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Follows

Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) (V)

Spin off

Van Helsing (2004) (VG)
 -  The video game is a spinoff from the movie.

References

Frankenstein (1931)
 -  Opening of the movie.
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
 -  the moster survives the fire because of a body of water under them mill
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 -  A scene with Carl standing next to a window watching the vampire children fly by is an exact duplication of the Witch's scene with the monkeys in "Oz".
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
 -  When Van Helsing fights Mr. Hyde at Notre Dame Cathedral, Mr. Hyde yells, "The bells! The bells!"
The Wolf Man (1941)
 -  A famous line from the original movie is quoted by one of the principal characters: Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
 -  A lightning flash reveals Dracula's more monstrous face, just like the alien in the earlier film
Goldfinger (1964)
 -  Carl and his lab and experiments is a direct link to the first Q James Bond
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
 -  Anna misquotes Tuco's "kill your victim, don't talk" line
Dance of the Vampires (1967)
 -  Precise borrowing of the dancing-but-not-reflected-in-the-huge-mirror scene
Papillon (1973)
 -  At the end, the Frankenstein Monster escapes on a small raft, as did Papillon
Alien (1979)
 -  Molecular acid and werewolf drooling from above
Life of Brian (1979)
 -  "We Transylvanians always look on the bright side of death"
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
 -  The body of the heroine is burned on a funeral pyre
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
 -  The last scene where the pyre is burning and Helsing sees Anna's ghost in the clouds and Carl taps him on the shoulder because he cannot see them. Akin to Leia doing the same thing to Luke when he sees Yoda, Kenobi and Anakin.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
 -  Dracula walks from the fire exactly like the T-1000
Godzilla (1998)
 -  The scene in which they are passing through the egg 'fields' and the eggs begin hatching as they're walking through them is the same as the scene in Godzilla when the eggs hatch in Madison Square Garden as the characters are walking amongst them.
X-Men (2000)
 -  When Hugh Jackman is in Werewolf form he xtends his claws in the same style as he does when playing Wolverine
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
 -  Dracula loses a finger with a ring, like Sauron

Referenced in

Honey (2003)
 -  In the external shot of the studio that they film the Jadakiss video in, there's a big Van Helsing billboard.
Van Helsing (2004) (VG)
 -  The video game to accompany the film
"Saturday Night Live: Jude Law/Ashlee Simpson (#30.3)" (2004)
 -  Referenced in Green Screen skit
Hellzapoppin' Spooktacular: The Making of 'Ghouls Gone Wild' (2005) (V)
 -  Noted in one of the interviews
"Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell/Queens of the Stone Age (#30.19)" (2005)
 -  Mentioned in Going 2 C Movies
Caché (2005)
 -  Poster on wall in room
"The Sopranos: Join the Club (#6.2)" (2006)
 -  Paulie calls AJ "Van Helsing"
"How I Met Your Mother: Stuff (#2.16)" (2007)
 -  Ted talks about going to see Van Helsing.
"The Girls Next Door: Everyday Is Wednesday (#4.7)" (2008)
 -  a poster for the film can be seen on the wall at Le Paws
"The Great L.A. Pretenders: Fakeness (#1.2)" (2008)
 -  When lead character Sherman asks Beverly not to touch his Van Helsing Figure from Sideshow Collectibles.

Featured in

Van Helsing: The Man and the Monsters (2004) (TV)
 -  Scenes and clips from the movie are shown in the docummentary.
"Troldspejlet: (#31.15)" (2004)
 -  reviewed + footage used
"Troldspejlet: (#32.8)" (2004)
 -  DVD release reviewed + footage used
"SexTV: Monstrous Desires: Sexuality and Horror/A Moment with... David Cronenberg (#8.2)" (2005)
 -  Clip from film is used in this episode.
Bloodsucking Cinema (2007) (TV)
 -  Clip featured.

Spoofs

"The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" (1968)
 -  A Werewolf falls off a cliff at Castle Dracula. The camera holds the shot as he falls to the bottom and goes splat.

Spoofed in

Conker: Live and Reloaded (2004) (VG)
 -  Conker's suit in Spooky
Stockflame (2005)
 -  The Götz Otto Character "Niklas von Dhrei" at the end of the movie is a monster hunter that works for the German State. The "von" is a german Variation of "van" and he wears a leather coat and a hat similar to the Hugh Jackman Costume.
Stan Helsing (2009)
 -  the three Brides of Dracula are strippers

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