Die Hard Dracula (1998)

A modern-day updating of the Dracula legend that finds Steven, a good-looking American hero devastated by the death of his girlfriend, wandering through Europe and looking for happiness. A ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Horak

Writer:

Peter Horak

Stars:

Bruce Glover, Denny Sachen, Kerry Dustin

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Glover	...	Doctor Van Helsing
Denny Sachen	...	Steven Hillman
Kerry Dustin	...	Carla / Julia
Ernest M. Garcia	...	Count Dracula
Chaba Hrotko	...	Count Dracula / Policeman Gabor / King Ludwig
Thomas McGowan	...	Count Dracula (as Tom McGowan)
Talia Botone	...	Sonia
Nathalie Huot	...	Dana
Peter Horak	...	Baker Fuksa
John Slavik	...	Dentist Hoble
Robert Coppola	...	Pub Owner Ivan
Eddie Eisele	...	Father Stanislav
Paul Lackey	...	Butcher Wurst
Joseph Miksovsky	...	Mr. Hillman
Margie Windish	...	Mrs. Hillman

Storyline

A modern-day updating of the Dracula legend that finds Steven, a good-looking American hero devastated by the death of his girlfriend, wandering through Europe and looking for happiness. A car accident leads him to a small town sitting literally in the shadow of Dracula's castle. The frightened villagers have been preyed upon for generations. Steven is stunned to discover Carla, the innkeeper's daughter looks identical to his dead girlfriend. When she begs for his assistance against the vampire, he agrees to help them. Together with Dr. Van Helsing, the most famous vampire killer of all time, he attacks Dracula using a variety of ingenious weapons against the supernatural. Dracula shows unusual powers that defeat them at every turn, including fireballs and lightning from his fingertips. He is constantly on a search for blood to satisfy his centuries-old bickering brides. When Dracula kidnaps Carla right out of her bed, Steven and Van Helsing desperately try to kill him before it is ...

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Plot Keywords:

dracula | vampire | character name in title

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Taglines:

To kill the unkillable, one step at a time.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Peter Horak Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Doctor Van Helsing: I shot him right in the heart. My only guess is that his heart must be loose inside him, floating around in there.

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Connections

Spoofs To Have and Have Not (1944)

User Reviews

Egads!!!

It's hard to even put this in to words. This movie honestly looked like a group of people threw this together in a week using a camcorder. I believe they started off trying to make a serious movie, then tried to make it a comedy when they realized how bad it was, and then failed at making it into a comedy. From what I could gather (Without skipping through) A guys girlfriend drowns, he goes to Europe. Dracula wakes up. People turn into bad acting vampires, and there's a bad ending. European women must be really trusting, because they have no trouble walking up to shrouded, hideously disfigured strangers, completely unarmed. There's all of 2 seconds of female nudity in the film, but believe me, you'd be better off watching "Porky's". God forbid you actually buy this thing like I did. I suppose I should have taken a hint when a new DVD only cost me 5 bucks. This is also one of the only dvd's I've seen that had no menu or scene selection. Even Crummy bootlegs usually give you that much. Please don't think that you can buy this thing just to make fun of it. The bad comedy makes even that joy impossible. Movies like this are the basic reason why independent films are so heavily frowned upon. I'm sure the makers had good intentions, and they probably enjoyed making it. But even Troma films have a certain degree of cheap disgusting charm to them, this one is just soul less.