Scripted series · Syfy
Van Helsing
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kelly Overton
Vanessa Van Helsing
65 eps
Paul Johansson
Dimitri
39 eps
Rukiya Bernard
Doc
65 eps
Vincent Gale
Flesh
52 eps
Aleks Paunovic
Julius
65 eps
Caroline Cave
Jolene
14 eps
Neal McDonough
Hansen
14 eps
Trezzo Mahoro
Mohamad
40 eps
Jonathan Scarfe
Axel Miller
60 eps
Hilary Jardine
Susan
15 eps
Keeya King
Violet
21 eps
Nicole Muñoz
Jack
21 eps
Tricia Helfer
Dracula
20 eps
Tim Guinee
Ted
13 eps
David Cubitt
John
13 eps
John Cassini
Max Maddox
13 eps
Cory Gruter-Andrew
Troy Johnson
2 eps
Donny Lucas
Chad Johnson
2 eps
Cassidy Nugent
Tabby
2 eps
Tammy Gillis
Monica
2 eps
Richard Harmon
Max Borman
3 eps
Alexander Brophy
Owen
3 eps
Holly Dignard
Jennifer
3 eps
Michael Eklund
Jacob Van Helsing
2 eps
Ryan Jinn
Lee
4 eps
Julie Lynn-Mortensen
Lillian Van Helsing
2 eps
Rowland Pidlubny
Scab
4 eps
Kheon Clarke
Special Op #1
2 eps
Dakota Daulby
Willem
4 eps
Aaron Douglas
Colonel Nicholson
3 eps
Viktória Spišáková
Sorina
2 eps
Heather Doerksen
Michaela
7 eps
Dan Cade
Roberto
3 eps
Kim Coates
Count Dalibor
3 eps
Matúš Kvietik
Florian
3 eps
Sarah Aratoová
Alexandra
3 eps
Juraj Rašla
Mehai
3 eps
Raresh DiMofte
Captain Rasto
3 eps
Andrea Blesáková
Sister
2 eps
Jill Teed
President Archer
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Van Helsing actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Van Helsing reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 65 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201613 episodes
6.8IMDbAfter a catastrophic volcano eruption, the last remaining underground vampires rise up through a dark, ash-filled sky to overtake America. Vanessa Van Helsing, a descendant of the legendary line of vampire hunters, awakens from a three-year coma to discover that she’s not only immune to the bloodthirsty predators – but also has the ability to make them human again.
Best episode · S01E12 He's Coming
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201713 episodes
7.1IMDbSeason two of Van Helsing pushes Vanessa and the other Survivors further into the world of the vampire apocalypse, where they discover old alliances have crumbled and new connections expose long-buried secrets about the Rising, the Van Helsing heritage, and the survival of humankind itself.
Best episode · S02E03 Love Bites
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201813 episodes
7.7IMDbThe first of four vampire Elders has been freed (although it proves itself to be loyal to the Van Helsing clan) and legend has it that when their four Totems are combined the Dark One will be resurrected. Now it's a race against time as Vanessa and her ragtag group of heroes faces off against the forces of darkness.
Best episode · S03E05 Pretty Noose
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201913 episodes
7.7IMDbSam has fulfilled his destiny to become the 4th Elder & now our post-apocalyptic world is even closer to seeing the Dark One resurrected. Vanessa vows to follow the light & fight the darkness that has taken everything she loves. Just when she thought she was alone in her mission she meets two young women, Violet and Jack-who have unique and mysterious vampire fighting abilities all their own.
Best episode · S04E07 Metamorphosis
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202113 episodes
7.0IMDbVanessa, Violet, and Jack will risk it all to finally bring an end to the Dark One once and for all. The Van Helsings must figure out ways to escape and evade the various obstacles in their path to prevent them from their mission, leading to an epic final showdown between the Van Helsings and the Dark One. Who will win the battle between light and dark?
Best episode · S05E04 State of the Union
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S04E07
Metamorphosis
Three generations of Van Helsings come together before a showdown with Elder Sam and the Oracle.
- Directed by Jonathan Scarfe
- Written by Neil LaBute
S04E08
The Prism
3 Pages are key to raising or destroying the Dark One, but only Hansen knows where they are hidden.
- Directed by Alexandra La Roche
- Written by Jonathan Walker
S03E05
Pretty Noose
In San Francisco, Vanessa, Scarlett and Axel find and battle against the Second Elder's forces. In Denver, Flesh, Doc, Julius and Jolene rejoin American civilization as best they can.
S02E03
Love Bites
Vanessa makes a horrific decision to save her daughter; Axel and a former ally struggle to survive in the wild; a group of juvenile delinquents come face to face with a sadistic vampire.
S02E11
Be True
Sam and Mohamad's shared past comes back to haunt them in more ways than one; at a secluded campsite in the woods, friendships are put through a baptism by fire.
S03E04
Rusty Cage
Sam comes to realize his dark destiny and tries to groom Mohamad to be a worthy partner. Scab and Ivory are bestowed Daywalker powers and return home to find the Sisterhood in ruins.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Neil LaButeExecutive Producer
Writing
- Neil LaButeWriter
- Jackie MayWriter
- Jeremy SmithWriter
- Jonathan WalkerWriter
- Simon BarryWriter
- Matt VenablesWriter
Direction
- David FrazeeDirector
- Simon BarryDirector
- Shannon KohliDirector
- Michael NankinDirector
- Kimani Ray SmithDirector
- Jacquie GouldDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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