Van Helson -
Van Helsing is a 2004 American action horror film about vigilante monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing, written, produced, and directed by Stephe Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. The film opened on May 7, 2004.
The film is a homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the '30s and '40s (also produced by Universal Studios), of which director Stephen Sommers is a fan. The titular character was inspired by Abraham Van Helsing from Irish author Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film includes a number of monsters such as Count Dracula and the Frankenstein's monster in a way similar to the multi-monster movies that Universal produced in the 1940s, such as Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and House of Dracula.
(Why I highlighted the words)
The film itself is a horror film, based on the theme of monsters.
I chose Van Helsing because it is quiet recent as it's in the 200s. But as we are timing our piece into the victorian times, I was thinking about the ideas behind how the writer, producer and director Stephe Sommers showed the time differences.
The idea of the film being distributed by Universal Pictures, the company itself founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle is very well known through many films such as
- Back to the Future films
- Bring It On films
- About a Boy (film)
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
- American Pie 1 and 2
- Bad Boys (1983)
- 8 Mile
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin
- Bedtime Story
- Beethoven 1,2,3,4 and 5
- And many many more favourites.....
| FACTS: | |
| Directed by | Stephen Sommers |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Stephen Sommers Bob Ducsay |
| Written by | Stephen Sommers |
| Starring | Hugh Jackman Kate Beckinsale Richard Roxburgh David Wenham Will Kemp Kevin J. O'Connor Shuler Hensley |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | Allen Daviau |
| Editing by | Bob Ducsay Kelly Matsumoto |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 5, 2004 United States May 7, 2004 |
| Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $160 million |
| Gross revenue | $300,257,475 |
| Preceded by | Van Helsing: The London |
The Wolf Man-
The Wolf Man is a 1941 American Monster/Werewolf/Horror filmwritten by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as The Wolf Man, and it also stars Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Béla Lugosi, and Maria Ouspenskaya. The title character has had a great deal of influence on Hollywood's depictions of the legend of the werewolf.The film is the second Universal Pictures werewolf movie, preceded six years earlier by the less commercially successful Werewolf of London. A remake was released in early 2010 starring Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins.
FACTS
| Directed by | George Waggner |
|---|---|
| Produced by | George Waggner |
| Written by | Curt Siodmak |
| Starring | Lon Chaney, Jr. Claude Rains Warren William Ralph Bellamy Patric Knowles Bela Lugosi Maria Ouspenskaya Evelyn Ankers |
| Cinematography | Joseph Valentine, ASC |
| Editing by | Ted J. Kent |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 12, 1941 |
| Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $180,000 |
| Followed by | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |
