Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000

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Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000

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Released Dec 22, 2000

1h 39m

Horror

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Long ago, Abraham Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) imprisoned the infamous Count Dracula (Gerard Butler) within a vault inside Carfax Abbey. In the present day, Van Helsing relies on Dracula's immortal blood to remain alive. But then thieves breaks into the vault and steal the vampire's coffin, thinking it contains something valuable. Liberated from his prison, Dracula seizes the opportunity to escape, but Van Helsing sets out to banish him to the crypt once again.

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Critics Consensus

This retelling trys to offer a different spin on the origin of Dracula. Unfortunately, there's nothing here audiences haven't seen before.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C-

Sep 7, 2011

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

Mary, a descendant of the prototypical vampire slayer, works at a Virgin megastore in New Orleans, and the gratuitous use of the city during Mardi Gras is the least of this movie's unoriginal sins.

Oct 20, 2009

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Time Out

One half-expects a sexually subversive, blood-soaked gay carnival. Instead, Simon makes the effete Dracula (Butler) suck on some abuse.

Jan 26, 2006

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Sarah Vincent

Journey Planet

retains the Count’s mysterious powers – his ability to change form (wolves, bats), mesmerize victims, and summon fog and storms – as well as his weaknesses (silver, crosses), while seamlessly inventing a credible origin story for vampires using Biblical

Dec 5, 2024

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Sarah Cartland

Caution Spoilers

Butler is certainly charismatic as the undead bloodsucker, despite only having two expressions: slight bafflement, and, when an attractive neck comes into view, that of a small boy who's just heard an ice-cream van tinkling round the corner.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 23, 2020

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Has its moments, comic and heart-in-the-mouth, especially when Butler's Dracula is allowed to strut his stuff.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 16, 2019

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F R

Very watchable and fun. Interesting origin story of the vampire. Christopher Plummer adds to the experience.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/10/25

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Blu B

The pacing is just bizarre and atrocious. It becomes incoherent at so many points, jumpy, unfocused, and is more concerned with being stylish than telling a functional story ona the most basic level. The music is terrible and is trying to be so extreme and modern for 2000' that it ends up dating itself immediately. The acting is terrible. Plummer...dude what the heck are you doing here. His daughter is super forgettable, Dracula himself is so miscast, misinterpreted, and just doesn't work at all. Everyone else is just...I don't even know honestly. There just crazy sexy zombies. The editing is horrifcally bad and the cinematography is just errible. The direction actually is kind of decent at points again with lots of syle but the scenes themselves are just bizzare. This is so concerned with throwing nonstop insane stuff with no buildup at all at you. The kills aren't even bad just bizarre. Half the characters don't contribute anything except making it more unfocused. It's edited like a music video at points, fast edited for no reason, jumping constantly never devloping any character, explaining things out of order which adds nothing, and than just going back to insane nonsense. Skip This.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/28/25

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Mx S

It's trash, but it's fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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Regina P

Was the budget ten dollars???

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Tony M

I really liked this movie. Dracula is brought into the modern age when his highly guarded coffin is broken into by thieves. Well worth a watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/30/24

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Lindsey M

As someone who likes a trashy horror movie, I'm confident when I write that this movie is absolute trash.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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Patrick Lussier

Director

Christopher Plummer

Abraham Van Helsing

Gerard Butler

Dracula

Jonny Lee Miller

Simon Sheppard

Justine Waddell

Mary Heller

Jennifer Esposito

Solina

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Synopsis

Long ago, Abraham Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) imprisoned the infamous Count Dracula (Gerard Butler) within a vault inside Carfax Abbey. In the present day, Van Helsing relies on Dracula's immortal blood to remain alive. But then thieves breaks into the vault and steal the vampire's coffin, thinking it contains something valuable. Liberated from his prison, Dracula seizes the opportunity to escape, but Van Helsing sets out to banish him to the crypt once again.

Director: Patrick Lussier
Producer: W.K. Border, Joel Soisson
Screenwriter: Joel Soisson, Bram Stoker
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Carfax Productions Ltd., Dimension Films, Wes Craven Films, Neo Art & Logic
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.0M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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