Van Helsing

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Van Helsing

PG-13

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

Jan 4, 2019

1/4

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

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

Nov 1, 2018

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

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Will Self

London Evening Standard

Jan 9, 2018

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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 11, 2026

1/4

The text of Stoker and Shelley is treated as nothing more than toilet paper in the outhouse of writer-director Stephen Sommers’ imagination, soiled and shredded beyond all recognition.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Me gusta el cine

Dec 15, 2025

3.5/5

Between its spectacular production design, excellent makeup work, interesting visual effects and ambitious story, "Van Helsing" feels like an inflated, epic, varied and fast-paced adventure. [Full review in Spanish].

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Sloan Freer

Radio Times

Feb 8, 2024

3/5

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

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Jack S

@RT32570734 Oct 15, 2026

SOOOOO boring, I actually fell asleep.

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Susan T

@RT91750568 Oct 11, 2026

Very entertaining and action pack.

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Marco C

@Marcovarrub Oct 6, 2026

absolutely awesome film, seriously fun and entertaining.

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Aj W

@Ajw83 Oct 5, 2026

Best Hugh Jackman film ever made.

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shamsthevampYre T

@RT89139647 Oct 3, 2026

Sure, it wasn’t a masterpiece technically or in writing, however I very much enjoyed the interpretation of the characters involved and have always had a soft spot for this movie since childhood.

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Gustavojr C

@RT30876198 Sep 28, 2026

This was an interesting and yet fascinating movie, I love the visual effects, the fight scenes, the effort they put in to it, and of course Hugh Jackman makes a great Van Helsing. They should have made that sequel they were making but because of critics they didn’t, I was really looking forward to that sequel.

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Stephen Sommers

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Hugh Jackman

Gabriel Van Helsing

Kate Beckinsale

Anna Valerious

Richard Roxburgh

Count Vladislaus Dracula

David Wenham

Carl

Shuler Hensley

Frankenstein's 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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