Stan Helsing

The most feared monsters in cinematic history have met their match

Director: Bo Zenga
Release Date: 27 October 2009 (DVD premiere)
Runtime: 108 min

Helsing of a parody, or was it? Stan Helsing falls into the parody films such as Scary Movie and its off shoots. With its focus on the horror gene with characters based from Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and others but the over all parody rest on the shoulders of the movie "Van Helsing"

Plot of the parody is Stan has to deliver some movies on the other side of town, He gets his friends to take him, along the way they get lost and horror icons of some sort start to stalk the heroes. They get to an old movie studio an they must face the monsters. Parody follows.

The movie has more laughs then some of the other films of its kind, Of course everyone has their own pick when it comes to these types, I wouldn't say the movie has a very great rate of laughs per minute, but it doesn't leave you hanging the whole time.

Load of the little jokes come from just bringing up classic horror movies or common sexual jokes. Movie lovers of the genre should get a solid amount of enjoyment out of it.

A small cameo from comedy legend and parody man Leslie Nielson was a nice touch for me, His small part may not have really added too much to the film but he is always at his best in parody films. Thankfully tho he doesn't play the same character from say the Scary Movie franchise.

As far as the acting may go, for parody films I would say everyone plays their little roles fine, nothing really stands out but i must say it was very nice seeing Kenan Thompson in something, But he also seems to have the best lines of the movie which is a good thing. Steve Howey does a fine job as our lead character.

Costumes used in the movie are pretty funny and way beyond dumb, Pinhead has needles, thumbtacks, and darts in his head, Chucky is a creepy dude in some one piece looking outfit and scars on his face. Freddy is basically flava flay with his gangster clock and so on. At times it might bring a laugh. A CGI raven did give me a laugh but the CGI(or whatever it was) did seem horrible, but at the same time who cares much in this type of movie?

The camera work wasn't bad for what its worth, nothing horrible or wonderful but the main focus is on the one liners in the movie other then anything else.

My final thought on the movie is, I wanted to dislike it just like the rest of the parody films we have seen over the past few years but watch it with a group of friends and it will bring some laughs to a crowd, However watching it solo will no doubt limit the enjoyment of the film, I would highly recommend this over Date, Epic, Superhero, Dance movie. Also knowing a thing or two about horror films will lead to a bit more enjoyment in this parody, I know it did for me.


A fine pick for Horror buffs and parody lovers looking to kill time on a random lazy night.