Son of Dracula (1943) - full transcript

SON OF DRACULA

- How are ya, Doctor?
- Hello, Harry.

Hey, Charlie.

Hello, Dr. Brewster,
Mr. Stanley.

How are ya?

Say, are those all the
passengers you had?

Just the four.

You didn't put anybody off
at the wrong station, did you?

We're here to meet a friend of
the Caldwells, a Count Alucard.

There was no count on this train.
All customers.

Say, there was a lot of stuff in the baggage
car that might belong to your count.



Thanks.
We'll take a look at it.

[Man]
All aboard!

Well, does this look as though he's come
to stay for just a couple of weeks?

No, it doesn't. I wonder
what's become of him.

Probably coming by car.
Don't worry. He'll show up.

- "D-R-A-C..."
- What are you mumbling about?

Nothing, nothing.
Just a silly idea hit me.

Well, if there's no Alucard, there's no
need of our waiting around here.

I've got to get back
to the office.

- Is that you, Matthew?
- Yes, ma'am, Miss Kay. This is Matthew.

I brought the trunks and boxes,
but Mr. Frank...

said the count didn't
come on the train.

Oh. Well, put them in the
guest house as I told you.

Yes, ma'am, but I have to have some help.



They're amazingly heavy.

Then get some of the
other boys to help you.

Yes, ma'am.
Thank you, ma'am.

Come on, Sam.
Come on.

Matthew's back from town.
Oh, did the count come?

No, not yet.

If you only had a phone,

Frank would have called
after the train arrived.

Believe me, if I still
lived here, I'd have one,

even if I had to
string the wires myself.

There are other means
of communication.

Oh, please, Kay.

No lectures on metaphysics
tonight, huh?

You should allow your mind
to explore the unknown, Claire,

then you wouldn't laugh
at telepathy.

I know Count Alucard
will be here tonight,

without benefit
of telephone.

Oh, he probably missed the train
and will come down tomorrow.

I must run in and see Dad for a
minute before I dress for the party.

See you later, huh?

[Frogs Croaking,
Birds Squawking]

[Mumbled Chanting]

[Mumbled Chanting
Continues]

[Squawking]

You do not know
why you came here tonight.

It was because
I wished you here.

W-Well, why?

Isn't Count Alucard...
I wished you here to warn you.

The angel of death hovers
over a great house.

I see it in ruins...

weeds, vines growing
over it,

bats flying in and out
the broken windows.

But I want to know of Count Alucard.
Is he coming?

Do you hear me?
Do you hear me, Queen Zimba?

Alucard is not his name.

You must stop him
before it is too late.

Stop him before death comes
to Dark Oaks.

Tell me if he is
coming tonight.

I see you...
marrying a corpse,

living in a grave.

I see...
[Flapping]

[Flapping,
Squeaking Continue]

Queen Zimba!

[Bird Cawing]

** [Waltz]

Uh, Steven!

This excitement over Kay's
count has worn me out.

If you'll all excuse me,
I'll let Steven take me upstairs.

[All Murmur] Good night, Colonel.
Good night.

- He's holding up very well.
- Good night.

[Woman] Good night, Colonel.
Well, Father,

I'm afraid we'll have to
do this all over again

when Count Alucard does come.

I'm afraid so.
I hope you're not too tired, Father.

No, I feel fine.
Now, you run along and dance.

- Steven'll help me upstairs.
Good night, children. - Good night then.

- Good night, Father.
- Good night, Colonel.

Good night.

I'll smoke a cigar
before going to bed.

- That'll be all for now, Steven.
- Yes, sir.

Kay, you're worried about something.
I wish you'd tell me what it is.

Wouldn't you be upset if
you gave a reception...

and your guest of honor didn't appear?

- Is that all?
- Isn't that enough?

Yes, I suppose it is, but I rather thought
you might be worrying...

about that old Hungarian gypsy
you brought back with you.

I understand
she died tonight.

- Queen Zimba?
- "Queen"?

That old swamp cat with a cabin full of
dried lizards and stuffed toads?

It's good riddance,
if you ask me.

How did you know
she was dead?

That sort of news travels fast.
One of the farm hands told me.

He also said you were there
when she died.

- I'd hoped no one knew that.
- Why?

She died of a heart attack.

Certainly your being there
could have no bearing on it.

Oh, they'll ask questions...

What was I doing there,
and what brought on the attack?

And if I told them,
no one around here would believe it.

Oh, what do they know
of these occult matters?

Blind fools.

Kay, I think it's about time
I talked to you frankly.

We're not blind, and we're not fools.
We're just plain, sensible people...

that refuse to be fooled by
a lot of supernatural nonsense.

- "Nonsense"?
- Exactly.

There's no magic in dried lizards
and dead chickens.

Ever since you met this Count Alucard
in Budapest, you've changed.

I hardly know you.

Kay, let me take you away
from all this morbid business.

A six-month's honeymoon...
a year, if you like.

We won't come back here
until you've overcome

some of these strange ideas.

- I'm sorry.
- "Sorry"?

Does that mean you're
breaking our engagement?

Oh, no. You mustn't
even think that.

Then what is it, Kay?
There must be some reason.

Of course there's a reason.

Since we were kids,
there's never been anyone

in my heart but you. You know that.

But, well...

Don't ever doubt me, Frank,
no matter what happens.

Believe in me.

Believe that what I'm doing
is best for us both.

Has it anything to do
with Alucard?

[Sighs]
I see.

I'm afraid there's something
I must tell you, Kay.

Alucard is an impostor,
a fake.

- How can you say such a thing?
- I wrote to Senator Manfield.

His reply informed me that Count Alucard
is not known at the Hungarian embassy.

[Scoffs] You must be very proud
of that bit of snooping.

I only did what any man would do to
protect the girl he intends to marry.

[Guests Chattering]
Miss Kay!

**[Continues]

Dr. Brewster, is there anything I can do?

No, no. You stay here.

Keep the party moving.

Father!

Get some water!

Looks like the colonel fell
asleep and dropped his cigar.

That's what started the fire.

Yeah, that's
probably what happened.

There's no evidence
of asphyxiation.

His heart might have
stopped beating before the fire.

He might even have died
in his sleep.

He looks as though he were
literally frightened to death.

It's purely a reflex
of the facial muscles.

Doctor,
what are those two marks on the throat?

They don't look like burns.

[Sobbing]

Come, Claire.
I think you'd better go.

[Guests Chattering
Quietly]

[Car Engine Revs]

[Knocking]

Announce Count Alucard.

Explain that I came
by motor and was delayed.

I'm sorry, sir, but
Colonel Caldwell died tonight,

and the family isn't receiving.

- Announce me!
- Yes, sir.

Central,
I called Professor Lazlo at Muirfield...

University about a half an hour ago.

Will you please
check the call for me?

This is Dr. Harry Brewster,
228. Thank you.

[Ringing]

Hello?

Yes, this is
Harry Brewster speaking.

[Chuckles]
Fine, thank you.

Why, I called to find out
if you know anything about...

a titled Hungarian family
named Alucard...

A-L-U-C-A-R-D.

Alucard? No.

I'm sure there is no such family.
The name is not Hungarian.

Well, can you tell me,

is it possible there's
a Count Dracula still living?

Dracula?
I'm sure there is not.

History says the last Count Dracula died in
the Middle Ages. Why do you ask?

A certain Count Alucard is
visiting a friend of mine.

I happened to notice that the
name spelled backward is Dracula.

[Chuckling]
It made me curious.

That is strange.
According to the legends of my people,

the last Count Dracula
became one of the undead...

a vampire...

and was finally destroyed
in the 19th century.

[Chuckles] I am considered somewhat
of an authority on the subject.

I know, Professor.
That's why I called you.

If this man is an impostor,

why should he assume that
name over all others?

Oh, he wouldn't...
not if he were sane.

In Transylvania,
the name is associated only with evil.

I advise you to be
very careful of that man.

From your tone, I gather you don't entirely

disbelieve the legends
of the former Dracula.

In my research, I have uncovered data
which I cannot entirely disprove.

I do not say I believe, but, in honesty,
I cannot say I disbelieve.

I repeat, be very, very
careful of that man.

I will, Professor.
Thank you very much.

Good-bye, sir.

You will find this will
a comparatively simple document,

owing chiefly to the fact that you two girls
are the only living kin of Colonel Caldwell.

It divides the entire estate...

cash, securities and
all... evenly between...

Pardon me, Judge Simmons.
May I ask the date of that will?

August 24. It was made on the occasion
of Miss Claire's attaining legal age.

Then there's a will
of a later date.

There's no important difference
between them, Claire.

There's a mighty important
difference for you, Kay.

According to this, you get
nothing but the plantation.

Claire gets all cash
and securities.

It's properly witnessed
and can't be disputed,

but I can't imagine what
your father was thinking of.

It's the way I wanted it.

To divide the estate otherwise
would have meant selling the plantation.

I love Dark Oaks, and hope to live here...

always.

But, my dear child, it takes

real capital to operate a
plantation of this size.

I wouldn't worry about that, Judge.

I think Colonel Caldwell
knew what he was doing.

Oh. Oh, I see.

Well, I'd, uh... I'd offer
my congratulations,

but this hardly seems
the proper time.

That seems to end the matter.

I'll start the legal machinery
in motion at once.

In fact, I'll start it today,
if the clerk's office is still open.

Good-bye.
Oh, don't bother, Claire.

- I'll find my way out, thank you.
- Good-bye, Judge.

I can't understand how you've been
able to get along without servants.

I take it that none of them
have returned since that night.

No, but I'll arrange for others
if I find I need them.

Well, of course, you know
what you want to do.

Come along, Claire.

Let's leave these two alone for a while.

I'll see you again
before I leave.

I'm so terribly sorry for Frank.

I'm afraid he's living in a fool's paradise.

A fool's paradise?

Yes, I'm certain Kay doesn't
intend to marry him.

Well, what's the trouble...

- Count Alucard?
- Oh, she couldn't marry him.

There's something, well,
repulsive about him.

The way he came in the night Father died,
and...

Oh, I don't know.

I understand he left almost immediately.
At least that was decent of him.

Yes, but...

I'm positive Kay's been seeing
him more or less secretly.

Why do you say that?

A couple of nights ago,

I heard them talking in the hall downstairs.

Somehow, I didn't like the idea, and I went
to the head of the stairs to make sure.

- And?
- Kay was alone in the lower hall,

but she was looking up
at me as if...

well, as if she'd been caught at something
she wasn't very proud of.

I see.

Did you mention it to her?

Yes, but she pooh-poohed the idea,
said I was dreaming.

I let it go at that, but I wasn't dreaming.

I hadn't been asleep.

Hmm.
That does sound strange.

Have you been in the guest house
since the night your father died?

No,
but surely you don't think Count Alucard...

I don't know what to think!

He couldn't be living in town
without my knowing it.

I'd like to take a look at his belongings,
if he hasn't taken them away.

He couldn't have done that alone...
they were too heavy.

This might be
a very good time.

Two large chests as well as the
trunks came on the train.

I don't know what's become of them.
They were put in here.

That's strange.
They're not in there either.

Well, it may not be ethical,

but there are reasons we ought to
find out more about the count.

He didn't have any handbags.
I don't like it, Claire.

He can't be traveling around
with only the clothes he's wearing.

See what I meant
about Frank and Kay?

I don't like it, Claire.
I don't like it one bit!

You've got to leave here
and go back to town,

and the sooner the better.

You sound as if I was in
some kind of danger.

I'd rather not go into that,
but I insist upon your leaving.

You can go in with me
and send for your things later.

Well, I can't leave Kay alone.
If I'm in danger, she must be too.

I'm going to make one last attempt
to persuade her to leave.

If she won't...

Well, if she won't,

I want you to join me in swearing out...

an insanity complaint
against her.

An insanity complaint?

Are you serious?
Kay's my sister!

Claire, everybody's in danger here,
Kay more than anyone else.

If she won't leave voluntarily,
we've just got to force her.

Yes, but-but she'd be arrested,
put in an asylum!

I'd never do that to her.

Claire, don't you see?
We've got to protect Kay from herself.

Yes, what is it?

You remember me,
don't you, Mr. Kirby?

Yes, of course. You're
Colonel Caldwell's daughter.

- Sorry to hear about your father.
- Thank you.

May we come in?
We want to be married. Married?

Yes, of course.
Come right in.

Ma! Cecilia!

In a few moments, my dear,
you will become Countess Alucard.

[Wind Whistling Fiercely]

[Thunder Rumbling]

Everything has worked out
as we planned.

This house is ours.
No one else has any claim on it.

I like old houses, and I like your
countryside and the swampland.

- It's very different from your homeland.
- That is why I like it.

My land is
dry and desolate.

The soil is red with the blood
of a hundred races.

There is no life
left there.

Here you have a young
and vital race.

You've spoken of your people,
but I want to know more...

their legends,
their mystery, their gifts.

Perhaps someday
we may return there.

As I have told you,
my dear,

ours will be
a different life,

without material needs...

a life that will last
through eternity.

[Knocking]

[Sighs]
I'll see who it is.

[Knocking Continues]

I told you not to come here again, Frank.
I'm sorry.

Please, Kay.
I've got to talk to you.

Kay, I must know
what this is all about.

I know that you and Alucard
are meeting secretly.

I followed you tonight.

I don't know where you went
because I lost you, but...

We went to Mr. Kirby's.

We were married.

Married? No.
No, you couldn't have!

I told you before,
we were married tonight.

You'll save us all a lot
of unpleasantness by going

back to town with me tonight...

and taking the first train
out in the morning!

I'm afraid
I do not understand.

Then I'll make it clear.

You're going back to town with me tonight.

In the morning you'll take
the first train out.

Kay will have the marriage annulled,
and if you try to stop her...

or show up in this part
of the country again,

you'll be jailed!

Kay!

[Squeaking]

[Labored Knocking]

Frank!

My boy!

Harry...

Harry, how did I get here?
Did you bring me here from Dark Oaks?

No, you came alone,
about a couple of minutes ago.

What's happened, Frank?

Harry. Harry!

Harry, I've killed Kay!

It's all mixed up,
but I know I shot her twice.

Harry, am I insane?

Could I have shot through Alucard
and killed her without hurting him?

Tell me what happened.
Well, l... I shot right through him.

I shot right through him!

Kay screamed and fell,
and he just stood there...

just stood there, staring at me...
just staring at me!

- You don't believe that, do you?
Nobody will. - Yes, I believe you.

- Have you got your revolver?
- I dropped it in the drive.

But you haven't told me just what happened.

Kay and Alucard were married.

- I know. I followed them.
- Well, didn't you try to stop the wedding?

A tree smashed my car,
and I lost them.

Then I went back to Dark Oaks,

and I found them there and
got in a fight with him.

He got me by the throat.

It was like one of those crazy nightmares...

where you can't move
or struggle or...

I had no more strength
against him than a baby.

He just threw me aside.

Then I fired.

The bullets went through him
without even hurting him, and...

- and killed Kay.
- What did you do then?

I don't know!

I just seemed to be
running and falling and...

Oh, I don't know.

I don't know anything
except I found myself here.

I don't even know if it's real!
Maybe it's a nightmare or something!

Shh. Just rest yourself
for a while, Frank.

We'll find out
just how much of it happened.

Here. Drink this.

Lie down, Frank.

[Hinges Creaking]

[Clucking]

May I inquire...
what you are doing here?

I was about to ask you
the same question.

Tonight Miss Caldwell
and I were married.

I am now master
of this house.

You see, you owe me
an explanation.

I came here to see Katherine.
The door was open, she didn't answer my call,

and I thought I heard
somebody here in the cellar.

I, too, thought that I heard
someone in the cellar.

Come.

Dr. Brewster, what on earth brings
you here this time of night?

I hope nothing's
happened to Claire.

No. No, she was worried that
something had happened to you.

I'm sorry.

Count Alucard and I were married tonight.

Yes, so the count told me.

It was the way we wanted it...
quiet and alone.

That's the way we're
going to live, Doctor.

You see, I'm engaged
in some scientific research.

It will take up
all of our daylight hours.

And we'll have no time
for social life.

We want you to explain this to Claire.

And to Frank.

I'm fond of Frank,

but, of course, he must
never come here again.

I'd like you to tell all our
friends not to come.

If Judge Simmons has papers for us to sign,
tell him to bring them in the evening.

Katherine is going to
assist me in my research.

I see.

Well, uh, there doesn't seem to
be any more for me to say,

so, if you'll pardon me,
Katherine, I'll be leaving.

Good night.
Good-bye, Doctor,

and say good-bye
to Frank.

Perhaps I should emphasize
some of Katherine's wishes.

When I came to Dark Oaks,
I was not graciously welcomed.

Now the position has changed.
I am master.

Anyone who enters here
without my permission...

will be considered
a trespasser.

Good morning, Sarah.
Will you set another place, please?

For Mr. Stanley...

he slept on the couch in
the office last night.

There's nobody
in there now, sir.

There's a blanket on the couch
but no sign of Mr. Frank.

Why didn't you put him
in the spare bedroom?

No wonder he never stayed
for breakfast.

I'll just take coffee
this morning, Sarah.

[Knocking]

- Good morning, Sarah.
- Good morning, Judge.

It's Judge Simmons,
Doctor.

Give Sarah your hat and coat
and have some breakfast with me.

I'll keep my coat on.
I can only stay a minute.

- Quite a rain we had.
- Yes, started about 4:00.

- Claire isn't here yet?
- No.

No, I expect her
any minute though.

I was up most of the night
studying that insanity

complaint you got out against Katherine.

What did you decide?

Well, if I didn't know you,
I'd be suspicious of your motives.

You have no evidence
of insanity, Harry.

The fact she wants to live alone
at Dark Oaks may be eccentric,

but that's all.

And her infatuation
for this count,

even if he's an
impostor...

That may be bad judgment,
but it couldn't be construed as insanity.

They were married
last night by Kirby.

Oh.
[Phone Ringing]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
Katherine's like a niece to me.

You're wanted on the phone,
Judge Simmons.

It's Mrs. Simmons, sir.
She says it's important.

- You better take it in my office, Judge.
- Yes, thank you.

Thank you. Yes?

Yes, dear.

What?

Yes. Well, I'll go right
over to the courthouse.

Good-bye.

Frank Stanley surrendered
to the sheriff a while ago.

Told some story
about killing Katherine.

That's not so, Judge.
I know.

He came here in a delirious condition
and told me the same story.

I gave him a sedative
and I drove out to Dark Oaks.

I talked to Katherine, and that was
long after Frank said he killed her.

Oh, well, you'd better come to the
courthouse and tell them that.

Sarah?

Professor Lazlo is arriving here from
Memphis on the morning train.

He's spending a few days here.

- Make him comfortable, will you?
- Yes, sir.

- Morning, Bob.
- Good morning.

[Man]
Come in.

Good morning, gentlemen.

- Morning, Coroner.
- Morning.

Where's Frank, Sheriff?
The deputy's fetching him.

We're all going to Dark Oaks.
I don't think that'll be necessary.

Dr. Brewster says
that Frank is insane.

I talked to Katherine and her husband after
Frank was supposed to have shot her.

What? Well, I'm going to Dark Oaks, anyway,

and talk to them myself.

No need of going
till evening.

Katherine and her husband
will be away all day.

Where will they be?

I don't know, but they told me to
tell Claire they wouldn't be home.

I'm gonna take Frank out anyway.
Maybe he'll come to his senses...

if we make him go over the
ground like in his confession.

I wish you wouldn't do that.

Frank has had a shock.
What he needs is complete relaxation.

Frank Stanley has confessed to murder.
I have to act on it.

It won't hurt him
to ride out there.

- I give you my word that it will.
- That's too bad!

Money and position don't rate him any better
treatment than anyone else from me.

- Did he act crazy to you, Dr. Peters?
- No, can't say that he did...

a little irrational, maybe,
same as anyone after committin' murder.

Hmm.
You can come along, Doc.

If everything's all right,
I'll forget all about the confession.

That ought to be all right.

Funny that they'd
leave the door open.

Anyone here?

Tell us where you were
when you shot Katherine,

and where she and her husband were.

There's nothing to worry about.

Enact the scene just as
you think it happened.

It was in the library.

I seem to remember running out there
and dropping the gun in the driveway.

Are you sure you didn't
drive off in your car?

No, I couldn't have.

I remember a tree fell on it earlier while
I was following Kay and Alucard.

- About what time was that?
- It's all so mixed up.

I just don't know, but I'm sure
I went out that way.

Come on, Frank.
Suppose you show us just where.

I was here, but I don't remember
anything after that.

Remember this,
Frank?

I think we'd better go back to the office,
Doctor,

while you do some explaining.

Kay! Kay, my darling!

- Good evening, Doctor.
- Has Professor Lazlo arrived?

Yes, sir.

He's been here all day, in and out.

Can I fix you something to eat?
The professor's had his dinner.

No, thanks.

Professor,
I'm glad to see you.

I heard about the tragic
events of last night.

I called at the courthouse several times,
but they wouldn't let me see you.

- Step inside.
- Thank you.

The sheriff believes I'm an accessory after
the fact in the murder of Katherine.

- I can't say that I blame him.
- Why?

He can't believe that I spoke to
Katherine after Frank shot her.

Because I urged him to keep away
from Dark Oaks until tonight,

he thinks I intended to hide
her body during the day.

- But he didn't arrest you?
- No.

No, me questioned me most of the day,
but he's not ready to hold me.

Then, you didn't tell him
what we believe?

[Chuckling] The chances of convincing
a hardheaded sheriff...

that we were dealing with
a vampire seemed slim.

Very.

Yet I am satisfied
that such is the case.

Alucard is undoubtedly
a vampire...

probably a descendant
of Count Dracula.

Are you sure we're not
allowing our imagination

to run away with our common sense?

Can you suggest any other explanation
for the events of the past few days?

No.

Neither can I give a lucid
explanation of a vampire.

Broadly speaking, a vampire
is an earthbound spirit...

whose body comes to life at night
and scours the countryside,

satisfying a ravenous appetite
for the blood of the living.

This it does by drawing it from
the throat of its victim.

That's a
nauseating thought!

They're supposed to be immortals, no doubt?

Practically.

So long as they return
to their graves before sunrise.

Between then and sunset,
they remain in a sort of,

uh, cataleptic state,

during which they can be destroyed
by two different means.

At night, however,
they are invulnerable.

You mean you believe Frank shot
through Alucard without hurting him?

[Chuckling] Bullets would
have had no effect on him.

It's strange to hear a man
of science like yourself...

calmly admit that he believes in
a superstition so fantastic.

I could spend days citing proof
that it is not mere superstition.

My own homeland in the Carpathian
Hills where Count Dracula lived...

is sad testimony
to its truth.

What was once a happy,
productive region is today barren waste...

villages depopulated,
the land abandoned.

Maybe that's why he left there and
came here to a younger country,

stronger and more virile.

Of course... and he will
fasten on it and drain it dry,

just as he did
his homeland.

Unless... we can find his grave
and destroy him in it.

His grave? He was buried
in Hungary, wasn't he?

Yes, but you will find that one
of the chests he brought...

contains a layer of soil
from his birthplace.

That constitutes
a grave.

Are you serious?

Rest assured he has it hidden
in some safe place...

and returns to it just before
sunrise every morning.

Our job seems to be to find that chest
with him in it and destroy him.

That won't be
as simple as it sounds.

The vampire can assume very
many different forms at will.

Sometimes it appears
as a bat,

sometimes as
a werewolf...

and sometimes as a small
cloud of swirling vapor.

In this way it can move unseen
among its enemies,

learn their plans and be in a
position to outwit them.

You are very brilliant,
aren't you, Professor Lazlo?

Perhaps too brilliant
for your own good...

and that of Dr. Brewster.

You're right.

I am here because this is
a young and virile race,

not dry and decadent
like ours.

They have what I want,

what I need,
what I must have.

Do you suppose that I would allow
any mortal to stand in my way?

Here, drink this.

Thanks.

This doesn't leave me much room to
go on disputing your theories.

How in the world
did you drive him away?

I showed him this.

A simple cross!

It would take too long to explain
why they fear it, but they do.

Keep this and wear it at all times,
especially in your sleep.

Dracula has you
marked for death.

Not only me,

but unsuspecting people in this district...

who'd never believe us if we
tried to warn them.

We must find some way
to destroy him before... [Knocking]

Excuse me, Doctor Harry,
but it's Mrs. Land to see you.

Something's happened to Tommy, Doctor.

Put him here.

I sent him to my sister's
on an errand.

He was gone so long,
I finally went after him.

- Will you get my bag?
- Certainly.

I found him lying beside the road.

He talked a little, but
he didn't make sense.

He acted like he
was scared foolish.

He said something about
a foreign man in a fog,

but there wasn't
any fog tonight, Doctor.

I noticed those wounds
on his neck too.

What are they...
small animal bites?

No, I don't
think so.

We can fix that
very easily.

Sarah?

Yes, Doctor Harry?

Why don't you make Mrs. Land
a cup of tea?

Go along with Sarah, Mrs. Land.

Yes, sir.

Tommy's going to be all right.
He's had a bit of a shock.

I want him to stay here until he
regains consciousness.

I'll call you.
Thank you, Doctor.

Dracula's first victim.
It's starting fast.

Does that mean that Tommy's in
danger of becoming a vampire?

No, unless Alucard drained so
much blood from him that he died.

What about Kay?
She died from bullet wounds,

and yet you implied that she
would become a vampire.

Yes, but her case
was different.

Her background was...
I know... morbid!

She'd gone overboard
on the subject of the supernatural,

- black magic and the like.
- Exactly.

I rather believe that Miss Caldwell
may have made the transition...

from choice.

No one could choose
a thing so loathsome!

Don't forget,
the girl was morbid.

That means thanatophobia,
fear of death.

And Alucard could
promise her eternal life.

Eternal life
at such a price?

Why do you think
she is a vampire?

The dirt which I understand had
been thrown into her grave...

who else would have done
that except Alucard... Dracula?

That means we have to
destroy her as well?

That should be
relatively simple.

Her sister could order her cremation
while the body is still in the morgue.

Perhaps you're right.

[Phone Ringing]

Hello. Oh, hello, Claire.
I was just about to call you.

No, I think that'll be
perfectly safe.

Professor Lazlo and I
will stop and pick you up.

It's no trouble. Besides, there's something
we want to talk to you about.

All right.
See you in a few minutes then.

The sheriff s office
just called her.

They say that Frank is still a bit
irrational and insists upon seeing her.

While she's there, she can leave
orders for Katherine's cremation.

Oh, Sarah?

Mrs. Land?

Unfortunately,
I have to run along.

In a few minutes, it'll be safe
to take Tommy home.

Don't you worry.

He's gonna be all right.
Thank you, Doctor.

[Kay]
Frank?

Frank.

Frank.

Kay.

No, it can't be.

Yes, Frank,
it's Katherine.

No, you can't be Kay.

Kay's dead!

I know, I killed her.
I saw her fall.

I was with the sheriff
when he found her body.

She was dead.

She was dead!
I saw her!

You see me now too.

- Yes, but...
- Do you doubt your own eyes?

It is you.
It is you, Kay, and you're alive!

But what is it, Kay?
You seem to be cold, like death.

You seem to be Kay,
but there's a strange difference.

It's almost as if I didn't know you.

Does that mean you no longer love me?

I'll always love you.

Enough to spend the rest
of your life with me? But...

But you're married
to Alucard.

I don't love him.
I never did.

- But you're married to him!
- I had to.

It was part of the plan
I told you about in the garden.

I asked you to have
faith in me then.

I beg you to have
faith in me now.

I don't understand.

Count Alucard is
immortal.

Through him,
I attained immortality.

Through me,
you will do the same,

and we will spend
eternity together.

Are you serious?

Do you expect me to believe
anything so unreal?

How can you explain the fact
you shot through him without hurting him?

How else
could I be here?

Why, I can't explain it.
It's...

it's so incredible!

Perhaps you'll understand
when I tell you...

Count Alucard's real name
is Count Dracula.

Count Dracula?

You mean the Hungarian who's
supposed to have become...

Don't use that word.
We don't like it.

Say, rather,
that we are undead,

immortal.

Do you mean you deliberately planned this?

You married him so you could become a...

So you and I could attain
immortality, yes.

But even if it
would work,

do you expect me to agree
to anything so fantastic?

You have no choice.

I've taken the first step
while you were sleeping.

No.
No, I can't do it.

I've already told you,

you have no choice.

Frank, isn't
eternity together...

better than a few years
of ordinary life?

Yes.

Yes, I suppose
it is.

There's one thing you must do while
you're still in your present form.

- What is that?
- Destroy Dracula.

"Destroy Dracula"?

But how?

There is one advantage
all humans have over us.

You can move about in the daytime.
We can't.

We must return to our graves before sunrise,

or we're destroyed.

But how can I keep him
from his grave?

You don't have to.

You can destroy him
in one of two ways...

either drive a stake
through his heart,

or burn his grave
before he reaches it.

You must do this,
Frank, for us.

Miss Caldwell! It got so late,
I didn't think you were coming in.

I thought you might have told Frank,
and I didn't want to disappoint him.

I don't suppose we're
allowed to see him too?

Sheriff says no.

Find out if he knows where Count
Alucard keeps himself during the day.

I'll try.

[Door Unlocking]

[Jailer]
Third one on your left.

- Hello, Frank.
- Hello, Claire.

It's nice of you to come...
after everything.

I can only stay
a few minutes.

I just wanted to tell you
that I know it was an accident.

That makes me feel better.

Kay understands too.

I'm... sure she does.

I know it,
because she...

Would you think I was
losing my mind if I told...

you that Kay has been
here to talk to me?

I'd be more likely to say
you'd been dreaming.

Yes, I guess you're right.

I was dreaming.

You know, they'll never convict
Stanley of that killing.

- No?
- No-ho!

He's as nutty
as a filbert.

He's been back there talking to
some dame who wasn't there.

First he talks in his voice,
then he answers in the woman's voice.

Did you hear anything
that was said?

That'd be a swell way to spend
a rainy evening...

eavesdropping on some goof
talking to himself in two voices.

Huh! Some fun!

Dr. Brewster's doing
all he can for you, Frank.

All he can do is get me out of
here on an insanity plea.

- That shouldn't be hard.
- You mustn't even think such things.

Why not? I can't be sane.

I really believe Kate
came here to talk to me.

If that's not crazy...

When are they going to hold the funeral?

We haven't been able
to contact Count Alucard so far.

Do you happen to know
where he stays during the day?

Why during the day?

It's an unpleasant trip out there at night,
and there's no phone.

Why should anyone think
I know?

You saw him meet Kay
on the road once,

and I wondered if you saw
where he came from.

I'm sorry.
I don't know anything.

I suppose you'll be
burying her at Dark Oaks.

Yes, I think so.
At least her ashes will be taken there.

- Her ashes?
- Yes.

I'm going to leave an
order for her cremation.

You can't do that.

You can't do that, I tell you!
She isn't dead! I know!

She talked to me!

You can't cremate her!
It would kill her!

I won't let you burn her
now that she's immortal!

You mustn't excite yourself.

Reconcile yourself to the
fact that Kay is dead.

But she isn't!

- I know she isn't dead!
- Let her go!

But she isn't dead.
All right, Frank.

I think you'd better leave,
Miss Caldwell.

- You must listen to me.
- Frank, try and get some sleep.

Good night, Frank.

Kay?

Kay!

Did you hear what she said?
They're going to cremate you.

Yes, I heard.

That means Dr. Brewster
has guessed the truth.

We may have to eliminate him and Claire.

No, not your own sister.

She's no longer my sister
when she interferes with me.

But if they cremate you...
They won't find me.

I'll go to
Dark Oaks tonight.

But we'll never be safe as long
as Dr. Brewster's alive.

Our first worry's Alucard.

If I could get out of here,
I'd start hunting for him.

I'll get you out, but you won't
have to hunt for Alucard.

- I know where he can be found
in the daytime. - Where?

Remember the drainage flume
near the edge of the swamp?

- Yes.
- That's the place.

Be sure you don't get there until after
the sun is up. [Door Squeaking]

Didn't I tell you to get some sleep?

I couldn't go to sleep.

I was talking to someone.

Yeah.

Well, she's gone now,
so I'll just douse the lights.

I'll wait for you
at Dark Oaks,

in the playroom Claire
and I used to have in the attic.

I'll unlock the cell
and bring you a gun.

There is very little
doubt in my mind...

that Kay has visited
Frank in his cell,

and I'm afraid for one
very definite purpose.

What purpose?

Didn't you tell me that she and
Frank have always been in love?

Ever since they
were children. Why?

Well, it's an
unpleasant thought,

but there are cases
on record...

where the living have voluntarily
joined the ranks of the undead...

in order to consummate
what might be called...

an unholy alliance.

You can't be serious!

Such a pact between
Kay and Frank is unthinkable!

Perhaps.

But so long as there is
the remotest possibility...

and I insist there is...

we must arrange for
immediate cremation.

Otherwise she will destroy
her own soul and Frank's.

- Frank!
- Get back! Stay away from me.

Stay away from me!

Frank!
Frank Stanley!

- What happened?
- Frank Stanley just escaped!

- Look out, he's armed. - Get after him!
If you have to shoot, do it.

What happened, Mack?
How'd he get out?

I don't know, Sheriff.
The keys were on the desk as usual.

Now they're gone and so is Stanley.
I tried to stop him...

Ooh!

Did you have anything to do with this,
Dr. Brewster?

Certainly not!

We are as anxious as you
to keep him locked up.

More so. Did you hear him do
any more talking to that girl?

What girl?
Katherine Caldwell.

Katherine Cald...

It's some kind of a crazy
trick Stanley pulls.

He pretends to be talking to some girl...
first in his voice, then in hers.

Is this some trick
so he'd sound crazy?

Did you listen in as we asked you to?

Yeah.

- But it was too crazy to bother about.
- For instance?

Well, the girl's voice said something
about getting him out of jail.

[Lazlo] That wasn't so crazy, was it?
He's out.

That's right.

I never thought of that.

Do you think there was
someone in there with him?

Never mind that.

What else did he say,
however crazy it was?

She said something about meeting him
at Dark Oaks in some kid playroom.

I know where. What else?

Oh, some crazy stuff
about killing Count Alucard.

Did he say kill him
or destroy him?

Come to think of it,

I believe he did say

"destroy,"
shove a stake through him or something.

- Shove a stake through him?
- Yeah.

- We're dealing with a madman.
- Obviously.

Did he say anything that
would give us an idea...

where he expected to find Alucard?

Yeah, but that
really was crazy.

She said something about a
swamp with a drainage tunnel...

I know where that is too.

We'll get right out and warn Alucard
before Frank gets there.

You'll not warn him if we
have to lock you up in jail.

What's that?

There's a lot
you don't understand.

If you doubt it,
let's take a look in that morgue.

- What's the morgue got to do with it?
- Never mind.

- It's becoming as plain as day.
- It has been to me for some time.

Then let's go take a look in that morgue.

Okay.

- The coffin is gone, corpse and all!
- Of course.

- You sound as if you expected it.
- We did.

What's your part in this?

How do you know in advance what's happening?

We'd better get to where Alucard is hiding.
We'll explain it on the way.

I thought you weren't going to warn Alucard.

We're not.

But we may have to save Frank from the
count and from his own madness.

Gentlemen, the farther we go,
the crazier you sound.

Well! It is seldom that my enemies
are so accommodating.

How did you learn
where to find me?

I know all about you.

You're not Count Alucard
but Count Dracula,

one of the undead...

a loathsome thing,
surviving on the blood of the living.

There'll be no more blood
of the living for you,

because I'm going
to destroy you!

If you had learned
more about me,

you wouldn't have come here
until after sunrise.

Now it is not I that is
going to be destroyed.

Put it out!

Put it out,
do you hear me?

Put it out!

Put it out!

Put it out!

You stay here,
Jack.

This is one thing we didn't foresee, Doctor.

How could we?

I don't get it.
What's happened?

To maintain his existence
among the undead,

Dracula had to be back in his
coffin before sunrise.

Frank prevented it,
as you can see.

You mean, that's all
that's left of Alucard?

Look at the ring
on his hand.

It bears the Alucard seal,
just as on his luggage.

Assuming it is Alucard
or Dracula or whoever,

where is Frank Stanley?

He's still wanted for murder.

Do you still think Frank
killed Kay deliberately?

Look, Doctor, I'm only the sheriff.
I'm not the judge.

It's my job to bring him in and the
court to decide he's guilty.

Of course, but I think our testimony
will have bearing on their decision.

Undoubtedly.

But the main thing to do
now is to find Frank,

and I think I know
where he is.

[Fire Crackling]