I've always wondered why, if Van Helsing knew Lucy was not truly dead and not at peace, (he states after Lucy "dies" - "alas, this is only the beginning) why would he not speak up before she was buried?
His lack of speaking up of what needed to be done immediately put innoncent lives in danger.
"One of their numbers was butchered, this is a wake."
Well, that's how it was done in the book and this film was simply being true to the source material.
As for Van Helsing's reasoning, I suspect it was due to the fact that the others probably wouldn't believe him unless they were able to see proof for themselves. If he suddenly proposed decapitating and impaling her corpse, right after she had died, then Dr. Seward and Quincey would have judged him insane and not listened to a word he would have said afterwards. Van Helsing knew that he would have to show them proof that his suspicions were true.
Well, that's how it was done in the book and this film was simply being true to the source material.
As for Van Helsing's reasoning, I suspect it was due to the fact that the others probably wouldn't believe him unless they were able to see proof for themselves. If he suddenly proposed decapitating and impaling her corpse, right after she had died, then Dr. Seward and Quincey would have judged him insane and not listened to a word he would have said afterwards. Van Helsing knew that he would have to show them proof that his suspicions were true
I agree and if you recall Seward still refuses to fully accept the truth even after personally witnessing considerable evidence. Van Helsing couldn't spring this on them without convincing them first.
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