It was odd that the only mention of "Dracula" was in the title. But in the dream sequence at Dracula's castle (yes it was a dream, as Dracula invaded Elizabeth's mind while she was giving him a transfusion of her blood), he mentions many names he has been known by throughout the centuries (Dagobert, Gilles De Rais, Uther et al...). One of these names he mentions is Vlad Tepes. And the last is Iscariot. All of these are historical figures. This is meant to tie him with the historical Dracula, as well as to tie him to the Dracula from the first film, who is revealed to be Judas (Iscariot).
The film also alludes to his shapeshifting abilities, which seem here to go beyond just morphing into a wolf or mist or bat, and imply that he meets up with his intended victim and after killing them he assumes their identity if not their appearance (. . . "his face may change. But the evil within him lives on. . ."). This conceipt has been used in vampire films before, notibly in "The Return of the Vampire", from 1942, and in "The Return of Dracula" from 1957. It was also used by Stephen King in "Salem's Lot". This may explain his surviving for many centuries his true nature being relatively undetected. Though it doesn't explain how he can go from looking like Gerard Butler, and into Steven Billington.
"I am bound to this earth. I make it my domain".
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