Dracula 2000 (also known as Dracula 2001 in some countries) is a horror movie which attempts to transfer the story of Dracula into the setting of a modern teen horror film. The cast included pop culture stars and possibly the youngest actor to portray Dracula in a major motion picture.

The film offers a unique story for Dracula’s origins not found in any other vampire movie. It is followed by two sequels, Dracula II Ascension and Dracula III Legacy.

The film opens in present-day London, with a group of thieves infiltrating the antique shop Carfax Abbey. Penetrating into its innermost vault they expect to find a fortune in treasure. Instead they encounter a sealed coffin. Upon attempting to move the coffin, some of the treasure-hunting party are gruesomely killed by the vault’s security system, leading the survivors to believe the coffin is the treasure they have come for. It is no surprise when the coffin is later revealed to contain the dormant body of Count Dracula. We learn that Carfax Abbey (also the name of Dracula’s London residence in Bram Stoker’s original novel) is owned and operated by Dracula’s nemesis, Abraham Van Helsing, who, after trapping and subduing Dracula a century before, has been keeping himself alive with injections of the vampire’s blood filtered through leeches until he can find a way to destroy Dracula forever.

While flying the coffin back to the United States one of the thieves manages to open the coffin, releasing Dracula. The count proceeds to feast on the blood of the thieves, one of whom happens to be flying the airplane, causing them to crash in the swamps of Louisiana. Surviving the crash, he heads to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Van Helsing’s estranged daughter Mary and her best friend Lucy live. Meanwhile Van Helsing and his assistant Simon head to the U.S. to recapture Dracula.

The one significant twist this film brings to the Dracula legend is its explanation of his origin. In this film, Dracula is established to be Judas Iscariot, cursed to walk the earth as an immortal for his betrayal of Jesus, being denied admission to both Heaven and Hell. This explains some of the vampire’s best-known weaknesses, primarily Christian iconography and silver, as Judas was paid in silver for betraying Christ to the authorities. Although Bram Stoker makes no reference to a vulnerability to silver in his novel, it is a part of some examples of European vampire folklore.

Dracula 2000 – Cast
* Gerard Butler as Dracula
* Christopher Plummer as Matthew/Abraham Van Helsing
* Jonny Lee Miller as Simon Sheppard
* Justine Waddell as Mary Heller/Van Helsing
* Danny Masterson as Nightshade
* Jeri Ryan as Valerie Sharpe
* Colleen Fitzpatrick (aka Vitamin C) as Lucy Westerman
* Jennifer Esposito as Solina
* Lochlyn Munro as Eddie
* Sean Patrick Thomas as Trick
* Omar Epps as Marcus
* Tig Fong as Dax
* Tony Munch as Charlie
* Shane West as J.T.
* Tom Kane as The Newscaster

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Blade: Trinity, is a 2004 vampire action film, written and directed by David S. Goyer, who also wrote the screenplays to the first two Blade films. It is the third film in the Blade trilogy, following on from Blade and Blade II and it is based on the Marvel Comics character Blade, played by Wesley Snipes. The title alludes to the trinity formed between Blade, Hannibal King and Abigail Whistler in the movie. The story continues on in Blade: The Series. (sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Trinity )
1.01 “Pilot” (two episodes) June 28, 2006
1.02 “Death Goes On” – July 5, 2006
1.03 “Descent” – July 12, 2006
1.04 “Bloodlines” – July 19, 2006
1.05 “The Evil Within” – July 26, 2006
1.06 “Delivery” – August 2, 2006
1.07 “Sacrifice” – August 9, 2006
1.08 “Turn of the Screw” – August 16, 2006
1.09 “Angels and Demons”- August 23, 2006
1.10 “Hunters” – August 30, 2006
1.11 “Monsters” – September 6, 2006
1.12 “Conclave” – September 13, 2006

Blade, the Vampire Slayer (1998)
Wesley Snipes is a memorable character in role of super-hero Blade, the most famous vampire hunter of modern times. It’s legend is very frightening. Before he was born, his mother was bitten to death by a vampire and so he became immune to the fatal attacks of this night creatures.
Blade grows and he becomes  the most fierce full enemy of Dracula’s descendents, whom he haunts down into the snake whole, into the family vault of castles, into the club baths . After 30 years, when he finds out the truth about his mother’s death, his rage becomes incontrollable. Transformed into a hybrid creature, half men ,half vampire, he is followed in his crusade against the wraiths  thirsty of blood , by Hannibal King and Frank Drake. Hannibal is a specialized detective in finding vampires. Frank Drake is a Dracula descendant who betrayed his master.
Usually, vampire are awful creatures that live in catacombs and cemeteries . In Blade, the action takes place in a big metropolitan city, and the vampire are infiltrated at all levels of society. In  parallel, they are organized  in an aristocratic society, in which the political and social status are established by caste principles. Blade and his partners are dealing with blood drinkers from bars, in the poor neighborhoods or even in the center of the metropolis.

Blade II
From pages of the comic books drawn by Marvel Comics, it appeared the extraordinary  part II, of the success film of 1998, called Blade. Blade(Wesley Snipes) is half man, half vampire, drawn by the wish to revenge the curse he was born with and by the desire to save the human race from a bloody Armageddon. In this new adventures, he has to team up with a powerful vampire team in order to fight against  he had never met before: a new species of super-vampire that has as its purpose to eradicate both races.
Wesley Snipes is the central character along with: KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, RON PERLMAN, LEONOR VARELA, NORMAN REEDUS, THOMAS KRETSCHMANN, LUKE GOSS, MATTHEW SCHULZE, DANNY JOHN JULES, DONNIE YEN, KAREL RODEN, DAZ CRAWFORD and TONNY CURAN.
Filmed in Prague, Czech Republic, Blade had its première in New Line Cinema in March 22, 2002.

Blade: Trinity/Blade III (2004)
Wesley Snipes returns in the role of vampire hunter Blade, in Blade: Trinity, a third part of the series. In a faraway desert , vampire leaders bring back to life Dracula, the horrible creature that started their race. Known under the name of Drake (Dominic Purcell), this terrible vampire has unique powers that allow him to live during the day.
In order to be more difficult for Blade, the vampire leaders starts a campaign against  him making the FBI to search for him.
After the explosive confrontation  with FBI agent Cumberland (James Remar) and his men , Blade and his mentor, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), it is obvious that  Daywalker needs help.
Blade is allied with Nightstalkers, a vampire hunter group made of normal people, lead by Whistler’s beautiful daughter Abigail (Jessica Biel) and Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds).
During the time, the blind science woman Sommerfield (Natasha Lyonne) is working on a final solution to the vampire problem, Nightstalkers engages in  serious battles against Dracula’s group made from living dead, lead by powerful vampire Danica Talos (Parker Posey) and his followers (vampires):Asher (Callum Keith Rennie) si Grimwood (WWE, Triple H).Finally, Blade fights with the most powerful vampire of all times, the stake being his own future and the future of humanity.

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