Famed 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.
Practical Effects
Creature designs that deserved better CGI budget
Costume
Kate Beckinsale's corset could stop a bullet
Production
Transylvania sets dripping with Hammer Horror love
Director
Stephen Sommers
Hugh Jackman
Van Helsing
Kate Beckinsale
Anna Valerious
Richard Roxburgh
Count Vladislaus Dracula
Josie Maran
Marishka
David Wenham
Carl
Shuler Hensley
Frankenstein's Monster
Elena Anaya
Aleera
Kevin J. O'Connor
Igor
Alun Armstrong
Cardinal Jinette
Will Kemp
Velkan
Silvia Colloca
Verona
Tom Fisher
Top Hat
Samuel West
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Robbie Coltrane
Mr. Hyde (voice)
Stephen Fisher
Dr. Jekyll
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sommers wanted a shared monster universe years before Marvel made it cool; this was supposed to launch sequels and a TV spinoff that never happened.
The film's steampunk aesthetic directly influenced later 'Penny Dreadful' and Netflix's 'Castlevania' visual language.
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