Dracula's Curse

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Movie
German title Dracula's Curse
Original title Dracula's Curse
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Leigh Scott
script Leigh Scott
production Sherri Strain ,
David Michael Latt
music Eliza Swenson
camera Steven Parker
cut Leigh Scott
occupation

Dracula's Curse (Alternative title: Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse ) is a vampire movie from the year 2006 the director Leigh Scott , who also wrote the screenplay for the film.

action

The council of vampires , represented by “the old one”, asks for a meeting with the “wise men 9”, the protectors of mankind, for whom the vampire hunter Colonel Rufus King speaks. The vampires propose a non-aggression pact according to which they would no longer hunt people if in return it was guaranteed that the vampire hunters would stop their work. Rufus King accepts and signs the pact. Five years later, a group of vampires kidnapped a young woman, Christina Lockheart, from her bedroom in front of her friend Rick. The vampires belonged to the clan of Countess Bathorly, who broke the pact with it. Until now it was believed that the Countess had been dead for 100 years, which now turns out to be wrong. With the support of Jacob Van Helsing, they fight against the Countess and her supporters. Finally, the vampire hunter Rufus King, who now turns out to be Dracula, succeeds in killing Countess Bathorly on Walpurgis Night .

background

  • First release in the United States was on April 25, 2006. In Germany, the film was released on January 4, 2007.
  • Director Leigh Scott made a guest appearance in the film as "The Old One".

Reviews

"Dialog-heavy vampire film variant that tries desperately to upgrade the confused plot with a newfangled look."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on November 17, 2011