Dracula III: Legacy (2005)

In the near future, Uffizi and Luke travel to the remote reaches of war torn Romania to rescue Elizabeth and finish the vampire once and for all. Along the way, they encounter TV news journalist and a corps of rebels trying to fight the vampire uprising which plagues their country.

Director:

Patrick Lussier

Writers:

Joel Soisson, Patrick Lussier

Stars:

Jason Scott Lee, Stephen Billington, Diane Neal

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Scott Lee	...	Father Uffizi
Stephen Billington	...	Dracula II
Diane Neal	...	Elizabeth Blaine
Jason London	...	Luke
Rutger Hauer	...	Dracula III
Ilinca Goia	...	Marta
George Grigore	...	Bruno
Roy Scheider	...	Cardinal Siqueros
Tom Kane	...	EBC Anchorman
Alexandra Wescourt	...	Julia Hughes
Serban Celea	...	Gabriel
Gavril Patru	...	Canadian Lieutenant
Giuliano Doman	...	French Sergeant
Valentin Popescu	...	French Captain
Nicodim Ungureanu	...	Pavel

Storyline

Father Uffizi (Jason Scott Lee) and Luke (Jason London) travels through a Romania destroyed by the civil war and the vampires. Luke is trying to save Elizabeth Blaine (Diane Neal) from the claws of Dracula III (Rutger Hauer), and Uffizi to terminate the vampires. Along their journey, they meet British television journalist Julia Hughes (Alexandra Wescourt) covering the war, and the trio follow together facing dangerous situations with the rebels and the vampires.

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Plot Keywords:

part of a trilogy | vampire | romania | rebel | dracula | 

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Taglines:

You can't fight it. You can't kill it.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dracula II: Ascension (2003) and this movie were shot together as one movie. It was the director's and producers' intention to split this movie into two during filming.

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Goofs

(at around 53 mins) When Father Uffizi gets his whip back, he swings it over his head before hitting a vampire. While swinging, he hits a box that falls down. This is computer animated, which can be seen because the box falls a little before the 'whip' actually hits it.

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Quotes

Dracula: You know, I never felt this alive in a thousand years.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Wes Craven Presents Don't Look Down (2013)

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Soundtracks

Big Game Hunter
Written & Performed by Steve Boeddeker
Published by SF Standard Music (BMI)

User Reviews

Rutger is worth the silliness

Dimension films made a few Dracula sequels following their solid 2000 effort starring Gerard Butler, most of which are meh. Dracula III: Legacy, however, has the ace-in-the-hole asset of having legendary cult thespian Rutger Hauer in the titular vampire role, and that alone makes it noteworthy. Even though the guy doesn't even show up until the third act, and isn't around for long, he's magnetic as the dark prince of bloodsuckers and not to be missed when rallying up the lengthy list of actors who have played the role. The film itself is grade A-cheese and hardly ever feels like a Dracula story, as well as being fairly incomprehensible in relation to the other handful of films in the franchise. I've got a weakness for Dimension horror films though, and they're particularly slick brand of schlock. Jason London, who we all wistfully remember as Randall Pink Floyd in Richard Linklater's Dazed & Confused, is some random vampire hunter, off trekking into the Eastern European alps with martial arts actor Jason Scott Lee to find the Vamp of all Vamps. They do find him, in the form of Hauer's entertaining fiend skulking around a derelict castle and... that's pretty much it. For Hauer fans, load up Final Cut Pro and edit a breezy short film with just his wicked good scenes. For fans of B Movie silliness, have a few beers first. Everyone else, keep on browsing the blockbuster shelf. Oh yeah, and Roy Scheider is in it too, and I've completely forgotten who he plays.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Romania

Language:

English Romanian French

Release Date:

12 July 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dracula 3

Filming Locations:

Transylvania, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$3,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Neo Art & Logic, Castel Film Romania

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1