Confused and Confusing but not bad
I have to admit I got lost amidst the theological and vampire commentaries, but aside from that, it was a pretty good second entry in Wes Craven's Dracula series. The Count's body was discovered by a group of students joined by two adjuncts, so to speak, who set about, ostensibly, to learn what makes him tick in order to discover a cure for vampiredom. There's a Priest involved, too, apparently a World Class Vampire Killer, who has some association with Old Priest, Roy Scheider. Just why a distinguished actor like Scheider made two cameo appearances in the film is something to wonder about. At any rate, there is some decent action and a fair amount of generally meaningless dialogue ending, essentially, (I don't imagine I am giving anything away to anyone who knows that there exists a DVD collection of the three Dracula pictures) ending with a flurry of action and a clearly To Be Continued conclusion. Never fear, there is a conclusion so that one is not left hanging in mid-air...
Meh...
The first movie of this series was actually pretty cool. This is Dracula II--the search for more money. Not as good as the first, but not as bad as, say, Snakes On A Plane. Nuff said. Wake me up when Willow II comes out...
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