Overview

• The film adapts Joe Hill’s short story and repositions Van Helsing as a paranoid patriarch protecting his sons in a remote 1915 California homestead.
• Titus Welliver leads the cast as Abraham Van Helsing, joined by Jocelin Donahue as Mina and Brady Hepner and Judah Mackey as their conflicted sons.
• Critics have lauded the film’s spare visuals and unnerving domestic atmosphere while noting that its slow build and underdeveloped narrative dull moments.
• Natasha Kermani employs a restrained horror style that trades jump scares and gore for character-driven tension and gothic dread.
• After its limited theatrical run beginning July 11, the film is scheduled to become available for streaming on Shudder later this year.