Bram Stoker's Van Helsing

There isn't much to be said about this movie. It is the worst version of the story and I cannot figure out why it needed to be done. It adds absolutely nothing new to the story.

If it wouldn't be a remake of an iconic story I'd be more forgiving, but this just feels like an insult. The acting is quite bad and the only piece of action in the end was done so amateurishly it was just laughable.

After the first fifteen minutes I couldn't take anymore.

The movie horribly drags like it's in slow motion; add to that not one well known actor appears in the film.

I've seen every film interpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula ever produced and can honestly state this is the worst adaptation to date.

Don't waste your time unless you enjoy torturing yourself.

Been watching Van Helsing and Dracula classics for DECADES. This was unbelievably, incredibly bad. Shove a few people in a big house and let them yammer away. Blood transfusions from anyway seems to be the way to go.

I tried watching - then I said to my husband, stupidly. "Why is Van Helsing still talking after 50 minutes, saying nothing." I cannot describe how truly bad this movie is. Rotten tomatoes shouid be thrown with wild abandon.

While I could slam the acting and directing, that's obvious and appalling. But what I feel deserves some special hate is the utter contempt for Bram stoker's novel that seems to ooze from this rubbish that would be an insult to student films. From small changes like making Van Helsing english again rather than being dutch like in the book or who owns the manner the film takes place at to large things like Lucy's destruction, the removal of Quincy Morris completely. The kind caring Van Helsing that would bend over backwards for his friends of the book is replaced with a poorly acting twitchy weirdo who jumps at the idea that it's vampires literal seconds after meeting Lucy. Lucy is made a selfish social climber who chose to marry Arthur for his money while trying to jump Seward's bones. Arthur a man of caring and compassion who was a good man thrown into a horrible circumstance with the loss of both his father and fiancée in the same week is now replaced with a raging unlikeable piece of human garbage who hates Van Helsing before even meeting him. The fact they had the gall to drag Bram Stoker's name into this dung heap is applying given it seems to have nothing but contempt for it's source material.

While it is only an hour an twentyish minutes it ill feel like an eternity. Do yourself a favor and avoid this dreck. It's not worth your time if your a vampire fan, a fan of Bram Stoker, a fan of horror or just of movies. It fails on every front. Spare yourself the boredom and annoyance.

The guy must be turning in his grave.

This story has been told so many times, I do not see the point of yet another version. Why waste time and money with with amateur actors, poor production and minimal budget to make an amateurish version of Dracula?

There must other stories to be told... But, it seems, people have definitely run out of ideas. Because, all they can do is to do the same thing again and again again....

What next? A film combining zombies, vampires and werewolves and mummies?