Van Helsing
The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Released
- 2004
- Country
- Czech Republic, United States
Details
Release year: 2004
Storyline
The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.
Top credits
Hugh Jackman ā Van Helsing
Kate Beckinsale ā Anna Valerious
Richard Roxburgh ā Count Vladislaus Dracula
Shuler Hensley ā Frankenstein's Monster
Did you know
ā¢ Stephen Sommers deliberately chose to avoid the style of transformations from other werewolf films, where the character would usually grow hair as part of the change. Instead the decision was made to have the character rip his skin off to reveal the werewolf form underneath, going with the idea that the beast "comes from within".
ā¢ The place where Van Helsing and Anna fight Dracula's three brides is the same place where Frankenstein (1931), Dracula (1931), and The Wolf Man (1941) were filmed. The set is called the Court of Miracles, and it's part of the studio tour at Universal Studios Hollywood.
ā¢ During filming, Hugh Jackman accidentally broke an extra's hand.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $120,177,084
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $51,748,040 (2004-05-09)
User reviews
How anyone can hate a film with such good humour and a sense of fun is beyond me.
Entertaining
Good stuff
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color, Black and White
