“Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing” (* out of four) was an insufferably dull adaptation of the classic novel about the legendary vampire-slayer (Mark Topping) who is called back to action by Dr. John Seward (Joe Street) when a woman (Charlie Bond) dies of a mysterious illness and people think that evil may be back on the prowl. Perhaps it’s time by now that Hollywood allowed this story to rest in peace; even the 2004 version with Hugh Jackman was a total yawner and this one is even more stuffy and inert. Pretty anemic, as vampire movies go.

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