no dracula in this one
and yet the title
shareIt was used to sell tickets.
shareA better (or at least more honest) title would have been Disciple of Dracula. I think Baron Meinster is plenty frightening - and dangerous.
shareDracula was killed in the previous film
shareThe title could have worked if the film had been about Van Helsing having to track down Dracula's brides, who are still causing mayhem and bloodshed after Dracula himself was destroyed in the first film.
FWIW I really like this film, but the title is a bit of a cheat.