Van Helsing
Van Helsing is a fictional vampire hunter, most famously the Dutch professor Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel *Dracula*.
The character has become an archetype—the learned, determined expert who battles supernatural evil.
The name now evokes any dedicated monster hunter: She fancies herself a Van Helsing, always researching the occult.
- vampire hunterSlayer of bloodsucking undead
- hunterPursuer of prey
- monster slayerOne who defeats creatures
- stakeSharpened post or share
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
Bram Stoker · crucifix · Transylvania · slayer · gothic · Abraham · holy water · holy relic · crossbow · Frankenstein · horror · Hugh Jackman · night stalker · supernatural · silver · wooden stake · cape · fangs
- Vampiresvampire, vampires, vampirism, fangs, coffin
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- monster slayersmonster slayer, demon slayer, vampire slayer, vampire hunter, slayer
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- Horror FilmsThe Exorcist, Halloween, The Shining, Friday the 13th, Night of the Living Dead
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Legendary Transylvanian vampire
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Legendary Transylvanian vampire
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