query: who played the role of van helsing in the movie

pos: Van Helsing (film) Van Helsing (film) Van Helsing is a 2004 American horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. The film is an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and '40s (also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley), of which Sommers is a fan. The eponymous character was inspired by the Dutch vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from Irish author Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula". Distributed by Universal Pictures, the

pos: Abraham Van Helsing when dispatching Dracula's brides, but he nevertheless leads the group to victory over Dracula's forces. Christopher Plummer portrayed Van Helsing in "Dracula 2000" (he had previously appeared as a vampire hunter, Professor Paris Catalano, in "Vampire in Venice"). After defeating Count Dracula (Gerard Butler), Van Helsing finds that the vampire lord cannot die by the conventional means of destroying a vampire and he only succeeded in paralysing him in a deathlike state. When Dracula escapes after his coffin is stolen, Van Helsing's daughter and his assistant are able to defeat him after the elder Van Helsing's death. Hugh Jackman played

pos: Van Helsing (film) that he has hinted that both "The Mummy" and "Van Helsing" reboots will have a shared universe. On November 11, 2015, "Variety" reports that Jon Spaihts and Eric Heisserer will write the reboot, but Cruise left the film. However, in 2016, Cruise signed back on to star in Kurtzman's "The Mummy", which was released in theaters on June 9, 2017. Van Helsing (film) Van Helsing is a 2004 American horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. The film is an homage and tribute

pos: Van Helsing: The London Assignment Van Helsing: The London Assignment Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a 2004 animated film by Universal Studios Home Video. It features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Robbie Coltrane and David Wenham. "The London Assignment" is an animated prequel to the 2004 motion picture "Van Helsing" (released the same year). It tells of the events before the film. Monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing and friar Carl travel to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decidedly supernatural murders, being committed by the mad scientist Dr. Jekyll, in the form of his evil alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. When tracing Hyde to

pos: Van Helsing: The London Assignment Vatican City about what has happened while he tracks Jekyll to Paris. Van Helsing: The London Assignment Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a 2004 animated film by Universal Studios Home Video. It features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Robbie Coltrane and David Wenham. "The London Assignment" is an animated prequel to the 2004 motion picture "Van Helsing" (released the same year). It tells of the events before the film. Monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing and friar Carl travel to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decidedly supernatural murders, being committed by the mad scientist Dr. Jekyll, in

neg: Abraham Van Helsing of 'Thomas Hutter' (the film's version of Jonathan Harker) before he meets 'Count Orlok' (a renamed Count Dracula), and he never meets the vampire face to face. In the initial 1931 Universal version of "Dracula" starring Bela Lugosi as the Count, Professor Van Helsing was portrayed by the actor Edward Van Sloan, who had previously played the part opposite Lugosi on stage. Van Sloan was the only cast member to return to his role for the 1936 sequel "Dracula's Daughter". Peter Cushing's Doctor Van Helsing in the initial 1958 Hammer "Dracula" movie and its 1960 sequel "The Brides of Dracula"

neg: Tom Degnan roles in the TV shows "Lipstick Jungle", "Law & Order", "The Unusuals", "The Good Wife", "White Collar", "The Following", "Magic City", "Person of Interest", "The Michael J. Fox Show", "Madam Secretary", and "The Sonnet Project". In 2013 he played the role of Chris Van Helsing in the made-for-TV movie "Gothica" and played the role of Matt in the 2014 made-for-TV movie "Tin Man". In 2015 he played the role of Jim in the romance-drama film "To Whom It May Concern" and played the role of Tom in the short story drama film "Seclusion". Degnan also had a recurring role on

neg: Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue is a one-shot comic book from Dark Horse Comics, based on the film "Van Helsing". It is based on the premise that Gabriel Van Helsing lived in Paris, and from his own perspective, telling his story through an inform sent to the Monsignor. It is not a sequel to, nor a continuation of, the movie. It is a side-story, within the same universe and timeline of the "Van Helsing" universe. The comic book draws inspiration from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe

neg: Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue that "the world lacks vision", and that he should "move to an island perhaps. Somewhere drastic, like . . . the South Seas . . .". Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue is a one-shot comic book from Dark Horse Comics, based on the film "Van Helsing". It is based on the premise that Gabriel Van Helsing lived in Paris, and from his own perspective, telling his story through an inform sent to the Monsignor. It is not a sequel to, nor a continuation of, the movie. It is a side-story, within

neg: Van Helsing (film) Carl from killing him, Van Helsing returns to normal, stricken with grief over what he has done. At a funeral pyre, Van Helsing witnesses the spirits of Anna and her family ascending into the afterlife while Frankenstein's monster rows away on a raft out to sea. Van Helsing and Carl ride off into the sunset. The film's original soundtrack was composed by Alan Silvestri. Vivendi Universal Games published a "Van Helsing" video game for PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC and Game Boy Advance. The game follows a similar plot to the movie, has gameplay similar to "Devil May Cry" and the

neg: Stephen Sommers "Van Helsing", a film pitting legendary vampire hunter Gabriel Van Helsing against the triumvirate of Universal movie monsters: Count Dracula, The Wolf Man, and Frankenstein's monster. Before "Van Helsing" even premiered, Sommers and Ducsay began developing a spin-off TV series for NBC called "Transylvania". Though featuring none of the characters from the film, the series (which was to have made use of the film's Prague set) was about a young cowboy from Texas who becomes a sheriff in Transylvania, has many strange adventures, and encounters many strange creatures. Sommers and Ducsay were to have been executive producers, and Sommers wrote

neg: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing A remastered version including all three games was released as one big game on November 6, 2015, called "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut". The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is an action role-playing video game developed by the Hungarian independent development studio NeocoreGames. Based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, the game focuses on the trials of young Van Helsing, son of the legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from the book. The game is set in a gothic-noir 19th-century Eastern Europe and contains "intentionally anachronistic humor and gadgetry". On

neg: Jack Elam old coot opposite John Wayne in Howard Hawks's "Rio Lobo" (1970). In 1979 he was cast as the Frankenstein monster in the CBS sitcom "Struck by Lightning", but the show was cancelled after only three episodes. He then appeared in the role of "Hick Peterson" in a first-season episode of "Home Improvement" alongside Ernest Borgnine (Season 1, episode 20 "Birds of a Feather Flock to Tim"). Elam played "Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing," an eccentric doctor in the 1981 movie "The Cannonball Run." Three years later, he returned in the same role in the film's sequel "The Cannonball Run II". In

neg: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is an action role-playing video game developed by the Hungarian independent development studio NeocoreGames. Based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, the game focuses on the trials of young Van Helsing, son of the legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from the book. The game is set in a gothic-noir 19th-century Eastern Europe and contains "intentionally anachronistic humor and gadgetry". On 01 Dec 2015, the game was released as part of the Games with Gold benefit, for the Xbox One. The game is based on Bram Stoker's

neg: Lucy Westenra Henceforth, she slowly transforms into a vampire, and has to be slain by Van Helsing and her beloved fiancé in order to be saved from damnation. Lucy Westenra was played by Lysette Anthony in Mel Brooks' parody "" (1995). Lucy Westenra was played by Bai Ling in Michael Oblowitz' 2001 movie "The Breed". In 2002, dancer Tara Birtwhistle assumed the role of Lucy Westenra in a ballet/silent film version of Dracula, called "", directed by Guy Maddin. This adaptation portrays Lucy's character more frequently than any other film. Lucy's character remained largely unchanged in BBC One's 2006 adaptation of "Dracula",

neg: Hugh Jackman a Variety, Musical or Comedy program. After 2003's "X2", Jackman played the title role of monster killer Gabriel Van Helsing in the 2004 film "Van Helsing". Jackman and the film were noted in Bruce A. McClelland's book "Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead". Jackman was asked to consider taking on the role as James Bond before Daniel Craig was chosen to play the character, but turned it down due to other commitments. Speaking to the British Press Association in 2011, Jackman said: 'I was about to shoot X-Men 2 and Wolverine had become this thing

neg: Abraham Van Helsing is seen to have been fatally wounded. Six years later, Van Helsing takes a grandfatherly role in regard to the young Quincey Harker, Jonathan and Mina's son. Van Helsing is seen utilizing many tools to aid him and his party in fending off Dracula, warding off vampires and in general defeating the undead: "Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror" (1922) was the first film version of "Dracula". Although it followed the same basic plot as the novel, names were changed: Van Helsing is 'Professor Bulwer' (John Gottowt) and appears only in a few scenes. Unlike the book, he is a friend

neg: Abraham Van Helsing illness of Lucy Westenra. Van Helsing's friendship with Seward is based in part upon an unknown prior event in which Van Helsing suffered a grievous wound, and Seward saved his life by sucking out the gangrene. It is Van Helsing who first realizes that Lucy is the victim of a vampire, and he guides Dr. Seward and his friends in their efforts to save Lucy. According to Leonard Wolf's annotations to the novel, Van Helsing had a son who died. Van Helsing says that his son, had he lived, would have had a similar appearance to Lucy's husband Arthur Holmwood.

neg: Abraham Van Helsing Gabriel Van Helsing, in "Van Helsing" (2004), loosely based on Stoker's character. Having been found on the steps of a church several years before with total amnesia, Gabriel hunts monsters for a secret organization made up of the world's religions (known as the Knights of the Holy Order) to rid the world of evil "that the rest of mankind has no idea exists", although he is the most wanted man in Europe for his conspicuous actions. In the movie he is sent to Transylvania to kill Count Dracula. When he arrives, Dracula tells Gabriel that they have already met and

neg: Dracula (1924 play) Edward Gorey and starred Frank Langella. It won the Tony Award for Best Revival and led to another movie version, also starring Langella. John Harker is visiting his fiancée, Lucy Seward, at the sanatorium run by her father, Doctor Seward. Abraham Van Helsing arrives to help with Lucy's case. Van Helsing asks Seward about Mina Weston, a friend of Lucy's who died after experiencing similar symptoms. Mina complained about bad dreams and had two small marks on her throat, then wasted away and died. R. M. Renfield, a lunatic patient who has been eating insects, enters and asks to be

neg: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and red dust. The survivors depart from the temple, save for Van Helsing, who feels a familiar atmosphere. Sure enough, a familiar voice bellows from behind him. Van Helsing turns around to face Kah the High Priest. Recognizing the voice, Van Helsing realises that Dracula has been using the form of the monk to control the seven golden vampires and their undead. Van Helsing demands Dracula to show himself, calling him a coward. Dracula reverts to his true form and attacks Van Helsing. In the ensuing struggle, Van Helsing succeeds in stabbing Dracula with a spear through the heart. Defeated,

neg: Dracula the Un-dead the undead, and asks that the two "join us". Van Helsing then drops a bombshell: Dracula's true name is Vladimir Basarab, the same man Quincey saw as a mentor. Arthur furiously shoves the old man away, and Van Helsing reveals himself as a newly turned vampire. During the struggle, Van Helsing manages to shoot Arthur, who collapses. Van Helsing gives Quincey one last chance to join their side, which he refuses. As Van Helsing is about to drink Quincey's blood, Arthur manages to shoot Van Helsing with a crossbow and in a rage over their former mentor allying himself with

neg: Abraham Van Helsing having what is apparently a thick foreign accent, in that he speaks in broken English and he uses German phrases like, "Mein Gott" (). Adaptations of the novel have tended to play up Van Helsing's role as a vampire expert, sometimes to the extent that it is depicted as his major occupation. In the novel, however, Dr. Seward requests Van Helsing's assistance simply because Lucy's affliction has him baffled and Van Helsing "knows as much about obscure diseases as any one in the world", and Van Helsing does not determine that a vampire is the cause in time to prevent

neg: Van Helsing (soundtrack) Van Helsing (soundtrack) Van Helsing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was composed by Alan Silvestri and released on May 4, 2004, by Decca Records. The score accompanies the 2004 film, as its name implies. Generally well received by fans and critics alike, three major score-reviewing websites all rated it at four out of five stars. Movie Music UK's Peter Simons says that Silvestri has delivered "what may be the loudest score of the year", but that he "makes this kind of music sound good...[infusing] the score with a textural richness and compositional quality that is quite rare these days". He does

neg: Janet Montgomery James Fox). In 2012, Montgomery played the lead role in the CBS television series "Made in Jersey". The series was cancelled after two episodes aired. Two new episodes aired on 22 December 2012. Montgomery attracted the attention of Stephen Poliakoff via an audition tape she sent to casting director Andy Pryor for the role of Sarah in "Dancing on the Edge". The five-part miniseries aired 4 February 2013 on BBC Two. She also played opposite David Tennant in BBC Four's "Spies of Warsaw". She played Grace Van Helsing, "the prodigal daughter who returns to run the family newspaper (and presumably

neg: Abraham Van Helsing have quite a history together, with Dracula revealing over the course of the film that Van Helsing was the one who originally murdered him, as well as claiming ownership of a distinctive ring that Van Helsing has worn as long as he can remember. It is implied that Gabriel is actually the angel Gabriel, with vague references to Dracula's murderer as the "Left Hand of God". Jackman also voiced the character in the animated spin-off "" (2004). Other actors to have portrayed Van Helsing in film and television adaptations of "Dracula" include: Van Helsing appears in the Book, Dracula vs

neg: Abraham Van Helsing Consequently, Van Helsing developed a particular fondness for Holmwood. Van Helsing's wife went insane after their son's death, but as a Catholic, he refuses to divorce her ("with my poor wife dead to me, but alive by Church's law, though no wits, all gone, even I, who am faithful husband to this now-no-wife"). Van Helsing is one of the few characters in the novel who is fully physically described in one place. In chapter 14, Mina Harker describes him as: Van Helsing's personality is described by John Seward, his former student, thus: In the novel Van Helsing is described as

neg: Edward Van Sloan Balderston. He played essentially the same role, this time as Dr. Muller, an occultist, in "The Mummy". He again played Van Helsing in the 1936 film "Dracula's Daughter". In "Frankenstein", he played the character of Dr. Waldman, and he also stepped in front of a curtain before the film's opening credits to warn audience members that they now had a chance to escape the theatre if they were too squeamish to endure the film. Edward Paul Van Sloun was of Dutch descent and was born in New Trier, Minnesota in 1882 as the son of a Martinus Van Sloun and

neg: Abraham Van Helsing his vampire-hunting equipment with Holmes and Watson, who track Dracula to Dartmoor, where he has hidden in Baskerville Hall, and are able to defeat him using Van Helsing's advice. After Dracula is defeated when trapped in the Grimpen Mire as the sun rises, Holmes gives Van Helsing Dracula's ring as a memento of their victory, concluding that Van Helsing's research is what enabled him to destroy Dracula. Abraham Van Helsing was also portrayed in "The Tomb of Dracula" Marvel Comics series, which was based on the characters of Bram Stoker's novel. In the Marvel Comics miniseries "", Van Helsing joins

neg: Noah van Helsing Noah van Helsing Noah van Helsing is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a supporting character of Blade. Noah van Helsing first appeared in "The Tomb of Dracula" Vol. 4 #1 and was created by Bruce Jones and Robert Rodi. Noah van Helsing is a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing and a distant relative of Rachel van Helsing. He created a team of vampire hunters with the task of killing Dracula. One of those recruits is Blade. Blade ends up training with Noah van Helsing and his team of vampire hunters. Following

neg: Dracula (1924 play) sent away in order to save his soul. Van Helsing waves wolfsbane under Renfield's nose, causing him to jump back and become enraged. An attendant drags Renfield back to his room. Harker brings Lucy, who tells Van Helsing about dreams in which a heavy mist comes into her room, and a frightening face with red eyes appears in the mist. Van Helsing finds two small marks on Lucy's neck. Count Dracula, a visitor from Transylvania who stays nearby, arrives to offer help with Lucy. When Dracula leaves, Van Helsing tells Seward and Harker that Lucy has been attacked by a

neg: Dracula: A Chamber Musical Dr Jack Seward, but their idyll is shattered by escaped lunatic Renfield, who warns that his master is coming for Lucy. She is soon seduced and bitten by Dracula, who has arrived in England and fallen in love with her. As Lucy weakens, Seward sends for his former teacher Abraham Van Helsing. Van Helsing diagnoses Lucy's illness as the attack of a "nosferatu" but is too late to save her. Lucy rises as a vampire and Van Helsing, Harker and Seward destroy her. Dracula vows to destroy Harker's love as Harker has destroyed his. Dracula and Van Helsing vow to

neg: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing vampire hunter from the novel, and it is his job to continue in his father's footsteps and exterminate the monsters from the city. On 9 May 2012, independent developer NeocoreGames announced the entry of a their new project: an action role-playing game titled "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing". The title was developed for the PC and the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade platform. The developers also announced at Gamescom 2012 that the game is planned to be part of a trilogy. In October 2012, after receiving feedback from the gamer community that the depiction of the young Van Helsing

neg: Noah van Helsing by the Yiki Onnas and taken to Dracula's castle. At Dracula's headquarters, it is revealed that Noah van Helsing's real name is Noah Tremayne and that he is the only Van Helsing in name and not in blood. The vampire generals then swiftly kill Noah van Helsing. Noah van Helsing has genius-level intellect in which he has a good knowledge of vampires. Noah van Helsing Noah van Helsing is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a supporting character of Blade. Noah van Helsing first appeared in "The Tomb of Dracula" Vol. 4

neg: Hans van Tongeren Hans van Tongeren Johannes Adrianus Maria (Hans) van Tongeren (18 January 1955, Breda – 25 August 1982, Amsterdam) was a Dutch movie actor, who made his debut in the 1980 Paul Verhoeven movie "Spetters". Van Tongeren was born in Breda and was recommended to Joop van den Ende for the role of "Rien" in "Spetters" by casting-director Hans Kemna. The character Rien is a talented motocrosser who is paralyzed in an accident and commits suicide. "Spetters" was a very successful movie and van Tongeren was cast afterwards for several Dutch movies. In 1982 Van Tongeren played a minor role with

neg: Brides of Dracula making her a vampire and his minion. He later passes her off as his niece to Harker, whom she tries to seduce. Tania is eventually dispatched by Van Helsing. In the 1960 Hammer film "The Brides of Dracula", the Baron Meinster (David Peel) is a vampire who attacks an unnamed local village girl (played by Marie Devereux) and the heroine Marianne's friend Gina (Andrée Melly), turning them into vampires and his "brides". Although he actually proposes to Marianne (Yvonne Monlaur), his plan to vampirize her too is thwarted by Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), who kills the Baron while the

neg: Van Helsing (TV series) Van Helsing (TV series) Van Helsing is an American-Canadian dark fantasy horror drama television series that premiered on September 23, 2016 on Syfy in the United States. Kelly Overton plays the titular character of the series, which was inspired by Zenescope Entertainment's graphic novel series "Helsing". Syfy renewed "Van Helsing" for a 13-episode third season in December 2017, which premiered on October 5, 2018. On December 18, 2018, Syfy renewed the series for a 13-episode fourth season. Van Helsing is set in the near future, where vampires have risen and taken control. Vanessa Van Helsing, a descendant of Abraham Van

neg: Lucy Westenra was drained, the change was instantaneous; as such, Lucy became corrupted and under Dracula's control, forced to feed on blood nightly to appease her inhuman hunger, while spreading the curse. But if a vampire is killed, the victim is saved. Van Helsing feels it best that the man who loved Lucy in life play a role in freeing her soul. On his instructions, Holmwood drives a wooden stake into Lucy's heart. Van Helsing knows, however, that Count Dracula can reclaim his bride by removing the stake; so to prevent this from ever happening, he decapitates the body and stuffs its

neg: Dracula 2000 to New Orleans, where college students Mary Heller and Lucy Westerman are living. Mary is estranged from her family and has recently been plagued by dreams of a strange, terrifying man. Van Helsing and Simon arrive in New Orleans and destroy the newly turned vampires left in Dracula's wake. Afterwards, Van Helsing reveals to Simon that he is in fact the original Abraham Van Helsing, who defeated Dracula in 1897. Because he was unable to destroy Dracula permanently, Van Helsing hid the body and prolonged his own life with regular injections of Dracula's blood filtered via leeches until, one day,

neg: Dracula (1924 play) newspaper article about a woman who has been attacking children at night. She says this is Mina, now a vampire serving Dracula. Van Helsing promises to save Lucy; he places wolfsbane and a crucifix in her room, but the hypnotized maid removes them so Dracula can enter. The next night just before sunrise, Seward and Van Helsing have purified five of Dracula's boxes of earth, but did not find the sixth. Lucy attempts to seduce Harker and bite him, but Van Helsing stops her with a crucifix. Lucy asks what happened to Mina. Van Helsing says he drove a stake

neg: Slayer (film) the Underworld series respectively. Van Dien portrayed Van Helsing in his movie, while Grevioux played the Lycan Raze in the first Underworld film. Kevin VanHook also worked in DC Comics' vampire-themed comics, "Superman and Batman vs Vampires and Werewolves". Slayer (film) Slayer is a 2006 vampire themed television film written and directed by Kevin VanHook and starring Casper Van Dien and Kevin Grevioux. The film's plot involves an elite commando squad dealing with a deadly and bloodthirsty vampire clan living in the South American rain forest. It was produced for the Sci Fi Channel There's something strange going on in

neg: Vampire Season Monster Defense generally tacky stuff, even though he would prefer a more gothic approach to the decoration. His life as regent had been uneventful up to the night when Van Helsing decided to reveal the castle's location, effectively leading to The Great Hunt. In game, the player aids Castle Regent, who is the brains behind all the operation. He is not a selectable monster, but instead is the character driving the plot, appearing in all in-game cinematics. Anthony Van Helsing: Anthony Van Helsing was a prominent member of the Van Helsing Clan, madly bent on the destruction of Count Dracula. He was

neg: Dracula (1996 play) his old professor, Abraham Van Helsing, who teaches philosophy and researches unexplainable and supernatural illnesses. At first, Van Helsing is hesitant to come, but Seward reminds him that he once saved his life. Van Helsing arrives and recognizes the marks on Lucy's neck as Vampire bites, but keeps the information to himself, not thinking the group will believe in Vampires. Van Helsing gives Lucy a blood-transfusion in order to keep the Vampiric attributes within her from taking over. While Lucy is recovering, Harker returns home, and is seemingly insane after an unknown experience in the Carpathian Mountains. Harker is held

neg: Kelly Overton (actress) Helsing, the lead character, in the Syfy television series, "Van Helsing". Of her role as Andrea Barton in the "Numbers" episode "Hollywood Homicide", reviewer Todd Mason of TV Guide wrote, "Kelly Overton excelled in her small role...". Of her directorial debut (with husband Judson Pearce Morgan) on the film "The Collective", reviewer Joshua Tanzer wrote, ""The Collective" is beautifully shot, well crafted", while Farley Elliott of LAist wrote, "The story, while not frighteningly original, is definitely captivating, and the directing is superb. Kelly Overton, who helped to pen the film, is captivating and you really want to see her succeed".

neg: Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan (November 1, 1882 – March 6, 1964) was an American film character actor best remembered for his roles in the Universal Studios horror films such as "Dracula" (1931), "Frankenstein" (1931), and "The Mummy" (1932). He died in 1964 in California, at age 81. Van Sloan's roles in Universal's films date from the 1930s, including "Dracula" (1931), "Frankenstein" (1931), and "The Mummy" (1932). In the first of these, he played Professor Van Helsing, the famous vampire-hunter, a role he had first taken in the successful touring production of "Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L.

neg: Abraham Van Helsing later, Van Helsing killed Dracula, and later came to London to solve the case of Jack the Ripper, eventually discovering that the murderers were mentally controlled by demons from another world. In 1902 he worked together with the resurrected Dracula to prevent the assassination of King Edward VII. There have been numerous works of fiction depicting descendants of Van Helsing carrying on the family tradition. Abraham Van Helsing Professor Abraham Van Helsing is a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel "Dracula". Van Helsing is an aged polymath Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly

neg: Lucy Westenra Van Helsing, the daughter of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who arrives after her death, finds her to be a vampire, and is tragically forced to stake her as she urges him to kiss her. She is played by Jan Francis. In 1970, Soledad Miranda portrayed Lucy Westenra, opposite Christopher Lee as "Count Dracula", in Jesus Franco's version of the film. Dan Curtis's 1973 version of "Dracula" starred Fiona Lewis as Lucy Westenra. In this version, Lucy's character was Dracula's reincarnated love. The BBC's faithful version of "Dracula" saw Susan Penhaligon as Lucy Westenra in 1977. This version was first aired

neg: Silvia Colloca Silvia Colloca Silvia Colloca (born 23 July 1977) is an Italian actress, blogger, cookbook author, and TV cookery show personality. She has published two cookbooks. Colloca was born in Milan to Loredana and Mario Colloca. Her first major film role was in "Van Helsing", in which she played Verona, one of Dracula's brides. On 25 September 2004, at the medieval castle Castello di Montalto in Tuscany, Italy she married the Australian actor Richard Roxburgh who played Dracula in that film. They have two sons, Raphael Jack Domenico Roxburgh born in 2007 and Miro Gianni David Roxburgh born in 2010, and

neg: Silvia Colloca Vanstone, Pia Miranda and Ian Thorpe. "La Dolce Vita", Penguin, 2016 "Love Laugh Bake!" Pan Macmillan 2018 Silvia Colloca Silvia Colloca (born 23 July 1977) is an Italian actress, blogger, cookbook author, and TV cookery show personality. She has published two cookbooks. Colloca was born in Milan to Loredana and Mario Colloca. Her first major film role was in "Van Helsing", in which she played Verona, one of Dracula's brides. On 25 September 2004, at the medieval castle Castello di Montalto in Tuscany, Italy she married the Australian actor Richard Roxburgh who played Dracula in that film. They have two

neg: Dracula: the Musical Abraham van Helsing holds a lecture about blood and diseases (Our Civilisation). Not knowing how to treat Lucy, John sends after his old mentor van Helsing to help him treat Lucy. Van Helsing has John doing a blood transfusion, which revives the unconscious Lucy. Van Helsing fills her room with garlic and tells John to guard outside her room. John does so, but unknown to van Helsing he is addicted to hospital drugs and John soon falls asleep due to the drugs. Soon Dracula enters the house through a window and feeds on Lucy. At the wake van Helsing tells

neg: Devon Werkheiser voice of Gordo. In 2007, Werkheiser starred in Nickelodeon movie based on Wendelin Van Draanen's "Shredderman" book series Shredderman Rules as Nolan Byrd/Shredderman. Later that year, Werkheiser played the role of Chris Marino in Lifetime original movie "Christmas in Paradise". In 2009, Werkheiser starred as Victor in the movie "The First Time". He played the role of Victor, who has an incurable crush on hot senior Anya who is way out of his league and she doesn't have clue he exists. He also had a significant role in the movie "The Prankster", in which he played the role of Brad

neg: Dracula (1931 English-language film) Van Helsing. Dracula states that Mina now belongs to him, and warns Van Helsing to return to his home country. Van Helsing swears to excavate Carfax Abbey and destroy Dracula. Dracula attempts to hypnotize Van Helsing, but the latter's resolve proves stronger. As Dracula lunges at Van Helsing, he withdraws a crucifix from his coat, forcing Dracula to retreat. Harker visits Mina on a terrace, and she speaks of how much she loves "nights and fogs". A bat flies above them and squeaks to Mina. She then attacks Harker but Van Helsing and Seward save him. Mina confesses what Dracula

neg: Edward Van Sloan acclaimed Tod Browning-directed screen production of "Dracula". He died in 1964 at age 81. Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan (November 1, 1882 – March 6, 1964) was an American film character actor best remembered for his roles in the Universal Studios horror films such as "Dracula" (1931), "Frankenstein" (1931), and "The Mummy" (1932). He died in 1964 in California, at age 81. Van Sloan's roles in Universal's films date from the 1930s, including "Dracula" (1931), "Frankenstein" (1931), and "The Mummy" (1932). In the first of these, he played Professor Van Helsing, the famous vampire-hunter, a role he had first

neg: Modern Vampires Trigger. Time Bomb subdues Nico with a rope of garlic, just as Dallas returns home and comes face to face with Van Helsing. In exchange for letting Nico go, Dallas offers to lead Van Helsing to The Count. So, Van Helsing, Time Bomb, Trigger, L'il Monster, Soda Pop, Nico, Rachel and Dallas pile into Van Helsing's van and head for The Count's house. Unfortunately, The Count's henchmen intercept them and take Nico and Van Helsing to The Count, where he hooks up Nico to a blood-draining machine and places Van Helsing in a box with only his head sticking out.

neg: Van Helsing (TV series) at least, to quote that old critic's saw, 'better than it has any right to be'." Van Helsing (TV series) Van Helsing is an American-Canadian dark fantasy horror drama television series that premiered on September 23, 2016 on Syfy in the United States. Kelly Overton plays the titular character of the series, which was inspired by Zenescope Entertainment's graphic novel series "Helsing". Syfy renewed "Van Helsing" for a 13-episode third season in December 2017, which premiered on October 5, 2018. On December 18, 2018, Syfy renewed the series for a 13-episode fourth season. Van Helsing is set in the near

neg: Abraham Van Helsing Lucy's death. Count Dracula, having acquired ownership of England's Carfax estate through solicitor Jonathan Harker, moved to the estate and began menacing England. His victims included Lucy Westenra, who is on holiday in Whitby. The aristocratic girl has suitors such as Dr. John Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Quincey Morris, and has a best friend in Mina Murray, Harker's fiancée. Seward, who worked as a doctor in an insane asylum – where one of the patients, the incurably mad Renfield, has a psychic connection to Dracula – contacts Professor Van Helsing about Lucy's peculiar condition. Van Helsing, recognizing marks upon her

neg: Dracula 2000 he could discover a way to kill Dracula for good. Simon is intrigued by Dracula's hatred of all things Christian and wonders why he is also particularly vulnerable to silver. Van Helsing also tells Simon about his daughter, Mary, who was taken from England by her mother after the truth about his identity came to light. Since Mary was conceived after Van Helsing began his injections, she shares blood and a telepathic link with Dracula, who senses her existence and is in New Orleans to find her. Van Helsing and Simon try to reach Mary before Dracula does, but fail

neg: Dracula 3D exactly like his beloved Dolingen de Gratz, who died some centuries ago. Returning to the Kisslinger house, Mina learns of the death of her dear friend Lucy. The sequence of such strange and dramatic events summons the aid of Van Helsing, vampire expert of the techniques used to eliminate them. Van Helsing, aware of the circumstances, decides to act swiftly and prepares the tools needed to combat vampires. He directs himself to the center of evil, Count Dracula's castle. Meanwhile, Dracula goes to the village and kills the inhabitants who rescinded their pact, while Van Helsing, inside the castle, is

neg: Movies in Fifteen Minutes Movies in Fifteen Minutes Movies in Fifteen Minutes (known as m15m for short) is primarily the name of a set of Internet-based movie parodies by Cleolinda Jones (a pen name). The parodies first appeared in 2004 on Jones' LiveJournal, but have now been moved to a LiveJournal community of their own. There have been no new entries since 2012. Jones wrote the first parody, "Van Helsing in Fifteen Minutes", for fun; it appeared on her personal blog on 9 May 2004. "Van Helsing in Fifteen Minutes" proved surprisingly popular with readers on the internet. Jones' blog became so popular because

neg: Van Helsing (film) Dracula so that their ancestors may enter Heaven. Carl, a friar, provides Van Helsing with aid and weapons. In Transylvania, Velkan is apparently killed during an attempt to trap and kill a werewolf, and Anna is attacked by Dracula's brides shortly after Van Helsing's arrival. He saves Anna and kills Marishka, one of the brides, but as the last of her line, Anna becomes more determined to kill Dracula. In order to protect her, Van Helsing knocks her out to prevent her from leaving. She awakens that night and encounters Velkan, who reveals Dracula has a dark secret, but to

neg: Abraham Van Helsing Abraham Van Helsing Professor Abraham Van Helsing is a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel "Dracula". Van Helsing is an aged polymath Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: "MD, D.Ph., D.Litt., etc, etc," indicating a wealth of experience, education and expertise. The character is best known throughout many adaptations of the story as a vampire hunter and the archenemy of Count Dracula. In the novel, Professor Van Helsing is called in by his former student, Dr. John Seward, to assist with the mysterious

neg: Abraham Van Helsing a vampire, seeking out children. Eventually, Van Helsing, Arthur, Morris and Seward free the undead Lucy from her vampiric curse: Arthur uses a hammer to drive the stake through her heart and Van Helsing cuts off her head and puts garlic in her mouth. Mina, now married to Harker, becomes increasingly worried about his brain fever. Van Helsing reviews his journal and Harker's health returns when he learns that his experiences in Transylvania were real. Mina discovers that various letters and accounts provide further intelligence on Dracula's movements, and shares these with Harker, Seward, Morris, and Van Helsing. They learn

neg: The Brides of Dracula at Marianne. She approaches Marianne, asking forgiveness for letting the Baron "love her". She also reveals the whereabouts of the Baron, who is hiding at the old mill, and tries to convince Marianne to come with her so "they can both love him". Van Helsing discovers the body of Severin, and enters the stable, saving Marianne from being bitten by Gina, who then flees. Van Helsing takes Marianne back to the school to calm her down. Marianne doesn't want to believe that Gina or the Baron are vampires, but Van Helsing confirms that the Gina she once knew is indeed

neg: Van Helsing (film) final bride, Aleera, beats Anna. Carl tries delivering the cure to Van Helsing. Igor confronts Carl on a bridge, but the confrontation sends Igor falling to his demise. Frankenstein's monster saves Anna and urges her to help Carl and Van Helsing. She kills Aleera and arrives at the castle. As the werewolf, Van Helsing battles Dracula and, despite the vampire's attempts to reason with him, manages to bite him, causing him to dissolve into a skeleton. Anna bursts in, causing her to be attacked and accidentally killed by Van Helsing, but not before she delivers the cure. After narrowly stopping

neg: The Brides of Dracula dead and has been resurrected as the Baron's newest vampire bride, and if not stopped, neither the Baron nor she will have qualms attacking her or the school. Reluctantly, Marianne tells Van Helsing what Gina told her. The vampire hunter goes to the old mill and manages to find the Baron's coffin, but is soon confronted by both of Meinster's "brides" as well as Greta, who commands Gina and the village girl to obey their master's commands and kill Van Helsing. Van Helsing wards the brides off with his cross, but Greta, who is human and unaffected, manages to wrestle

neg: Abraham Van Helsing (set mainly in 1904) Cushing again plays the original Van Helsing from the Hammer series. John Badham's 1979 version of "Dracula" saw Laurence Olivier portray Van Helsing as a frail old man whose daughter becomes one of the undead, drawing him into a conflict with Frank Langella's Count that eventually costs the Professor his life. Anthony Hopkins portrayed Professor Van Helsing in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" in 1992. Once again implied to be an experienced vampire hunter, Hopkins' Van Helsing often comes across as unbalanced, casually discussing how to kill the un-dead despite the brutal methods involved, and displaying ruthless methods

neg: The Satanic Rites of Dracula Jessica, and the infected minister and the plague bacteria burn in the fire. Dracula attacks Van Helsing, but his prey escapes through a window into the woods. Van Helsing lures Dracula into a hawthorn bush where he is entangled. Van Helsing grabs a fence post and drives it through his heart. Dracula disintegrates into ashes. Van Helsing retrieves Dracula's ring from the ashes. The film included much of the original cast and characters of "Dracula A. D. 1972", the main change being Joanna Lumley playing a more mature version of Jessica Van Helsing, as compared to Stephanie Beacham. Work began

neg: Van Helsing (film) her horror, he becomes a werewolf, having been bitten by the original one earlier, and attacks. After she and Van Helsing track him to Frankenstein's castle, they discover that the vampires are attempting to give life to their born-dead children, using Velkan as the source of the power. Van Helsing, dubbed "Gabriel" by Dracula, realizes they had ties in the past. Van Helsing refuses Dracula's offer to return his memory and escapes. The experiment fails, and the vampire children die, but Velkan turns on Anna as he is consumed by his curse. Van Helsing and Anna escape together. Under the

neg: Stephanie Beacham Beacham appeared in often during this period, and she was subsequently cast as Jessica Van Helsing in Hammer's "Dracula A.D. 1972" alongside Peter Cushing. Beacham continued to appear in film, television and on stage. Her next role was as a repertory player with the Nottingham Playhouse, where she played several lead and feature roles, including the role of Nora in the Henrik Ibsen play "A Doll's House". In 1973, she played Georgina Layton in Thames Television's daytime drama "Marked Personal". The same year, she made an Italian film, "Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?" The film was released in

neg: NeocoreGames the announcement of the action-RPG "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing" and the party-based tactical RPG "Broken Sea", NeocoreGames has returned to independent video game development. In May 2012 the company announced the development of a role-playing game based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula". Titled "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing", the game follows Van Helsing's son as he travels to the eastern-European kingdom of Borgovia to slay the monsters that are overrunning the land. The game was to be the start of a new intellectual property for NeocoreGames. In June 2012 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, NeocoreGames announced a second

neg: Abraham Van Helsing differed from the novel's in that the actor portrayed the character as a visibly younger man (as did Christopher Lee as the Count), and also one whose main vocation appears to be vampire hunting. His first name is never mentioned, though in the later Hammer Dracula films set in the 1970s (which apparently exist on a different timeline) Lee's Dracula battles Cushing's 'Lorrimer Van Helsing', a grandson of a previous vampire hunter, who appears as 'Lawrence Van Helsing' (also Cushing) in the prologue to "Dracula A.D. 1972". In the final Hammer Dracula production "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires"

neg: Dracula and Mrs. Westenra, who has a heart condition, dies of fright. Van Helsing attempts to protect her with garlic but fate thwarts him each night, whether Lucy's mother removes the garlic from her room, or Lucy herself does so in her restless sleep. The doctors have found two small puncture marks about her neck, which Dr. Seward is at a loss to understand. After Lucy dies, Van Helsing places a golden crucifix over her mouth, ostensibly to delay or prevent Lucy's vampiric conversion. Fate conspires against him again when Van Helsing finds the crucifix in the possession of one of

neg: Lucy Westenra - Entre l'amour et la mort". In 2011, Anaïs Delva played the role of Lucy Westenra in the French musical "Dracula – L'amour plus fort que la mort". Lucy appears in Marvel Comics adaptation of "Bram Stoker's Dracula" # 2-3. Lucy is portrayed as in the novel as a dark haired nineteen-year-old beauty who is killed along with her mother by Count Dracula in 1890 after Abraham Van Helsing tries to save her life. Topps Comics also did a comics adaption of the film "Bram Stoker's Dracula". In 2008, Ben Caldwell created a very short version of Dracula as the

neg: Robin Stewart Robin Stewart Robin Stewart (9 October 1946 – 22 November 2015) was an English actor, game show host and reporter who was best known for playing Mike Abbott, the son of Sid James' character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom "Bless This House". He acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his British film roles include "Tamahine", "The Haunted House of Horror", "Cromwell", "Adventures of a Private Eye", and "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" as Leyland Van Helsing. He played the role of Mike Abbott in sit-com series "Bless This

neg: Count Dracula cause death. It is the method vampires use to drain blood of the victim and to increase their influence over them. This is described by Van Helsing: Victims who are bitten by a vampire and do not die, are hypnotically influenced by them: Van Helsing later describes the aftermath of a bitten victim when the vampire has been killed: As Dracula slowly drains Lucy's blood, she dies from acute blood loss and later transforms into a vampire, despite the efforts of Seward and Van Helsing to provide her with blood transfusions. He is aided by powers of necromancy and divination

neg: Abraham Van Helsing of Blood', cursing her and the group for plotting against him. The party use sacred items to repel Dracula, who flees into a different room as a vapour. Dracula then destroys all the texts Mina had produced, except for one which was hidden, and breaks Renfield's neck before leaving. Van Helsing places a wafer of sacramental bread upon Mina's forehead to bless her but it burns her flesh, leaving a scar. Mina, feeling that she is now connected with Dracula, asks Van Helsing to hypnotize her before dawn, the only time she feels she could freely speak. Through this hypnosis

neg: Dracula to waste away suspiciously, Seward invites his old teacher, Abraham Van Helsing, who immediately determines the true cause of Lucy's condition. He refuses to disclose it but diagnoses her with acute blood-loss. Van Helsing prescribes numerous blood transfusions to which he, Seward, Quincey, and Arthur all contribute over time. Van Helsing also prescribes garlic flowers to be placed throughout her room and weaves a necklace of withered garlic blossoms for her to wear. However she continues to waste away – appearing to lose blood every night. While both doctors are absent, Lucy and her mother are attacked by a wolf

neg: The Satanic Rites of Dracula the "Sabbath of the Undead". Keeley's research notes lead Van Helsing to the reclusive property developer D. D. Denham, who funded Keeley's research. Van Helsing speculates that the fifth photo of an empty doorway may actually have been of Dracula, whose image cannot be captured; he suggests that Dracula wants to exact revenge on humanity. Van Helsing visits Denham in his headquarters (built on the church yard where Dracula died in the previous film) and discovers that he is actually Count Dracula. He tries to shoot Dracula with a silver bullet, but is beaten by the Count's conspirators. Dracula decides

neg: Van Helsing: The London Assignment his underground fortress, Van Helsing and Carl find a young woman who claims to be Queen Victoria, and they discover that Dr. Jekyll is in love with the Queen. In order to keep her young and thus immortal, she has been given a potion by Dr. Jekyll that turns her into a young woman for one night. But, in order to create the potion which causes the transformations, Dr. Jekyll needs the drained souls of his freshly killed victims and thus the killings will never stop. Dr. Jekyll then kidnaps Victoria, using the Golden Jubilee Balloon to escape. Van Helsing

neg: Abraham Van Helsing Hitler, as a main character In the Big Finish Productions audio drama "The Tangled Skein" (adapted from the novella by David Stuart Davies) Van Helsing, acting alone, joins forces with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate the presence of vampires in London. Although initially disbelieving of Van Helsing's convictions when they read about his lectures on vampires, the duo accept his word when they are confronted and nearly killed by a vampire in Hampstead Heath, joining Van Helsing in staking the vampire. While Van Helsing is forced to focus on his lectures over the next few days, he leaves

neg: Humbert Allen Astredo country, as well as short runs in various roles in the daytime soap operas "Another World", "The Edge of Night", "The Guiding Light", "Love of Life", and "Loving". He made his West End debut in London in 1982 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in "The Little Foxes", playing "William Marshall" and appearing with Elizabeth Taylor. He had played the role with Taylor on Broadway in 1981. In 1985, Astredo performed the role of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in the national touring company production of "Dracula", opposite Martin Landau in the title role. Astredo continued acting in plays on Broadway, Off

neg: Van Helsing (soundtrack) however. Besides Alan Silvestri, who co-produced the album in addition to composing it, these additional credits are given on the back of the CD cover: Produced by: Orchestrated by: Special Vocal Performances: Mixed and Recorded by: Edited by: The orchestra used was the Hollywood Studio Orchestra, while the choral sections were provided by the Hollywood Film Chorale. Van Helsing (soundtrack) Van Helsing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was composed by Alan Silvestri and released on May 4, 2004, by Decca Records. The score accompanies the 2004 film, as its name implies. Generally well received by fans and critics alike, three major

neg: And When I Die the choruses and the other two verses are longer than on the edited version. The song was also recorded by The Heavy. This version was used in the season four finale of "True Blood". The song was also played by Joe 90 in the horror movie "Final Destination" (2000). Alison Krauss and Billy Childs contributed an ethereal version of the song for the 2014 album "Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro". A line from the song is sung at the end of season one, episode three in the 2016 series "Van Helsing" when Doc, played by Rukiya Bernard, is

neg: Sanny van Heteren Sanny van Heteren Sanny van Heteren (born June 9, 1977 in Winsen (Luhe), Germany) is a German actress that has worked in both Hollywood German and Spanish productions. Her first role was in "Ein Fall für TKKG: Drachenauge", where she played the lead role of Gaby. She can also be seen in "Unknown" with Liam Neeson and "". In 2009 she played the lead in "High Plains Invaders", a SyFy original movie where she played a gunslinger by the name of Rose Hildrige. Played the role of Christiane in Til Schweiger's movie "Kokowääh" in 2011. In 2012 she played the

neg: Dracula A.D. 1972 and the sixth to star Christopher Lee in the title role. It also marked the return of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing for the first time since "The Brides of Dracula" (1960), and was the first to feature both Lee and Cushing in their respective roles since "Dracula" (1958). It was followed by the last film in Hammer's Dracula series to star Christopher Lee, "The Satanic Rites of Dracula", which similarly utilized a modern setting and featured most of the same central characters. In 1872, Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) and his nemesis Lawrence Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) battle on the

neg: Dracula's Daughter Dracula's Daughter Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film "Dracula". Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden in the title role, Marguerite Churchill and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, Edward Van Sloan – although his character's name was altered from Van Helsing to "Von" Helsing. "Dracula's Daughter" tells the story of Countess Marya Zaleska, the daughter of Count Dracula and herself a vampire. Following Dracula's death, she believes that by destroying

neg: Dracula in popular culture is a 1979 film written and directed by Harry Hurwitz, who was credited as "Harry Tampa". This was the fourth and final time John Carradine played Count Dracula. In 1979 Frank Langella starred as a sexually charged version of the Count in the big budget film "Dracula" directed by John Badham and featuring a score by John Williams. Based on the 1977 Broadway revival of the 1927 Deane-Balderston play, in which Langella had starred in the title role, it also starred Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing and Donald Pleasence as Dr. Seward. "Love at First Bite" (1979) is a romantic

neg: Frank Finlay as the father in the once controversial "Bouquet of Barbed Wire" (1976), and its sequel "Another Bouquet" (1977), and he was reunited with his "Bouquet of Barbed Wire" co-star, Susan Penhaligon, when he played Professor Van Helsing in the BBC "Count Dracula" (also 1977), with Louis Jourdan. He appeared in two Sherlock Holmes films as Inspector Lestrade, solving the Jack the Ripper murders ("A Study in Terror", 1965, and "Murder by Decree", 1979). He also played a role in an episode of the Granada Television adaptation of "Sherlock Holmes" starring Jeremy Brett, in which his son Daniel played a minor

neg: Kelly Overton (actress) Kelly Overton (actress) Kelly Overton is an American actress. She is known for portraying Vanessa Van Helsing in the 2016 Syfy fantasy drama series "Van Helsing". Overton grew up in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, where she graduated with their highest honor, The Charles Jehlinger Award. She has performed off-Broadway, in regional Shakespeare, and on several TV shows. She began in national television in 2000 in the role of Rainn Wilkins on several seasons of "All My Children". Then in 2002 she returned to theater on Broadway where she debuted

neg: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing tale of Count Dracula, similar to how the developer's earlier role-playing game "King Arthur" was based on the tale of King Arthur. The game is not set strictly in the same fictional universe as Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula", but rather a similar one in a twisted 19th century Europe with "monsters, magic and weird technology". The game takes place in Borgova, the gothic-noir capital of the fictional kingdom of Borgovia. The city is vast, bolstered by anachronistic science, but also filled with evil creatures that this science has created. The game's protagonist is the son of Abraham Van Helsing, the

neg: Hammer Film Productions in an attempt to re-imagine the character to appeal to a younger audience, but the movie’s commercial failure led to a further change of style with the following films. The next two were not period pieces like their predecessors, but had a then-contemporary 1970s London setting; Peter Cushing appeared in both films playing a descendant of Van Helsing, and then returned to the role of the original Van Helsing a final time for the horror / martial arts crossover "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires", the last film in the series. Christopher Lee grew increasingly disillusioned with the direction

neg: Van Helsing (video game) one eight for a total of 29 out of 40. Van Helsing (video game) Van Helsing is a third-person shooter for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and mobile phone, which is based on the 2004 action horror film of the same name by Stephen Sommers. Starting off with the killing of Mr. Hyde in Paris, the player must use the character of Van Helsing to hunt down Dracula in Transylvania. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "mixed" reviews, while the Game Boy Advance version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, "Famitsu"

neg: Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue and "The Invisible Man" and "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H. G. Wells. The story launches in medias res, as Van Helsing jumps into action through a window. We see a woman floating in the air, reminding him that he had not slept in 52 hours. The story then begins in full, and we find Van Helsing inside Notre Dame de Paris, just after the murder of Mr. Hyde. He is found guilty by the authorities, but is given the opportunity of escape by the priests. Van Helsing then proceeds to escape through the sewers to stay at a

neg: Van Helsing (video game) Van Helsing (video game) Van Helsing is a third-person shooter for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and mobile phone, which is based on the 2004 action horror film of the same name by Stephen Sommers. Starting off with the killing of Mr. Hyde in Paris, the player must use the character of Van Helsing to hunt down Dracula in Transylvania. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "mixed" reviews, while the Game Boy Advance version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, "Famitsu" gave the PS2 version a score of three sevens and

neg: Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue has "finally and fully sensed evil". Documents on a nearby desk reveal that the creature is named "Beathán". It says that he was injected with a serum of invisibility (Van Helsing even remembers having heard a Vatican report about an incident of an "Englishman" becoming invisible in West Sussex). Van Helsing learns that he is in the secret laboratory of the Dr. Moreau. He suddenly finds himself with the same, about to feed the invisible monster. They discourse about the creation of the chimeras in his laboratory. Van Helsing states that it is not his job to kill him and

neg: Van Helsing (film) remains of the old windmill, Van Helsing and Anna encounter Frankenstein's monster. Because he is not evil, Van Helsing cannot allow him to be killed, even though he claims to be key to Dracula's experiment. The werewolf witnesses the conversation and escapes to inform Dracula. Meanwhile, Carl discovers a painting that comes to life, depicting a werewolf and a vampire battling. The group travels by carriage to Budapest, luring the remaining brides into a trap and killing Verona. The werewolf ambushes the real carriage and bites Van Helsing before being killed. Anna is captured and held as a bargaining chip

neg: Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue beast from his torment. Moreau takes the confusion to his advantage, and he escapes without being seen, leaving his laboratory to be destroyed. Van Helsing and "Beathán" manage to escape and Van Helsing briefly ponders taking the beast with him to the Vatican. Finally, he reports that he "put forth all effort in trying to capture it . . . and failed", while, in reality, he just let the monster free. Van Helsing ends his report stating that he had not slept in 53 hours. We see a final image of Dr. Moreau escaping with one of his creations, stating

neg: Terence Fisher little-known supporting actor Christopher Lee portrayed the Creature. It was a handsome-looking, quality production and an international box office smash; alarming British critics and raising the standard for what was acceptable in terms of on-screen violence and gore, the movie established Hammer as a leading brand name in the British film industry. Hammer had even more financial success with Fisher’s second gothic horror film "Dracula" (1958), starring Lee in the title role and Cushing as his adversary Doctor Van Helsing. Once again reducing the scope of its source novel in line with Hammer’s budgetary constraints, the screenplay minimised both the

neg: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing appeared "too young and inexperienced", NeocoreGames held a vote to decide which of three possible versions of the main character would be used in the game: The Mysterious Stranger, The Chevalier, or The Veteran "(see picture at left)". Receiving 72% of the vote, The Mysterious Stranger depiction was chosen to be used for the young Van Helsing. The game received "mixed" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. A sequel, "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II", was released on 22 May 2014. A second sequel, "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III", was released on 22 May 2015.

neg: Van Helsing: The London Assignment uses his grappling gun to follow the balloon, then proceeds to board it. In the balloon, Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde to kill Van Helsing and crashes the balloon in the process. While fighting on the in-construction Tower Bridge, Mr. Hyde is shot through the arm but manages to escape. Upon returning Victoria to Buckingham Palace, Van Helsing says that daybreak will break the enchantment, returning her to her real age. To reward him, Victoria kisses him, at the precise moment of daybreak, causing her old self to slap him and call for guards. Van Helsing sends word back to