6. Dracula 2000
What a fun time back then. Very, very much a product of the time. Definitely feeling the age a bit as I started getting nostalgic for the music used in the movie. Let me tell you, I can't recognize young Gerrald Butler. And it takes a while for him to speak enough to maybe recognize his voice. Lot of recognizable people from the late 90s, sadly including a rapist. But, Jerri Ryan and Jennifer Esposito as brides of Dracula. And I absolutely love the twist to the Dracula lore.
7. Dracula 2: Ascension
First, loses points for dropping the 2000, the cowards. Enter the era were Dimension Films was making a whole bunch of DTV/Syfy movies of various properties. In Romania. Props for in theory for being a pretty direct sequel, essentially the day after the first movie, but kind of hilarious of the outside shots trying to pass Romania off as Louisiana. Of course, couldn't get ol Gerry Butler for a DTV movie, but Stephen Billington was a great replacement, being a very, very trollng Dracula. Plus, you get a bit of Jason Scott Lee. I find this a fun sequel, even if it kind of ignores the bit lore twist of the first movie.
8. Dracula 3: Legacy
Yeah, just move the movie straight to Romania since they were filming there. It is a great disappointment, as it lacks the fun and energy in the other movies, for a rather drab and somber movie. Hell, for a movie called Dracula, the big D doesn't even show up till over an hour into the movie, in a 90 minute movies. And god bless Rutger Hauer, but he didn't bring the energy Stephen Billington brought. Not that he would have had enough time for it. Really didn't like the way they tried to retcon away the big Judas twist. And Jason Scott Lee and Jason Londan really didn't have the buddy energy to carry the movie. The clown vampires fight was kind of fun, at least.
And the progress for Bayonetta, well, game is good, but goddamn I had forgotten how bull**** some of the quicktime events were.
