A Hugh Jackman Movie You Forgot Existed Is Now Crushing It On Netflix

Full disclosure: Jackman's titular character doesn't just hunt vampires, which is a key reason this movie is so fun. He works for the Vatican (yes, the Vatican!) hunting all sorts of unholy monsters that have popped up in unholy literature over the centuries.

After dispatching Mr. Hyde (yes, the Mr. Hyde!) Van Helsing himself is dispatched to Transylvania to help the last remaining member of the cursed Valerious family fight off a scourge of vampires. Not just any vampires: Count Vladislaus Dracula (Richard Roxburgh, a.k.a. the Duke from Moulin Rouge!) and his three brides, plus the thousands of baby vampires they're working to create with a machine made by a mad scientist. (Reproducing the, er, traditional way is harder when you're technically dead.) However, the last member of the Valerious family, Anna (Kate Beckinsale, a.k.a. Selene from Underworld, now working against vampires) doesn't want Van Helsing's help — at least at first. 

The story takes many twists, each of them introducing new monsters and unlikely magical scenarios, and great set-piece fight scenes. Spoiler alert: There's also Frankenstein, and in an exceptionally over-the-top twist, he turns out to play a key role in vampire reproduction. Yup — sounds crazy, but it all makes sense within Van Helsing's wild continuity.