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.

Not without its structural flaws and frequent slips into conventional horror genre trappings, co-writer and director Patrick Lussier's film still has lots of bite. A Craven protégÃ©, Lussier makes a creative effort to reveal the true origins of Stoker's vampire (his hatred of religious icons, his weakness from silver) and make him somewhat sympathetic. Paying good attention to the narrative, his solid story (co-written with producer Joel Soisson) is a clever spin on the original tale --…