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Cast:
- Hugh Jackman as Gabriel Van Helsing. He is the original vampire hunter and the Vatican Avenger, his job is to take down the evil creatures in the world during the late 19th century. Commonly known as Van Helsing or Murder, he is a wanted man all throughout Europe by the people because to the people they think he kills innocent humans, but these humans who were murdered by Van Helsing were in fact monsters before they died (seen when Van Helsing kills Mr. Hyde but ends up as Dr. Jekyll). Van Helsing is the protagonist of the film but has the reputation of being the bad guy and does not do things by the book. He is considered an outsider because of his actions and does not behave like a normal human also the way he dresses makes him different; in a black hat, black coat, black boots, and a big black hat. Van Helsing also discovers a love interest throughout the film with Anna Valerious.

- Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious, who is a Gypsy Princess of Transylvania, daughter of Borris Valerious (King of the Gypsies) and sister of Velkan Valerious (who she is very close with). She is the last Valerious family member to survive therefore must carry out her family’s destiny, to protect the people of Transylvania from Dracula. Valerious family has been protecting Transylvania for 450 years,this is bevause if one of the Valerious family member does not kill Dracula, the family “will never enter the gates of Saint Peters and will stay in Purgatory” for eternity. Anna is a strong, independent woman, and becomes Van Helsing’s (Hugh Jackman) love interest in the film. Anna dies towards the end by the film because she was trying to save Van Helsing by injecting the cure into him, trying to relieve the curse

- Richard Roxburgh as Count Vladislaus "Dracula" Dragulia, is the antagonist (bad guy) and he is the head of the vampires. Dracula is a very powerful vampire because he has control of his brides, werewolves, and other supernatural beings in Transylvania. He wants all this control and power so that his young (children) will survive and continue the existence of vampires. Dracula has existed as a vampire for about 450 years, terrorizing Transylvania and can only be killed by a werewolf bite, if Dracula dies so does all his young or other vampires been has created. The character is based off the Dracula in the 1930s Dracula film.

- David Wenham as Carl, who is the Vatican squire and is Van Helsing’s (Hugh Jackman) sidekick throughout their journey to Transylvania. Carl creates weapons and tools for the Vatican, which Van Helsing uses in his work. Carl figures out on accident how to kill Dracula but a secret moving painting, telling him about vampires and werewolves.

- Shuler Hensley as Frankenstein’s Monster, a creature that is 7 feet tall, created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein to prove that God is not the only thing to make life. Frankenstein’s monster goes into hiding when the town’s people and Dracula chase him into a windmill, but then comes back out to help Van Helsing take down Dracula. All the Frankenstein's monster wants is to have friends, not be lonely anymore, and to be normal being.

- Dracula's Three Wifes:
 * Silvia Colloca as Verona, she is the main vampire bride of Dracula, meaning that she has authority over the other two because she was his first wife. Verona has straight black hair and wears a white gypsy-looking outfit.  Her job as a bride is to make and take care of the young but she and the other brides also terrorize the people of Transylvania.


 * Elena Anaya as Aleera, a vampire bride of Dracula. She has curly red hair and wears a pink gypsy-looking outfit. Her job as a bride is to make and take care of the young but she and the other brides also terrorize the people of Transylvania.  She is the vampire bride who really does not like Anna Valerious Kate Beckinsale because she is constantly fighting with Anna Valerious Kate Beckinsale.


 * Josie Maran as Marishka, a vampire bride of Dracula. She has curly brown-blonde hair and wears a gold gypsy-looking outfit. Her job as a bride is to make and take care of the young but she and the other brides also terrorize the people of Transylvania.  She is the first of the brides to be killed by Van Helsing.  She was killed while the brides were terrorizing the town.  Van Helsing Hugh Jackman killed her by shooting an arrow striaght through her chest, this killed her because the arrow was make of silver and it was dipped in holy water which is deadly to vampires.

- Will Kemp Velkan Valerious, is the Prince of Gypsies of Transylvania and is brother of Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) and Borris, King of the Gypsies. A werewolf bites Velkan early in the film when he and Anna were trying to kill it. He shot the werewolf but the werewolf bit him, saving Anna but sacraficing himslef. He becomes a werewolf, but tries to still be human even though he cannot. Velkan is the werewolf who bites Van Helsing, when Velkan was attacking Anna.

- Kevin J. O'Connor as Igor, he is Dracula’s worker. He is a weasel-like character and job for Dracula is to watch over prisoners and makes sure that all the other creatures are doing their jobs. He evens up falling to his death when Carl and him are fight for "the cure," and Igor falls of the bridge of the castle into the unknown.

- Alun Armstrong as Cardinal Jinette, is a Vatican Cardinal that gives Van Helsing all his assignments. Cardinal Jinette is part of “the Order,” which is a secret organization that is ran by the Vatican but it is unknown to the public and has been there to protect human beings from the creatures that live with them since the beginning of time.

- Tom Fisher as Top Hat, he is spokes person for the town. He is a gravedigger and is the person who takes care of the dead bodies of Transylvania.

- Samuel West as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, he is the creator of Frankenstein’s monster. He original works for Dracula because Dracula was the only one who believed in his work but once Dracula tries to take the monster away from Dr. Frankenstein he sees Dracula’s true colors. Dr. Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s Monster run away but then Dr. Frankenstein is killed and burned when the towns’ people burn the windmill down.

- Stephen Fisher as Dr. Jekyll, he is the “good” side of the first creature that Van Helsing encounters in Paris. He is a doctor but he conducts an experiment and it ended up making have a dual personality, good sensible man (Dr. Jekyll) but then turns into a bad monster (Mr. Hyde).

- Robbie Coltrane as the voice of Mr. Hyde, he is a huge human-like creature. Mr. Hyde is the “bad” side of Dr. Jekyll’s personality, he becomes a monster who kills and eats people. Van Helsing in Paris in the beginning of the film kills Mr. Hyde.

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Bonus Material on DVD:

 * 1.Explore Dracula’s Castle

Which is an interactive and visual tour of Dracula’s castle.


 * 2.Bloopers

Is many sequences of funny and random scenes during the production of Van Helsing.


 * 3.	Bring Monsters to Life

It has the visual directors and animators describe the process of how the monsters are made and how the set was created for Van Helsing. They tell you the different elements they used in different scenes of the film, but showing the steps they took.


 * 4.	You are in the Movie

Behind the scenes footage into the film Van Helsing, making you feel like you the audience are apart of the production. There are arrows and captions that indicate who is where at the different times and it contains random comments everywhere as well.


 * 5.	The Legend of Van Helsing

It shows you the evolution of the character of Van Helsing from the early 1930’s to the present. It is told in perspective of the directors and editors of the film and how they based the character from the original film in the 1930’s of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who was vampire hunter and was told to kill Dracula. The directors also talk about how the only actor they wanted for this role was Hugh Jackman because he was the perfect fit for it both strong and desired by both men and women (according to the editors and director).