2) Van Helsing (2004)
Whatever you think of Stephen Sommers’ 2004 monster mash-up (and it’s likely you don’t think much), it’s hard to argue it wasn’t a fantastic premise. A legendary vampire hunter armed with an array of steam punk weaponry teams up with Frankenstein’s Monster to take down the most famous bloodsucker of them all…what could go wrong?
Well, pretty much everything, as the film with a budget greater than the GDP of Transylvania (possibly) ended up being little more than a hammy pantomime full of sub-Gothic melodrama peppered with weary one-liners. With a decent writer providing some energy though, while still respecting the source characters, Van Helsing could make for perfect remake material.