The steampunk elements were cool. The CGI, the terribly fake accents, and the over-the-top acting were not.
Van Helsing
The One Name They All Fear.
Rating
1.5 (1)
Release Date
5/3/2004Runtime
132 minsOverview
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.
How It Feels
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A gothic-action romp that swings between earnest monster-hunting adventure and campy supernatural spectacle, all wrapped in lavish 19th-century production design. It's a film that knows what it is, lurid, fast-moving, and delighted by its own excesses.
Mood
ExhilaratingDread-soaked
Themes
RevengeRedemptionFamilyPower
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Brisk
Look
FormalistHigh-contrastStylized genre
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
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