Every horror fan's dream come true!

Rating: 7/10 (6 May 2004)

Don't believe the bad reviews of this film. It is excellent. It has all the right material and it really does well with it. In the end it all works out. The CGI are probably the best I have seen in any movie. The Van Helsinger character is everything the Batman movie should have been. He is The Dark Knight par excellence. He is the Indiana Jones of the 19th century. This movie is about as good as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and far better than the other Indiana Jones movies. It is really great to see Dracula, Dr.Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman and Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde in one movie. It is like an edition of "Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen" with a special eye for horror. Maybe the action becomes a bit too much sometimes but the young Van Helsing is an action character as opposed to the older who is more scientifically minded. Anyway, the bad reviews are given by people who don't appreciate horror. Don't believe it. This is the dream of every horror fan.