#hellbeast dracula

MAIMED AND BATTERED -- THE HELLBEAST RETAINS HIS KILLING SPIRIT.

PIC/GIF INFO: Part 2 of 3 -- Spotlight on Count Dracula transformed as the demonic "Hellbeast," examining his broken left bat wing at the hands of Werewolf-Van Helsing, from the supernatural horror/action movie "Van Helsing" (2004), written & directed by Stephen Sommers. Universal Pictures.

Visual FX by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Man, I am so happy I was brought up on movies such as this one where the story AND the visual FX still hold up nearly twenty years later. Thanks, dad, for taking my siblings & I to the cinemas to watch this!

BAT OUT OF CREATURE-DESIGN HELL.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1512x2016 -- Spotlight on Bat-creature (Dracula's monstrous bat form, perhaps?) concept art from 2004's "Van Helsing." Artwork by Constantine Sekeris.

"Here is a unused design Bat-Creature rough sketch for the "Van Helsing" movie... at the time practical FX were still popular and this was going to b a practical suit with a animitronic head."

-- CONSTANTINE SEKERIS (via Artstation)