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Van Helsing
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Van Helsing is a 2004 action, adventure, and fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Stephen Sommers. The movie stars Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, David Wenham, and Will Kemp, with Robbie Coltrane providing voice acting. Alan Silvestri composed the score, and Allen Daviau served as director of photography. Bob Ducsay edited the film, which was produced by Universal Pictures, The Sommers Company, and Stillking Films.
The narrative is set in Romania, Vatican City, the Czech Republic, and Paris. Principal filming occurred in Los Angeles, Florida, the Czech Republic, and Paris. The production originated in the United States and the Czech Republic. The film has a runtime of approximately 132 minutes and was released in May 2004. It was distributed by Netflix via video on demand.
Critical reception included a 6.4 average rating on TMDb and a 6.1 rating on IMDb. The production budget was 160 million dollars. The film grossed approximately 300 million dollars at the box office. Keywords associated with the work include transylvania, vampire, and castle.
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Film · TMDB
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
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Czech Republic
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Stephen Sommers
- Screenwriter
- Stephen Sommers
- Voice actor
- Robbie Coltrane
- Composer
- Alan Silvestri
- Producer
- Bob Ducsay
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Allen Daviau
- Narrative location
- Transylvania
- Filming location
- Prague
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 491093
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.vanhelsing.net
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- publication date
- 2004-05-07
- title
- Van Helsing
- distributed by
- Netflix
- derivative work
- Van Helsing
- box office
- 300157638
- capital cost
- 160000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Van Helsing
- set in environment
- castle
- review score
- 35/100
- inspired by
- Frankenstein
- after a work by
- Bram Stoker
- costume designer
- Gabriella Pescucci
- sound designer
- David Parker
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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