In Van Helsing 2: The Dark Rise (2025), audiences are reintroduced to the world of legendary monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman), who faces a dark resurgence in the supernatural underworld. The trailer opens with a haunting scene of abandoned villages and shadowed forests, as a powerful new evil emerges—Lilith (Ana de Armas), an ancient vampire queen with a vendetta against humanity and Van Helsing himself.

As Lilith’s awakening stirs supernatural forces that had long lain dormant, igniting a wave of terror across Europe. Gabriel Van Helsing, having lived in seclusion to escape his haunted past, is forced back into action when Lilith begins hunting down the descendants of ancient vampire hunters, determined to eradicate the bloodlines that once threatened her kind. Van Helsing quickly learns that this new enemy is unlike any he has faced before, possessing a power that surpasses even that of Dracula.

The trailer teases the uneasy alliance that forms between Van Helsing and a secret society of hunters, including Sofia (played by Ana de Armas), a fierce and mysterious warrior with her own dark secrets. Together, they embark on a perilous journey across Europe, uncovering hidden lore, ancient artifacts, and the true history behind Lilith’s vendetta against Van Helsing’s lineage. Along the way, Van Helsing confronts ghosts from his past and battles creatures of myth, hinting at both personal and supernatural challenges.

In a pulse-pounding scene revealed by Van Helsing and Sofia confront Lilith in an abandoned castle, where she reveals her intent to use a forbidden ritual to unleash an unstoppable horde of nightmarish beings. With time running out, Van Helsing must confront the darkness within himself to stop Lilith’s plan, culminating in an epic showdown between the forces of light and darkness.