Dracula Page #2

if anybody cares.

I care, Mr. Swales.

Come on, Lucy.

Come along, Count. Food.

Miss Van Helsing.

It is diffiicult for me

to express precisely,

but there seemed to be a doom

over the ship from the moment

we left Varna.

Count, uh, some wine--

No, thank you, Doctor.

I never drink wine.

Before you arrived, we were

looking at the ship's log.

It wasn't lost at sea?

No.

The very last entry

was a strange word:

Undead?

Yes, uh, nosferatu.

Ah! It means not dead.

You were right.

No, with your permission

and all due respect

to Miss Van Helsing--

Yes, I'm quite finished,

thank you--

there is a distinction:

The words not dead--

[ Swales ]

Damn.!

carry the simple meaning--

Agh!

Dead, undead. I don't care.

They all frighten me.

Oh, I love to be frightened.

Do you?

This is written

in an obscure regional dialect.

The captain was a Magyar;

I am Szekler. Unfortunately

I can't translate it for you.

Magyar.

[ Chuckles ]

Szekler.

I had no idea, Count,

that your country

was so complex.

Oh,yes, Doctor.

It's very, very complex.

[ Mina ]

More coffee?

[ Seward ] Mmm.

So, you've come to England,

Count, to settle down?

To settle down?

No, hardly that.

I've come to wander through the

crowded streets of London...

or to be here in the midst of

the whirl and rush of humanity.

To share its life,

its change, its death.

You, uh-- You have a great lust

for life, Count.

How well you phrase it.

[ Gasps ]

[ Swales ]

Miss Van Helsing!

Oh!

[ Gasping ]

I'm all right.

I'm just dizzy.

Swales, get the laudanum.

No.! No drugs.

You must not pollute her blood.

Put her here on the couch.

Mmm. Oh.

[ Gasping ]

Forgive me, Doctor.

You see, in my country

we are a simpler people.

The strain of the last day

has been too much for you,

Miss Van Helsing.

And I am the cause, I fear.

No, no. It's just--

It's just this pain

in my head.

It runs down here

into my neck.

I can remove this pain.

- So can I. Swales, get my--

- No. Such pains yield

readily to suggestion.

If you mean hypnotism, she'd

be better offhaving the pain.

- Why?

- I suspect Mr. Harker...

thinks of some

ugly waving of arms.

That is not my method.

Look at me.

When I will you to do a thing,

it shall be done.

Hear and obey.

From now on,

you have no pain.

-And no will

ofher own either.

- Lucy.!

I admire your candor,

Miss Seward.

Precisely the sort of

stimulating encounter I'd hoped

to find here in England.

[Jonathan ]

Indeed.

Yes, indeed.

I despise women

with no life in them.

No blood.

When you awake,

you will remember nothing.

Good Lord!

Was it something that I said?

[ Dracula ]

Now, Mr. Harker, come.

We must talk seriously.

I want to sign the deed

to my new home here in England.

Of course.

Tonight?

I won't hear of it.

This was meant to be a party

to welcome our new neighbor.

Come, Count.

Come and dance with me.

- But I hardly know--

- It doesn't matter.

I'll teach you.

I meant...

I hardly know you.

Nonsense.

[ Lucy Laughs ]

[ Horses Neigh ]

[ Horse Neighs ]

[ Bell Dings ]

[ Whispers ]

Jonathan?

Jonathan.

[ Owl Hoots ]

Boo!

- Oh, my God,Jonathan!

Don't ever do that!

- Shh, shh, shh!

I thought

you loved to be frightened.

I think I should

go back to bed, Mr. Harker.

Mr. Harker, is it? Looks like

I'm not gonna be good enough

for the likes of you anymore.

Hobnobbing with royalty now,

are we?

Really,Jonathan.

You pretend to be

so utterly maudlin.

We were just dancing.

Just dancing!

That's a right amazing way

of putting it.

Do you know,Jonathan,

that if you go on being cross,

you're going to sprout

the most enormous wart...

right on the end

of your nose.

[ Both Laughing ]

[ Rattles ]

[ Moans ]

[ Rattling Continues ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Whimpers ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Wolf Howling ]

It's nothing.

[ Laughs ]

It's just a dog.

[ Howling Continues ]

[ Door Closes

In Distance ]

[ Mutters ]

[ Door Closes Nearer ]

[ Gasps ]

Bloody hell, that hurts.

[ Bell Tolls ]

Me bloody head.

[ Mumbling ]

Pump.

[ Pump Squeaks ]

Ah!

Oh!

Here we go.

Here we go.

Nice and fat and juicy.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Slurping, Crunching ]

[ Yells ]

Good evening.

It will not open.

You have nothing to fear.

I'm accustomed

to barring my home. There

are wolves in Transylvania.

Not here there ain't!

You must have patience

with me.

You must try to understand me.

I can reward you

with a long and fruitful life,

but I must have your loyalty.

Can you give that?

Then come.

I been bit by a bat.

Yes, I see.

[ Man Chattering ]

Good morning, Dad.

We got back.

Good morning, Burt.

Morning, Billy lad.

Tally ho.

[ Woman ]

Come now.! Mind yourself!.

Mind what you're doing.!

[ Bell Dings ]

[ Gasping ]

What is it?

Mina, what's wrong?

What is it?

[ Gasping ]

The moonlight--

The flapping--

[ Bell Ringing ]

Papa! Papa, come quickly!

Darling, try and tell me

what's wrong.

I-- I--

What is it?

Papa, come quickly.!

Papa, help her!

What's wrong with her?

She can't breathe.

My-- My-- My--

My throat pains me so.

I can't get any air!

There's plenty.

Take a deep breath.

- [Jonathan ]

What happened?

- I don't know. Asphyxiation.

Just breathe in, darling.

Just breathe.

Mina, breathe.

[ Lucy ]

Try.!

Breathe. Breathe.

Mina, breathe!

Breathe! Breathe!

Try, darling.

- Breathe, breathe, breathe!

- I can't breathe!

- Oh, Papa, stop it!

Breathe!

Oh, Father, be careful.!

Mina, Mina.

[ Gasping ]

Oh, Papa.

Breathe, breathe.

[ Gasping ]

Try, darling.

Breathe.

Breathe.

[ Gasping ]

[ Choking ]

Oh, my God, Papa.

She's dead.

[ Sobbing ]

Look at her throat!

Two punctures.

[ Gasping ]

Not very large,

but not wholesome.

Not wholesome, Papa!

What are you talking about?

Jonathan,

get her out of here.

Jonathan, please.

[ Sobbing ]

Twelve Van Briggle Strasse.

Amsterdam.

Yes. Professor

Abraham Van Helsing.

Now, read the whole thing

back to me like a good girl.

[ Lucy ]

Nothing for me,

thank you.

Come on.

You need your strength.

I should never

have left her alone.

That's preposterous.!

You had no way ofknowing.

Mina has died.

No, not lied.! Died.

Telegraph or come at once.

Your dear friend in

this saddest of occasions,

Jack Seward. Yes.

Well, I do hope

the professor gets it.

The poor, poor man.

Poor Mina.

Do you think

it was her heart, Doctor?

Or that pain in her head?

I don't know. It's so long

since I've practiced

real medicine.

- What do you think killed her?

- Killed her?

That's an odd word.

Yet there was no sign

of disease.

What about those marks

on her neck?

Marks on her neck.

Hmm. Perhaps

she injured herself

fastening her shawl.

Oh, Father!

Don't be absurd.

You saw those wounds!

[ Door Knocker Banging ]

[ Squeaking ]

[ Wings Flapping ]

Hello?

[ Insect Buzzing ]

Hello?

[ Buzzing Continues ]

[ Wings Flapping ]

Is anyone at home?

Hello?

Count Dracula!

You needn't shout,

Mr. Harker.

You frightened me.

I'm sorry.

I had a key.

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