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Countess Elizabeth Bathory, history’s
infamous lesbian vampire who, centuries ago, bathed in the blood of virgins to
preserve her youth, arrives from Transylvania to take over the Los Angeles
castle of Count Dracula, her vampire husband. At the same time, the 3000
year-old Mummy of Hor-Shep-Sut, an evil Egyptian sorceress, comes to life in a
museum and stalks off into the night. Dracula, meanwhile, spends too long
watching intended victims Tanya and Mina that, failing to return to the castle
before dawn, is destroyed by the light of the rising sun. Renfield, Dracula’s
insect-eating servant, because he’s spent too much time hunting fireflies than
watching the time, is guilt-ridden over failing to save his Master. Elizabeth,
who despises Renfield, relates to him (in flashback) her sordid blood-bathing
past in Transylvania. Then she forces Renfield to find her a female victim.
Renfield leads her to Mina, whom Elizabeth seduces in a video store. Elizabeth
drinks Mina’s blood, thereby enslaving her. Barely getting back to her coffin by
sunrise, Elizabeth commands Renfield to find a way for her to survive in
daylight. Fearful for his own life while at the same time trying to “kick” his
bug addiction, Renfield vows that Elizabeth will not suffer the same fate as his
Master. Although weakened for not satisfying his insect habit, Renfield learns
from Professor Foran, an archaeologist at the museum, the legend of Hor-She-Sut
(flashback). His quest to help the Countess eventually leads him and Elizabeth
to a collectibles shop, where the Mummy - its unnatural life force gone - is now
but an item for sale. Killing the shop’s proprietor, Elizabeth steals the Mummy.
Back at the castle, and using the Mummy as a conduit, Elizabeth contacts Hathor,
the Egyptian “blood goddess” and sister of Ra, God of the Sun. Hathor reveals
that, by drinking the blood of three young women and also stealing their “kas”
(spiritual twins), Elizabeth will be able to survive in sunlight. This Elizabeth
does, transforming Mina, Tanya and Samantha, another victim, into “zombie-like”
handmaidens. They attack Renfield, for whom Elizabeth no longer has use, leaving
him for dead. When Elizabeth defies Hathor, Renfield - revitalized by consuming
a fly — summons the goddess, who possesses and re-animates the Mummy’s body. But
if the Mummy is destroyed while Hathor possesses it, the Goddess will also die.
Elizabeth and the Mummy battle outside the castle, the Countess using her undead
powers, summoning lightning bolts that seemingly defeat the Mummy, severing one
of its arms. Renfield, bravely wielding a sacred “Blood Scarab” like a crucifix
and using the Mummy’s jagged-ended arm like a stake, impales Elizabeth’s heart,
destroying her and, ultimately, saving Hathor. |
