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Richard Roxburgh as Dracula VAN HELSING (2004) dir. Stephen Sommers
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Richard Roxburgh and Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing (2004)
The best part about this scene wasn’t just that Dracula didn’t have a reflection. She was at a ball with a few hundred other people attending it, and during this dance, there were dozens of other couples also dancing alongside Anna and Dracula. The scene showed that everyone at that ball was a vampire, not just Dracula. And she was the single only human there. It’s so subtly threatening to be surrounded by bloodthirsty killers all dressed to the nines, masked and pretty. And it was such an ingenious way of telling that part of the story, I adore this movie so much.
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VAN HELSING (2004) dir. Stephen Sommers
“Oh, for fuckssake , Natasha.” The intimidating Count Dracula was now a bit too soused and unwieldy on wine-blood to speak with his usual, proper flair. “ Let Gabriel have his new little addition. Let him ritual into their stupid circle. He’ll kill his vampire friend, then we’ll kill the lot of them when the time is right. Nothing has changed, and we’re wasting too much time on this gaggle of idiots.”
Now this, Natasha could not abide, professionalism or no.
“But you’re wrong . My lord.” Everyone’s mouths fell open. Someone dropped their glass of wine-blood with a shatter. “ Everything has changed. This is no longer a matter of traitors and protective familiars. If this newest Kresnik makes it to the circle, if he undergoes the ritual and acclimates as part of them...it’s over . It’s all over.”
There was much more to all of this of course, but as the willingness to listen seemed to be sparse-to-nonexistent, Natasha had to throw out the base information to try to get their attention. It seemed to have worked, though the dubiousness was palpable.
“My lord, you engaged me to be your eyes and ears in the places you could not reach,” she reminded him. “As such, I would ask you to take me at my word. The Circle has been awaiting his arrival for a relatively long time. At least a hundred years or so. Van Helsing rides to meet him in Bucharest even as we speak. Guillermo de la Cruz is the key to the Rite.”
Ch. 11 of The Crosses We Bear, T+, Nandor x Guillermo (slowburn, main pairing), Nadja x Laszlo (cw graphic depictions of violence/gore)