This review was originally posted in October 2011, and has been re-cut for this re-posting, 2m 8s from it's run time. Cuts have been made to tighten up film footage, and cut a few jokes I wasn't a fan of. For some reason, I didn't have the master for this episode (edited by my friend), just a converted FLV (that I used to upload to Blip to) that I had to convert to an MP4 to re-edit, hence why this looks a little lower quality than my other re-uploads. This appears to have quietly become one of my most controversial reviews (the "unofficial" version has a high dislike bar), and I do think I'm probably a little too dismissive of the film, but I do stand by a lot of what I raised here. Have fun!

It's a bad movie, but I gotta admit I always have fun watching it, especially the Dracula/Wolfman fight at the end. Over the top non-quality CGI, but it's a guilty pleasure for sure.

Just watch "Penny Dreadful" for all the positive that this movie missed. Great creatures that includes Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, his monster, Vampires, Witches, Wolf Man, and more, in a great plot over three seasons. and most wonderfully, it is beautifully shot and costumed. Must see if you like all the Victorian stories!

I thought that the film wasn’t that bad.

I hated the movie back when it came out and I haven't mellowed on it one bit. What I hate it for is the huge missed opportunity of having this big monster mash but doing so little with it other than some bog-standard, forgettable Hollywood action blockbuster movie. None of the creatures and characters in it are done justice, the action is laughably inept, the plot is annoyingly dumb and the pacing is all over the place. Seriously, the Monster Squad movie from the 80s did what this movie tried to do much better, and that was an action-comedy kids flick.

I always enjoyed this movie and didn't really notice all the problems till your review. I can see the glaring problems now but I still think its a fun movie to watch. It's at least not boring.

This film was entertaining but it was Plagued by terrible Script

This is honestly not a good movie but it's a guilty pleasure. There are good actors in this mess but they get nothing to work with. I ❤ Kate Beckinsale

Beckinsale isn't a bad actress but this movie doesn't prove it.

I liked Van Helsing, too. It's meant to be campy. I think the brides were the best thing about the movie, they should've had their own movie.

I don't know why (

The light grenade tearing everyone into skeletons was also done in Blade 2, and done against vampires as well in that one. Really Hollywood, you need to stop thinking that we can't remember these things from movie to movie.

Fun Fact: the actor playing the monster also played the monster in Young Frankenstein, the Musical.

I think i'm in the minority here.

I found the creativity of taking something pre-existing and so many different monsters and melding it into one story is actually something to be admired in this film. They did it without it too much trouble - and it created a rich environment that hinted at more monsters. It makes you think it these monsters exist in the same universe, then what other monsters exist? Some characters may not have been necessary, like the Velarius family, but they were a reason for Van Helsing to go after Dracula. As for the action sequences, its a monster movie. You need the CGI for the stunts otherwise you wouldn't be able to show off their abilities to the fullest. Maybe it was overloaded with monsters, but it was a fun movie that people can watch and truly lose themselves in if they're not purists.

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That bit with the cat killed me. XD

Vampire furniture? Why can't we have a movie about that?!

As a Bulgarian the "Van Helsing turns into wolverine" joke was even funnier to me because in Bulgarian Wolverine's name is translated to "The Wearwolf"(Because I guess the translators thought wolverines weren't intimidating or something)

The best advice in this movie is also line from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by the way.