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
Rena Mason Rena Mason Rena Mason is an American author of horror fiction and a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. Her literary debut, "The Evolutionist," won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2013, while her novella "East End Girls" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction. Her 2014 short story "Ruminations" tied for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Fiction. She also received a 2014 Silver Hammer Award from the Horror Writers Association, given in recognition of extraordinary volunteerism by a member of the association. She has published a number of short