Dracula 3000 (2004)

Dracula 3000 (2004)

Space captain Abraham Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew, Aurora Ash (Erika Eleniak), 187 (Coolio), Mina Murry (Alexandra Kamp), Humvee (Tom ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr.), and The Professor (Grant Swanby) find the derelict starship, Demeter. It had been transporting coffins from the planet Transylvania in the Carpathian galaxy (or solar system—both terms are used

Dracula: Dead and Loving It  (1995)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

 A parody of other Dracula films, it tells the same story of Count Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) moving to England, seducing Lucy (Lysette Anthony) and Mina (Amy Yasbeck), and confronting Van Helsing (Mel Brooks) and Jonathan Harker (Steven Weber). Quick Review: Watching this waste of film stock, it is sad to think that the man who

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)

A balletic version of the classic vampire story, Count Dracula (Zhang Wei-Qiang) attempts to seduce Mina (Cindy Marie Small) & Lucy (Tara Birtwhistle) and bring his foreign ways into Britain, but vampire hunter Van Helsing (Dave Moroni) and his band of upper-class young men oppose both his plans. Quick Review: This is a ballet. People dance. They

Embrace the Darkness (1999)

Embrace the Darkness (1999)

Galen (Kevin Spirtas), a vampire unable to cope with the modern world, takes up residence in a warehouse with his protégé, Miranda (Angelina High). While Miranda hunts, Galen is drawn to Jennifer (Madison Clark), a dancer living nearby. Jennifer’s ex (Brad Bartram) wants her back, but Galen has other plans for her. Embrace the Darkness is

Female Vampire / Erotic Kill (1973)

Female Vampire / Erotic Kill (1973)

Countess Irina Karlstein (Lina Romay) vacations on the island of  Madeira, where her family’s vampirism has become myth. However, it is quite real, and as she kills locals for their life force, a few believers seek her out, several to destroy her, and a poet to be with her. As the credits appear, we see a beautiful

Fright Night (1985)

Fright Night (1985)

High school student Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale), unfocused on his frigid girlfriend, Amy (Amanda Bearse), notices his new neighbors, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) and Billy Cole (Jonathan Stark), carrying a coffin. Watching them through binoculars, he discovers that Jerry is a vampire. Fearing for his life, Charley seeks help from an old monster-movie, TV host, Peter Vincent

Fright Night Part II (1989)

Fright Night Part II (1989)

Charley (William Ragsdale), who had convinced himself that the vampire from the first film didn’t exist, once again sees strange people moving in, this time next door to Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall). They look to be a vampire and her minions. Following the rules for a sequel, Fright Night Part II is the same movie

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Two on-the-run, violent criminals, Seth & Richard Gecko (George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino), kidnap an ex-minister (Harvey Keitel), his son, and daughter (Juliette Lewis), and use them to escape to Mexico.  While waiting for a contact at a rowdy roadside bar, they are attacked by legions of vampires and must fight till dawn to survive. A

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)

Buck (Robert Patrick), a bank robber, gathers a gang together to join Luther, an escaped criminal (Duane Whitaker), on a heist in Mexico.  But car trouble leads Luther to The Titty Twister bar, which is still run by vampires. From Dusk Till Dawn made money, so we have From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood

Goke - Bodysnatcher from Hell (1968)

Goke – Bodysnatcher from Hell (1968)

A UFO causes a plane to crash in the mountains. The survivors (the abrupt co-pilot, a weak-willed stewardess, a corrupt politician, a ruthless arms dealer, his drunken wife, a young anarchist, an American war widow, an obsessed space scientist, an amoral psychologist, and an assassin) fall upon each other instead of working together.  Things get worse

Horror of Dracula (1958)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

Vampire slayer Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen) journeys to Dracula’s castle, pretending to take a job as a librarian.  He fails to destroy Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) who kills him, and then takes revenge on his fiancé, Lucy (Carol Marsh), and her family, Arthur and Mina Holmwood (Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling).  Only Jonathan’s colleague, Doctor

House of Dark Shadows (1970)

House of Dark Shadows (1970)

At the estate of the wealthy Collins-Staddard family, Willie Loomis (John Karlen), an unstable employee, opens a sealed chest, freeing the vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid). Barnabas takes the identity of a distant cousin from England and turns Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett) into a vampire. He also meets Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott), who looks