Review of Dracula II: Ascension (2003) by Catherine R — 02 Jan 2014

In the begining of the film it's somewhat mysterious and kinda exciting, but that'll soon change to some ridiculous scenes - very obvious scenes... As I watched further I almost fell asleep a couple of times.

Wes Craven could have done so much better with what he had. Not only did he contradict the ending of the last film, where Mary Vanhelsing promises to keep Dracula's ashes contained forever, but using a different actor for the title role, it's unforgivable unless it was unavoidable.

Rant finished. Now, back to the general vamp movie, this was a decent one. It has a much different view than many I've seen, seeing as the main vampire was confined to an ultraviolet prison for nearly the entire movie.

It says something about human nature that they can know how dangerous a thing is, have it locked up and chained down safely, yet still manage to use it to kill themselves. I wonder if that is where Craven is going with this.