Dracula 3000 (2004)

Count Dracula terrorizes the crew of a spaceship.

Director:

Darrell Roodt (as Darrell James Roodt)

Writers:

Ivan Milborrow, Darrell Roodt

Stars:

Casper Van Dien, Erika Eleniak, Coolio

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Casper Van Dien	...	Capt. Abraham Van Helsing
Erika Eleniak	...	Aurora Ash
Coolio	...	187
Alexandra Kamp	...	Mina Murry
Grant Swanby	...	Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood
Langley Kirkwood	...	Orlock
Tom Lister Jr.	...	Humvee (as Tiny Lister)
Udo Kier	...	Capt. Varna

Storyline

In the year 3000, the deep space salvage ship Mother III locates the vanished starship Demeter in the Carpathian System. Captain Abraham Van Helsing and his crew composed of the blonde assistant Aurora Ash; the crippled navigator Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood, who believes that he is a genius; the strong and dumb Humvee; the intern Mina Murry; and the drug addicted 187, decide to claim the possession of Demeter. While exploring the spacecraft, they see a tape of fifty years ago of Captain Varna telling that he was locked in his cabin since his crew was acting weird after getting a cargo of coffins in Transylvania station. When 187 decides to search in the coffins for some possible hidden dope, he cuts his hand and his blood awakes Count Orlock, a.k.a. Count Dracula. When Aurora discloses who Dracula is, the survivors try to find a way to destroy the vampire.

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Plot Keywords:

year 3000 | 30th century | psychotronic film | woman wears a gas mask | coffin | 

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Taglines:

In space, the sun never rises.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language including sexual references, and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mina Murry, Arthur Holmwood, and Abraham Van Helsing are all names of characters from novel Dracula.

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Goofs

Throughout the movie, the "plus sign" the man was holding is referred to as a Crucifix, and later on, we see his quarters are filled with them. However, a true Crucifix has the image of the body of Jesus affixed to it. Otherwise it is simply referred to as a cross.

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Quotes

Capt. Abraham Van Helsing: For a computer, you sure are bitchy.
Aurora Ash: It's all in the programming, baby.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits finish rolling, we once again see Tiny Lister's character carrying Aurora over his right shoulder. He slaps her butt and says, "Now that's what I'm talkin' about!"

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)

User Reviews

Wow. Astoundingly bad.

My goodness. And here I thought that there were no directors worse than Uwe Boll.

Imagine the number of decisions necessary to produce a motion picture. Conceptual approval. Scriptwriting. Dialogue editing. Casting. Set and prop design. Location selection. Acting. Timing. Cinematography. Lighting. Music. Sound and video editing. Direction.

Now imagine that every single one of those decisions was made wrong.

Result: Dracula 3000.

For a film supposedly set in the 2900s, this movie looks surprisingly like a cheap gangsta flick of the 1970's. The set is ridiculous for the period. The dialogue is atrocious. The timing of each scene is ludicrous. The acting is beyond abysmal. Everything stinks.

Let's just take props, for example. If you have a movie set on a space freighter built in 2900, how likely is it that it will have the exposed piping and hydraulic doors of a 1960's era oil tanker? What, technology hasn't changed in 900 years? The 'Professor' uses a standard tandy keyboard and Radio-Shack flipswitches to "reprogram" the computer. What, they haven't figured out voice control yet? Of course, the Prof is tethered to a wheelchair. With wheels. Even though, you know, they've got intergalactic hyperdrive...but apparently not even a motorized wheelchair, much less a floating one, or bionic legs or something. And apparently this freighter was carrying an intergalactic consignment of rosewood caskets. How convenient. Then there are the weapons -- the crew carry standard late 20th-century firearms. In a ship. In the vacuum of space, where one bullethole would kill them all. Nice planning there, prop department.

Oh, why go on.

Details

Official Sites:

Film Afrika

Country:

Germany South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 August 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dracula 3000

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Afrika Worldwide, ApolloProMedia GmbH & Co. 1. Filmproduktion KG (I), Fiction Film & Television Limited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1