Random 'Dracula 2000' Tried To Introduce A More EXTREME Vampire For New Millennium (14 items)

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  (#7) This Cast Is The Most 2000s Cast

  What do you get when combine Hackers, That '70s Show, and Save the Last Dance? The cast of Dracula 2000. The film features Jonny Lee Miller, Omar Epps, Jennifer Esposito, Jeri Ryan, Danny Masterson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Lochlyn Munroe, Sean West, and Nathan Fillion.

  Miller plays a kind of cockney antiquities dealer who gets in over his head with the whole vampire thing, while Jennifer Esposito plays Van Helsing’s assistant and a member of the high-tech gang. Epps, West, Munroe, and Masterson are high-tech thieves who use all manner of super-futuristic gadgets in order to rip off a safe that belongs to Van Helsing. Aside from Miller, it feels like everyone filmed their scenes on the weekends when they weren’t filming whatever TV show they were on.
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  (#6) There's A Bunch Of Free Advertising For The Virgin Megastore

  One of the main reasons that Dracula 2000 feels like stepping through a time warp is the brick-and-mortar record store that gets a whole lot of screen time. The Virgin Megastore in New Orleans is prominently featured throughout the film. Its logo is on shirts and bags, and we even go inside the store to see its wide selection of music.

  After getting his mojo back, Dracula visits the Virgin Megastore to check out its VHS blowout and to find Mary Van Helsing. She’s not in the store, so Dracula takes a look around the store, giving the audience a peek at the signage. 
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  (#5) Van Helsing Lays The Hammer On A Bunch Of Baby Vampires

  When Van Helsing arrives in New Orleans, he’s in bad shape. He hasn’t had any blood in days and his greatest rival is back in business. After tracking Dracula to a small church that’s being used to hold the bodies from the plane carrying the thieves, Van Helsing discovers that all of them have been turned into baby vamps. 

  Van Helsing doesn’t have any trouble dishing out justice to these newly formed vampires, and it’s only due to the inadequacy of his apprentice (Jonny Lee Miller) and the arrival of some small-town cops that they’re not all wiped out.
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  (#13) The Vampire Fight Scene Is Incredibly Extra

  At the end of the film, Simon and Mary Van Helsing go head to head with Solina and Dracula. Simon and Solina's fight is actually pretty cool and ends with a very sharp pair of gardening shears getting more use than they have in years. 

  For Mary and Dracula, it’s a whole other scenario. At this point, she’s a vampire, so she has all kinds of evil superpowers that she can use to fight our hunky villain. They get into a kind of low-rent Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fight that ends with Dracula literally hanging from a neon cross until he’s set on fire in the sun. 
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  (#10) 'Dracula Vision' Is The Most Dated Thing About The Movie

  Thankfully, there’s not a lot of “Dracula Vision” in this movie, but when it happens, it’s hard to miss. The most over the top usage of the “special effect” occurs when Dracula is overlooking New Orleans for his next meal. From there, the film cuts to a super sped-up trip through through Bourbon Street that feels very MTV Cribs.

  It’s not bad; it’s just one of the most egregiously 2000s things about this movie.
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  (#3) Dracula Goes Buckwild On An Airplane

  For the first act of the movie, Dracula is conspicuously absent from Dracula 2000, but after his coffin is taken by high-tech thieves to be flown to America, our main man Vlad Dracul causes some turbulence. 

  After draining a couple of the thieves on the plane, he chomps up Jennifer Esposito and then conjures a lightning storm to keep him out of the light before flying the plane to New Orleans with his mind.

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