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Van Helsing
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"Van Helsing" is a 2004 action-adventure film directed by Stephen Sommers that reimagines the famous vampire hunter character from Bram Stoker's novel in a contemporary action-movie setting. The film is notable as a major studio attempt to launch a monster-themed action franchise featuring classic Universal monsters and iconic horror characters.
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6.4Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
Cast
- Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing
- Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious
- Richard Roxburgh as Count Vladislaus Dracula
- Josie Maran as Marishka
- David Wenham as Carl
- Shuler Hensley as Frankenstein's Monster
Themes
- transylvania
- vampire
- vatican (holy see)
- bite
- castle
- steampunk
- werewolf
- gothic horror
- van helsing
- notre dame cathedral
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 491093
- Official website
- www.vanhelsing.net
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- publication date
- 2004-05-07
- title
- Van Helsing
- box office
- 300157638
- capital cost
- 160000000
- review score
- 35/100
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Van Helsing is a 2004 action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as monster hunter Van Helsing and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. Van Helsing is an homage to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and 1940s (also produced by Universal Pictures which were in turn partially based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley), of which Sommers is a fan.
Van Helsing was inspired by the Dutch vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from Irish author Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film includes a number of monsters such as Count Dracula (and other vampires), Frankenstein's monster, Duergar, Mr. Hyde and werewolves in a way similar to the multi-monster movies that Universal produced in the 1940s, such as Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein and House of Dracula. The film grossed $300.2 million worldwide against a budget of $160–170 million but was not well received by critics.