A gang of thieves, led by Solina (Jennifer Esposito) and Marcus (Omar Epps), break into Matthew Van Helsing’s (Christopher Plummer) secret vault expecting to find treasure. Instead, they release Dracula (Gerard Butler) who heads for New Orleans and Van Helsing’s daughter, Mary (Justine Waddell). While Dracula adds to his stable of beauties (Jeri Ryan, Colleen Fitzpatrick), Van
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)
 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)
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
Dragon Fighter (2002)
David Carver (Dean Cain) becomes the new security officer at a secret underground cloning laboratory on the day they splice together ancient DNA to make a dragon. The dragon grows to full size in a few hours, breaks free, and begins eating the scientists. Trapped far below ground, Carver searches for a way to save
Dragon Storm (2004)
Dragons appear on Earth and destroy the castle of corrupt King Fastrad (John Rhys-Davies). Fastrad takes the opportunity to impose on the hospitality of King Wednesbury (John Hansson) and secretly plans to overthrow him and take his castle. Overtly, Fastrad works with Wednesbury, preparing a team of dragon slayers that include the woodsmen, Silas (Maxwell
Dragonslayer (1981)
When Ulrich (Ralph Richardson), the last wizard in the world, dies, his apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol) takes on the job of killing a dragon. But the King has devised a lottery where one virgin is chosen as a sacrifice to the dragon in order to keep it placated, and is not happy with anyone upsetting the
Dressed to Kill (1980)
A prostitute (Nancy Allen) and the son of a murder victim team up to find the murderer. The key is in the files of the victim’s psychologist (Michael Caine). Quick Review: Brian De Palma rips off Psycho in this lackluster thriller. Angie Dickinson steps into the Janet Leigh role and the rest is by the numbers. There is
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)
Warrior-turned-politician Berek (Mark Dymond) and low level mage Melora (Clemency Burton-Hill) discover that the evil undead Damadar (Bruce Payne) has returned to the land of the living by freeing an ancient orb of power that held a dragon god in check. Berek, with four other adventures, an elven wizard, a berserker girl, a thief, and
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Wilber Whateley (Dean Stockwell), the last of a family that worshiped the old gods, plans to sacrifice Nancy Wagner (Sandra Dee) as part of a ritual in the Necronomicon, in order to open a gate to the other world. Sandra’s friend and teacher, Dr. Henry Armitage (Ed Begley) intends to stop him. Ah, those wild seventies,
Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1956)
Space scientist Dr. Russell A. Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his new wife Carol (Joan Taylor) see a flying saucer on their way to a rocket test facility. They say nothing, lacking proof, but soon another saucer appears, destroying the compound. Unable to convince the military of the danger, Marvin contacts the aliens, and finds he
Earthstorm (2006)
A meteor strike on the Moon causes it to crack, and drop a bunch of really big rocks onto the Earth. I’d use a more scientific term, but science has no place in this movie. Not surprisingly, the people of Earth are concerned, particularly because this means a quarter of the Moon is going to split