My take on the ending MASS SPOILERS

I have a slightly different take, if you don't mind. I believe Ufizzi and Dracula had crossed paths before. Perhaps in the distant past. Perhaps he knew Dracula from ancient Israel, after Judas turned. Or perhaps in ancient Rome (where Judas/Dracula would one-day have surely wandered). Or even perhaps in the Middle-Ages, after Dracula (under who knows what name he was using by then) offered Ufizzi eternal life in exchange (or in place of dying in the Black Death). Regardless. Ufizzi was living a half-mortal, half-vampire life, perhaps for many years, maybe even over 1,000 of them.

In order to rid himself of his vampiric curse Ufizzi finally took refuge in the church, where he was mentored by Cardinal Siqueros. He ultimately became a priest, then a weapon against the Vatican's enemies. In the end Siqueros and Ufizzi were waging a two-man war against all of the worldly occult manifestations until they both learned that Judas (now known as Dracula) still lived. This is where Dracula II begins. We also know that at one time Siqueros was where Ufizzi is at currently. Ufizzi failed in his mission to utterly eradicate Dracula oce and for all, at the end of Dracula II.

We now come to Dracula III. Ufizzi is now a "free-agent", having quit the church (and subscquently also being de-frocked by his mentor Siqueros), and is now persuing Dracula (along with Luke). Taking up from where you in your post leave off, Ufizzi is seemingly now apparantly the Vampire King. However I don't believe Ufizzi is a manifestation of Dracula at all. Dracula still had other legions of faithful followers both human as well as vampires living in his castle. I theorize that while Ufizzi and Julia were at rest, Dracula's faithful minions stole away his body in order to perform a rite of Resurrection to restore him to full vim and vigor. After all it was Van Helsing who said to Matthew in the first film "he cannot die". I believe that each and every method used by humans deployed to dispatch Dracula, once he is resurrected, cannot be again used to dispatch him. Thus Dracula reanimates once again, then defeats Ufizzi. As Ufizzi has already become drunk with Dracula's blood he is powerless to resist. Thus Dracula then again reclaims his throne. How does he do this. Ufizzi, is now a defrocked priest. Thus has no power to forgive Dracula of his sins (at least according to Catholic tradition). Thus when Dracula resurrects, he is powerless to overcome, or kill him a second time.

I believe Dracula is more powerful than even he to that point imagined. But now I believe he finally has come to terms with who he truly is and what he is destined to do. This is the reason he has been granted an extended life span. It is because he is none other than the Anti-Christ himself. There is a Biblical explanation for why I adopt this theory. In the Gospel of John (17:12)Jesus himself refers to Judas as the Son of Perdition. In St.Paul's Epistle to the Thessalonians (verse 2:3) he refers to the Anti-Christ as the Son of Perdition. Both characters also have this in common. In the Bible there are many people possssed by demons. But only two are possessed directly by Satan personally. You guessed it. Both Judas and the Anti-Christ. Further fueling my theory that these are one and the same.

I'll leave off with that for now. Except that Siqueros dies and Ufizzi is summoned back to the Vatican. As only he (besides his mentor) knows of the secret workings of Siquero's branch of the Holy Office, the Pope has little choice but to promote Ufizzi a cardinal. Thus placng him in line for papal succession. You may be familiar with Saint Malachy's prophesies about the popes (the current one Pope Benedict XVI is prophesized to be the next to last pope, with the final pope to be the "Black Pope"). All for now.

Umm... I think he only looked like that because he was being played by actor Rutgar Hauer. The man is pushing sixty. Dracula was never meant to be eighteen.