Dracula II: Ascension

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Dracula II: Ascension is a 2003 horror film, directed by Patrick Lussier. It stars Jason Scott Lee, Stephen Billington, and Diane Neal. The film is the sequel to Dracula 2000. It was released direct-to-video on June 7, 2003. The film marks one of the very few cinematic portrayals of certain aspects of vampire lore, such as a vampire's compulsive need to count mustard seeds and untie knots.

The film focuses on a small group of scientists who hope to use Dracula's desiccated — but still alive — body to discover the secret of immortality. Elizabeth Blaine, working at the New Orleans morgue, receives Dracula's 'corpse' from her friend & co-worker Luke following the events of Dracula 2000. (This is a departure from the epilogue of the first film, in which Mary Van Helsing explains in a voiceover that she had returned Dracula to London and assumed her father's duties as Dracula's keeper.)

Directed by Patrick Lussier
Produced by W.K. Border
Joel Soisson
Written by Joel Soisson

Patrick Lussier
Starring Jason Scott Lee
Jason London
Craig Sheffer
Stephen Billington
Diane Neal
John Light
Khary Payton
and Roy Scheider
Music by Marco Beltrami
Kevin Kliesch
Cinematography Douglas Milsome
Editing by Lisa Romaniw
Distributed by Dimension Films
Release date(s) June 7, 2003
Running time 85 min.
Country United States
Language English