The Van Helsing media franchise is an action/horror series based on the character of Abraham Van Helsing from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and to a lesser extent other characters within the "Stokerverse." When referring to the Van Helsing franchise, fans and critics typically are referring to the Van Helsing film series of the 1970s, the animated television series and related media from the 1990s and 2000s, and the associated spinoff comics.