In the year 3000, the deep space salvage ship Mother III locates the vanished starship Demeter in the Carpathian System. Captain Abraham Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew composed of the blonde assistant Aurora Ash (Erika Eleniak); the crippled navigator Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood (Grant Swanby), who believes that he is a genius; the strong and dumb Humvee (Tommy Tiny Lister); the intern Mina Murry (Alexandra Kamp); and the drug addicted 187 (Coolio), decide to claim the possession of Demeter. While exploring the spacecraft, they see a tape of fifty years ago of Captain Varna (Udo Kier) 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 (Langley Kirkwood). When Aurora discloses who Dracula is, the survivors try to find a way to destroy the vampire.
"Dracula 3000" is silly, flawed, cheesy, has poor special effects and bad lines, but it is very funny. Casper Van Dien has a very reasonable performance in the role of a captain of a spaceship with a crew of morons; Coolio is simply hilarious and is the best character, specially when he is transformed in a vampire; Langley Kirkwood is miscast, his Dracula is very weak, and I laughed when he has a severed arm; Erika Eleniak is still a very beautiful woman with an attractive body; Tommy Tiny Lister, Grant Swanby and Alexandra Kamp completes the cast of this low budget movie with many funny dialogs and moments. I am not sure whether director and writer Darrell Roodt is descendant of Ed Wood, but in the end, I liked this little film. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Drácula 3000 - Escuridão Infinita" ("Dracula 3000 - Infinite Darkness")
"Dracula 3000" is silly, flawed, cheesy, has poor special effects and bad lines, but it is very funny. Casper Van Dien has a very reasonable performance in the role of a captain of a spaceship with a crew of morons; Coolio is simply hilarious and is the best character, specially when he is transformed in a vampire; Langley Kirkwood is miscast, his Dracula is very weak, and I laughed when he has a severed arm; Erika Eleniak is still a very beautiful woman with an attractive body; Tommy Tiny Lister, Grant Swanby and Alexandra Kamp completes the cast of this low budget movie with many funny dialogs and moments. I am not sure whether director and writer Darrell Roodt is descendant of Ed Wood, but in the end, I liked this little film. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Drácula 3000 - Escuridão Infinita" ("Dracula 3000 - Infinite Darkness")