Van Helsing (2016–2021)
6/10
Not bad, but also only barely watchable
25 November 2023
This is not so bad as some seem to make it out to be. There a few compelling characters, there some redeeming traits, and the storyline is pretty good. I also like that the show do not shy away from hard topics and can be pretty gruesome at times.

With that said however there are too many bad actors, and the cinematography is severely lacking. The budget for this show cannot have been very high. And the story which is good for the most part, fails enough times (mainly because of bad acting) to make it a chore to watch.

The longer I watch the more this feels like a bad ripoff of the Walking Dead. I also have the feeling we are close to soap opera territory. The show is also weirdly political at times, which I fail to see the reason for. The show-runners really wanted a girl power sort of soap/ripoff but to pull that off one needs a better script and better actors.

I still think the show is watchable, at least up to season 4 which take the bad I mentioned above and amplifies it.

I give this a generous 6/10. If you have absolutely nothing else to watch, perhaps you can give this a try. You can definitely do worse.
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