When the crew of a salvage spacecraft come across the hulk of The Demeter, lost for 50 years, drifting in space, all they can see is a nice fat bonus paycheck. On boarding the craft, however, and finding no crew, but a cargo hold full of coffins, their nightmares are about to begin.....
Or should have been. Unfortunately this is a badly written, badly acted and badly directed update of the Bram Stoker original. The cast on a whole are dreadful, especially Coolio as 187; I've seen trees act better! Udo Kier is the only cast member who at least tries, and he is only seen in flashback as the Demeter's captain.
And surely in the 29th Century, Dracula would not still be wearing a cape.
This film falls into "it's so bad, it's awful" category.
If you want vampire films, stick to Lugosi, Chris Lee and Oldman.
Avoid this one like vampires avoid garlic. Stoker must be turning in his grave.
"Ah.....children of the night, what beautiful music they make"
Image Unavailable
Image not available for
Colour:
Colour:
-
-
-
- Sorry, this item is not available in
- Image not available
- To view this video download Flash Player
Dracula 3000 [2004] [DVD]
Casper Van Dien
(Actor),
Erika Eleniak
(Actor),
Darrell Roodt
(Director, Writer)
&
0
more
Rated:
Suitable for 18 years and over
Format: DVD
| Additional DVD options | Edition | Discs |
Amazon Price
|
New from | Used from |
|
DVD
7 Dec. 2004
"Please retry"
|
— |
1
|
£10.02 | £11.54 |
|
DVD
20 Nov. 2015
"Please retry"
|
Standard version
|
1
|
£10.58 | £10.56 |
|
DVD
17 Oct. 2005
"Please retry"
|
— |
1
|
£4.80
|
— | £3.25 |
|
DVD
17 Oct. 2005
"Please retry"
|
— |
1
|
— | £0.77 |
Customers who viewed this item also viewed
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Dracula: Prince of Darkness [DVD] [1966]Christopher LeeDVD
Dracula A.D. 1972 [DVD] [1972]Christopher LeeDVD
Dracula II: Ascension [DVD]Jennifer KrollDVD
Bram Stoker's Dracula [DVD] [1992]Gary OldmanDVD
Dracula [DVD]Christopher LeeDVD
Dracula 2001 [DVD] [2000]Jonny Lee MillerDVD
Customers who bought this item also bought
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Dracula [DVD] [2006]David SuchetDVD
Dracula 2001 [DVD] [2000]Jonny Lee MillerDVD
Dracula Bloodline [DVD]Presley MoneyDVD
Dracula II: Ascension [DVD]Jennifer KrollDVD
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Rated : Suitable for 18 years and over
- Language : English
- Package Dimensions : 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 Grams
- Manufacturer reference : 5060020624544
- Director : Darrell Roodt
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 1 hour and 26 minutes
- Release date : 17 Oct. 2005
- Actors : Casper Van Dien, Erika Eleniak, Coolio, Alexandra Kamp, Grant Swanby
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Anchor Bay
- Producers : Frank Hubner, Brad Krevoy, David Lancaster, David Wicht
- ASIN : B000B64VZ8
- Writers : Darrell Roodt, Ivan Milborrow
- Number of discs : 1
-
Best Sellers Rank:
102,036 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)
- 8,125 in Horror (DVD & Blu-ray)
- Customer reviews:
Reviews
Sci-fi horror set in outer space in the year 3000. Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and Mina (Alexandra Kamp) are part of the crew of an interstellar salvage ship which comes across the ancient hulk of the lost starship Demeter. After boarding the ship however, they accidentally release the Demeter's terrifying cargo, and in the middle of space, with no sunlight, the vampire killer is invulnerable. Turning their ship towards the twin suns of Halbron, the crew desperately fight for survival.
More items to explore
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Interview With The Vampire [DVD] [1994]Brad PittDVD
Mad Max [DVD] [1979]Mel GibsonDVD
The Planet of the Apes Collection (6 Disc Box Set) [1968] [DVD] [2017]Claude AkinsDVD
Dawn Of The Dead (The Directors Cut) [DVD] [2004]Sarah PolleyDVD
Hellboy [DVD] [2004]Guillermo Del ToroDVD
Texas Chainsaw 2013 [DVD]Alexandra DaddarioDVD
Highly rated by customers
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Customer reviews
3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
49 global ratings
How are ratings calculated?
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Top reviews
Top reviews from United Kingdom
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2007
Report abuse
Verified Purchase
13 people found this helpful
Helpful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2012
Verified Purchase
I did not pay attention to the reviews & apart from Erika Eleniak in it this is so bad I mean really bad.
The Vampires have the false fangs you get out of novelty shops & red contacts too.
Casper Van Dien looks like he wants to laugh through out it (the script is really that bad).
Count Orlock (Dracula) looks like a really bad take on the 70's version of Dracula & the wood he should fear is his acting.
The budget well I think my car has more production cost in it than this movie.
They could have actually had a good film here as it is set on a space ship,compared to Aliens & Prometheus these did this scenario brilliantly but this is just sheer rubbish.
The Vampires have the false fangs you get out of novelty shops & red contacts too.
Casper Van Dien looks like he wants to laugh through out it (the script is really that bad).
Count Orlock (Dracula) looks like a really bad take on the 70's version of Dracula & the wood he should fear is his acting.
The budget well I think my car has more production cost in it than this movie.
They could have actually had a good film here as it is set on a space ship,compared to Aliens & Prometheus these did this scenario brilliantly but this is just sheer rubbish.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2007
Verified Purchase
This film is a real Bummer, bad sets, bad acting, bad lighting (perdominantly yellow), lousy sound effects, etc etc.
If this film was advertised as a crap Parody for Aliens/Dracula then that would be more of an honest warning!!!
THIS FILM IS NOT SCARY - unless you get scared by (Erika Eleniaks) boobs bouncing around!?
This film deserves no stars what so ever!
If this film was advertised as a crap Parody for Aliens/Dracula then that would be more of an honest warning!!!
THIS FILM IS NOT SCARY - unless you get scared by (Erika Eleniaks) boobs bouncing around!?
This film deserves no stars what so ever!
20 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2008
Verified Purchase
Honestly I bought and watched this and felt robbed of the time I spent watching at times I felt it had potential to be more but either director or the writters thought no we'll go the otherway and make it SUCK!!!!
One person found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2016
Verified Purchase
Rubbish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2012
Verified Purchase
haha what a crap dvd all i can say lol .. worse acting ever . complete waste of money . will throw in the dustbin thats the best place for it .
One person found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2015
Verified Purchase
spot on
HALL OF FAME
Have you ever seen a movie so bad that it warps space and time, tears a hole in the universe itself and rapes the very concept of cinematic quality?
I have. It's called "Dracula 3000." And while (sadly) it is not the worst movie ever made, it is definitely the worst VAMPIRE movie ever made -- a witless, crass, ugly, derivative pile of foul sludge that plagiarizes "Alien" and "Dracula" in equal measure, with spectacularly awful acting and a total budget of about $6.34.
The salvage spaceship Mother III comes across the derelict ship Demeter (whose name will cause Bram Stoker fans to weep). Captain van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) immediately takes the entire crew onto the Demeter, whose crew is all dead -- and which is piloted by a corpse who tied himself to his chair, covered in now-illegal crosses. But surprise surprise, they end up stranded on a dead ship.
To make matters worse, there's a bunch of coffins in the cargo hold, and resident stoner 187 (Coolio) accidentally drips some blood onto the pile of dust inside one.
Next thing we know, 187 has been attacked by a vampire, and promptly sprouts fangs. Vice Captain Aurora Ash (Erika Eleniak) conveniently gets the vampire's life story, and reveals that the evil Count Orlok (Langley Kirkwood) is from a planet of vampires (how... does that work?) and now he wants to get to Earth... for some reason. It's never really explained very well.
I could write a graduate thesis about all the ways that "Dracula 3000" fails as a movie. The budget is below Z-grade (the "space suits" are scuba masks), the direction is dodgy and aimless, it was clearly filmed in an old factory, and the script is completely devoid of logic. What are the chances that in a thousand years, people will still be using the same racial slang as today?!
I can only assume that the screenwriter was high on paint thinner when he wrote this, because it's simply tragic to imagine that a sober person wrote Coolio's lines about his "anaconda" -- most of the dialogue is unfunny sex jokes or griping. And the director seems to be just as high, since he inserts random close-ups and visual effects that will make you goggle in amazement. It is almost like a professional primer on what NOT to do in filmmaking.
But leaving aside the horrendous quality of EVERYTHING... well, the plot is "Alien" with vampires. The plot is pretty much a blatant rip-off, except with people being turned into vampires instead of chestburster incubators. Even the android "twist" is stolen.
By the halfway point of the movie, I was practically rocking in the fetal position, thinking, "END! END! END, FOR THE LOVE OF NOSFERATU!" But even when it does end, the pain does not. It feels like they simply ran out of story and characters, so they simply slapped together one more crass sex joke and a bad video-game explosion.
It's also rather racist -- the only non-white individuals are depicted as a lecherous comical stoner and a cowardly, thuggish idiot, both of whom treat women horribly and lust after the hot blonde. Interpret that as you will.
Good acting wouldn't have salvaged this turkey, but might have made it slightly less painful to watch. Van Dien and Eleniak have the appearance and acting ability of Ken and Barbie dolls, and Tom "Tiny" Lister merely serves as a violent meatheaded thug who does one hopelessly moronic thing after another. The worst performance: Coolio, who whoops and dances around as if he's suffering some sort of peculiar brain damage.
"Dracula 3000" is revolting. It is a movie so horrendous that it cannot even be used for a drinking game, because anyone who tries will be dead of alcohol poisoning by the second act. Avoid this with extreme prejudice.
I have. It's called "Dracula 3000." And while (sadly) it is not the worst movie ever made, it is definitely the worst VAMPIRE movie ever made -- a witless, crass, ugly, derivative pile of foul sludge that plagiarizes "Alien" and "Dracula" in equal measure, with spectacularly awful acting and a total budget of about $6.34.
The salvage spaceship Mother III comes across the derelict ship Demeter (whose name will cause Bram Stoker fans to weep). Captain van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) immediately takes the entire crew onto the Demeter, whose crew is all dead -- and which is piloted by a corpse who tied himself to his chair, covered in now-illegal crosses. But surprise surprise, they end up stranded on a dead ship.
To make matters worse, there's a bunch of coffins in the cargo hold, and resident stoner 187 (Coolio) accidentally drips some blood onto the pile of dust inside one.
Next thing we know, 187 has been attacked by a vampire, and promptly sprouts fangs. Vice Captain Aurora Ash (Erika Eleniak) conveniently gets the vampire's life story, and reveals that the evil Count Orlok (Langley Kirkwood) is from a planet of vampires (how... does that work?) and now he wants to get to Earth... for some reason. It's never really explained very well.
I could write a graduate thesis about all the ways that "Dracula 3000" fails as a movie. The budget is below Z-grade (the "space suits" are scuba masks), the direction is dodgy and aimless, it was clearly filmed in an old factory, and the script is completely devoid of logic. What are the chances that in a thousand years, people will still be using the same racial slang as today?!
I can only assume that the screenwriter was high on paint thinner when he wrote this, because it's simply tragic to imagine that a sober person wrote Coolio's lines about his "anaconda" -- most of the dialogue is unfunny sex jokes or griping. And the director seems to be just as high, since he inserts random close-ups and visual effects that will make you goggle in amazement. It is almost like a professional primer on what NOT to do in filmmaking.
But leaving aside the horrendous quality of EVERYTHING... well, the plot is "Alien" with vampires. The plot is pretty much a blatant rip-off, except with people being turned into vampires instead of chestburster incubators. Even the android "twist" is stolen.
By the halfway point of the movie, I was practically rocking in the fetal position, thinking, "END! END! END, FOR THE LOVE OF NOSFERATU!" But even when it does end, the pain does not. It feels like they simply ran out of story and characters, so they simply slapped together one more crass sex joke and a bad video-game explosion.
It's also rather racist -- the only non-white individuals are depicted as a lecherous comical stoner and a cowardly, thuggish idiot, both of whom treat women horribly and lust after the hot blonde. Interpret that as you will.
Good acting wouldn't have salvaged this turkey, but might have made it slightly less painful to watch. Van Dien and Eleniak have the appearance and acting ability of Ken and Barbie dolls, and Tom "Tiny" Lister merely serves as a violent meatheaded thug who does one hopelessly moronic thing after another. The worst performance: Coolio, who whoops and dances around as if he's suffering some sort of peculiar brain damage.
"Dracula 3000" is revolting. It is a movie so horrendous that it cannot even be used for a drinking game, because anyone who tries will be dead of alcohol poisoning by the second act. Avoid this with extreme prejudice.