

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Known to horror fans for playing terrifying roles in films including [REC], The Conjuring 2, and IT: Chapter 2, Javier Botet is back on the big screen this summer in The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and this time around he’s sinking his teeth into none other than Dracula.

It’s no secret at this point that The Last Voyage of the Demeter adapts a chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel, centered on a group of characters being killed off one-by-one by Dracula aboard a Russian schooner. Javier Botet plays a bestial version of the iconic bloodsucker in the upcoming horror movie, and we now have a nice clear look at the character design thanks to both a new TV spot for the movie as well as Fangoria’s latest cover story.

Javier Botet’s Dracula made the cover of Fangoria’s July issue – grab your copy here – and the cover shot gives us a GRUESOME (and crystal clear) look at this latest big screen iteration of the iconic character. It’s the best shot we’ve seen of Botet’s Dracula to date, as the character has been mostly obscured in darkness and seen only in quick cuts in the various trailers.

Check out Fangoria’s cover below, along with a revealing new TV spot for the film…

The Last Voyage of the Demeter bites into theaters on August 11, 2023.

Writer Bragi Schut’s script The Last Voyage of the Demeter has been floating around for many years now, with several different directors attached at various points. The director who eventually ended up board the ship is André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), announced back in 2021 as the director for the Amblin Partners film.

Corey Hawkins (Kong: Skull Island, “The Walking Dead”) stars in The Last Voyage of the Demeter. The latest version of the script was written by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train).

The film is “based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel Dracula. The chapter tells the story of the Russian schooner, Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo – twenty four unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London. The film will detail the strange events that befell the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by a terrifying presence onboard the ship. When it finally arrived near Whitby Harbour, it was a derelict. There was no trace of the crew.”

The cast also includes Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Jon Jon Briones, Stefan Kapicic, and Nikolai Nikolaeff, with Javier Botet as Dracula.

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