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
Smith and Jones (Doctor Who) the design department saw this as a reference to Bram Stoker, author of "Dracula", so the sign 'B. Stoker' was placed on the office door during production. The "Royal Hope Hospital" name was reused in the of "", which starred Freema Agyeman and was written by "Doctor Who" and "Torchwood" writer Chris Chibnall. This is the first episode not to have a pre-credits sequence since the Ninth Doctor episode "Rose" (another series opener, also introducing a new companion). The next series opener, "Partners in Crime", would also have no pre-credits sequence. Filming took place mainly in August 2006, with additional