Dracula 3000

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Dracula 3000 is a horror movie that brings the legend of Dracula into outer space in the distant future (particularly, the year 3000). The movie can generally be referred to as a B-movie in that it had a relatively low budget, and a direct-to-video release. It is also rated a mere 1.9/10 on IMDB and 0% on RottenTomatoes, making it statistically not only the worst movie to ever bear the name of Dracula, but also one of the worst movies ever made.

[edit] Cast and Credits

Directed by: Darrell Roodt
Written by: Ivan Milborrow and Darrell Roodt

Casper Van Dien as Captain Abraham Van Helsing
Erika Eleniak as Aurora Ash
Coolio as 187
Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld as Mina Murry
Grant Swanby as Arthur Holmwood
Langley Kirkwood as Orlock
Tom Lister Jr. Humvee
Udo Kier as Capt. Varna

MPAA rating: R.
Filmed in: Germany/South Africa
Runtime: 86 Minutes

[edit] Overview

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Captain Abraham Van Helsing (Van Dien) and his crew are salvage experts that make a living in the year 3000 by capturing abandoned space vessels and selling them for scrap. In their travels, they find a large space station that has supposedly been empty for 50 years after leaving the Carpathian sector of the Transylvania Galaxy. When they arrive on board, they find a storage hall filled with coffins. As 187 (Coolio) and Humvee (Lister Jr.) open the coffins in the hope of finding valuables to bring home, they find only sand. After opening a few coffins, 187 cuts his hand with a crowbar and spills some blood into one of the coffins. As Humvee leaves him to assist other crew members, Dracula awakens and takes 187 as his first minion.

The story then continues very much in a typical horror B-movie as one by one, most of the members of the crew are killed or transformed into vampires themselves.