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  • Completely Different Title: In Japan, the film became Dracula Zero.
  • Deleted Role:
    • The Master Vampire was never revealed as the Roman Emperor Caligula as originally intended, nor was Charlie Cox who was cast as a young Caligula even in the final cut.
    • Samantha Barks was cast as the Baba Yaga, but also doesn't appear due to her scenes being deleted.
  • Executive Meddling: Several scenes were shoved in late in production, after Universal decided to hop on the bandwagon of shared universe films with their classic monster properties.
  • Follow the Leader: The film had to be hastily re-shot to include an ending setting the stage for a shared universe with the other Universal monsters similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Of course, plans to tie this particular movie into that franchise have since fallen through.
  • Franchise Killer: The movie was originally going to be the start of a shared universe involving the various Universal monsters. The idea was scrapped when the overall reception wasn't to Universal's liking...Although their second attempt, The Mummy, fared worse.
  • Irony as She Is Cast: The openly gay Luke Evans portraying Vlad the Impaler, who thought of homosexual sex as sinful and had all homosexuals in Wallachia boiled in oil.
  • Missing Trailer Scene: The first trailer featured widely different footage that was absent from the final movie.
    • Ingeras telling someone that his father was a great man and a hero, and that sometimes the world needs a monster.
    • Dracula drinking the Master Vampire's blood from a cup instead of a broken skull like in the movie.
    • Dracula in his "Lord Impaler" armor telling Cazan to "never forget who I am".
    • A woman entering Dracula's tent and about to be bitten by him.
  • The Other Marty: Director Gary Shore has revealed that Charlie Cox was originally cast as the Master Vampire, but all his scenes were reshot with Charles Dance when the movie underwent retooling to fit a cinematic universe. Cox does resemble Caligula, who died young, much more compared to Dance, so it's understandable why that element was ultimately dropped.
  • Saved from Development Hell: It's been tossed around in one form or another since 2007. Initially called Dracula Year Zero, Sam Worthington was set to star before development hell set in and the film restarted under a new name with a new lead. Alex Proyas was originally lined up as director.
  • Stillborn Franchise: It's since been revealed the movie will in fact not be tying into the planned Universal Dark Universe, rendering the film this.

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