Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Dec 22, 2000

Running Time: 98 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Jennifer Esposito, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Sean Patrick Thomas, Danny Masterson, Lochlyn Munro

director: Patrick Lussier

In this update of the vampire classic, the fate of the world is in jeopardy when a group of immortality seekers steal the corpse of Dracula and only the last of the Van Helsings can stop them.

No, it doesn't suck. Injected with new life, Bram Stoker's celebrity vampire draws some fresh blood in this fun and surprisingly solid offering.

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Billed as "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000," Miramax distribution vein Dimension Films is no doubt trying to milk its holiday box-office counter-programming strategy, banking on the "Scream" director's marquee value to suck willing victims into this genre flick. Ironically, Craven had little to do with this latest chapter of Stoker's legacy.…