Dr.+Abraham+Van+Helsing+(2)

Edited by Darren Davis, Meng Ling Zhao, ad Cody Figgeroa.

Bram Stoker's Dracula (Movie) (Book)(1992) portrays Van Helsing as less of a scholar and more of a vampire butt-kicker. Anthony Hopkins plays Dr Van Helsing as an intellectual man of God with a definite sadistic mean streak when it comes to the undead.

This is a physical description of Dr. Van Helsing found in chapter 14. "a man of medium weight, strongly built, with his shoulders set back over a broad, deep chest and a neck well balanced on the trunk as the head is on the neck. The poise of the head strikes me at once as indicative of thought and power. The head is noble, well-sized, broad, and large behind the ears. The face, clean-shaven, shows a hard, square chin, a large resolute, mobile mouth, a good-sized nose, rather straight, but with quick, sensitive nostrils, that seem to broaden as the big bushy brows come down and the mouth tightens. The forehead is broad and fine, rising at first almost straight and then sloping back above two bumps or ridges wide apart, such a forehead that the reddish hair cannot possibly tumble over it, but falls naturally back and to the sides. Big, dark blue eyes are set widely apart, and are quick and tender or stern with the man's moods."

Dr. Abrahm Van Helsing is a morally righteous man and religiously committed. Van Helsing views his pursuit of Count Dracula with an air of grandiosity.

media type="youtube" key="c1KeGAeV_Ls" height="405" width="660" The Video above descibes the mind set of Van Helsing in previous movies.


 * [[image:drac_van_helsing.jpg]] || On the left is a picture of Van Helsing. On the right is author Robert Roosevelt. There are striking similarities between the two. They are both Dutch, scientists, have a reputation of kindliness, "bushy brows," etc. Robert Roosevelt also lived in Holland while an ambassador in the 1880s-90s. Robert Roosevelt was friends with Oscar Wilde, who was a guest at his home in Sayville. Wilde, Stoker, Whitman and Roosevelt were in the same "crowd." || [[image:roos_robert_small.jpg]] ||

media type="youtube" key="F8qulnJ6-9I" height="239" width="396" Trailer of the movie based off of dracula (characters) but is revolved around Van Helsing.

This guy was chosen to play in the first Dracula movie because the directors thought he looked like what was decribed as Van Helsing.

Nothing really to do with Van Helsing but cool Vampires pictures. media type="youtube" key="sbxGjz9hQSU" height="405" width="500" This guy was great at depicting the role of Van Helsing.