Baron Blood Page #5

I understand your apprehension, sir.

In view of the strange things

she appears to have seen...

strange enough to cause her

to leave my employment.

I hope this talk isn't going to give

this young lady nightmares.

She's my daughter, Gretchen.

Hello, Gretchen.

Lovely child!

Oh, I am very happy to announce...

that I have completed

the restoration of the castle,

including a few items

that may surprise even you, dear Eva.

Why don't you drop by this evening?

- Well, I don't know, sir...

- All of you! All of you, of course.

I promise you won't be disappointed,

Doctor HummeI.

Thank you.

Oh, and do be carefuI

of these mountain roads.

As you know, they can be

quite treacherous after dark.

UntiI tonight, then!

Mr Becker is the ghost.

- What do you mean, darling?

- I'd know him anywhere.

His eyes burn like fire.

All right, Gretchen,

that's enough now.

Go out and play, yeah?

Let's go and wash up first.

Then you can go out

and play in the garden.

- Wait a moment!

- Hmm?

- What do we really know about Becker?

- Personally, nothing.

Who is he?

Where did he come from?

Why did he...

How is it he suddenly appeared

at the auction?

And where did he get his money?

It's true, his background

has a little mystery about it.

And another thing,

he's the only one who's not afraid

to stay by himself in the castle.

And then his invitation for tonight

was pretty weird.

- And yet, what about his face?

- What do you mean?

You know, the man who was in my room,

who chased me all over the castle...

he wasn't even human-looking.

I don't know.

If he is the baron, it's possible that he has

the power to change his appearance.

But you know, I remember now

that when I mentioned the name

of Elisabeth Hlle for the first time,

Herr Becker looked...

well, he looked stricken.

If Becker is the baron,

then you must realise how dangerous it is

to go to the castle tonight.

There are too many unknown quantities

to this mystery,

and there's no logicaI procedure

to its solution.

We can't drop everything

right now, just when...

Just when it may seem

too dangerous to go further, Peter?

But Uncle, we must go!

It's the only way we can get the proof.

If only we knew

what Elisabeth Hlle meant...

when she said

we had the power to destroy him.

Maybe she meant the amulet.

The amulet!

Peter, look!

What?

Up there, that painting!

- Isn't that the one we saw...?

- The night of the incantation, exactly!

Good evening,

my dear friends.

Please... please come in.

I am really delighted

to see you.

I was afraid

you might have changed your minds.

Come!

- Good evening, Mr Becker.

- I'm so glad you could come, Doctor.

- Um, Herr Becker...

- Isn't that Baron von Kleist?

Yes, I believe it to be the only true portrait

of the baron in existence.

Well, it really seems very odd to me,

Herr Becker,

that the whole painting was restored,

except for the face.

Artistic integrity, dear Eva.

Since no one knows

what the baron actually looked like...

would you have a painter give him a face

that wasn't truly his own?

I understand

that he was a sadist and a murderer.

And quite probably insane.

Sadist? Murderer?

Matters of terminology.

Insane?

Hmm...

I rather think not.

He was much too clever.

But such cleverness goes hand in hand

with insanity, don't you think?

You are the scientist, Doctor.

But let's not bore these children

with clinicaI analyses!

I'd like to show you

something more realistic.

Excuse me, dear Eva.

Now, if you'll all just follow me,

please.

- Well, what do you think?

- Did you see that?

My God, it's pretty startling, even for

a castle like Schloss des Teufels.

But they seem so life-like.

Anybody would think they were reaI.

- A magnificent effect, Herr Becker.

- If it is just an effect!

Oh, Peter. I've restored

not only the furniture of the castle...

I've tried to recreate the atmosphere,

the personality of its originaI owner.

The baron's will

not only dominated this castle...

but all the valley below.

The people were necessary

only for his convenience.

Those whom he found inconvenient...

Follow me.

I'm particularly pleased...

with the meticulous and exacting

restoration of this dungeon.

With a little imagination you should

be able to envision the tortures...

and hear the screams

that echoed through here.

Those recorded screams

in the baron's day were reaI.

Hours perhaps. Entertaining?

It's disgusting and horrible, and I...

I'd like to leave, please.

It's all very fascinating,

but I'm afraid, we must be going.

- May we assist you upstairs?

- Thank you, no.

But please come back.

There are many more things

I would like to ask you, Herr Becker.

- Perhaps you would like to stay.

- Peter, please.

- I understand.

- Let's go.

It was a pleasure.

Good night.

Do come back soon

for a longer visit.

A much longer visit...

Auf Wiedersehen.

I'm sure he's the baron.

But if he is,

why did he let us go?

Possibly he's just playing a game.

- Do you have the amulet?

- Oh yes, it's here.

We've got to try to send his ghost back.

Hurry! Let's go.

But let's talk to him

before sending him back.

This opportunity

is never gonna come again.

Think what it would mean to actually

speak with someone from the past.

- Peter, please.

- Peter!

You've unleashed

a monster on the world.

- You must try to send him back.

- Oh...

I am disappointed, Doctor.

Is your scientific interest waning?

For a man in your position...

I would have expected

more intellectuaI curiosity.

- Baron Otto von Kleist!

- What a pity...

You are Baron von Kleist!

...that circumstances

oblige me to eliminate...

my only living male descendant.

Go back! Go back!

Go back!

Go back to wherever you came from!

- Go back!

- Child...

Do you think you can destroy me

with a trinket?

Good shot, Doctor!

No! No!

Now you shall taste the pain,

the exquisite agony...

...the fate you'd planned for me.

Only, luckily for you,

there will be no coming back.

No!

You shall join the others...

the miserable beings

who dared to oppose my will.

- You shall die!

- No! No!

Eva!

Hurry!

The baron of

blood and eviI shall be destroyed...

... only by those

he has himself destroyed.

You, his victims,

have the power to crush him...

and make him suffer

the agonies of hell.

Use it, before it's too late.

It's the monster!

He's coming!

Eva, don't!

It's the monster!

No!

Get a hold of yourself!

No!

No! No!

Hurry, hurry, Peter.

Come! Hurry! Hurry!

Are you OK?

No, don't look back, Evie.

Leave

the last blow for me, Elisabeth Hlle.

Let me taste sweet revenge.

Let me please, please...

Let me cut into his heart.

Please!

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