Van Helsing/Best scene/Stephen Sommers/Hugh Jackman/Kate Beckinsale/David Wenham/Richard Roxburgh

In 1887, Transylvania, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, with help from his assistant Igor and Count Dracula, successfully creates a monster. Dracula, a vampire, kills Frankenstein to use the creature for his own purposes. As an angry mob storms Castle Frankenstein, the monster flees to a windmill with his dead creator. The mob burn down the windmill, apparently destroying the monster.

One year later, monster hunter Van Helsing kills Mr. Hyde after a brawl in Notre-Dame de Paris. Van Helsing suffers from amnesia, slaying evil on behalf of the Vatican City, hoping that he will earn redemption for forgotten sins. He is tasked by Cardinal Jinette to go to Transylvania and destroy Dracula. He must also protect the last members of an ancient Romanian family, the Valerious, whose ancestor vowed that his descendants would kill Dracula, or fall into Purgatory. He receives a torn parchment, reading "In the name of God, open this door" in Latin.

Van Helsing travels to Transylvania, accompanied by Carl, an eccentric friar and inventor. Anna and Velkan Valerious attempt to kill a werewolf controlled by Dracula, but both it and Velkan fall into a river. Van Helsing and Carl arrive in a village, where they and Anna are attacked by Dracula’s three brides – Verona, Marishka, and Aleera. Van Helsing slays Marishka. Anna agrees to work with Van Helsing, but encounters Velkan, now cursed to become a werewolf during a full moon.

The two follow Velkan to Castle Frankenstein, now used by Dracula in an attempt to duplicate Dr. Frankenstein’s experiments to give life to his undead children, using Velkan as a conduit. While Anna tries to rescue Velkan, who succumbs to his curse, Van Helsing confronts Dracula, who expresses familiarity with Van Helsing, addressing him as “Gabriel” and offering to return his memories to him. Van Helsing and Anna flee the castle, Dracula discovering that his experiment has failed. Carl witnesses a painting come to life, depicting two knights respectively transforming into a vampire and a werewolf.

Van Helsing and Anna reach a deep cave below the destroyed windmill, where they meet Frankenstein’s monster, who is the true key to fulfilling Dracula’s plans. Van Helsing opts to shelter the monster in the Vatican. Just outside Budapest, the group are ambushed by the brides and Velkan. Verona and Velkan are both killed, but not before the latter bites Van Helsing, cursing him to become a werewolf. Anna is kidnapped by Aleera, who arranges with Van Helsing to trade her for the monster. Van Helsing locks the monster within a crypt, but he is captured by Dracula’s undead horde. Van Helsing and Carl save Anna, using a solar-based bomb created by Carl to destroy the vampires.

Returning to the Valerious family's castle, Carl explains that Dracula is, in fact, the son of Anna’s ancestor, imprisoned within an icy fortress, hidden behind a large walled map of Transylvania. Using the torn parchment, Van Helsing opens the door, finding Dracula’s fortress. The captured monster informs Van Helsing that Dracula possesses a cure for lycanthropy; Carl realizes that only a werewolf can kill Dracula. Capturing Igor, Van Helsing sends him, Anna, and Carl to retrieve the cure, while he frees the monster. As he does so, the monster is struck by lighting twice, bringing Dracula’s children to life. Dracula, spotting Van Helsing, transforms into a demonic form, fighting Van Helsing in werewolf form. Aleera and Igor are both killed as Anna and Carl retrieve the cure. Following a fierce skirmish, Dracula then reveals to Van Helsing he is in fact the archangel Gabriel and it was him who murdered Dracula. Dracula offers to restore all of Van Helsing's memories but he declines stating that some things are better left forgotten. Van Helsing then bites Dracula’s throat, killing him and his children. Van Helsing then kills Anna, but not before she delivers the cure.

Van Helsing and Carl host a funeral for Anna overlooking the sea, where the monster departs by boat. Van Helsing witnesses Anna’s spirit reuniting with her family in Heaven, freed of their vow. Van Helsing and Carl ride off on their next adventure.

[jasonlorphotofilms]

One of the things I loved about Stephen Summers is his storytelling. All the clues were all there at the beginning leading up to this point. The parchment with the insignia from his ring, passing through the door earlier when he first came into the castle, the parchment being the missing piece to opening the door. They all connected together.

[jack-boe]

This is my favorite part. Carl being very informational and explaining the situation.

[texasfan]

Faramir’s doing great in his new line of work after the ring was destroyed.

[MONSTER]

I love how he’s using all these pictures and illustrations as he’s telling the story. Like he’s ready a picture book😆

[sebastianemond]

After watching Castlevania the anime, and looking back on this, I'm considering this less as a failed Universal Monsters crossover, and more of a sub par Castlevania movie. I mean, think about it; a family of hunters, attempting to redeem their family name, by tracking down and killing Dracula before he unleashes an army of his hellspawn to destroy the world, as well as werewolves and alchemy-made flesh golems, traveling through a mirror-like door to find his lair. Also, in the picture of Valerius the Elder, tell me I'm not the only one who sees that mace looking object in his right hand is *not* the handle from the Morningstar Whip? Only instead of Adrian Tepes, Sypha the Speaker, and Trevor Belmont, we have Archangel "Gabriel" Van Helsing, gypsy princess, Anna Valerius, and... Friar Carl.

[Cheezeblade]

So bizarre, Dracula made a habit of turning the single line of people with an inherited motivation to kill him, into werewolves, the only thing that COULD kill him and used them as slaves. Now, keep in mind that its also his OWN FAMILY. WHich means all the offspring vampires are also Annas cousins.

[albertnash]

If there would be a sequel, it would have Van Helsing team up with Rick O’Connell and they would fight Imhotep.

[georgetirebiter]

In 1462, when Dracula died, Al Jaffee made a MAD fold-in about it.

[tomaslopez]

Isn’t Carl also one of Leonidas’ 300 soldiers and the narrator for Deadliest Warrior?

[stepanserdyuk]

I love the subtext that for vampires, the mirrors are essentially portals. That is unconventional, but fitting nonetheless.

[josuemelchor]

Van Helsing: Ok carl, what did you learn?

[chino]

They left off the best part when the priest comes through and immediately try’s to turn around

[ItsRizkyAri]

2:02 "In the name of God, Open this door."

[jack-boe]

Also. There is a part when Carl said, “This is a vague reference to the left hand of God, ” when I thought he said, “This isn’t the reference to the left hand of God.”

[devonmartinez]

How does it make sense that a werewolf, a creature of equal darkness to a vampire, can kill a vampire

[KingCeee]

"But Dracula has no reflection in the mirror."
"But why?"
Asked a dumb question right there. Because he's a VAMPIRE that's why

[elliothough]

Lol i like how everyones talking about a movie in 2004

[Jagadeesanmannaru]

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For more creatures.

[MegaMegafran]

Does this mean that Anna's ancestor (Dracula's father), was a sorceror?, if he was able to use magic to leave coded messages and send Dracula through the door/portal thingie?🤨🤔

[blue-eyesblackwolf]

@0:05
are we gonna talk about the fact that Dracula tried to seduce, marry, and bang who could be, for all we know, his own great (multiplied by a bunch) granddaughter? Or do we not care?