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Van Helsing

2004 ·2h 12m · ★ 6.4 (6,540)

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.

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Director

Stephen Sommers Stephen Sommers
2 horror films in catalog
Deep Rising
Deep Rising 1998
Van Helsing
Van Helsing 2004

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
71
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
14
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
80
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
100
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
17
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
83
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
83
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Setting

Castle

Content Warnings

Body Horror
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

19th centuryamusedbitedraculafantasyfrankensteingothic horrormr. hydenotre dame cathedralsteampunktransylvaniavan helsingvatican (holy see)

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