Van Helsing - Van Helsing From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Van Helsing is a 2004 action / horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. The plot is loosely based on Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, and the Wolf Man, but also incorporates characters from many other works into the narrative, particularly literary classics of the gothic horror canon.