@@Nellis202 Agreed 1000%. Van Helsing was a mixture of science and faith in one man. That lack was one of the reasons I hated and despised "Bram Stoker's Dracula" when it came out. It was the first attempt to make Dracula a romantic, tragic figure and they murdered the character of Van Helsing to boot. To paraphrase my sister, speaking of the Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr, "It's a great Dracula movie - unless you know anything at all about the actual Dracula stories." (Speaking of the Holmes movie, she said "It's a great Sherlock Holmes movie, unless you know anything at all about the actual Sherlock Holmes stories.")
and time has shown us that nobody BUT nobody can pull off Nosferatu better than Bela L.. wellmaybe L neilsen dead and loving it.. rofl And even the F Monster being put to rest?? by Boris Karlov totally rad. It is akin to a new bad man called the candy man.. In this case.. workthis one out. IF you stand in front of a mirror.. which is against a wall and call out candyman thrice...He will appear behind you..and you aint got nowheres togo..you are facing a wall! Tony Todd reprises his roles as Daniel Robitaille.He also was superb.. he had no equla.. who is gonna involke anyone stand in front of a wall with his back open to attack..nahhh aint gonna happpen Yet it did!
Edward Van Sloan (Van Helsing) does a masterful job of portraying a man who ALMOST succumbs to Dracula's considerable powers--we get the impression of Van Helsing battling through a fierce storm that nearly sweeps him away, but his own will is so strong that he resists, much to Dracula's dismay and surprise. By resisting Dracula--perhaps the first and only mortal man to ever do so--Van Helsing wins his enemy's respect.
It's remarkable how powerful the scene is without a soundtrack. A part of me is always tuned in to atmospheric music in modern movies, but here, the scene is made stronger by framing it in silence and letting it thus develop. Mesmerising performance from both these gentlemen!
Lugosi's incredibly powerful work with his outstretched hand clutching Van Helsing through the distance between them, and then slowly closing his fist and bringing him in has never been performed better. Nowhere, no one. And to your point...silence. Screenwriters today would have filled that void with unnecessary dialogue. This scene is so incredibly powerful. So sorry that Lugosi never got the kudos due while he was still alive...always in the shadow of Karloff (certainly no demeaning Karloff here in any way).
I was just about to comment in this regard. Many reviewers have complained about the lack of a soundtrack but as much as I love soundtracks - this one required none.
This is the greatest non fight scene of all time in modern movies these days there’s always big epic fight scenes and final fight scenes in movies especially in mcu movies but here it’s just Van Helsing pulling out a cross to get Dracula out of the house brilliant way of doing fighting without any actually fighting
They DO meet, but you are right in that they DON'T have a one-on-one like this one. I like the novel very much, but I love this kind of rivalry for them better!
Absolutely LOVE Van Helsing’s disgusted/unimpressed look as Dracula flees, cowering at the sight of the cross. He’s just a man, a normal man and he bravely stood before a centuries old demon
it's even funnier in the spanish version. Van Helsing pretends to be controlled by Dracula and comes toward him. Then Dracula tells him to put the crucifix in the box. Dracula covers his eyes with his cape and asks something like "Did you do what i asked?" van helsing replies "yes" Dracula lowers his cape and then van helsing flashes the crucifix at him and then the count runs off yelling and screaming.
I love that in this era there was no background music so the silence makes the scene more eerie. I miss horror films like this even though I wasn’t born in the 20th century.
Dracula: Van Helsing! Now that you have learned what you have learned, it would be well for you to return to your own country. Van Helsing: I prefer to remain and protect those whom you would destroy. Dracula: You are too late. My blood flows through her veins. She will live through the centuries to come as I have. Van Helsing: Should you escape from us, Dracula, we know how to save Miss Mina’s soul, if not her life. Dracula: If she dies by day. But I shall see that she dies by night. Van Helsing: And I will have Carfax Abbey torn down stone by stone, excavated by a mile around. I will find your earth box and drive that stake through your heart. Dracula: Come here. (1:07) Come… here. Van Helsing: (1:26-1:57) Dracula: Your will is strong Van Helsing. Van Helsing: (2:04) Dracula: More wolfsbane? Van Helsing: More effective than wolfsbane, Count. Indeed. (2:17)
@@MatthewL.Mattingly If you can allow yourself the "Suspension of Disbelief", often called "Poetic Faith," you will be able to expand your experiences and even pass into other worlds.
It is curious how Harker and Mina are Protestants and despise the Catholic religion (Harker says that a crucifix is a pagan fetish) but throughout the novel these symbols, both the cross and the Eucharist, are the only ones effective against vampires.
Could be impersonation of a famous French Cardinal or.,.? Poor by product of an infamous union could not begin to wonder which people of late 18th to early 19th century wore the most eye catching clothing!
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This scene is exactly frame by frame 100% accurate with my last encounter with my mother-in-law
😂
Absolutely brilliant 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
🤣🤣🤣
Coincidentally, I had a similar event happen to me with my high school principal.
D A M N
Tbh, the part where Dracula went in for the kill after saying, 'indeed', was kind of terrifying in its own right
Everyone would be terrified except Van Helsing.
A brilliant scene, two strong willed men confronting each other. Also this scene turned Van Helsing into one of my favorite characters in cinema
He has come to be known as the anti-hero amongst those who romanticize Dracula, but we know better.
@@Nellis202 Agreed 1000%. Van Helsing was a mixture of science and faith in one man. That lack was one of the reasons I hated and despised "Bram Stoker's Dracula" when it came out. It was the first attempt to make Dracula a romantic, tragic figure and they murdered the character of Van Helsing to boot. To paraphrase my sister, speaking of the Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr, "It's a great Dracula movie - unless you know anything at all about the actual Dracula stories." (Speaking of the Holmes movie, she said "It's a great Sherlock Holmes movie, unless you know anything at all about the actual Sherlock Holmes stories.")
and time has shown us that nobody BUT nobody can pull off Nosferatu better than Bela L.. wellmaybe L neilsen dead and loving it.. rofl And even the F Monster being put to rest?? by Boris Karlov totally rad. It is akin to a new bad man called the candy man.. In this case.. workthis one out. IF you stand in front of a mirror.. which is against a wall and call out candyman thrice...He will appear behind you..and you aint got nowheres togo..you are facing a wall! Tony Todd reprises his roles as Daniel Robitaille.He also was superb.. he had no equla.. who is gonna involke anyone stand in front of a wall with his back open to attack..nahhh aint gonna happpen Yet it did!
He is even better in the novel
This scene will always be my favorite. The sheer dominance Bela Lugosi puts into the portrayal of the Dark Count gives me shudders to this very day.
Yes! And Dwight Frye's "RATS!" soliloquy!
1:26-1:57
Dracula: Your will is strong, Van Helsing. More wolfsbane?
Van Helsing: More effective than wolfsbane, Count. Indeed. (2:17)
Edward Van Sloan (Van Helsing) does a masterful job of portraying a man who ALMOST succumbs to Dracula's considerable powers--we get the impression of Van Helsing battling through a fierce storm that nearly sweeps him away, but his own will is so strong that he resists, much to Dracula's dismay and surprise. By resisting Dracula--perhaps the first and only mortal man to ever do so--Van Helsing wins his enemy's respect.
I mean how hard is it to resist Dracula mind control
@@kodesh1674No one else could do it so I imagine not easy.
A great piece of interpretation of drama yourself! "A fierce storm that nearly sweeps him away." Seriously, are you a writer by profession?
Van Helsing probably dealt with the supernatural in the past, and Dracula is no exception
@@luckyzertIf not, they probably should be.
For a guy who dislikes mirrors, Dracula looks pretty slick.
fucking legend, the great Bela Lugosi
He's confident. Doesn't need a mirror to have mad drip
haha I never thought of that! Maybe he uses a tin can to see himself and make sure his hair and clothes are on-point. :)
It's called pre vanity. You can never see yourself, but you want to look good if you do. The vanity of the rich
The most classic fight scene of all time!
It's remarkable how powerful the scene is without a soundtrack. A part of me is always tuned in to atmospheric music in modern movies, but here, the scene is made stronger by framing it in silence and letting it thus develop. Mesmerising performance from both these gentlemen!
Lugosi's incredibly powerful work with his outstretched hand clutching Van Helsing through the distance between them, and then slowly closing his fist and bringing him in has never been performed better. Nowhere, no one. And to your point...silence. Screenwriters today would have filled that void with unnecessary dialogue. This scene is so incredibly powerful. So sorry that Lugosi never got the kudos due while he was still alive...always in the shadow of Karloff (certainly no demeaning Karloff here in any way).
I was just about to comment in this regard. Many reviewers have complained about the lack of a soundtrack but as much as I love soundtracks - this one required none.
@@luckyzert They should have brought Lugosi back for subsequent Dracula's.
2:18 look at the way he’s standing there! This man was the original Jojo’s Stand User
You don't get a cooler name than Van Helsing except maybe Constantine.
For sure.
I think this one is pretty good...Otis.
"Your pelvic sorcery holds no sway over me Dracula!"- Van Helsing, probably.
🤣
1:10
“How do you do that with your hand?”
“You must be double jointed, and Hungarian…”
This is the greatest non fight scene of all time in modern movies these days there’s always big epic fight scenes and final fight scenes in movies especially in mcu movies but here it’s just Van Helsing pulling out a cross to get Dracula out of the house brilliant way of doing fighting without any actually fighting
Don't you love it how Van Helsing is always portrayed as Dracula's archnemesis meanwhile in the book, they never meet
They meet once i think dont they?
@@JimmyBoy9878 They never have a real scene together or any dialogue exchange
@@SirToaster9330 im sure they do. When him and Harker and the other guy try to ambush Dracula?
They DO meet, but you are right in that they DON'T have a one-on-one like this one. I like the novel very much, but I love this kind of rivalry for them better!
Amazing how well it played without music....More tension
Van Helsing holsters that cross like a cowboy!
Both accent are total serious statement.
Some of the finest acting ever seen.
Anyone else grew up thinking Edward von Sloan was playing the same character (Van Helsing) in The Mummy, Dracula, and Frankenstein's Monster?
They are all similar.
Was expecting Van Helsing releasing his Shikai or unleashing Mokuton, but this works as well.
0:43 Those eyes!
Lugosi had such beautiful hands.
Yes Danny, a crucifix for Dracula. But what to use for my mother-in-law? What weakens a gargoyle?
The sun.
@@martythetickler Well, I could hit her feet with a mixture of UV and infra red?
Acid rain
I love this scene, come here.
"Come...................................................................................................here!"
My all time favorite scene. 😮
The modern Van Helsing would have done Karate kicks and flown out window with a refrigerator dropping on Dracula.
Absolutely LOVE Van Helsing’s disgusted/unimpressed look as Dracula flees, cowering at the sight of the cross. He’s just a man, a normal man and he bravely stood before a centuries old demon
1:20 what I do with my cat most of the time and, well 99.9% she doesn’t come to me lol
2:18 When you hear your own voice in Recordings on your phone
I admire the boldness behind Van Helsing’s character
Yoda vs Sidious
Where did he learn to master hypnotism??
Some powerful vampires like Dracula can do that.
The Academy of Scholomance
Assuming we’re going by the book.
"The Force is strong in this one". The inspiration for Darth Vader seems obvious in this scene.
Not to mention the inspiration for Nancy Pelosi. LOL.
@@Gablesman888 As opposed to Cobra Commander being the inspiration for Trump. Including the constant failure.
It's just me or there someone else who find this scene funny as hell (Come Here)
it's even funnier in the spanish version. Van Helsing pretends to be controlled by Dracula and comes toward him. Then Dracula tells him to put the crucifix in the box. Dracula covers his eyes with his cape and asks something like "Did you do what i asked?" van helsing replies "yes" Dracula lowers his cape and then van helsing flashes the crucifix at him and then the count runs off yelling and screaming.
@@liam1558 sounds like it. I'm gonna try to find with subs
@@aleksandramakari Yay! it's so worth it. it's a such good movie. It low-key motivated me to start learning spanish.
@@liam1558 I watched that part cuz I found it on RUclips. It was funny. He was so sneaky hahaha
That was a great troll.
I love that in this era there was no background music so the silence makes the scene more eerie. I miss horror films like this even though I wasn’t born in the 20th century.
Lugosi was so magnificent. Urbane and menacing
“Pull the strings! Pull the strings!” Oh, wait, wrong movie.
Dracula: Van Helsing! Now that you have learned what you have learned, it would be well for you to return to your own country.
Van Helsing: I prefer to remain and protect those whom you would destroy.
Dracula: You are too late. My blood flows through her veins. She will live through the centuries to come as I have.
Van Helsing: Should you escape from us, Dracula, we know how to save Miss Mina’s soul, if not her life.
Dracula: If she dies by day. But I shall see that she dies by night.
Van Helsing: And I will have Carfax Abbey torn down stone by stone, excavated by a mile around. I will find your earth box and drive that stake through your heart.
Dracula: Come here. (1:07) Come… here.
Van Helsing: (1:26-1:57)
Dracula: Your will is strong Van Helsing.
Van Helsing: (2:04)
Dracula: More wolfsbane?
Van Helsing: More effective than wolfsbane, Count. Indeed. (2:17)
Imagine! Here we see the power of the holy against the power of evil. Evil can not stand up to the truth but flees from its light.
It's just a movie, dude.
@@MatthewL.Mattingly If you can allow yourself the "Suspension of Disbelief", often called "Poetic Faith," you will be able to expand your experiences and even pass into other worlds.
Van Helsing realized Drac had no pants on 😮
Never forget Lugosi's Oscar-worthy performance in "Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire."
Bela Lugosi's name was actually pronounced bay-la loo-go-she
Come heeeeeeeerreee!
come....herrrh
More effective than wolfbane Count
This real acting without background sound to support
How does Drac do his hair with no reflection???
Bauhaus brought me here!
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Pockets the cross like a gunslinger holsters his Colt 45 revolver after a shootout.
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That's right, drive the steak through his heart... more effective than wolf Fang Count 🙏
Wolfsbane
@@carlovaldez1997 ...ohhhh. thanks, that was funny
More Wolfbane?
Back when vampires were evil, ruthless. Cunning. Had weaknesses they had to prepare for. And weren’t “misunderstood cringe sex symbols”
Van Helsing......
Now that you have learned what you have learned
If i owned this home, i wouldn't be leaving the back doors open all night. lol
No worries...the vampire must be invited in to enter a home for the first time.
The Jedi mind trick did not work back then 😂😂😂😂😂
Van Hellsing!
Van Helsing aka the Top G
It is curious how Harker and Mina are Protestants and despise the Catholic religion (Harker says that a crucifix is a pagan fetish) but throughout the novel these symbols, both the cross and the Eucharist, are the only ones effective against vampires.
The cross works on Drac. The star of David doesn't!
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Great resolution. But where is Kronos Quartet?!? I don’t hear them!
You have to buy the boxed set of DVD's.
2:16 *INDEED?!?!?!*
Laura Vargas is a vampire. Lol
House = anime convention
Van Helsing = normie
Dracula = anime fan
Crucifix = deodorant
The acting absolutely sucked but the plot is good.🤷♂️
2:16 Me showing my N word pass to the police officer after I yell racial slurs in public
Vincent Alvarado vs Count Dracula.
Could be impersonation of a famous French Cardinal or.,.?
Poor by product of an infamous union could not begin to wonder which people of late 18th to early 19th century wore the most eye catching clothing!
GIO ninja chips
Power 🏀🏀🏀🏈🎮⚾
R5
Dracula vs. Van Helsing is not what it seems 👎🏻
Dude this is a classic ❤
I like the Phillip Glass version better
First!