22 years after it was first released, Hugh Jackman’s underrated dark fantasy action epic is finding redemption on streaming. Jackman recently put a very dark spin on a classic folkloric character (the historian’s jury is still out as to whether he was real or not) in The Death of Robin Hood. But back in 2004, Jackman played another beloved folkoric/literary character, albeit with even more action, brutality, and a gothic aesthetic. It might have been slated at the time, but it’s now officially a cult classic thanks to streaming.
Co-starring Kate Beckinsale and featuring some of the coolest vampire fight scenes in cinema history (but still second to Blade‘s nightclub scene), Hugh Jackman’s Van Helsing is officially one of the biggest movies on streaming right now. The movie was added to Prime Video on Sep. 1, 2026, to little fanfare. But in the build-up to Halloween, gothic fantasy fans have flocked to the movie. At the time of writing, Van Helsing is the 10th most popular series on Prime Video. The hippo-centric horror movie, Hungry, currently holds the top spot, with Margaret Qualley’s Love of Your Life in second, and Masterplan in third.
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One card with two faces (Movies, TV) that flips in 3D. Movies follows the
reader’s light/dark setting and TV is the opposite, so a flip always
changes the colour scheme. Neutrals are sampled from movieweb.com; the
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border-radius: 4px;
background: var(–st10-panel);
color: var(–st10-text);
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/* The side facing away, once the flip has finished: hidden outright, so no
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/* Site link styles must not reach inside the widget (no double underlines) */
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border-radius: 3px;
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border-radius: 2px;
color: var(–st10-muted);
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font-weight: 600;
line-height: 1.2;
text-transform: uppercase;
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font-family: var(–st10-heading-font);
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alike: one row from 576px; below that even rows of equal buttons, at most
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below 440px, where 4 no longer fit, one row that swipes sideways, never
uneven rows like 3 + 3 + 1. The 3px padding keeps the open tab’s ring
visible; the scrollbar is hidden (swipe, or arrow keys). */
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selected, without the ring, so two rows don’t stack two heavy buttons.
The second row (language, or countries in the grouped layout) is quieter:
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and ignores the face’s backface-visibility for them, so the far side’s
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color: var(–st10-muted);
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.st10 .st10__row.is-subject .st10__name { font-weight: 700; }
.st10 .st10__row.is-subject + .st10__row { border-top-color: transparent; }
/* —- Toggle and footer —- */
.st10 .st10__controls {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 6px;
margin: 12px 0 0;
}
.st10 .st10__foot {
margin: 10px 0 0;
font-size: 11px;
color: var(–st10-muted);
}
/* —- Narrow: every column stays; the table scrolls sideways with the
rank and title pinned —- */
@container st10 (max-width: 600px) {
.st10 .st10__card,
.st10 .st10__shell {
–st10-w-change: 3.2rem;
–st10-w-days: 4rem;
–st10-w-rt: 3rem;
–st10-w-episodes: 4.2rem;
–st10-w-peak: 3rem;
–st10-w-runtime: 4.2rem;
–st10-w-weeks: 3.6rem;
–st10-gap: 0px;
–st10-w-views: 4rem;
–st10-w-hours: 4rem;
}
.st10 .st10__face { padding: 14px 12px 10px; }
.st10 .st10__shell { padding: 14px 12px 10px; }
.st10 .st10__skeleton b { height: 31px; }
/* Netflix’s narrow headers are all one line (Change, Weeks, Views) */
.st10[data-st10-variant=”netflix”] .st10__skeleton b,
.st10[data-st10-variant=”prime”] .st10__skeleton b { height: 20px; }
.st10 .st10__title { font-size: 17px; }
/* The title takes whatever width the stats leave, down to 8.5rem; only
below that does the table scroll sideways */
.st10 .st10__table { width: 100%; min-width: calc(1.6rem + 8.5rem + var(–st10-stats, 0rem) + 4px); font-size: 14px; }
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.st10 .st10__year { font-size: 12px; }
/* No column gap here: scrolled cells would show through it between the
pinned columns. Cells pad themselves instead. */
.st10 .st10__row {
grid-template-columns: 1.6rem minmax(8.5rem, 1fr) var(–st10-grid);
padding: 0 4px 0 0;
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.st10 .st10__td–rank,
.st10 .st10__th–rank { box-shadow: -4px 0 0 var(–st10-rowbg); }
.st10 .st10__td–title,
.st10 .st10__th–title { left: 1.6rem; padding-right: 4px; }
.st10 .st10__td–rank { font-size: 15px; }
.st10 .st10__sort { font-size: 10px; }
}
‘Van Helsing’ Is a Dark, Action-Packed Thrill Ride
You’ve likely heard of Van Helsing, but Bram Stoker wishes he could have written a version of the character this cool. Jackman plays the eponymous vampire hunter, who travels to Transylvania with his trusty sidekick, Carl, to protect the last surviving member of an ancient Romanian family from Count Dracula. Richard Roxburgh plays Count Dracula in the film, with Underworld‘s Kate Beckinsale as Princess Anna Valerious.
The film received divisive reactions from audiences, holding a 57% Rotten Tomatoes user rating. Admittedly, those scores have improved over time as the film has gained cult status in recent years. But 57% is still an undesirable rating by anyone’s standards. However, the critics’ rating is far, far worse. Van Helsing holds a 24% RT rating from critics (who apparently hate fun). “A hollow creature feature that suffers from CGI overload,” reads the very concise RT Critics’ Consensus.
‘Van Helsing’ Was Nearly a Massive Box Office Hit
Despite its poor reception, Van Helsing made enough money at the box office to make a Romanian princess blush. The film grossed over $300 million at the global box office. That’s a lot of money now, but it was a staggering amount back in 2004. However, there’s one thing that stopped the movie from being a commercial success: its budget. Van Helsing reportedly cost $160 million to make. It’s important to remember that marketing costs are usually equal to the production budget. Then there’s the theaters’ cuts of ticket sales. So, despite $300 million looking like an impressive sum, it likely wasn’t even enough to break even.
