Review – Dracula 2000

Just about the nicest thing I can say about this one is that at the folks in marketing were kind enough to build the year into the title, thus saving me from the need to date it in parentheses. Otherwise this umpty-millionth Prince of Darkness reheat is silly and boring in approximately equal measure, with both qualities making for a predictable but not especially good horror movie. In fact, the only thing that wasn’t predictable was that the movie features only the bare minimum allotment of nudity and gore to earn an “R” rating. Usually if you’re going so light on the script and acting, you’ve gotta build some cheap thrills in. Oh, and it turns out Dracula is actually merely an alter-ego for another historical baddie, whose name I’ll omit just in case anyone’s actually foolish enough to rent this stinker. I wouldn’t want you to lose the only surprise twist in the whole 90-minute mess. See if desperate