The One Name They All Fear.|May. 05, 2004|USA|132 Min.|PG-13
Genre: Action;Adventure;Horror
Description: In 1887 Transylvania, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, with the help of his assistant Igor and Count Dracula, creates a monster. Dracula turns on Frankenstein and kills him. As an angry mob storms the castle, the monster escapes to a windmill, carrying its creator’s lifeless body. The windmill is set ablaze, seemingly destroying the creature.
One year later, Van Helsing, a monster hunter, defeats Mr. Hyde after a fierce battle in Notre-Dame de Paris. Van Helsing works for the Holy Order, an ancient organization dedicated to protecting humanity from evil. Haunted by an erased past, Van Helsing hopes to atone for his forgotten sins and restore his memory.
At the Order’s Vatican headquarters, Cardinal Jinette assigns Van Helsing a critical mission: travel to Transylvania, destroy Dracula, and protect the remaining members of the Valerious family. Their ancestors vowed to eliminate Dracula or face eternal purgatory. Van Helsing receives a piece of a medieval painting with a mysterious inscription and an insignia matching his ring.
In the Order’s lab, inventors craft tools to combat evil. Carl, a quirky friar and inventor, equips Van Helsing and accompanies him. Meanwhile, in Transylvania, Anna and Velkan Valerious hunt a werewolf controlled by Dracula. During the fight, Velkan and the creature plunge into a deep gorge.
A month later, Van Helsing and Carl arrive in the village and assist Anna in battling Dracula’s three brides. Van Helsing kills one of them, Marishka. That night, Velkan, now a werewolf, visits Anna. As clouds obscure the moon, he hints at Dracula’s secret, but the moon reappears before he can finish. He flees to Castle Frankenstein, pursued by Anna and Van Helsing.
Cast director: Stephen Sommers
Cast actor: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Elena Anaya, Will Kemp, David Wenham, Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley, Kevin J. O’Connor, Alun Armstrong, Silvia Colloca
Original name: Van Helsing