Dracula II: Ascension (2003): Medical Students, a Vampire Corpse, and One Very Bad Decision
- Johnny Rewind
- May 4
- 1 min read
By Johnny Rewind | Nostalgia Navigator
Dracula II: Ascension is a 2003 Patrick Lussier film that serves as a direct sequel to his Dracula 2000 and was shot back-to-back with Dracula III: Legacy. Medical students in New Orleans acquire what they believe to be Dracula's corpse and keep it in a warehouse while conducting experiments on it. This goes exactly as well as you'd expect. Jason London leads a cast doing genuinely committed work in a film that takes its mythology seriously, has real atmosphere, and was seen by approximately nobody on its direct-to-video release. It is considerably better than its shelf position suggested.
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