Van Helsing - Nostalgia Critic 

Review nightmare on elm street remake and the Friday the 13th remake please?

Scarygodmother 2!

*Tremors 1990* *Is it a bad movie or a fun guilty* *pleasure?*

Alien vs predator requiem

Sleepaway camp and goosebumps.

I always loved this movie too, the review was hysterical tho

Im unapologetically black

Amen bloody loved this movie!

I enjoy watching this movie. Its awesome in my opinion

Same

@@rezalustig6773 Interesting, didn't know these details. In all movies I saw him, I think he did a fine job, usually as a villain. But they were mostly flawed movies.

Yeah

He's a bad Dracula but a fun villian

I agree, i think he did amazing as Dracula.

At least he's better than Adam Sandler's Dracula in Hotel Transylvania. What a ripoff!!

" the monster " commited identity thief

He actually names himself Adam in the novel. But I do see your point.

@@jessicapeters7440 He does. Adam Frankenstein.

Jessica Peters Not exactly. He says to Frankenstein “I am the Adam of your labors”. Whether he meant that as his name or not is ambiguous. There is some evidence that Mary Shelley never meant the monster to have a name.

Dammmmmn.... No comeback Doug?

Riftsighf 😳

You’ve just blown my whole mind

A FILM THEORY!

That would be super fucking cool

David Cinnella AAANNND CUT

Chad Norris He cuts out the best part of the scene

@@RickyUzumaki993 He cuts out a lot of scenes that explain some issues he has as well. Critic bashes the movie calling the monster Frankenstein even though it was established that he doesn't like to be called a monster and considers the doctor his father, which technically makes him another Frankenstein in the family line.

its been years since ive seen this movie and i honestly was not expecting that line, so i started cracking up and had to pause there

RevStalker That’s part of why I don’t like this review as much as some of his others

Cthulu jesus Can’t say I blame you

I think it was Latin though.

Ikr, whenever critics push their own standard they just ignore some effort put by the people behind it. Yes it's latin.

Latin, honey. Latin. That's also what the initials RIP stand for, though it did conveniently transfer over into English well enough. (Remember in the game it was a traditional prayer that dates back way before Ezio)

And they say games can't teach you anything.. HA! Yes they can.

@@echoskelet I mean, on some level I agree with you, but this isn't the case I would use to prove it seeing as OP is actually wrong. Assassin's Creed clearly did their research on a number of things, but aside from the in-game wall of text when you pass a certain landmark, I REALLY wouldn't get your history lessons from them.

*stares in Samwise Gamgee*

An his "comic relief" isn't super campy or over the top

My favorite Carl line: "You're a monk, you shouldn't curse at all." "Technically I'm still just a friar, I can curse all I want............ DAMN IT."

@@emmanuelrosas1434 Sam wise is the opposite of a coward

@@emmanuelrosas1434 Samwise is no coward. He’s not named Samwise the Brave for no reason.

And he decided to do whatever he wanted because no one could hold him accountable

Oh honey, you actually think Stephen Sommers has read the book....

Yes! Thank you! Hyde is Jekyll in a different body. He doesn’t have DID or something like that. Jekyll was totally aware of what he was doing as Hyde.

well, at least we have Castlevania now

I watch this movie every year for Halloween. Call it a guilty pleasure. It's mediocre at best, but a fun little romp IMO.

@@egroegreyes986 don't forget the Hellsing manga/anime

Supernatural season 4 episode 5

Me too

Same

The Unholy Messiah I enjoy this movie too man. It’s better than the Dark Universe that can’t get off the ground.

It was ok. I didn't like the end though because the girl dies.

It's one of my favorite movies to watch too. My favorite line: "Some things are better left forgotten."

NGL, the movies got some solid one-liners.

I was about to say this. Lol

Didn’t sound like it, but I hear it now

And that's the thing I love about this movie. Although they miss a tail.

@@Leofwine Yes, give them a long tail and you got 👌a perfect werewolf design.

Dog Soldiers had better werewolves

Yes!! The Werewolves was the best part of Van Helsing. Amongs other thing like.. Kate Beckinsale being hot or Richard hilarious Dracula or... The sidekick. 😂

​@@Leofwine calm down fury 😂

I love the first one. Glorious fun.

I didn't love the first one

+ValensBellator I love both the first, and second films.

ValensBellator Nostalgia Critic seemed to like it, as he referenced it 4 times in this video. That or he just thought the two movies were very similar

There could be a couple reasons for this. At least that’s just me thinking out loud. The Mummy (Brendan Fraser starring) is awesome. It’s not perfect, but it was such a fun movie. When it came out, that’s what most people thought despite some of the negative criticism. Nowadays, people might not like it because; it’s a remake, CGI doesn’t hold up, character tropes that have been around for a long time, and probably more. If you want to hear someone talk positive about The Mummy, check out StitchedTogetherPics video on it. He has a series called ‘boots to reboots’ and compared this movie with its original.

Me too. This movie is awesome. Yes, it is stupid as fuck but it is also just so damn entertaining.

I saw this movie in theaters when I was 9. This movie will always kick ass in my eyes

Agreed, I don't care if this is basically Hugh Jackman's Wild Wild West 😂

Dude I will always be on your side

Ngl man NC's points were either kinda dishonest or he misunderstood a scene lol.

I liked the scene where he nuked the masquerade ball with a light-bomb gadget he had invented but wasn't quite sure what it would be good for.

And when helsing says something about it, he replies "I just have access to very unstable chemicals" lmao

Hell yea funny stuff

If you think about it, carl is really the hero of this movie. he supplies van helsing with all the cool gadgets that save him time and again (crossbow, silver bullets), saves (and gets) the girl while van helsing kills his love interest, figures out what can kill dracula, kills more vampires in a single scene than van helsing killed in the entire movie (the light bomb), assisted in killing igor and one of the brides, and was totally ready to put werewolf helsing down until he realized he'd been given the cure. carl is the hero here, but van helsing got all the credit.

Came to post this. However, the point still stands that Frankenstein operated out of Ingolstadt, far away from Romania.

Also, NC should probably check a map from 1887, the borders were... slightly different back then.

It doesn't matter if the borders were different. Victor was not in Romania. I don't think he even went there when he wondered the wilds. I believe he went to Norway.

Really what happened to them!1

Transylvania would have been like 10% Germans at that time. *@Nabeel Work* After the Soviet Union collapsed and the Romanians put a bullet in their dictator's head they... suggested it might be in the best interest of the Germans to leave. Many did and are now back in Germany. EDIT: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans_of_Romania

Agreed

The werewolf in harry potter to me is still the best it looks like great and creepy combination of man and beast instead of just a jacked wolf

I respectfully disagree

I love this movie

@@Blaze-xe8cl The one in Harry Potter looked like he had the mange and lost all his fur. I wish they had shown Hugh Jackman as a werewolf more in this movie. The best looking werewolf on film that I have ever seen! (Well, Michael Jackson in Thriller looked awesome, but also looked more like a cat.)

Honestly my favorite was when Anna was fighting Dracula's wife and Anna said " if your gonna kill someone, don't spend all your time talking about it." I always thought it was funny.

Frankenstein went to a bodybuilding competition he had the wrong impression

You're expecting consistency from a hack?

Many creations end up being synonymous with their creator,like the "hoover" or "Photoshop".

OH SNAP

Ooh! Hypocrite! And unlike the Frankenstein monster, Billy and jigsaw aren't public domain (dozens of movies and shows accidentally refer to the monster as Frankenstein, of course most of them are just merely references).

Nicholas Eickman well, I’m an Assassins creed fan and didn’t get it am I just dumb

@TheMotherland I don't know? I've never played it

@@itsjustmenova When Ezio kills his targets he says "Requiescat in pace" which is Latin for "Rest in peace"

@@coffeeaddict9605Ah thank you

@@coffeeaddict9605 Why did Doug Walker not get that? Oh, and I used to play that game.

Something I've always liked about the brides is you can tell the hierarchy between them in their 1st appearance.

Hey, X Men Origins was at least better than The Wolverine (Minus poor Wade. Like seriously, bbu what did they do to you? )

@@dancingcarapace 🧢

Movie 43 says otherwise

@@dancingcarapace Not really, X-men Origins was bottom of the barrel horrible for me, uninteresting plot, poorly shot action scenes, a waste of Gambit, terrible effects etc I actually enjoyed The Wolverine, i liked its gritty realism, how they weakened Logan to increase the tension, the action scenes (except for the silver samurai one) were pretty damn good and had this realism to it. But yeah, the Japanese characters are pretty bland

Have you seen Pan or Chappie?

I think I am the only one who absolutely hates this year's Nostalgiaween opening.

I remember when he talked about it in his Top 11 Nostalgic Mindfucks

@@Zeithri You're not alone.

@@Karmy. and top 11 theme songs

@@Zeithri why

That's exactly what she's saying. Not sure how he could have missed that, but it seems like he misses a lot of the details in movies.

I think Doug needs to start watching movies with subtitles

Maybe douche mcnitpick needs to come back for an episode

I couldn't make that out. Incompetent sound recording.

Daddy would you like some sausage aaaAAAAAh!

Only big budget movie i can think of were the damned werewolves look like goddamned humanoid WOLVES,

Oh yes the black werewolf is by far the best and bad ass design for any werewolf.

@@dinosaurfan2409 WAY better than any other ones I've seen

I loved the grey werewolf the best, he's so underapreciated. No one ever mentions him.

Rade Ilić that one looks good too, certain has a savage and vicious look to it. Some times it makes me think of the coloring and facial look from An American Werewolf in London.

Fun fact, Brad said he'd do it for a cup of coffee.

@@crashandersen602 Fox: Lol

Yeah, that is true.

David S Pumpkins, lol. yes I love when something is so obvious that all I can do is like comments.

You obviously never seen don cherry suits or jacks , Doug needs to get on his suit lvl.

HAHAHA! 😂 "Any questions???"

SNL bought it at a random party store.

Less a saint, more an Angel

@@spookyscarysteve Who says you can't be both? Saint Michael, for example.

With comfy chairs

Agree Great movie Watched it a thousand times

Same. Still the best I've seen.

The design and the transformation scenes were the best

It's a shame goosebumps blatantly stole it.

Krazy Larry Yeah it was probably one of the only cool things in the movie

Definitely my favorite werewolves

An American werewolf in London would like a word

The fight at the end could have been better if Dracula wasnt trying to fly away like a pu**y

I was gonna write something very similar but then I saw your comment so... Thumbs up for you it is.

Same

I can't be a guilty pleasure if its good

I bet you says so becouse your mom plays one of the warewolf :P

*werewolf

Didn't know the doll was called billy😂after all,jigsaw is the one puppeteering it.

He also calls Samara "Ring girl".

I usually don't do that, but that obviously was meant to be a joke..

And calling Billy a monster

GALACTICUS

I grew up in Huntington Park and never never once saw a movie there. I still go there often to see my parents.

I absolutely agree with you! The movie does have its problems and Dracula's wives could have been in their human forms a bit more often like you said. However, it is also a lot of fun, does have a discernable plot (even if it is a little haphazard at times), and has enough dark elements and brains to keep your attention. It's not the smartest film ever made but the logic with its use of classic monsters is consistent (even if it is kinda dumb on occasion) and works they way are used in the world. The movie is a lot of fun and I love it! It's good to see so many people in this comments section, including yourself, enjoy it, too!

Also love the film. Grew up with the Castlevania games and Van Helsing is one of the only movies, along with the Vampire Hunter D duology, that fit the bill for a Vania movie in my head. The games were action focused and featured Universal monsters, with Dracula as the main villain. Even the Netflix series disrespected the source material and had too much edgy 15yr old writing to be what I hoped it'd be. Didnt even feature any iconic monsters other than Dracula and a few game enemies; no Frank, no Medusa, no Mummies. Van Helsing knows what it is and just does it's thing, bringing all these monsters together in cool settings with action packed moments.

And those boots.

reasons I watched underworld is Kate Beckinsale in PVC catsuit

Same LOL!

#KateBeckinsaleInfiniteBeauty

IBadGrammar Underworld is good enough on its own too tho

You genuinely like the creature designs in this film!? There was not one I thought was done well. The only interesting idea was the see-through brain and heart, but the character design negated that coolness.

I would love to play that campaign.

Cyril when you describe them they sound cooler than what they appear as in the movie.

deathlegionair - you make a solid point.

My thoughts exactly

I mean they call them “werewolves” when a werewolf is a half man half wolf and has no control over the change at all unlike that crappy film series “werewolves

@@nargacugaking9767 to be fair the vampires there could stand in sunlight so accuracy was not the best thing for Twilight lol

Or the weird harry potter design

NargacugaKing technically they are just called werewolves, but it was revealed in the 4th book they are not really werewolves but shapeshifters that turn into wolves and they are called werewolves because it is just easier. It is even revealed that there are actual werewolves that are more like what you described, but that was something that was cut out of the movies.

MonsterJunkie the Harry Potter design was decent not scary due to looking like a starved stray poodle but I prefer large powerful threatening werewolves that look like a half man beast

Like Venom

Yeah I agree on that one

For once, I'm with the Critic. I like dumb movies (Wild Wild West, I Frankenstien, Venom) but this one doesn't even reach my low standards.

Robert Currie I think with dumb movies it is a bit hit or miss for everybody. I personally like Van Helsing way more than I, Frankenstein (... haven’t seen Venom yet, but based in the trailer not too much into it).

xaayer No.

There's something deeply amusing to me about the idea of a version of Robocop who's self-aware of, and wholly comfortable in, his own pedantry. I may need to get out more.

Pineappolis Dead or alive you’re coming with me. Although, if you ARE dead, the actuality of the situation is that you’ll be travelling in the back of a coroner’s van or ambulance and not strictly “with” me. But I’m sure you get the metaphor. Thank you for your cooperation.

Birth certificates be damned!

Paul Cowan hmm that’s an interesting way of looking at it

Huh. Never thought of it like that. You mean like some people refer to the plant in Little Shop of Horrors Audrey or Audrey 2?

Cheap joke, but a good one, +1 like!

Such a low hanging fruit... But still so funny

Is it red? (Hotel Transylvania reference)

I suppose if you suppress those urges long enough they become something completely different from how you normally present yourself.

kamenriderreaper Heh, that seems to be the most recurring error in each and every Jekyll and Hyde adaptation. ( Well, maybe Pallance's was not that bad actually...) "Boo hoo, Hyde is the Monster, not me!" I believe this choice is Made to make Jekyll more Sympathetic,but people seem to forget that he is a Hypocrite, just like anyone during the Late Victorian era! We are not supposed to feel sorry for him!

Except that's wrong, Hyde was indeed another personality - it's what leads to jeckyls attempts to restrain him and keep him in check Now whether this is an analogy to him losing himself to his darker desires is up for debate ( I think it is) bit it doesn't change what's actually written

Not even close to the original frankeinstein story.

marduk ishenhougher no he wasn’t, Jekyll’s letter at the end of the story makes it clear that HE was In control the whole time. Every time he took the serum it only changed his outer appearance but continual use made it so he had to keep taking it in order to change back, however he was starting to run out, that’s why he locked himself away so that no one would learn the truth. www.tor.com/2012/06/22/what-everybody-gets-wrong-about-jekyll-and-hyde/

I love that you just know this from the top of your head.

Okay, history man

They still have a sizeable minority living there, but they never recovered from the purges romanian communists did after WW2.

Adding onto that, Victor Frankenstein was Swedish, not German.

even if people don't like it doesn't mean that you have to, its all opinions. I enjoy watching these for fun

I also love this movie

I really like it too, it is cheesy but it is cool.

doesn't deserve all the hate

Actually, everyone here likes the movie, other than the critic.

There was nothing nostalgic about that x-turd.

That’s one of those movies that I really don’t see the hatred for. At worst it’s just okay, I even liked that other one, The Wolverine so maybe I have a blind spot for X-men.

@@IAmChadBroseph that one and last stand are still in a fight for my least favorite of the franchise.

MrMacGee, there's nothing nostalgic about half the movies he reviews nowadays, but it's still entertaining.

@@IAmChadBroseph I agree. And if anyone uses the argument of what they did to Deadpool, my counter argument is that the Deadpool Wolverine fights is not actually the 1 from the beginning of the movie, but a clone of the original after he went rogue in those sexy red spandex.

go sit down

*is

Thiiiiiiiisssss

I'd still bang her no problem

They should have cast her to play Yennefer in the Witcher series

So is Van Helsing a prequel to an Assassin’s Creed movie we will never get?

Rest in piece. He is from Italy. Working for the Catholic Church.

@@Rogue.Rainbow we did get an Assassin's Creed movie, but judging by the facts that I have a good memory when it comes to movies, and I don't remember it at all, means that it was probably a pile of flaming trash... probably.

@@ndt_dynamite2247 Eh, I liked it. It wasn't anything amazing but it felt like a game. Plus you gotta give them credit for hiring a stuntman to ACTUALLY do the Leap of Faith and not just CGI-ing it.

Wouldn't be the first time he's misheard something.

@@bryancroidragon457 He didn't miss hear that😕

He totally misheard it though. She CLEARLY said "do you like to fly aaannaaa"

@@timothymarzelli3874 and what did he then say?

@@Draukagrissah people make fun of serious things all the time,chill out. Besides,that joke was more about the over the top acting.

No shit, sherlock.

Than why did she say it like a dieing rubber duck

Daddy would you like some sausage?

Ikr!?!

Alex Jewett *then

Sounds right to me

@@BSM-vw6cf Just watch different language dubs. 😉 They have access to the original dialogue scripts.

THANK YOU! It's no where near perfect but it's the best modern monster crossover movie we'll get for a long time. I love every inch of cheese and action in this haha.

Agreed. The people who made this movie wanted to have fun. You can tell in all of their performances. They wanted fun, and I think that they succeeded.

The werewolves have done it for me.

@@HunterSlayer2727 Invisible Man exists, so I don't agree, but that's just me.

@@cleverpsyche115 Dont have to agree just like what you like and I'll like the films I do. 👍 Some people like original Dracula, some like Invisible man and god dare I say it some people liked the 2017 mummy and I like the crossover story that is Van Helsing because its fun cheese. If we all liked same movies we'd all be sheep lol.

All you need is a thousand degree knife.

Make quality content

Me too. But then again I liked a lot of stupid shit when i was young.

You would

what are you doing here? go back to making red hot knife cutting through shit and click-bait some more, I unsubbed from you a long time ago because your content is so repetitive now.

MrMacGee i was going to say the same thing.

noooo.... NC making overly long jokes about "misheard" word... never!!!

She does not speak English... it’s dubbed

You mongaloid.

@@robinhyperlord9053 das racist!

That and a werewolf vs vampire scene done well!

All I see is Kate Beckinsale's chest

I think we can all admit... we want that fucking crossbow lols

I'd fuck that crossbow over Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale in a Corset. That was my takeaway.

Yeah, he's hot. And he makes a very nice looking werewolf.

Kilikus Nice! Ps: What wouldn't I give to hear a Nicolas Cage's rendition, (in one of his full freakout mode), of that annoyingly funny thing... "Not the bees!"

But is there anything else like Castlevania that's been made since? (besides the Netflix series Castlevania lol)

Yeah it's an unofficial Castlevania in my eyes. Even Dracula's monster form looks like it does in the games.

Exactly

That and Jekyll actively chose to be Mr.Hyde.

I saw that episode...

The funny part is that I'd totally be okay with a Tom and Jerry Van Helsing movie direct to DVD movie. It would probably be better than the original and Tom and Jerry upstaging the main characters would be more than welcome.

What about the Netflix adaptation?

I loved the Mummy and the Mummy Returns as well(shame they never made a sequel after that) THERE WAS NO 3RD MUMMY MOVIE OR NO REBOOT WITH A MIDGET SCIENTOLOGIST.

segundo vargas that’s animated

Michael Ford, Agreed on all counts.

Until Simon and Richter gotinto smash

Underworld

might I introduce u to the Anime "Hellsing"? :D

That was definitely one of the coolest scenes in this movie! I just wish it had been longer.

@@andim.8788 No. In Underworld, the werewolves/lycans and vampires fought with synthetic weapons (guns, knives, etc.). That is not cool as fighting, literally, tooth and claw as shown in this movie.

You ever play skyrim?

Doesn't SyFy already have a show about a modern day van Helsing? Really, I don't know. I lost track of how many SyFy Original Series they have.

@@louisduarte8763 not Modern. In the 1800s or 1900s. Just with updated effects and less plot holes.

What about a Young Franknst*ei*n?

Entertaining, sure. At least as the "once every 3 years" kind of entertaining. A good movie though? Not really. (TL:DR at the bottom) There are some cool ideas here and there, and the monsters are actually pretty good(they have a fair bit of personality and "design" and motivation, compared to the humans of the movie). The only human character with a decent amount of personality is actually Carl. He is the fish out of water and tells us so. He is the one struggling with his beliefs and have to change his view on the world(monsters are bad -> some monsters are good). Van Helsing only changes to advance the plot. It is basically a "chase the McGuffin" movie throughout, with the McGuffin changing every few scenes. Remember Temple of Doom? The McGuffin was the holy stones, yet you didnt feel that was the center of the movie or the only drive force for the characters. There was a lot of other things going on. The stones were simply the initial catalyst. In Van Helsing the main motivator changes all the time. It is "catch the werewolf", to "kill vampires", to "find the secret layer" to "save Frankenstein's monster" to "get the antidote". It is like a game, but your main objective for your character changes every 15 minutes, so there is no time for character developement. Sorry, but your princess is in another castle. If Van Helsing(the character) had more of a Solomon Kane feel to(a man tormented by his past, reluctantly seeking redemption), the character would have much more weight and depth. His actions, when he choose to kill, when he choose to help, would be much more meaningful. The only real piece of character developement for Van Helsing is very early in the movie(he kills monsters and isnt popular, but doesnt really care much about that) and in the very end(he is cursed and has been for a long time). Nothing about fears or hopes. We know very little of him as a character. It might as well have been Abraham Lincoln running around there. So yeah, the movie has some fun action scenes, a few funny lines, and some of the monster scenes are pretty great. This makes it a fun watch every now and then. But it is not a movie you would watch several times over a few months, or remember for the characters. One of the few lines I remember from the movie is: "But you are supposed to die! - "I want to live", between Carl and Frankenstein's Monster, as that scene actually told us quite a bit about those 2. From the main character himself, I cant quote a single line of dialogue, and I have watched this movie 5 times. TL:DR Superficial movie with superficial characters. Some fun ideas and decent monster design/acting, but the main character is a piece of cardboard. It could easily have been any other monster hunter, or even someone not supposed to hunt monsters(Abraham Lincoln). There never was an instant where I thought, "wow, I wish they would make a sequel, because I want to see more of this".

@@fendelphi Carl is my favorite character.

I remember I saw it for the first time in awhile and as soon as it ended I went. Me: .....Damn!

Stephen Nagy he doesn’t look like an Adam

Adam? That's almost as bad as "Friar Carl"

Stephen Nagy he thinks of him as a father... that doesn’t make his name Frankenstein his name is Adam... just Adam not Adam Frankenstein

i mean he was made by Victor Frankenstein so i would say giving him the last name frankenstien is correct regardless of whether or not the monster even considers Victor his father.

@@codyburgett7962 Well usually when you have a child they take their fathers last name. Adam Frankenstein would be his name

I like it and I don't give a shit what anyone thinks about it

@Alex Apparently you do eh?

This is my favorite monster movie of all time and unlike most monster movies these days it actually has plot instead of not scary jump scares and senseless gore. Yes Underworld has gore but it has plot

Critic is talking about it like it's a failed horror monster film when it's really not.

LOL. This movie lacks everything any decent movie has. Saying this is awesome is silly.

Agreed; it's a dumb action movie- and it's good at what it does. Now if it had tried to present itself as more, then I'd have a problem with it.

Well yeah it is a con actually. If you want to be a fun cheesy action horror movie with iconic horror monsters, just go all out! Don’t try to be “Oh so deep and tragic” it’s totally inconsistent with the tone you’re going for.

...Battle of the Mario fans, huh?

Karanthaneos just bcuz it’s fun, doesn’t mean it’s a good movie

GrubbyArmadillo 98 Like The Wicker Man remake.

I wonder if people were asking Doug/Nostalgia critic that the AVGN's (james) voice for the intro and is some generic guys voice...I guess with the video it proves us wrong...LoL. Because I will admit it didn't sound like James (AVGN'S voice) XD .