VAN HELSING (Vampires & Werewolves in Transylvania) EXPLORED
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2024
- Inspired by the Universal Horror Monster properties of the 1930s and 40s based on the works of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, Van Helsing is a 2004 period, action-adventure monster movie, written and directed by Stephen Sommers.
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Still the best Werewolves and Vampires ever shown. Such a great, underrated movie.
Yes indeed
There are parts that should have been done better, but still good
They should create second movie
Cough cough Underworld
Greatest balance of beauty and deadly
This movie has THE best werewolves ever in cinematic history. I love this movie. Thanks for doing a video on it.
@@nicktechnubyte1184 I'll raise my glass to thay
Nah
I think american werewolf in London has the best werewolves in movies
Jakku NoShi agreed. Is it weird that I found the werewolves design very cool.
Amen to that. Hands down best Werewolves.
Before there was the Dark Universe, there was Van Helsing.
Seriously, this movie was amazing, really don't understand why it didn't do well enough to get a sequel.
The video game was cool.
honestly to this day, i still think the Werewolves are the best looking ones!
maybe its a good thing it never got too popular, a lot of things are ruined by popularity
I loved it too!
I liked it
Probably THE best designed werewolves in cinematic universe.
or the lycan from underworld
Lycans from Underwold say hello
eh, a little cartoony. They remind me of the Tazmanian Devil. American Werewolf is still best and most frightening imho.
Tyler Moore underworld werewolves come in a close second 👌🏼
Matt werewolves or Lycans?
This movie deserves a reboot. I would love to see a R Rated movie based on Van Helsing
@@thearchitect813 True. Most Hollywood executives and producers are lazy.
I think Van Helsing deserves the Castlevania(Netflix Cartoon) treatment
Underworld series is pretty similar in terms of vampires and werewolfs and its R rated, it's not van helsing but it is similar. Plus Kate beckinsale happens to be in it too
Well what's nice about the EXTREME gorey violence of this movie is you can keep it 13, because monster/robot violence doesn't count i mean DID YOU SEE Frankie's MONSTER when his head split open?!
No reboot could be this good. You cannot set out to create a classic. You just have to make a good movie and see what happens.
Please don't let them make a reboot or a remake they'll probably ruin it
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"Van Helsing played by Wolverine."
I love the fact how most of us alredy know who Wolverine is, to the point that there is no need to say Hugh Jackman XD
Hah! You beat me to it, I was going to comment that too.
I was going to say the same!
Whait who is hugh jackman?
And kate beckinsale became the death dealer in underworld..🤣
Hugh Jackman is Logan, that if fact
The movie made me feel really bad for poor ol' Franky boi. 😥 When he screams "Why" sent chills down my spine.
12:30, I liked how they made Dracula scarier and more menacing as director Stephen Sommers wanted to see him with a 50 foot wingspan!
This movie was WAY ahead of its time in terms of effects and the plot was amazing. One of my favorite monster movies and movies altogether.
I had a crush on Kate Beckinsale ever since Underworld and this one. The werewolves in this movie were awesome!
she was freakin' haaaaawt in that one i must admit, such a babe
SAME.....she is still in my top 3 fav of all time
She looks like a man
If Hugh Jackman pursued his vampire hunting career… This is where it would’ve started.
Kind of sucks that the dark fantasy genre never really achieved the same heights of the superhero genre, but when you ignore that under twelve crowd... doesn’t matter how much sexual tension you put in I guess.
Dark fantasy also plays a role in marvel, the wolf man, the mummy and Dracula are enemies to famous marvel characters such as Blade. It is a shame that these monsters are somewhat forgotten in the marvel franchise.
@@zachbernardo8770 i agree however MORBIUS the vampire from marvel comes out this july(If this coronavirus mess is over lol)and is part of the MCU!!! And supposedly a blade reboot is also in the works for the MCU :) finally gettin the darker stuff in marvel
Man if they made a sequel I would watch it in a second
True, it was way too adult like the Pirates of the Carribean franchise but that genre didn't last more than 5 years.
Marvel can pretty dark too. Wolverine depending on how they handle him and Punisher are pretty dark. I would love to see Jon Bernthal get a shot at John Wick Style Punisher film.
Deadpool also gets pretty messed up at times.
FUN FACT: the actor who plays dracula in this film is actually married to one of his vampire Brides in real life.
Which one?
thats sweet
@@saljpal3 The one with black hair and the green dress. Her name is Silvia Colocca I believe.
Yes The One With The Black Hair. The Second Bride to Die in The Film.
The leader of the brides
Back when Hollywood still gave a semblance of a crap about quality.
This movie was dookie tho
Hence the term "semblance of a crap"
@@j88south nah man, this movie was a masterpiece in its own way
Van Helsing is definitely peak cinema
@@j88south actually, this was a great during its time which is the early 2000s.
This is more evidence as to how phenomenal of an actor Hugh Jackman is
@music is timeless hey pal, you just blow in from stupid town?
Note the irony that helsing's only sin was after his amnesia, the killing of a relatively innocent person.
The choice of having the skin rip off to reveal the beast beneath was such a good choice. :)
I still love this film to this day
i would play this on repeat when i was a little kid
@@offdazaza2769 you have no idea how much i raped the replay button on the werewolf vs vampire fight scene for this one back then hahaha
Same
I was obsessed with this movie as a kid and made me love the werewolf and vampire genre to this day. I played this movie on repeat and know every line of this imo masterpiece
@@J3RCULES I thought my brother and I were the only ones!
AHHHHHH the first time I watched this channel I asked him to do a van helsing explore and he's finally done it thank youuuuuu
I was way too young to see this movie in theaters, but I did anyway, and wow, what an experience on the big screen
still love how they portrayed the werewolf here. ngl i also like how the lycans were shown in underworld but nothing surpasses the amazing cgi of the werewolf here. it's like, correct, in some way.
I feel exactly the same and understand what you're saying. Like its THE correct werewolf.
This movie inspired me to write - or at least attempt to write - my first book. It started in 2007 and I've been on and off the project for the last 13 years. I've more often than not lost faith in the project...but every time I get any glimpse of this movie, it seems to revive my drive to see the project through and strengthen my resolve to finish it.
lol hugh jackman isnt even a person. He is wolverine😂
Nah
@@Souls__Like no one agrees with you muchacho, deal with it.
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True. I feel like Hugh Jackman was meant to play the role of Wolverine. He is the most believable for the role of Wolverine.
I wished they had done a second film fresh at the time, cheers dude, always enjoy your up loads.
fun fact: they had actually pitched the idea for a sequel that would've included the Invisible Man and the Loch Ness Monster, but it never made it past pre-production before it got axed. :(
@@BlackCatBritt what a shame that would've been an interesting story right there.
Just a idea. How about the Belmont's from Castlevania.
Yes! More supernatural content. Go through the history of the Belmont's and the supernatural in the series.
Lawrence Salamanca
I’m game.
God I love the netflix series, I haven't had much a chance to play any of their og games. Played a newer game on steam though
YESSS
Classic, canon timeline, or Lords of Shadow timeline? I know LoS isn't canon, but I did love the story and the plot; it gave you such _feelz_ for the Belmonts!
I LOVE that shot of the brides gliding down behind Dracula in their flowing gowns. Their costume designs are stunning. Looking into making a version of Verona's gown for myself
I would absolutely love to see a Van Helsing/Mummy mashup with these two guys! I loved the Mummy moves with Brendan Fraser and obviously Hugh Jackman is the man!! For the love, someone make this mashup movie happen!!
I really love the werewolf design for this movie is the best
Way better then today’s werewolves
The only thing missing is the tail.
@@Leofwine nah a tail would've look weird
Shame we never got a sequel. This movies unique style and ooze is greatly
I know.
I thought for sure that they did but it must have been a fan film prequel because I remember seeing part of it a few years ago
“We’re introduced to Van Helsing, played by the wolverine.” Well done niyat, well done sir.
This is my favorite horror/monster movie of the last 20 years. I saw it in the theater when it came out, and fell in love with it. I would like to see more old monster movies made with the dark,early history feel this movie has. It didn't hurt that Anna was beautiful, along with Dracula's brides. I will always be a fan of this movie.
The (magnificent) Dracula done immense stupidity by killing Doctor Frankestein - with his intellect he would've likely make the vampires reproduce & immune to the sun
This movie still has one of my favorite depictions of vampires.
I love how, here, they're beautiful, seductive, but it's a facade hiding a literal blood-sucking monster.
Stephen Sommers was on a roll back then. Awesome movie by a brilliant film maker.
Black Widow: Just like Budapest all over again!
Hawkeye: You and I remember Budapest very differently!
Wolverine: Hold my cigar...
Wolverine:... I ll explain it later
Absolutely love this movie. When it was released I was 13 and it had such an influence on me. I remember watching it many times. It's got an amazing lore. I wish they made it a franchise.
I liked this movie, thought the vampires and werewolves were dope af. I Can see why people couldn't get into it like I did tho
Yea it was very stylized, I loved it though.
@Emo Tion i think skyrim's vampire lord form was more based off of underworld's marcus corvinus, the werewolf form i totally can see it based off this movie
I don't care who says otherwise, this is one of the best monster films ever
"A mash up where all the monsters where put together in the same story hadn't been done since the 1940s"....apparently someone has never seen the Monster Squad (1987) which had Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon all in one movie.
Wolfman has nards
I was thinking the same thing when he said that lmao
Jonathan Mulondo: And we’re going to need a virgin!
Two scooby-doo movies from the 60s also have all of those monsters together
Best design of Dracula's brides ever. I love this movie, and your idea for a Mummy Van Helsing crossover is great.
I liked the movie, but i didn't like the Backstory they gave to Van Helsing, where it's revealed he's the archangel Gabriel. I wish he was the original Van Helsing who's ancestors hunted down Dracula but failed and died at every attempt, and even witnessing the murder of his father by the vampire count.
Agreed
I think I heard a weird story where Dracula ran a motel for monsters and he had a daughter who married a ginger. I don't remember where I heard the story though.
I actually didn’t mind it since in some stories, Dracula or vampires in general are considered the children of the Devils. Gabriel was also an angel of the same level as Lucifer so it adds in a cool relationship component, they should’ve made it apparent that he isn’t a van Helsing but instead someone who was trained by them after he came to earth that would’ve been a bit better
Uhm...you realize Kate Beckinsale's character pretty much IS Van Helsing, right? Same backstory. The whole reason Van Helsing is there in the first place is because she is the last of her line and if she dies, her and her ancestors can't get into heaven. Or did I miss something?
Doesn't really make sense at why he need to be trained by Van Helsings. My dude is an archangle! Also, how can an archangle become a warewolf??? And why does he not know he's and archangle and had to work for the Vatican for "past sins"?
Im so happy everyone here thought the same of this movie, what a gem of action and horror
The werewolves were the greatest ever no question about it but I also loved how they depicted Frankenstein's monster as a sympathetic and human creature like the books but this one decided to be better than his creator in a sense.
And Dracula. I love every single monster in this!
The crossbow from this is still one of the coolest weapons in a movie.
Van Helsing played by Wolverine. Well played Niyat
Besides, this film is the closest to a Castlevania film, in some way, before Netflix did the Castlevania series
Yeah just commented it to 😂 except. Van helsing doesn't use wips.
I think in a novelization, it sneaks in a tie in with Castlevania with a nod to the Belmont family. Can't quite recall if they were distantly related, or just their paths had crossed at some point & remained on good terms with each other.
@@sirenofthesea7802 yeah like all things in the castlevania we're all other clans are related to the Belmont's. The van helsing could also be related to them. But i think the belmont's are inspired by the helsing tbh.
Yeah even the Valkans are similar to the Belmonts. Both are families whos ancestor(Leon Belmont/Valkan the Elder) swore to kill Dracula
@@sirenofthesea7802 yeah there's a Van Helsing manga and anime.
Thanks a Lot for this upload!
*The* most underrated movie of its time!
The movie that has the most badass and even interestingly unique approach to all classical monster species such as Werewolves, Vampires and even Mr. Hyde
You should do the movie splinter. Such an underrated movie
It's on the list!
Splinter bro has god tier taste
Never saw it
FilmComicsExplained I’m psyched. I can’t wait
@@Megatron_95 It can be seen as an "acquired taste" kind of film, but once you get past the shakiness it's actually pretty cool. Solid 7 out of 10 stars. ⭐
Anyhody remember the cow getting yeeted in the movie.
Best scene in the movie
Best part was that the cow was okay after all.
Wait what
Mooooooooooooooo
@@RhapsodicXStyle07 one of the draculas brides just picks up a cow and yeets it through a roof during the town attack scene xD
This, American Werewolf in London, and Underworld.
The Holy Trinity of amazing Werewolf design.
Can't forget about Dog Soldiers and Cursed though, as well as Ginger Snaps
My all time favorite monster movie. Perfectly cast and perfectly created monsters that still hold up to this day. I wish we would of gotten a sequel or two.
They should hire Stephen Sommers to fix the Dark Universe.. clearly he knows what he’s doing
I think if we send this through the right channels to Hollywood it can be done hell all the actors are bored to death in quarantine from what I hear
If they can make star wars go dark they can make the dark universe darker
I have faith in Jason Blum, because he seems to know what he is doing.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I still love the vampires and werewolves in this movie, ever since I was a little girl 😍
I'm pretty sure the "Brendan Frasier/ Hugh Jackman" mash up ship sailed a long time ago when Universal tried to reboot the Dark Universe property. It's a nice thought, but I don't think we will ever see it.
The Brides are a lot of fun. It's great they are given such big roles and agency.
CGI held up pretty well
Definitely one of my favorite movies growing up. Still love watching it from time to time.
To this *DAY* I consider Van Helsing to be one of the best superhero movies made!
Fantastic! Van Helsing is one of my favorite movies. By the time I watched it more Profound with Symbols and Thematic explored inside.
My favorite part of this movie are the werewolves, they look so awesome, they are true werewolves. If anybody would ask me what the best werewolf you ever seen in a movie I would say Van Helsing.
I came to say how much I enjoy this movie and thank Niyat for another excellent video, and was doubly rewarded to see all the love for the film from my fellow fans.
Thank u for doing a vid on one of my favorite movies and plus that crossbow he had was godly 🥺👉🏾👈🏾
Old yet classic. My favorite movie even now for it's uniqueness. I love this movie.
So far Van Helsing's vampire and werewolf were the best depiction of both, especially the werewolf.
One of my favourite movies of all time. Severely underrated
Love this movie
Definitely the best werewolf transformation I've seen in any movie.
Hands down the best werewolves in *ANY* cinematic universe. And the steampunk weapons ! This should have at least had a sequel, if not made it a trilogy. Better than anything Hollywood's turned out in the last few years, for sure.
They kind of used up all the best material on the one movie though. I wish there was a continuation but you couldn't really continue the story what with Dracula getting killed. There could be a prequel movie about some of the other adventures leading up to the movie but that's about it. I would rather it be left alone than be ruined with a shitty sequel that doesn't live up to the original.
"Better than anything Hollywood's turned out in the last few years"?
Not really setting a high bar there... 😂
Would have Loved to have seen a sequel to this film.
By far one of best vampire/werewolf movie ever
Talk about underrated movie
I’m so glad you did Van Helsing. One of my all time favorites
It’d been cool if Van Helsing could have been part of The Dark Universe they were planning on. But I liked the idea of a Mummy/Van Helsing crossover too. Hear me out on this one Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter/Van Helsing crossover lol
Omg I LOVED this movie. Honestly it was just so well done, and STILL leaves a little to wonder about with some questions.
one of the best Werewolf design ~
and also one of the best Dracula ~
This should've been a series, i love it❤️
The one thing that I remember from this movie was the woman swinging on a rope across a good distance and slamming into a brick wall, and being totally fine, then later getting tackled by a werewolf and immediately dying.
It makes me happy to see other people expressing their enjoyment of this film. I've always loved it.
I wish that they would have went into a more detailed background of van Helsing and draculas ancient past
I Love your channel man, and I’m so glad you covered this movie. This has been one of my favorites for years! No matter what the critics say! Awesome job as always!
Funny how Hugh Jackman plays a character with memory loss.
This is the first vampire film I watched and I loved it! It’s inspired me to start writing a book similar to the lore.
Just ensure you avoid copyright infringement
I absolutely loved this movie back in the day, in fact I think this movie sparked my love for the classic monsters even more, I remember watching this movie a lot and then I wanted to learn more about the classic monsters so ever since then my love for the classics grew to where now I want the Dark Universe to start and bring back the classics so bad. Despite the bad reviews of this movie I think it was on the right track and had a great idea that I personally feel like it this is how it should of started the dark universe with Van Helsing as the main character fighting the monsters in multiple movies & building up to the biggest baddest monster of them all. Even if Van Helsing wasn’t the main character in some he could still be the connection between the film’s helping other characters out with whatever monsters they were dealing with. Also I personally would love to see Hugh Jackman return to this role, I think it be great to see him as an older man with way more experience as a hunter, ready to go so every time he comes into the fight you know your in for a great fight scene. Awesome video by the way
Ive seen this movie for over 11 times and it just does not get old, pure cinema perfection
In a perfect world we got a crossover between Van Helsing and Rick O'Connell fighting against the Terracota army with the Mejai and the Knights of the Holy Order granting aid.
I loved this! Growing up as a kid this was my favorite movie to watch with my parents
One of the best Hugh Jackman movie !! 😄😆
This was a breath of fresh air growing up. Kind of cool you mentioned the Mummy because it reminds of that same kind of essence.
We *all* sMaSH the vampiric Brides - Let us all be honest about it(!)
The Werewolves superiority has been shown physically; albeit the werewolves unironically controlled by vampires
You're not wrong, I wanted to do the vampire brides when I was younger.
I actually recall wanting to cuddle up to Verona's chest when this film came out. ☺️
Can I have the ginger please.
@@treyrex5987 same lol
@@treyrex5987 what about the tall chick from hocus pocus
After reading your last post, I'm glad to see you pulled through and made another video. Take care Niyat
I love Van Helsing actually, the cast of characters all all interesting, the over the too acting reminds me of old black and white films. Plus it feels like Castlevania before Netflix
Van Helsing teaming up with the O'Connell family is something I would have really liked to see.
4:00 whyyyyyyy
its so underrated
Still my favorite movie of all time. Too bad alot of people thought it wasnt any good but I loved every bit of it.
I love this movie
Greatest and most fun (for me anyway) portrayal of vampires/werewolves in cinema. Definitely one of my favorite monster movies.
Lol you can’t stop it either “played by Wolverine”
Van Helsing, Underworld and I, Frankenstein are my favorites. I just love the setting
"But you can't do THAT, you're a monk!"
“Technically I’m just a Fry.”
Well actually I’m just a fryer
@@thewlf-man4191 So I can curse* all I want, DAMNIT!
I really liked the idea that they were searching for Dracula's castle, and it was in the painting of the map in their house.
the invisible man was there... just couldn't see him lmao
This is probably my favourite classic monster movie ever made. I love all the adaptations of the werewolves, frankenstines monster, vampires, Dracula, his brides and Dr. Hyde. I love the cryptid/ monster hunter version of Van Helsing too. The film overall is just amazingly done
You said Van Helsing is played by Wolverine, instead of Hugh Jackman haha.
Its basically the same thing😂
There's only ever going to be one wolverine lol
well, Wolverine is playing Hugh Jackman ~
lol
This was hands down one of my favorite movies growing up, super interesting to see how it's made.