Whether or not one believes vampires ever existed, the blood-curdling fact is that in 15th Century Romania, Vlad The Impaler launched a reign of terror so horrific, literally skewering countless victims through the body and skull, that he is viewed by many as the source of the vampire ´myth.´ Now four foreign exchange students, at the behest of a Bucharest professor (Brad Dourif), dare to enter the draconian heart of Vlad Drakul´s dark past. Suspected by their Romanian guide (Billy Zane), one of the students secretly possesses the rumored necklace buried in Vlad´s tomb, an evil so powerful it can transcend time and space. Warning to all: Sometimes it´s best to let sleeping wolves lie, or discover, too late ... there are things worse than death.