Abraham Van Helsing, who has tangled with Count Dracula in the past, works as an English antiques dealer. Simon is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship.
A perfect example of the kind of rigidly conventional vampire movie that wearies contemporary horror buffs.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
25 Dec 2000
rotten:
Wilts when compared in the light with other Dracula films.
– Robert K. Elder,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Dec 2000
rotten:
Even true believers will have a hard time sinking their fangs into this thoroughly perfunctory affair.
– Cody Clark,
Mr. Showbiz,
28 Dec 2000
rotten:
Dracula may stay undead in the new millennium, but there's not a sign of life -- oh, that bloodless acting -- in this sorry mess.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jun 2001
rotten:
Mary, a descendant of the prototypical vampire slayer, works at a Virgin megastore in New Orleans, and the gratuitous use of the city during Mardi Gras is the least of this movie's unoriginal sins.