12 Creature Features Like Werewolf By Night To Watch Next

2004's "Van Helsing" — starring Hugh Jackman as the famed monster hunter — is a fun action romp that brings together Dracula, a werewolf, and Frankenstein's monster for an epic battle royale. Its plot starts simple, Van Helsing sets out to bring Dracula to heel, but it quickly spirals out from there.

It's not a perfect movie, critic Roger Ebert called the movie silly in his initial review, however, he also described the movie as "eager to entertain." And entertain it does. In this film, Van Helsing is no longer portrayed as an older professor (like Peter Cushing's famous portrayal in Hammer monster movies). Instead, Jackman's Helsing is essentially a superhero, complete with tons of gadgets, holy relics, and even a fully automatic crossbow. It's cheese, sure, but it's also very fun.

Any fans looking for classic monster movie design inserted into a more contemporary action setting should definitely give "Van Helsing" a watch. Its opening alone — a black and white recreation of the birth of Frankenstein's monster — makes the entire experience worth the runtime. Plus, for good measure, Van Helsing even throws down with Mr. Hyde. Check it out.