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May 7, 2004
Action overkill derails manic monster mash
By ANTHONY BREZNICAN
AP Entertainment Writer
AP Entertainment Writer
"Van Helsing" is the guy Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's monster whisper about around the campfire. He's the thing that goes bump in the night for ghouls, the hunter of the hunted.
In Universal's new action-adventure thriller, Hugh Jackman is the supernatural vigilante who must stop Dracula from hatching thousands of deadly beasts from his vampire brood, while battling the Wolf Man and Frankenstein in the meantime.
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