The Grey Werewolf is a minor antagonist in the 2004 dark fantasy horror action film Van Helsing. He was a feral servant of Count Dracula and was responsible for infecting Prince Velkan Valerious with lycanthropy.
History[]
At some point, the Grey Werewolf was infected and served Dracula. Count Dracula sent the Grey Werewolf after the Valerious siblings and their crew to eliminate them as they were a threat to his plans. Velkan used himself as bait in order to lure the Grey Werewolf into a trap.
As the Wolf Man was caught in a cage, the other hunters began firing at him and Velkan lost his pistol which contained the silver bullets that would end the beast's life. While the trap succeeded despite some difficulties, gunfire from the hunters inadvertently set the monster free from the cage.
After busting out, the Wolf Man set his sights on Princess Anna Valerious and chased her through the woods. As Anna ran to the edge of the cliff, the Grey Werewolf leaped up into the air towards the Princess, but Velkan appeared last minute and pushed her out of the way and shot the Wolf Man with a silver bullet. However, the Grey Werewolf managed to tackle Velkan with both plummeting off the cliff and into the river. The Grey Werewolf died and was freed of its curse but it passed it onto Velkan by biting him and turned the latter into another werewolf. Even when Velkan died, he passed on the curse to Van Helsing (who delivered the fatal shot on him), who used his werewolf form to kill Dracula.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: The Grey Werewolf possesses physical strength far greater than a human.
- Superhuman Speed: The Grey Werewolf is as swift as a wolf.
- Superhuman Durability: The Grey Werewolf is highly resistant to physical damage.
- Superhuman Agility: Allows it to jump great distances.
- Werewolf Venom: Its fangs produce a venom which can turn humans into werewolves and can also kill Dracula.
- Unlimited Transformation: Unlike most of the known Werewolves, the Grey werewolf is able to stay in his lycanthrope form independently from Moon; he is able to transform in broad daylight
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Trivia[]
- The Grey Werewolf was intentionally designed to resemble Rick Baker's werewolf creation from the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London.
- In the script it was written that the Wolf Man transformed back into an elderly man, clarifying that he had grey fur because he was old. In the novelization by Kevin Ryan, this scene is kept and after he is fatally shot by Valkan, he thanks Anna for having freed him from Dracula's influence. He then attempts to warn her about Dracula's plans, but dies before he can do so.
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