First Look Review – “Abraham’s Boys”

The makers of 1922’s Nosferatu ran into trouble with the estate of Bram Stoker for pilfering the plot of his career-defining novel ‘Dracula’. Robert Eggers had no such worries with his recent remake of that silent classic, as Stoker’s novel has long been in the public domain at this point, meaning anyone is free to adapt it or use its characters. We’ve seen scores of adaptations of Dracula, but few filmmakers have strip-mined the novel for its supporting characters, the Hugh Jackman headlined Van Helsing a notable exception.

Adapting a short story by Joe Hill, writer/director Natasha Kermani gives us another take on the character of Abraham Van Helsing with Abraham’s Boys. As portrayed by Titus…