Plot:
In the year 12,090 A.D., ten thousand years after the nuclear destruction of civilization, monsters and mutants roam the European countryside. A feudal society has arisen in which human peasants are ruled by immortal vampire aristocrats. Doris Lang, a young rancher, is casually bitten by Count Magnus Lee, the local vampire lord.
A mysterious vampire hunter known only as "D" rides into the community on a cyborg horse. Doris offers her ranch as his headquarters -- and offers herself to him -- if he will free the townsfolk from vampiric tyranny. Doris' young brother, Dan, clearly hero-worships the lean warrior, but D maintains a silent, distant attitude which puzzles them.
In town, Greco, the mayor's vain son, offers to protect Doris from the Count if she will wed him. When she refuses. he reveals that she has been bitten by Lee. The townsfolk are divided over whether to imprison her as a prospective vampire, or to give her to Lee to placate him. Only "D" and her old friend, Dr. Fearing, the community's kindly physician, offer to stand up for her. Mayor Roman and Sheriff Danton finally agree to let her stay in exile at her ranch pending the result of D's confrontation with the Count.
Meanwhile Count Lee, bored with his endless life, decides to marry Doris to toy with her at his leisure. His haughty daughter, Lamica, is horrified by the thought of having a common human stepmother. She vows to kill Doris first. Lamica and Rei, her father's werewolf henchman, attack Doris' ranch and are beaten off by D.
The Count has Doris kidnapped and brought to his castle, while Lamica prays to the god of vampires, Dracula, to stop the wedding. D breaks through numerous guardian monsters including the flying Gimlet, the hulking Golem, an old witch, and three seductive souldevouring Lamiae, to rescue Doris. Rather than being angered, Lee is thrilled by the "fun" of having, a serious adversary at last. He knows D's secret, and he taunts Doris with it just before her rescue - that D is a dhampir half-breed, half-human and half-vampire.
Rei vows to destroy D, hoping to be elevated into a vampire nobleman as a reward. The Count sends Rei a Time Deceiver Lamp, which is deadly to vampires and dhampirs, to accomplish this. Rei kidnaps Dan to force D into a duel. But the Time Deceiver Lamp is stolen by Greco, who substitutes a phony for it. This enables D to easily defeat Rei and rescue Dan.
Meanwhile Doris is lured away from her ranch by Dr. Fearing, who has been turned into a vampire slave by the Count. They are stopped by Lamica, who is determined to save her family's purity despite her father's lust. Just as Lamica is about to kill Doris, she is attacked by Greco with the real Time Deceiver Lamp. Greco wants the fame of destroying the vampires, but he is stopped from torturing Lamica by D and Dan. They and Doris free the vampire girl and leave Fearing and Greco for dead. Doris realizes that D is a good man, even if he is half vampire.
Rei takes the Time Deceiver Lamp from Greco's body and attacks D once again. This time Rei wins easily. Doris and Dan are taken to Lee's castle. But D's dhampir nature restores him to life.
Lamica makes a final plea to her father to not let a human woman sully their vampire bloodline. Lee reveals that Lamica's own mother was also an ordinary human, which traumatizes her. Rei demands to be granted vampiric immortality. When the Count taunts him ("Ask again in fifty years!"), the infuriated Rei attacks and is easily slain by Lee, who is having the time of his 9,000-year life.
Just as Count Lee is about to complete the wedding by turning Doris into a vampire, D breaks into the ceremony. The Count attacks him, but D proves to be much stronger than the average dhampir. Lee suddenly realizes from D's resemblance to a portrait of Dracula that he is the son of the vampire's god -- but it is too late to save himself. D rescues Doris and Dan from the crumbling castle, and offers to take Lamica with them to start a new life, but she insists on staying to die "for the honor of the perfect blue-blooded vampires".
Doris and Dan beg D to remain with them. But he is still fearful of his own dual nature, of having to constantly hold back his vampiric lusts to protect his friends. He rides out to continue his battle against the evil monsters of this new world.
Characters:
Vampire Hunter D
D is a Dhampire, which means he is the offspring of a human and a Vampire. D's father was noneother than the infamous Count Dracula. D is a Vampire Hunter who does not ask for payment for his actions, only to fight evil. He dresses in all black, wearing a wide brimmed hat and a long flowing cape. As a weapon he uses a long thin sword. He is sometimes unable to control when his Vampire side will take control and as a result has distanced himself from both the humans and the Vampires, forcing him to live in loneliness and never staying anywhere to long. D also has a being living in his hand who acts as D's reminder of who and what he is.
Doris Lang
Doris Lang is the village girl that the count chooses to be his wife against her will. To stop him she seeks the help of a Vampire Hunter and as a result recruits D as her saviour Living alone, she has to support herself and her younger brother. While trying to fend off the count she also has to fend off the unwanted advances of Greco, the mayor's son. She sees something in D that I don't think anyone has ever seen before and loves him for it. Doris can be seen as the "Damsel in Distress" of the movie.
Count Magnus Lee
Count Magnus Lee is the villian of the movie. He is a vampire who is trying to marry Doris to help pass the years. Doris says he is at least 5000 years old, nearer to 10,000. The Count mentions that he has lived for one million years. He is supposedly one of the most powerful (almost indestuctible) of the Vampires. His daughter is against the marriage and hates when her father deals with Humans in this way.
Ramika
Ramika is the daughter of the Count. She is very proud of the fact that she is a Vampire and that her fathers' house is a noble one. She doesn't want her father to ruin the reputation of the house by bringing a human woman into the bloodline. Ironically enough, she finds out later that her mother was a human herself. Making Ramika the one thing thing she hates the most in life a Dhampire, just like D.
Reiginsei
Reiginsei is a follower of The Count whos only purpose is to become a Vampire himslef. He is an awesome character. He has the ability to twist the space around him. For example when D and him fight for the first time when D tries to run Reiginsei through with his sword he twists space and D himself gets run through with his own sword. He seems very cold hearted but at one point, when he finds out The Count has no intentions of making him a Vampire, he saves Dan from plummeting to his doom and even confronts The Count one on one.
Dan Lang
Dan is the younger brother of Doris. Dan is a strong kid mentally that is. He is able to suck up his own tears when he finds out his sister has been bitten by The Count, just to make her feel better. He idolizes D and tries to be like him in all respects. He goes to the point of even copying his mannerisms.
Greco
Greco is the mayor's son. He is extremely full of himself and believes that all girls want him. Which doesn't seem to be entirely false, it seems that a fair share of the women in the village want him. He has chosen Doris as the girl he wants (even though she wants nothing to do with him) and seems willing to go as far as to bribe her to be his wife. He seems to only want her because she would look good on his arm.
Dr. Fering
Dr. Fering is the village doctor and a friend of Doris. He convinces The Mayor to give Doris a chance to destroy The Count rather than putting her into confinement. Despite how he turns out at the end of the movie, he seems to be legitemitely a good guy.
The Hand
The thing that lives in D's hand is and organism that has either been with him since birth or right after. He is constantly teasing and taunting D about his past. He also seems to take pleasure in reminding D who he is and how he could never lead a normal life. He has a sick and twisted sense of humor that is extremely sarcastic.
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