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Screen : Film

Release Date : May 7th, 2004

Studio : Universal Pictures

Filmed : In Prague, California, Florida, Paris & Rome, 2003/4

Director & Screenwriter : Stephen Sommers (The Mummy Returns, The Mummy, Deep Rising, The Adventures of Huck Finn, The Jungle Book)

Original Music : Alan Silvestri

Cast :
Hugh Jackman Gabriel Van Helsing
Kate Beckinsale Anna Valerious
Frankenstein's Monster 
Richard Roxburgh Count Dracula
Will Kemp Velkan, aka Wolf Man
Kevin J. O'Connor Igor, assistant to Van Helsing
David Wenham Carl - a friar, friend to Van Helsing
Samuel West Baron Frankenstein 

Bob Ducsay and I went to see Oklahoma! on Broadway. Afterwards we thought 'Man, the guy who played Jud Fry was spectacular. The character is so rich - so sad and lonely and you feel so bad for him.

About a month later we were back in New York casting for Frankenstein's Monster and he walked in. We were like - 'Of course!' 

Stephen Sommers in interview with Tim Lammers of Internet Broadcasting Systems. Read the full interview here

Plot :

Having successfully reinvigorated the creature feature with The Mummy movies, writer-director Stephen Sommers goes monster mash mad with Van Helsing, pitting Bram Stoker's vampire hunter against a whole host of old-school horror bad boys in this FX-laden re-imagining of the 'Dracula' myth. Set in the late 19th century, Hugh Jackman stars as the titular monster expert. A mercenary for the Catholic Church who spends his time slaughtering the possessed souls of rogues and demons, he's summoned to a distant eastern European land to hunt down Count Dracula (Roxburgh), taking on Frankenstein's Monster (Hensley) and the Wolf Man (Kemp) along the way. Featuring Dracula as a winged bat-like demon, Frankenstein looking like a savage cyborg and Wolf Man as a hulking lycanthrope, it's a long way from the capes, bolts and hairy faces of old! Channel 4.com
Photos :

Lights -- 

Camera -- 

Action!

Van Helsing Picture Gallery
Behind the Screams
: Shuler's transformation into the Monster!
Shuler recording the Van Helsing Videogame  
Van Helsing World Première

Set Pics of Frankenstein's Monster at
Latino Review 

 

Articles & Interviews :

Empire   Horror.com   CHUD   About.com   IBS   Marietta's Monster   more :  Page 1      Page 2

 

Reviews :

  Read Shuler's reviews here

 

Links :

Visit the Van Helsing Official Website for Behind-the-scenes video, Photos, Movie Trailer, Screensavers, Wallpapers and more!