Dracula 3: Legacy

Shot on location in Romania, executive producer Wes Craven’s sequel to Dracula II: Ascension.  What is it about vampire films that makes them so closely resemble their subject matter? No matter how many times critics and audiences pound a stake through the heart of a property, it manages to crawl out of its shallow box-office business grave and terrorize us in the home video market. Case in point, Dracula III: Legacy – the primary film of this series, Dracula 2000, is a music video gone wrong (too much focus on breasts ‘n’ blood and not enough on anything else); however, the sequels take a step in the right direction by reigning the visuals in and trying to be straightforward horror films, too bad that’s the only right step they make. Tired of one vampire cliche (the oh-so-gothic New Orleans), the filmmakers opt for another and move the story to a civil-war-torn Romania where the populace’s occupation seems to be standing around until eaten by a vampire. There is a plot somewhere, now-cassockless Uffitzi and Luke are in Romania to pursue Dracula and rescue the fair Elizabeth, but along the way fight the growing forces of the undead. Jason Scott Lee mugs his way through this one, showing all the pathos of a tree stump; London plays the quirky comendy sidekick with little deviation from our expectations; and Diane Neal manages to look good in fangs and a red dress for about fifteen minutes. Special attention must be given to Rutger Hauer’s nigh-cameo, however, as he moves through his entire repetoire of talents in a brief time: snarls, growls, etc. And why is it that the Dracula who was so thoroughly killed in part one (hung from a crucifix in the morning sunlight – he IS Judas Iscariot after all) is so quickly dispatched in this one when his head is lopped off? Furthermore, why Rutger Hauer in the first place? Was the Paul Bettany-lookalike they had in part two unavailable? If you have a yen for vamp films, rent this, all else, avoid. Special points awarded for the director’s pretentious pontification on the vampire myth.

Horror: 2 out of 5

Boobies: 3 out of 5

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