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
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	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:

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

The "Mother III" is actually a re-use of the slingship from the short lived 1993 TV series Space Rangers (1993).

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Goofs

(at around 3 mins) At the start of the movie, a crew data file for Captain Abraham Van Helsing is shown. It lists that he was in the Special Forces from 2989 to 2997, yet it lists his discharge as being 2992.

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Quotes

Capt. Abraham Van Helsing: He's after Aurora, he wants to kill her!
Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood: But I believe he said he wants to tittie fuck her first.

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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

References Alien (1979)

User Reviews

Now this is a bad movie

This might quite possibly be the worst movie I have ever seen. I knew it was a B-movie before watching it (it was actually the reason for watching it), but I'd never thought it could be this bad. The title promises Dracula in space and does deliver, however, the story makes no real use of the fact that Casper van Dien's character is a descendant of Van Helsing. And watch out for the ending of the movie, it comes at you fast. I've never seen an ending scream out "And now we're over budget!" in a clearer fashion. Their resolution of the movie was rather comic though, the story had so obviously painted itself into a corner. If you feel you have to see it, watch it with a friend who shares your love of B-movies. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have made it to the end.

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

Sound Mix:

Mono Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1