Christopher Brand, Jane March, Michael Sutton

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula tells the story of Vlad the Impaler, the historical model for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Vlad is a dispossessed noble, and a patriot who fights the occupation forc...( read more  read more... )es of the Turks. Vlad Lidia the hulking Bruno. The King of Hungary (Roger Daltry) becomes Vald's ally and, with his support, Vlad and his men attack the occupying Turks and turncoat Romanian nobles. Lidia discovers what Vlad does to the bodies of his enemies and she is horrified. When Lidia has a child, Vlad takes control of the boy, and banishes her to a nunnery. Then, Vlad's brother Radu arrives at the head of a large Turkish invasion force.

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R, 89 min.

Directed by: Joe Chappelle

Release Date: October 31, 2000

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DVD Release Date: April 23, 2002

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  • June 1, 2007
    Not a bad film. Has a made-for-TV feel that could put off some viewers.
  • March 22, 2006
    This movie could have been SO much better than it was. The story of Dracula the merciless prince was a good one, but they tried to murk it up with half-hearted supernatural bunk. It wasn't very well cast either. Disappointing.
  • October 7, 2009
    I thought this was a vampire film, nevertheless I watched the whole thing. I thought it was pretty good for what it was a historical / horror film.
  • September 24, 2009
    Could have done better on the effects, but overall my favorite Dracula movie.
  • July 8, 2009
    Basically the title of the film says it all.
  • July 5, 2009
    Good movie, the guy who plays Drak in this once is just damned good looking
  • April 10, 2009
    Count Dracula is as we all know this evil blood sucking bastard who just wont die there ahve been numerous movies made about the lkegend of Dracula but all is great ...
  • December 27, 2008
    The most amazing movie ever, it fits the mood exactly and give you a look into the real Dracula.
  • December 24, 2008
    While they take thier libertys to make it intresting probably the closest histrical Vlad the Impaler movie you will ever see!
  • November 10, 2008
    Liked this one. It's like a documentary only fictional. The ending has a twist

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  • dw860801
    July 29, 2007
    Actually not as historicly correct it might seem at first glance (although more so than your average Dracula movie, there are quite a few errors, and some glaring omissions) but a great movie nonetheless.

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