American Steven wanders into town near Dracula's castle. Villagers preyed upon. He helps Dr. Van Helsing fight Dracula who kidnapped Carla. Dracula has supernatural powers like fireballs. Attempts to kill him before it's too late.

Die Hard Dracula is best understood and enjoyed as a schlocky, independent B-horror cult film.

Produced and first marketed in 1998, the film followed a classic underground indie path: early promotion through horror fan websites and independent film platforms, followed by limited VHS and DVD distribution in the early 2000s. It later found a wider audience through streaming, including several years on Amazon Prime Video in the USA, UK, and Japan, before Amazon phased out smaller independent titles. Today, the film continues its life primarily within niche streaming and cult cinema circles.

The film has never been positioned as a traditional or prestige horror feature, nor did it pursue festival exposure. Instead, it embraces the spirit of DIY genre filmmaking, mixing horror, action, and dark comedy with a deliberately exaggerated, irreverent tone.

Over the years, audience reactions have been strongly polarized. Some negative reviews came from viewers expecting a conventional horror film and finding something very different. At the same time, an equal number of viewers have praised the film for exactly what it is: a knowingly outrageous, low-budget, tongue-in-cheek B-movie made with cult sensibilities.