YMMV / Van Helsing (2016)

• Adorkable: Julius gets a moment of this in Season 2 after becoming human again and getting a chance to eat all the snack foods that weren't available back when he was first turned. He spends several minutes going on about the joys of all the different flavors of potato chip.
• Fashion-Victim Villain: All the vampires in Julius's nest are for some reason dressed like extras in a Mad Max movie.
• Complete Monster:
  • Season 1 & "Began Again": Rebecca, lieutenant of vampire lord Dmitri, is a treacherous killer who participates in the regime of using humans as slaves or food. Rebecca has a habit of forcing human men into bed, murdering them when they fail to please her. Other women are subjected to breeding and pregnancy experiments, only to be sent as "feedbags" when they fail. Rebecca also orchestrates the slaughter of numerous humans and vampires alike so she might seize power.
  • Sam, seemingly a friendly and sweet man at first, is in truth a depraved Serial Killer who keeps the fingers of victims as trophies and delights in sowing discord among his survivor group, leading to the deaths of innocents. As a vampire, Sam becomes far worse, killing and torturing numerous innocents while forcing his young friend Mohamad to watch so Mohamad might be forced to love Sam for what he truly is. After killing so many people, Sam realizes he truly loves Mohamad, but likewise hates him for the feeling of humanity. Declaring that love is nothing he is meant to feel, Sam murders Mohamad to seal his transformation into an Elder and see the world overrun by darkness.
  • Seasons 4 & 5: The Dark One, taking the identity of Dracula, is the progenitor of vampires and responsible for all the evil they have committed. Centuries past, the Dark One used Olivia von Dracula as a host, keeping her imprisoned in her own body to see the atrocities she committed, turning her husband Alibor into a vampire slave and having numerous villagers slaughtered. Returning in modern day, the Dark One takes over the United States with Martial Law, executions, and brutal repression, showing a full willingness to destroy the minds of her Brides to force them into eternal servitude. The Dark One ultimately plots to cover the world in eternal night, so humanity is eternally subjugated to the whims of vampires.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: So much of the premise is a departure from the supposed source material that its easier to say it was inspired by the literary character Abraham Van Helsing from Dracula then the Zenescope comics. Numerous fans can be forgiven to have opted not to watch the show on principal alone.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: A big deal is made about Lily Van Helsing being resurrected at the end of the Season 3 finale, only for her to be dead by the time the Season 4 premiere is over.
• Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: It's a post-apocalyptic series, most of the cast are unlikable to varying degrees, and the few likable characters either die quickly or end up making a Face–Heel Turn. It's very hard to find someone to root for.

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