Die Hard Dracula (1998)

Director:

Peter Horak

Writer:

Peter Horak (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

To kill the unkillable, one step at a time.

Plot:

A modern-day updating of the Dracula legend that finds Steven, a good-looking American hero devastated by the death of his girlfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Dracula | Vampire | Character Name In Title

Cast

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
Tom McGowan	...	Count Dracula
Talia Botone	...	Sonia
Nathalie Huot	...	Dana
Peter Horak	...	Baker Fuksa
John Slavik	...	Dentist Hoble
Robert Coppola	...	Pub Owner Ivan
Ewald Eisele	...	Father Stanislav
Paul Lackey	...	Butcher Wurst
Joseph Miksovsky	...	Mr. Hillman
Margie Windish	...	Mrs. Hillman

Runtime:

USA:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Peter Horak Productions

Quotes:

Steven Hillman: I'm an American. We're tough.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs To Have and Have Not (1944)

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Is there a point where a movie goes beyond campy to just plain dumb? I didn't think so - but Die Hard Dracula is pushing the envelope way into the realm of stupid. It has plenty of camp which I was expecting - the music score was inspired with only 3 songs Ride of the Valkyries, Blue Danube, and some obscure 70's wakka wakka music. And the effects from blue screening the main character over a CNN documentary of Romania, to the magic chest of gold with it's own internal lighting (if you close the top does it shut off like a fridge), to the rubber mouse being pulled across the floor for ambiance, there is plenty to entertain anyone who loves trashing movies.

But I do not think anybody in the production of the movie took it seriously, they set out to make trash from the beginning. You have to try to be this bad. The dialog drones on like the computer who reads weather warnings, the plot was just thrown together as the movie went along, and the cheesy mother/father dialogue should have been delivered to a child of 8 not 18 going on 43. They couldn't even find a stone building to film the interior scenes in - instead they found some Black and White cow wallpaper and "made do".

But what I think really turned me off to this movie is that I felt they tried too hard to be "bad in the good way" and ruined the whole fun of ridiculing the movie. It kind of felt like teasing the class clown... you get no pleasure from it and he gets the attention he wants.

Thanks a lot for ruining my fun guys... This movie had lots of potential for all time camp, but no, you had to try to be this bad.

There is better movie trash to watch, bail on this one.