History Headscratchers / VanHelsing

** If you realize that Anna is a woman in Victorian Europe as another troper noted above, the villagers might of been willing to help Velkan because they thought he was their last hope and the hero. When he failed not only do they think his sister isn't as capable, their spirits are broken and would rather live under the thumb of a tyrant than risk their lives following a princess.

** It's better than run barefoot in the woods after hungry werewolves and vampire brides.

** They're clearly relishing the chance to bite her when they have her cornered. Aleera taunts Anna [[spoiler: right before Anna stakes her]]. Basically they want to kill her dramatically.

** It's a bit of a copout answer but for all his claims of having no emotion, Dracula clearly has a personal axe to grind when it comes to Van Helsing. He might be letting his frustration and desire for revenge override his self-preservation (which he doesn't entirely seem to value much in the first place, as he laments that he is "hollow and will live forever"). He does have scenes losing his temper several times throughout the movie. Not to mention the humiliation of running away from his greatest rival like a chump.

** As another note, it depends on ''how'' silver is fatal to werewolves. Some works have the idea that silver is the only thing that can pierce a werewolf's hide, but you'd still need to shoot it in a vital area to kill it, or you'd have to wait till it succumbs to its wounds. Even Velkan took hours to die after Van Helsing shot him with, presumably, silver stakes, as it was morning when he finally died. The cure will shortly remove the werewolf from the equation no matter where you sink the needle in, which is important when you're in the middle of combat.

** As another note, it depends on ''how'' silver is fatal to werewolves. Some works have the idea that silver is the only thing that can pierce a werewolf's hide, but you'd still need to shoot it in a vital area to kill it, or you'd have to wait till it succumbs to its wounds. The cure will shortly remove the werewolf from the equation no matter where you sink the needle in, which is important when you're in the middle of combat.

*** Also, Helsing regularly goes up against hulking monsters. His knockout darts are probably designed to knock out creatures much larger than a human.

** In the original story, Frankenstein's goal was to find a way to resurrect the dead so that he could bring his wife back to life. The Monster was only a prototype for this. Since Dracula was funding his research, Frankenstein didn't seem to realise the extent of Dracula's monstrous plan. Perhaps Dracula told him that with his research, he could cure vampires such as himself and his brides and it wasn't until later that Frankenstein realised he intended to bring still-born vampires to life.

* Carl never said "As the clock strikes 12." He says "After the first stroke of midnight." Van Helsing could have taken a whole hour to kill Dracula, as long as he bit him before 1:00.