MCN: Van Helsing

Other Van Helsings
Peter Cushing, Dracula (1958)
Anthony Hopkins, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Mel Brooks, Dead And Loving It (1995)
Bruce Campbell, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
Richard Benjamin, Love At First Bite (1979)

Van Helsing's Diary
So You Wanna Be A Vampire Hunter
A VanHelsing Resume of Sorts
An American Vampire In Oxford

Deep in the mountains of Carpathia lies the mysterious and mythic land of Transylvania – a world where evil is ever-present, where danger rises as the sun sets, and where the monsters that inhabit man’s deepest nightmares take form.

Into this world, brought to life and played out on massive sets and sweeping locations, Sommers brings Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman), the legendary monster hunter born in the pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In his ongoing battle to rid the world of its fiendish creatures, Van Helsing, on the order of a secret society, travels to Transylvania to bring down the lethally seductive, enigmatically powerful Count Dracula (Richard Roxbough) and joins forces with the fearless Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale), out to rid her family of a generations-old curse by defeating the vampire. Also are: Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley as Dr. Frankenstein’s misunderstood monster; former Matthew Bourne company leading dancer Will Kemp as Velkan, Anna’s stalwart brother who transforms under the full moon into the Wolf Man; Kevin J. O’Connor as Dr. Frankenstein’s loyal yet treacherous assistant, Igor; David Wenham as Carl, a friar entrusted with ensuring Van Helsing’s safe return; and Elena Anaya, Silvia Colloca and Josie Maran as Dracula’s three bloodthirsty brides who will stop at nothing to help their master in his plan to subvert human civilization and rule over a world of havoc, fear and darkness.

Hugh Jackman .... Abraham Van Helsing
Kate Beckinsale .... Anna
Richard Roxburgh .... Count Dracula
David Wenham .... Carl
Will Kemp .... Velkan/The Wolf Man
Shuler Hensley .... Frankenstein's Monster

Screenplay: Stephen Sommers

Produced by: Bob Ducsay,
Stephen Sommers

Van Helsing's Diary
So You Wanna Be A Vampire Hunter
A VanHelsing Resume of Sorts
An American Vampire In Oxford

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Van Helsing
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Release Date: May 7, 2004
Rated: PG-13
Universal

6/7/04
He May Not Make
A Sequel - But At Least He Won A Tony

5/21/04
NBC Passes On Transylvania

5/14/04
Something "Small" For Sommers
After The Mummy

5/9/04
$100 Million Worldwide

But A Computer Can't Make The Monsters PC

5/8/04
It's A $20million (Almost) Friday

5/7/04
Roger Ebert Review: At the outset, we may fear Sommers is simply going for f/x overkill, but by the end, he has somehow succeeded in assembling all his monsters and plot threads into a high-voltage climax. "Van Helsing" is silly and spectacular, and fun.

What Manner Man, This Van Helsing?

5/6/04
Hot Button Review: The second scene is the "reveal" of Van Helsing… which has all the impact of the Olsen Twins' eighteenth birthday on Michael Jackson.

5/5/04
How Very Animatrix ..
Van Helsing: The Animated Prequel
On DVD Next Week

Rumours Of Sequel Talk Already?

Van Helsing Sucks... Literally
(It's a blood drive, silly!)