Vlad (2003)

The demonic Carpathian mountain dweller who inspired Bram Stroker’s Dracula is the subject of Vlad (2003), Michael D. Sellers’s eerie, atmospheric horror thriller. The film follows a trio of graduate students as they backpack through Vlad Tepes’s Eastern European homeland collecting data for their theses. Along the way, the group comes into the possession of a magical amulet that once belonged to Tepes––a relic that causes the bloodsucking horror of Vlad’s past to be born anew. Monica Davidescu and Kam Heskin star as twenty-something victims of the Impaler’s bloodlust. Watching Davidescu disrobe for a steamy bath will likely elevate your blood pressure.