Van Helsing

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Van Helsing

PG-13

Released May 3, 2004

2h 12m

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh). Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster (Shuler Hensley) and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family. Together Anna and Van Helsing set out to destroy their common enemy, but uncover some unsettling secrets along the way.

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Critics Consensus

A hollow creature feature that suffers from CGI overload.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

It's this relentlessness of the action and technology that make the film more of a simulated ride. I wouldn't have boarded.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 4, 2019

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

What's left is a world of industrial Gothicism, nightmare morphing effects, ahistoric gadgetry and Breughel-lite grotesquerie.

Nov 1, 2018

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Will Self

London Evening Standard

The exteriors are fantastic, the castles mega-looming, and there's a beautiful -- if fanciful -- masqued ball which shows off to perfection the costumes contrived by Gabriella Pescucci.

Jan 9, 2018

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Sloan Freer

Radio Times

This is Indiana Jones meets Hammer Horror - the relentless action is blended with a knowing undercurrent and dramatic gothic styling.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 8, 2024

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

The humor, most of which comes from a monk as a comic sidekick, doesnt work here either. It just emphasizes how campy the whole premise really is.

Nov 16, 2019

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Hugh Jackman stars as the sexiest Van Helsing to ever hit the screen. Even more impressive... is his larger than life screen presence and physicality that keeps his character from becoming overshadowed by the incredible amount of CGI and monster effects

Rated: 3/5

Nov 3, 2019

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Zema K

Van Helsing is what happens when you give Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and a werewolf a shared universe... and then hand them over to a director with a CGI budget and a flair for theatrical chaos. The film is a relentless barrage of monster battles, dramatic lightning, and operatic villainy. It’s campy, loud, and utterly unapologetic. Is it good? Debatable. Is it fun? Absolutely... if you’re in the mood for a gothic rollercoaster that doesn’t slow down long enough to ask if any of this makes sense

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Mike D

Very cheesy, from the acting, to the plot, to the CGI. It is fast-paced and has a lot of interesting set pieces, so it is watchable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/27/25

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Drew L

It was pretty bad 😂😂. The CGI and the script are horrible. It is fast paced and fun at times and has some promising pieces. The score was decent. Unfortunately there’s too much missing for me. If you want to put a monster movie on in the background where no one is really paying attention but you look up and see a few cool scenes here and there with some movie starts, this is your movie. Otherwise save your time. Only thing I can imagine for people giving this a high rating is nostalgia. Maybe they saw it when they were young… I dunno.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/24/25

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Carlos M

Si te gustan las peliculas de vampiros debes ver esta pelicula no te dejes llevar por las criticas no leo lloros

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/14/25

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jonathan e

Me vale las malas críticas de la película ami me gusto

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Felix S.

A great fun movie to watch during a Stormy night. -One of my favorite interpretations of Dracula. -First time I saw this as a kids I had nightmares about Dracula, and maybe that is why it stocked with me lol. Hoping and waiting for Universal to get it right and launch Their Monster Universe.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/30/25

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Stephen Sommers

Director

Hugh Jackman

Gabriel Van Helsing

Kate Beckinsale

Anna Valerious

Richard Roxburgh

Count Vladislaus Dracula

David Wenham

Carl

Shuler Hensley

Frankenstein's Monster

Van Helsing: Official Clip - I'll Set You Free

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - Welcome to Transylvania

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - He's Alive!

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - Werewolf on the Loose

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - The Death of Dracula

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - Werewolf vs. Vampire

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - A Werewolf Cure

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - I Am Count Dracula

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Van Helsing: Official Clip - Save the Monster

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Synopsis

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh). Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster (Shuler Hensley) and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family. Together Anna and Van Helsing set out to destroy their common enemy, but uncover some unsettling secrets along the way.

Director: Stephen Sommers
Producer: Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay
Screenwriter: Stephen Sommers, Stephen Sommers
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, The Sommers Company, Carpathian Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Nonstop Creature Action Viol.|Frightening Images|Sensuality)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 3, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $120.0M
Runtime: 2h 12m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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