a space ship cruising through the galaxy encounters a mysterious cargo ship apparently adrift in space. the crew investigates and hoping to lay claim to its cargo and acquire the ship. however and once aboard the ominous vessel and their own ship mysteriously disengages and leaving them to fend for themselves and battle none other then count dracula or orloff as this creature calls himself. not a bad start. i mean it follows any number of typical sci fi or horror plots. the genres have been around enough that even the most original story will inevitably invoke comparison to some other film. but and when you start with a fairly typical horror convention and the legend of dracula and vampires in general and and combine it with a fairly typical sci fi convention and a crew happening upon something and becoming marooned to battle whatever theyre forced to confront and the filmmakers better have some clever up their sleeve to imprint their own mark on the familiar genre staples. director darrell roodt and who also wrote dracula 3000 with ivan milborrow and is primarily responsible for this utter failure. so and no and roodt and milborrow have nothing up their sleeves but their arms. this film begins ominously enough and with a very poorly delivered voice over by caspar van dien and essentially providing enough exposition to explain who the crew on his ship are. i should also point out that van dien character is named van helsing. and and oh so very cleverly and this orloff character is from planet transylvania in the carpathian system. no kidding. i mean and come on guys and we get it. and and again and do not be goofy and use such names unless you got something special in store. so and after van helsing introduction of the crew and we have and essentially and a film about this crew trapped in a space ship with a vampire lurking about. i am a very forgiving viewer when it comes to low budget films. occasionally and they can be brilliant and see raimi first two evil dead films. dracula 3000 had a decent budget and enough for some decent special effects and for the salaries of 3rd stringers like and van dien and erika eleniak and coolio and etc. however and unlike and the evil dead flicks and there is no talent behind the camera. in front of the camera and the talent is marginal and but i am going to give the actors some benefit of the doubt. it really seems like they do not know what to do. the best actor of the bunch and alexandra kamp groenveld and gets killed off quickly and the ever enjoyable udo kier is reduced to being an exposition vehicle for the viewer as the deceased captain we hear and see via a video journal. grant swandby is also okay as the professor and but it hard to take seriously a scientist in the year 3000 who wears glasses and rides a wheel chair. and and yes and it a wheel chair as in there is nothing futuristic about it. as for the rest of the actors and well. i am sure coolio really tried to be scary after getting turned into a vampire and but and well and i do not think irritating qualifies as scary in most people book. tiny lister and erika eleniak do not really provide much either. lister is never really more then the il big brawny black stereotype. eleniak actually appears unhappy throughout the film and never tries very hard. eleniak is a pretty girl and even in her mid thirties and but looks a little worn out and uninterested for the movie duration. this brings us to count dracula or orloff played by langley kirkwood. to be honest and i can not recall who exactly the vampire is supposed to be. he introduces himself as orloff but at some point he acknowledges himself as count dracula as well. go figure. in any case and you will be absolutely astounded by just how lame this vampire is. have you ever scene those cheesy horror show hosts local networks would have on their creature feature time slots. yes and it that bad. langley kirkwood and the actor playing orlock and must have found it almost impossible to concentrate in such a ridiculous outfit. i am sure he still getting hassled by his friends. there isn not much to the plot. the vampire is the last of it kind and wants to go to earth and for some reason and and also and there is some lip service about wanting to defeat caspar van dien character and van helsing. most of the crew get turned into vampires and including van helsing and and the crew use conventional machine guns and pistols to try and defeat them before they figure out the old stake in the heart routine. yeah and that right and bullets and and yes and the year 3000. keeping in that baffling vein and one of the main areas the crew hole themselves up in while battling the vampires and or vampire and since there is really never more then one threatening them and is filled with old soviet posters and insignia and such. what the. there are also references to god or religion being antiquated systems. but these references only confused me. did the soviet union make a comeback. is there some point roodt and milborrow want to make with this. it never really goes anywhere and seems dumb and the posters and etc. just look cheap. on the positive side and the film is competently shot and edited. the cinematography is nothing spectacular and but it clearly done by professionals and and i had no problem with the special effects. the ships look like ships in outer space. although and as i write this and i recall how god awful the corpse of the captain looks when the crew discover him. what were they thinking. why do not someone say something. see how difficult it is to say something positive about this film without falling back on the negatives. i guess and ultimately and that the thing. whatever positives you try and grant this sci fi or horror debacle and you become overwhelmed by it lack of quality. poor udo kier. 
a space ship cruising through the galaxy encounters a mysterious cargo ship apparently adrift in space. the crew investigates and hoping to lay claim to its cargo and acquire the ship. however and once aboard the ominous vessel and their own ship mysteriously disengages and leaving them to fend for themselves and battle none other then count dracula or orloff as this creature calls himself. not a bad start. i mean it follows any number of typical sci fi or horror plots. the genres have been around enough that even the most original story will inevitably invoke comparison to some other film. but and when you start with a fairly typical horror convention and the legend of dracula and vampires in general and and combine it with a fairly typical sci fi convention and a crew happening upon something and becoming marooned to battle whatever theyre forced to confront and the filmmakers better have some clever up their sleeve to imprint their own mark on the familiar genre staples. director darrell roodt and who also wrote dracula 3000 with ivan milborrow and is primarily responsible for this utter failure. so and no and roodt and milborrow have nothing up their sleeves but their arms. this film begins ominously enough and with a very poorly delivered voice over by caspar van dien and essentially providing enough exposition to explain who the crew on his ship are. i should also point out that van dien character is named van helsing. and and oh so very cleverly and this orloff character is from planet transylvania in the carpathian system. no kidding. i mean and come on guys and we get it. and and again and do not be goofy and use such names unless you got something special in store. so and after van helsing introduction of the crew and we have and essentially and a film about this crew trapped in a space ship with a vampire lurking about. i am a very forgiving viewer when it comes to low budget films. occasionally and they can be brilliant and see raimi first two evil dead films. dracula 3000 had a decent budget and enough for some decent special effects and for the salaries of 3rd stringers like and van dien and erika eleniak and coolio and etc. however and unlike and the evil dead flicks and there is no talent behind the camera. in front of the camera and the talent is marginal and but i am going to give the actors some benefit of the doubt. it really seems like they do not know what to do. the best actor of the bunch and alexandra kamp groenveld and gets killed off quickly and the ever enjoyable udo kier is reduced to being an exposition vehicle for the viewer as the deceased captain we hear and see via a video journal. grant swandby is also okay as the professor and but it hard to take seriously a scientist in the year 3000 who wears glasses and rides a wheel chair. and and yes and it a wheel chair as in there is nothing futuristic about it. as for the rest of the actors and well. i am sure coolio really tried to be scary after getting turned into a vampire and but and well and i do not think irritating qualifies as scary in most people book. tiny lister and erika eleniak do not really provide much either. lister is never really more then the il big brawny black stereotype. eleniak actually appears unhappy throughout the film and never tries very hard. eleniak is a pretty girl and even in her mid thirties and but looks a little worn out and uninterested for the movie duration. this brings us to count dracula or orloff played by langley kirkwood. to be honest and i can not recall who exactly the vampire is supposed to be. he introduces himself as orloff but at some point he acknowledges himself as count dracula as well. go figure. in any case and you will be absolutely astounded by just how lame this vampire is. have you ever scene those cheesy horror show hosts local networks would have on their creature feature time slots. yes and it that bad. langley kirkwood and the actor playing orlock and must have found it almost impossible to concentrate in such a ridiculous outfit. i am sure he still getting hassled by his friends. there isn not much to the plot. the vampire is the last of it kind and wants to go to earth and for some reason and and also and there is some lip service about wanting to defeat caspar van dien character and van helsing. most of the crew get turned into vampires and including van helsing and and the crew use conventional machine guns and pistols to try and defeat them before they figure out the old stake in the heart routine. yeah and that right and bullets and and yes and the year 3000. keeping in that baffling vein and one of the main areas the crew hole themselves up in while battling the vampires and or vampire and since there is really never more then one threatening them and is filled with old soviet posters and insignia and such. what the. there are also references to god or religion being antiquated systems. but these references only confused me. did the soviet union make a comeback. is there some point roodt and milborrow want to make with this. it never really goes anywhere and seems dumb and the posters and etc. just look cheap. on the positive side and the film is competently shot and edited. the cinematography is nothing spectacular and but it clearly done by professionals and and i had no problem with the special effects. the ships look like ships in outer space. although and as i write this and i recall how god awful the corpse of the captain looks when the crew discover him. what were they thinking. why do not someone say something. see how difficult it is to say something positive about this film without falling back on the negatives. i guess and ultimately and that the thing. whatever positives you try and grant this sci fi or horror debacle and you become overwhelmed by it lack of quality. poor udo kier. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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