David Wenham,
Hugh Jackman,
Kate Beckinsale,
Richard Roxburgh,
Shuler Hensley
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Set in the late 19th century, Bram Stoker's fabled monster hunter, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, is summoned to a mysterious land in East Europe to vanquish evil forces in the form of: Count Dracula, the W...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
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January 7, 2010i love this movie. it is awsome. the way they made it black and white in the begging makes u think of those old movies with bela lagosi richard roxbrugh is one of the best draculas ive seen for a long time ...if u watch the bloopers hugh jackman has such a creepy laugh!
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November 29, 2009Is Van Helsing a Comic character? If yes they changed his background everytime they made a new movie based on him.
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July 18, 2009Such a cool idea, I love it, but they wrecked it. The start is great, in the village against the vamp brides and the black and white homage to Hammer at the very start was so good. The werewolves look amazing ( best since American Werewolf in London) but Dracula is sooo camp, Fra...( read more)
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July 12, 2009It's big, it's dumb, it's cheesy as hell, but I found it to be enormous fun. This was made to be a roller-coaster ride and by that token it should be judged.
Actually after the opening pastiche of the Boris Karloff Frankenstein movie, I thought this had the potential to be a 5 s...( read more) -
April 27, 2009"The One Name They All Fear"
The notorious monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for some sinister purpose.
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January 31, 2010Cool movie. Nice to see a movie from the vampire hunters point of view, considering all the new vampire movies.
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January 28, 2010Lots of fluff but not enough story. It's like a fluffer nutter with out enough marshmallow. Much hype, no bite.
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January 28, 2010Okay, this is getting boring. the vampire thingy. Why can't they come with something new? Anyway, this movie was okay. Nothing mind blowing.
Critic Reviews
August 1, 2004
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
June 6, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
It's empty calories: There isn't a single nourishing, non-synthetic sequence in the entire movie. Not a scene. Not a line. Not a look. full review
May 7, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
This is what happens when you spend pots of money on special effects but don't give a fig about storytelling. full review
May 6, 2004
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
A gargantuan mess of a film, which substitutes special effects for story and has not a single redeeming moment in its two hour plus running time. full review
May 6, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Despite the rococo obsessiveness of its special effects and its voracious sampling of past horror movies, Van Helsing is mostly content to offer warmed-over allusions and secondhand thrills. full review
May 6, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
More and more summer movies depend on relentless action sequences at the expense of coherent narrative, but Van Helsing might be the first whose overkill reaches nuclear capacity. full review
March 31, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Perhaps the loudest summer film of all time, Van Helsing's apt to provide more migraines than nightmares. full review
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June 15, 2008adooooore this film. richard roxburgh is by FAR my favorite Dracula.
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May 29, 2008Not boring but too violent to watch. and the ending ruined the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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April 26, 2008HOW DO YOU FUCK UP THIS PREMISE?!? Young Van Helsing has to take on the Wolfman, the Frankenstein monster AND Dracula- sounds frickin' AWESOME to me! Except instead of Van Helsing, we get a 19th century James Bond wannabe who finds himself in an Indiana Jones rip-off that never even TRIES for horror, or even atmosphere (save in the first, glorious scene). Way to make a brightly lit monster movie, Stephen Sommers- you are dead to me now.
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April 23, 2008Glorious movie!!!
one of my favorites!!
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October 20, 2007Do not enjoy as much as I thought much publicity in the t.v. And everything but the movie was bad in the end. The effects were almost like some video games and other bad effects where they noticed the assembly lines, the effects of tear franknstein is outdated. Poor saw only once and I do not want to see it fall again.
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September 22, 2007A subpar action/horror film. The subplot of Van Helsing's & Dracula's deep/long lost connection made me wonder if I wasted my time... I probably did! If you catch it on cable it might be worth it, but if you see it in the theater, unless you sneak in and see it completely for free, it isn't worth it!
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