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Dracula 3000 (2004)
Info:
- Release Date: August 9, 2004
- Creators: Darrell Roodt (director), Darrell Roodt (writer)
- Genre: Vampires in Space!
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Futuristic space salvage crew boards a seemingly abandoned space ship and finds a dead captain and a slew of dust-filled coffins in the cargo hold.
Notes:
- Interesting take on Bram Stoker's Dracula, with the space space ship replacing the ocean liner, a video journal instead of a diary, the doomed captain binding himself to the helm, and Van Helsing and Mina running around
- The future, where dope is legal and crosses are banned.
- "Man, this ship ain't nothing but a big-ass hearse."
- Udo Kier has a long-standing love affair with vampires: Andy Warhol's Dracula to Modern Vampires to Blade to Shadow of the Vampire
Cast:
- Casper Van Dien as Van Helsing
- Erika Eleniak as Aurora
- Alexandra Kamp as Mina
- Coolio as 187
- Tiny Lister as Humvee
- Grant Swanby as Professor
- Udo Kier as Varna
