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
Stoker (film) Miller described it as a "horror film, a family drama and a psychological thriller". Although influenced by Bram Stoker's "Dracula", Miller clarified that "Stoker" was "not about vampires. It was never meant to be about vampires but it is a horror story. A stoker is one who stokes, which also ties in nicely with the narrative." Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" also influenced the film. Miller said: "The jumping-off point is actually Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt". So, that's where we begin, and then we take it in a very, very different direction." The film marked director Park Chan-wook's