The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter
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The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter is a 2004 direct-to-video film starring Keith Jordan
, Joe Zaso
, and Tomm Bauer
. It was directed by Kevin Summerfield and distributed exclusively through UAV Entertainment and Wal-Mart
.
battles with Simon Magus
(Joe Zaso
), defeating him using the Scepter of God. In the present day, students are digging for bones of animals at an excavation site. One student unearths a bone, slowly touches it, and it engulfs his hand. Simon Magus returns to life and terrorizes the excavation site.
The scene then shifts to Michael Harris (Keith Jordan
) and his best friend Danny Morgan (Tomm Bauer
) at school. After causing an explosion in chemistry class, they return to Michael's house. During a band rehearal, Danny sees an old trunk that looks to have been shipped all around the world.
A Professor Arad shows up at Michael's house and explains that he is the great great grandson of Abraham Van Helsing and that he needs to take over the family business in order to save the world. The professor shows Michael all of the weapons that were locked in the family trunk.
The professor claims that the only thing that can kill Simon Magus is the Scepter of God, which has now gone missing. Without it, Magus will terrorize the Earth and destroy all of mankind. Suddenly Magus bursts through the wall of the room, causing Michael and the gang to flee.
They all go on the run as Magus gives chase, eventually revealing that Danny had buried the Scepter of God under a tree in his youth. The gang tracks down the tree, fights Magus, and eventually destroys him.
Back at the school, Michael and Danny's band play at the sweetheart dance, proclaiming their band's name to be "The Van Helsings".
and VHS
on April 20th, 2004 the movie was initially bombarded with negative press and reviews. Over the years it has gained a small cult following.
Keith Jordan
Keith Jordan is an American actor who has starred in such films as Suburban Girl, The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter, and Make the Yuletide Gay....
, Joe Zaso
Joe Zaso
Joseph Zaso is an American actor and filmmaker.He is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990...
, and Tomm Bauer
Tomm Bauer
Tomm Bauer is an American actor who is probably best known for his role as Danny Morgan in The Adventures of Young Van Helsing.He got his first acting gig right out of high school on the feature film The Royal Tenenbaums, he has since appeared in such productions as CSI: Miami & Days of our Lives...
. It was directed by Kevin Summerfield and distributed exclusively through UAV Entertainment and Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
.
Plot
Abraham Van HelsingAbraham Van Helsing
Professor Abraham van Helsing is a protagonist from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula.Van Helsing is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: "M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc." The character is best known as a...
battles with Simon Magus
Simon Magus
Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, in Latin Simon Magus, was a Samaritan magus or religious figure and a convert to Christianity, baptised by Philip the Apostle, whose later confrontation with Peter is recorded in . The sin of simony, or paying for position and influence in the church, is...
(Joe Zaso
Joe Zaso
Joseph Zaso is an American actor and filmmaker.He is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990...
), defeating him using the Scepter of God. In the present day, students are digging for bones of animals at an excavation site. One student unearths a bone, slowly touches it, and it engulfs his hand. Simon Magus returns to life and terrorizes the excavation site.
The scene then shifts to Michael Harris (Keith Jordan
Keith Jordan
Keith Jordan is an American actor who has starred in such films as Suburban Girl, The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter, and Make the Yuletide Gay....
) and his best friend Danny Morgan (Tomm Bauer
Tomm Bauer
Tomm Bauer is an American actor who is probably best known for his role as Danny Morgan in The Adventures of Young Van Helsing.He got his first acting gig right out of high school on the feature film The Royal Tenenbaums, he has since appeared in such productions as CSI: Miami & Days of our Lives...
) at school. After causing an explosion in chemistry class, they return to Michael's house. During a band rehearal, Danny sees an old trunk that looks to have been shipped all around the world.
A Professor Arad shows up at Michael's house and explains that he is the great great grandson of Abraham Van Helsing and that he needs to take over the family business in order to save the world. The professor shows Michael all of the weapons that were locked in the family trunk.
The professor claims that the only thing that can kill Simon Magus is the Scepter of God, which has now gone missing. Without it, Magus will terrorize the Earth and destroy all of mankind. Suddenly Magus bursts through the wall of the room, causing Michael and the gang to flee.
They all go on the run as Magus gives chase, eventually revealing that Danny had buried the Scepter of God under a tree in his youth. The gang tracks down the tree, fights Magus, and eventually destroys him.
Back at the school, Michael and Danny's band play at the sweetheart dance, proclaiming their band's name to be "The Van Helsings".
Reception
Originally released straight to DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
on April 20th, 2004 the movie was initially bombarded with negative press and reviews. Over the years it has gained a small cult following.