Doctor Dracula

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Who's there?

- That was great.

- Yeah, let's put it in tonight.

Yeah, just leave the rocks

out of the suitcases tonight, uh?

- Oh, I'll see yqu later in

my dressing rqom. - Okay.

- Miss fontaine.

- Yes?

- Telegram.

- Thank you.

Judith's voice:
"Joanie fontaine

still reported as missing.

Sergeant Martin,

missing persons bureau."

Do you think you could remember

to find your way back, miss fontaine?

I'm afraid I lost you

on the second turn.

Have a seat.

I didn't ask you

that question to be funny,

but if you think our few

corridors are complicated,

wait till you start roaming

the back streets of venice.

I've got to find

my sister, sergeant Martin.

You know, joanie and I were both

orphaned for quite some time

and I'm the only one she's got.

I got the iivipression

when we first met

that you're just not

the kind to sit around

and wait for things to happen.

That's quite true.

Let me tell you something,

miss fontaine--

in this case that's

the best thing you can do.

Sit around

and just wait.

Here.

Your kid sister chose to live with a

bunch of hippies out near the beach.

Now it seems that

living near the water

brings out the best

and the worst in us.

There's an amusement park

just east of the pier.

It's a hang-out for pushers

and white-slavery operators.

Oh yeah, we've still

got them around.

And you'd be surprised

just how many young girls

come out here just hoping to get

involved in all this kind of stuff.

Murder,

rape

and beatings.

Now maybe you ask yourself

a question--

why do all these terrible

things have to happen?

Well, took me 21 years

of my 22 on this business

to get the answer,

and at last I have it.

What is the answer?

These people want

these things to happen.

Does that sound too simple?

Well, not really.

It's the most complicated

thing in the world.

Nobody but nobody

knows anything

about the subconscious,

miss fontaine--

not even ourselves.

Yeah, it's a dark dark world,

miss fontaine.

Barker:
See Dr. duryea's

creature emporium.

It's the greatest living

thing in the whole wide world.

Only 50 a person--

50 for the ladies,

50 for the men.

Dr. duryea's creature

eiviporium" living creatures.

See how his

head is chopped off.

See the blood squirting

right out before your very eyes.

When you see this creature,

you will be so stunned

that you won't know

that you're alive.

Hey, where are we going?

This way.

Come right inside.

Hey!

You gotta have a

ticket to go in here.

All right.

We wanna buyaticket.

"We wanna buy a ticket."

"We wanna buy a ticket."

"We wanna

buya ticket."

One dollar.

Ha ha.

See what I do with it?

I eat it!

Let's go.

Barker:

Come right in.

Do not be afraid.

This is Dr. duryea's

creature emporium,

before you,

you will see sights

that you will

not believe,

but I assure you that

each and every one of them

is true and has happened

many times in history.

But I don't

even see anything.

Barker:
You see,

you must open your

eyes to see things.

There's more to come.

It is only

an illusion, children.

It's all right.

Of course you are frightened

because this is all unknown for you.

The greatest mysteries in the

world are not mysteries at all

unless we take time

to become familiar with them.

He's really

a gentle fellow.

But put

that mask on him

and the whole world will

gladly turn against him.

I have this exhibit unattended

for several reasons.

I believe we all

should experience life

with a natural

spontaneity.

And this can only happen

if there are no restraints.

Do you agree?

The romans had

their circus Maximus

seating over 200,000,

but their spectacles

were no more bizarre

than that which I can

conjure up for you right here.

Now look here.

Now look there.

- Man, that sure looks real.

- True-- all illusions look real

or they wouldn't

be illusions, would they?

Man, that place would

give anybody the creeps.

Poor baby, you're

afraid of everything.

Yeah.

Come on, let's get ready

for the big protest tonight.

What are we

protesting tonight?

I don't know

but I'll bet it's fun.

Well, groton,

i see you've arranged

the tables

correctly this time.

What about

the temperature?

Have you tested it

to the exact degree?

You heard them

up there, groton.

They want to

see an illusion.

They do not realize

that reality itself

is the grandest

illusion of all

and that human

blood is the essence

from which future

illusions may be created.

But the secret is not to

have the blood at rest.

No, the circulatory system

must experience

a traumatic shock--

one that is inconceivable

to the human mind.

The idea of trauma

is nota new one.

But I am sure

I am the first

such experimenter

to incorporate the horror

of an actual decapitation

with the later rejuvenation

of a human body.

My, it's remarkable...

A few scars-

scars that with time

will dissolve away--

nothing more.

Had she not be drugged

into a surface somnolence,

she could walk away

from us now

as though nothing had

happened on that fateful night.

But of course we cannot

allow that to happen.

No, not until enough of the

serum has been made and tested.

Oh, she's a lucky

young woman, groton.

We have desperate

need of her blood.

She has survived

decapitation

and is manufacturing the right

type of vital fluid for us.

We are not

butchers, groton.

We don't have

this young lady here

to merely drain her body

and cast her aside.

No.

We are scientists

and we must have

others to experiment with.

You understand that, groton?

And you also understand

what must happen

to you once again?

Now, groton, on with the

work we must continue tonight.

I have my tools, groton.

You have yours.

Don't wander

away from the pier.

We all wait

for you, groton.

Walk silent

and walk well.

Dr. duryea,

i presume.

I hope your busy

schedule will allow me

a brief visit

with you.

What do you want?

It's late

and my exhibit is closed.

And how did you

get in here anyway?

All that is

unimportant, doctor.

You see,

i know your secret.

There are ways we

can help each other.

All right.

Come into the light

and we'll talk?

Pleasant

surroundings.

That sounds like peculiar

conversation fora man

who is the last living member

of the family of Frankenstein,

is it not,

Dr. duryea?

Or should I say

Frankenstein?

I am too old

and too sick

to be interested or

surprised by anything.

But when a man

comes into my house

and casts no

reflection on my mirror

and upon his hand wears

the unholy crest of Dracula...

There is

no scientific answer

to anything.

Now what

is on your mind,

count Dracula?

Dr. Frankenstein,

I know you were raised

by the duryea family.

Before your

crippling accident

you were discredited by

members of the medical institute

because of your real

family's background--

cut shorta rather

brilliant career--

but your mind

and surgeon's skill

were meant to fulfill

the Frankenstein dream

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