Dracula Page #3

- But surely, Professor...

A vampire casts no reflection in the glass.

That is why Dracula smashed the mirror.

I don't mean to be rude,

but that's the sort of thing

I'd expect one

of the patients here to say.

Yes. And that is what your English

doctors would say, your police.

The strength of the vampire

is that people will not believe in him.

But, Professor, vampires

only exist in ghost stories.

A vampire, Mr Harker,

is a being that lives after its death

by drinking the blood of the living.

It must have blood or it dies.

Its power lasts only

from sunset to sunrise.

During the hours of the day it must rest

in the earth in which it was buried.

But then, if Dracula were a vampire, he'd

have to return every night to Transylvania.

And that's impossible!

Then he must have brought

his native soil with him.

Boxes of it. Boxes of earth

large enough for him to rest in.

(manic laughter)

Renfield?!

What are you doing there? Come here.

Did you hear what we were saying?

Yes, I heard something.

Enough.

Be guided by what he says.

It's your only hope.

It's her only hope.

I begged you to send me away,

but you wouldn't.

Now it's too late. It's happened again.

(Harker) What's happened?

Take her away from here.

Take her away before...

(squeaking)

No, no, master!

I wasn't going to say anything!

I told them nothing!

I'm loyal to you, master!

What have you to do with Dracula?

Dracula?

I never even heard the name before.

You will die in torment if you die

with innocent blood on your soul.

Oh, no.

God will not damn a lunatic's soul.

He knows that the powers of evil are

too great for those of us with weak minds.

(woman screams)

Oh, Mr Harker! Mr Harker, it's horrible!

Oh, it's horrible! Dr Seward!

Miss Mina... Out there, dead!

- Out where?

- Out there!

(Renfield laughs)

Thank heaven she's alive.

Thank heaven for that!

Alive, yes. But in greater danger,

for she's already under his influence.

Oh, it's horrible, Van Helsing, horrible!

Incredible!

Incredible, perhaps, but we must face it,

we must cope with it.

As these attacks continue, she comes

more and more under his power.

(child cries)

"Further attacks on small children,

committed after dark by the mysterious

woman in white, took place last night."

"Narratives of two small girls, each child

describing a 'bootiful lady in white'

who promised her chocolates,

enticed her to a secluded spot,

and there bit her slightly in the throat."

- Ghosts!

- Vampires.

And then, Miss Mina?

What could she know

about the woman in white?

- It's bad enough for her to read about it...

- Please, please, Mr Harker.

And when was the next time you saw

Miss Lucy after she was buried?

I was downstairs on the terrace.

She came out of the shadows

and stood looking at me.

I started to speak to her.

And then I remembered she was dead.

The most horrible expression

came over her face.

She looked like a hungry animal. A wolf.

And then she turned

and ran back into the dark.

Then you know the woman in white is...

Lucy.

Miss Mina, I promise you that

after tonight she will remain at rest,

her soul released from this horror.

If you can save Lucy's soul after death,

promise me you'll save mine.

Darling, you're not going to die.

You're going to live.

No, John. You mustn't touch me.

And you mustn't kiss me - ever again.

What are you trying to say?

You tell him.

You make him understand. I can't.

Professor...

It's all over, John.

Our love, our life together.

Oh, no.

No, no, don't look at me like that.

I love you, John. You.

But this horror... He wills it.

(Van Helsing) Miss Mina,

you must come indoors.

You must.

Do you know what you're doing to her,

Professor? You're driving her crazy!

Mr Harker, that is what

you should be worrying about.

The last rays of the day's sun will soon be

gone and another night will be upon us.

(door opens)

Dr Seward, I'm taking Mina with me

to London tonight, or I'll call in the police.

- But, John...

- Mina, please get your bags packed.

Seward, I must be master here

or I can do nothing.

Quite.

Miss Mina, both this room

and your bedroom

have been prepared with wolfbane.

You will be safe if Dracula returns.

She'll be safe all right,

because she's going with me!

- Mina, I'll be waiting for you in the library.

- Oh, John!

Father, talk to him.

Please don't let him go.

Oh, Briggs.

Miss Mina is to wear this wreath

of wolfbane when she goes to bed.

Watch her closely and see

that she does not remove it in her sleep.

I understand.

And under no circumstances

must these windows be opened tonight.

Very well, sir.

(wolf howls)

(thud)

You will recollect that Dracula

cast no reflection in the mirror.

Yes.

And that three boxes of earth

were delivered to him at Carfax Abbey.

Quite.

And, knowing that a vampire

must rest by day in his native soil,

I am convinced that

this Dracula is no legend,

but an undead creature whose life

has been unnaturally prolonged.

(Harker) Well, Dr Seward, what about it?

Is Mina going with me or not?

If you take her from under our protection,

you will kill her.

Now, John, please, please, be patient.

Mr Harker, please, come here.

Well?

John, I know you love her.

But don't forget she's my daughter,

and I must do what I think is best.

Mr Harker, I have devoted my lifetime

to the study of many strange things -

little-known facts which the world

is perhaps better off for not knowing.

I know. But, Professor, all I want

is to get Mina away from all of this.

That will do no good.

Our only chance of saving Miss Mina's life

is to find the hiding place

of Dracula's living corpse

and to drive a stake through its heart.

(Renfield) Isn't this a strange conversation

for men who aren't crazy?

Renfield! You're compelling me

to put you in a straitjacket.

You forget, Doctor,

that madmen have great strength.

Dracula has great strength, eh, Renfield?

Words, words, words!

Oh, Martin. Didn't I warn you

to keep a strict watch?

What?

What, again?!

Yes, sir. At once, sir.

Yes, sir. Right away, sir.

Here, the doctor's pet loony

is loose again.

He came and stood below

my window in the moonlight.

And he promised me things.

Not in words, but by doing them.

Doing them?

By making them happen.

A red mist spread over the lawn,

coming on like a flame of fire.

And then he parted it.

And I could see that

there were thousands of rats,

with their eyes blazing red -

like his, only smaller.

And then he held up his hand

and they all stopped.

And I thought he seemed to be saying...

"Rats, rats... rats!"

"Thousands... millions of them!"

"All red blood!"

"All these will I give you...

if you will obey me."

What did he want you to do?

That which has already been done.

Strike me down dead, Doctor!

He's got me going!

Now he's twisted and broken

them iron bars as if they was cheese.

- Dracula is in the house!

- In the house?!

Doctor, this time he can do no harm.

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