WEBVTT 00:00:00.810 --> 00:00:24.809 Radio Mystery Theater presents... Come in. Welcome. 00:00:25.910 --> 00:00:29.480 I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to the terrifying 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:35.320 world of your imagination. Vampire. Perhaps in 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.780 the safety of your home. The word means little 00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:42.259 to you. Oh, you've heard of vampires, of course. 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:48.000 But you believe that they exist. Not you. Well, 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.719 all I can say is, Minna Harker didn't believe 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:55.780 either. Nor did Dr. John Seward. Not till that 00:00:55.780 --> 00:00:58.780 night in the graveyard. when they gazed horror 00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:01.640 -stricken into that coffin and heard Professor 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:05.459 Van Helsing say, No, Miss Harker. John, don't 00:01:05.459 --> 00:01:09.439 turn away. Look. See for yourselves the truth. 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:13.780 Horrible. It's horrible. What? Van Helsing, what 00:01:13.780 --> 00:01:17.400 can be done? The stake must be driven into the 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:22.260 body, straight through the heart, and then the 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:26.420 head cut off. Can you bring yourself to do that, 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.180 Van Helsing? That is not the question, John. 00:01:30.019 --> 00:01:43.200 The question is, can you? Our mystery drama, 00:01:43.579 --> 00:01:46.560 Dracula, was specially adapted from the story 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.780 by Bram Stoker for the Mystery Theater by George 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:53.939 Lother and stars Mercedes McCambridge. I'll be 00:01:53.939 --> 00:02:02.000 back shortly with Act One. Horror, in its purest 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:07.060 form, lies ahead for us. I would be remiss if 00:02:07.060 --> 00:02:09.759 I didn't warn you that if your nerves are not 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:12.800 strong, it might be better for you not to listen. 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:18.719 No, really now. Be warned. Because as Menaharca 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.759 tells us in the diary she kept, There awaits 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:26.860 you an experience so lonesome so horrifying that 00:02:26.860 --> 00:02:30.259 I can hardly bring myself to write of it If I'd 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:32.699 known what lay ahead for me when I went to visit 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:36.319 my dearest and closest friend Lucy Westenra at 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.319 Hillingham I could not have brought myself to 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:44.620 go much as I loved her Looking back now. I realize 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:47.759 I had plenty of warning, but I paid no attention 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.469 for example As I drove to the West Indra estate 00:02:51.469 --> 00:02:55.650 through that lonely, isolated country and heard 00:02:55.650 --> 00:02:58.729 the wolves howling in the distance, it occurred 00:02:58.729 --> 00:03:01.090 to me that it was strange to hear wolves in this 00:03:01.090 --> 00:03:05.349 part of the country. As strange as the huge bats 00:03:05.349 --> 00:03:10.090 that flew alongside my car. I mentioned this 00:03:10.090 --> 00:03:14.550 to John, Dr. John Seward, Lucy's fiance, as we 00:03:14.550 --> 00:03:18.189 sat having a drink in the living room. It's strange, 00:03:18.490 --> 00:03:21.930 Minna. I've seen that bat myself. The thing must 00:03:21.930 --> 00:03:24.750 have a wing spread of at least four feet. I haven't 00:03:24.750 --> 00:03:27.330 the faintest idea where it came from or the wolves 00:03:27.330 --> 00:03:30.430 either. Even Lucy's letters seemed kind of strange 00:03:30.430 --> 00:03:34.270 to me, John. What is the matter with her? Oh, 00:03:34.270 --> 00:03:37.129 I don't know. I'm completely baffled. I've had 00:03:37.129 --> 00:03:39.430 two other doctors look at her colleagues of mine 00:03:39.430 --> 00:03:41.710 and they can't figure it out. I'm desperate, 00:03:42.030 --> 00:03:44.009 Mina. I'm so desperate I've called in my old 00:03:44.009 --> 00:03:46.370 friend and teacher, Professor Van Helsing. Van 00:03:46.370 --> 00:03:49.430 Helsing? He's one of the finest diagnosticians 00:03:49.430 --> 00:03:51.830 in the world, John. Yes, he'll be here from Amsterdam 00:03:51.830 --> 00:03:55.530 in a day or two. Amsterdam, Holland? Yeah. All 00:03:55.530 --> 00:03:58.930 the way from Amst... Oh, John, you must be desperate. 00:03:59.129 --> 00:04:02.389 Lucy is dying, Minna. I'll do anything I can 00:04:02.389 --> 00:04:06.349 to save her. We must find a way to stop her from 00:04:06.349 --> 00:04:10.150 losing blood. Losing blood? It's this constant 00:04:10.150 --> 00:04:12.530 loss of blood that's killing her. Transfusions 00:04:12.530 --> 00:04:15.949 help for a time, but only a short time, and each 00:04:15.949 --> 00:04:19.589 transfusion is less effective. John, when can 00:04:19.589 --> 00:04:22.189 I see her? She's sleeping now. Our mother's with 00:04:22.189 --> 00:04:25.490 her, watching her. We take turns. As soon as 00:04:25.490 --> 00:04:27.870 Mrs. Westenra lets us know she's awake... Listen, 00:04:28.430 --> 00:04:31.930 those wolves, they're at it again. John, hasn't 00:04:31.930 --> 00:04:34.709 anyone looked into this wolf thing, how they 00:04:34.709 --> 00:04:37.009 suddenly come to be in this part of the country? 00:04:37.149 --> 00:04:39.769 According to the paper, the town police have 00:04:39.769 --> 00:04:43.610 looked into it. Well, that's peculiar, too. What? 00:04:44.350 --> 00:04:47.009 Well, they haven't been able to spot one single 00:04:47.009 --> 00:04:55.930 wolf. Oh, excuse me. We have a visitor. Oh, come 00:04:55.930 --> 00:04:59.129 in, Count. Come in. Thank you, Doctor. I'm on 00:04:59.129 --> 00:05:01.569 my way to town. I have a dinner engagement, and 00:05:01.569 --> 00:05:04.709 I thought I would stop to ask after Miss Westenra. 00:05:04.930 --> 00:05:07.930 She's no better, I'm afraid. I'm sorry to hear 00:05:07.930 --> 00:05:11.290 that. Can you stay for a drink? Well, I'd like 00:05:11.290 --> 00:05:13.230 you to meet a friend of Lucy's who'll be staying 00:05:13.230 --> 00:05:17.550 with us for a while. Oh in that case, of course 00:05:17.550 --> 00:05:21.110 I'm in a this is count Dracula our new neighbor 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:25.110 count miss Mina Harker How do you do? How do 00:05:25.110 --> 00:05:29.509 you do count? Dracula. Yes, but do not hold it 00:05:29.509 --> 00:05:33.490 against me miss Harker. I Cannot help being of 00:05:33.490 --> 00:05:35.949 the blood royal. Why don't you two get acquainted 00:05:35.949 --> 00:05:39.019 while I go up and see if Lucy's awake yet? I 00:05:39.019 --> 00:05:41.759 shall do my best to entertain this charming young 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.160 lady. I won't be a minute. You are a long way 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.480 from home, Count. A very long way, Miss Harker. 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:52.160 May I ask what brought you here? Business. Business? 00:05:52.339 --> 00:05:53.860 Good heavens, what kind of business could you 00:05:53.860 --> 00:05:55.480 have in this part of the country? I mean, it's 00:05:55.480 --> 00:06:00.060 so isolated. True, it does present difficulties, 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.660 but I like living in a country. Well, you must. 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.759 Oh, forgive me, I'm forgetting my manners. Would 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:10.860 you like a drink? Thank you Scott sure person 00:06:10.860 --> 00:06:15.819 is there perhaps some wine red wine Let me see. 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.199 I'm not very familiar with the supply here Ah, 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:22.139 here we are. There's a bottle of burgundy. Ah 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:26.680 that glass of that will be Saka what's wrong? 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:33.819 I what is it? It's the bottle I'm afraid it slipped 00:06:33.819 --> 00:06:38.769 it slipped. That's all I'm afraid I cut my hand. 00:06:40.430 --> 00:06:42.750 No, no, don't, can't, don't be upset. It's only 00:06:42.750 --> 00:06:45.769 a slight... No, see? No. Look, she's awake and 00:06:45.769 --> 00:06:49.230 we can... Cal, what's wrong? Minna, overhand. 00:06:49.230 --> 00:06:51.329 I must leave at once, Doctor. Sorry, I cannot 00:06:51.329 --> 00:06:52.810 stay. Something I just remembered. No, no, no, 00:06:52.810 --> 00:06:55.930 it's all right. I will see myself off. What in 00:06:55.930 --> 00:07:01.149 the world? But, Cal... Minna, what happened? 00:07:03.250 --> 00:07:07.540 Minna? I dropped a bottle of wine. and cut my 00:07:07.540 --> 00:07:10.740 hand. Yes, I see you did, but... I dropped the 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:15.500 bottle because... because I couldn't see him 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:18.120 in the mirror. Couldn't see who? What mirror? 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:22.040 This mirror over the table. It reflects the whole 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.339 room. Well, of course it does, but... John, John, 00:07:24.339 --> 00:07:26.819 I picked up the bottle to pour Contracula a drink 00:07:26.819 --> 00:07:29.279 and I looked into the mirror and he was standing 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:31.740 where you are now and I couldn't see him in the 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:36.379 mirror. He was there where you're standing. But 00:07:36.379 --> 00:07:38.899 he wasn't reflected in the glass. Linda, you're 00:07:38.899 --> 00:07:42.639 not making sense. And you're trembling. John, 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:47.079 I'm scared. Of what? How can you ask? I look 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.000 in a mirror and didn't see someone who should 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:51.920 have been reflected in it. Is something going 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:55.500 on with my eyes? My brain? John, what? Easy, 00:07:55.819 --> 00:07:58.360 easy. I don't want another patient on my hand. 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:01.720 But John... An optical illusion, something like 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:04.459 that. Our eyes play tricks on us sometimes. Now, 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:07.259 come on. Let's get a bandage for that cut and 00:08:07.259 --> 00:08:14.680 then we'll go up and see Lucy. I believe John. 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.259 It must have been. It had to be a trick my eyes 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:21.959 had played. What else? Well, we got a bandage 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.000 for the cut on my hand and then John took me 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.019 to Lucy's room. I can't find words to describe 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:31.500 the shock I felt when I saw her. She was white 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:36.629 as new fallen snow. And so thin she almost seemed 00:08:36.629 --> 00:08:40.210 transparent She's dying. That was my first thought 00:08:40.210 --> 00:08:44.590 she's dying and nothing can save her And I know 00:08:44.590 --> 00:08:46.690 she read the thoughts in my face. I could see 00:08:46.690 --> 00:08:50.629 the sudden fear in her eyes. I am dying Oh, you 00:08:50.629 --> 00:08:56.230 mustn't even think that Lucy you do I It was 00:08:56.230 --> 00:08:58.889 in your face when you looked at me. I read your 00:08:58.889 --> 00:09:02.370 thoughts. She's dying you thought and nothing 00:09:02.370 --> 00:09:08.580 can save her I am. And nothing can save me. Oh, 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:12.919 John can save you. And he will. He hasn't so 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:17.639 far. You mustn't despair, Lucy. Despair? I don't 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:22.940 have the strength to despair. We'd better go 00:09:22.940 --> 00:09:27.480 now, Mina. Go? Lucy, dear, I haven't seen you 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:30.679 in nearly a year. We haven't even started to 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:32.580 tell each other everything that's happened. Later. 00:09:32.899 --> 00:09:36.919 Not... not... No, I'm tired. I want to sleep. 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:41.500 Oh, well, in that case, I'll come back later. 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:44.759 No, not till tomorrow. All right, whatever you 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:48.340 say. But I'll just look in on you later. No, 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:52.899 I... Lucy. You mustn't. You mustn't. All right, 00:09:53.019 --> 00:09:56.379 all right. Then let's stop upsetting ourselves. 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.759 Go, go, quickly. Oh, good Lord. At the window! 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.980 It's nothing! Go! It's nothing! Nothing? It's 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:06.279 that bat! That huge bat that followed my car! 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:09.480 Oh, I beg of you! Lucy, the thing is trying to 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.899 get in! Look, it's clawing at the window! Is 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:13.580 that locked? Is that window locked? Yes, yes, 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:17.120 it's locked! But locks are useless against Count 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.799 Dracula. Oh, good Lord! Mirrors do not reflect 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:24.279 my image, Miss Harker. Nor do locks keep me out. 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:28.419 You! You! You were that bat! As the wolves you 00:10:28.419 --> 00:10:32.759 hear are not wolves, but like myself, vampires. 00:10:34.299 --> 00:10:39.440 Vampires? The dead who live by night. The dead 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:44.039 undead. No, this can't be happening. It's a dream. 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.299 It's a nightmare. That's what it will seem like 00:10:47.299 --> 00:10:51.039 when you wake up. Yes, you're going to sleep 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:55.139 now. And yet not sleep. You will remember all 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:57.320 you've seen here, but when you wake him, it will 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:00.919 seem like a dream. A dream you'll tell no one, 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:04.600 not even Professor Van Helsing, because you will 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:07.679 not want to look foolish. You'll be ashamed to 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:09.679 tell it, for fear he will think you're a silly 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:21.269 young woman. Enough. Sleep. Did I sleep? Did 00:11:21.269 --> 00:11:27.289 I dream? No. My sleep was a hypnotic trance into 00:11:27.289 --> 00:11:32.009 which he had placed me. And what I dreamed was 00:11:32.009 --> 00:11:35.009 reality. There in the moonlight that streamed 00:11:35.009 --> 00:11:38.950 through the window, I saw Dracula raise his arms 00:11:38.950 --> 00:11:45.350 and call. Lucy. Lucy, my dearest love, come to 00:11:45.350 --> 00:11:58.740 me. Come, my darling. I love her. I'm too weak. 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:07.179 Then I should come to you. Embrace you. Kiss 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:15.360 you. And now the strangest thing of all happened 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:20.279 to me. As I watched what then took place. My 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.419 love for my friend Lucy, my fears for her. made 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:28.139 me feel as she must have felt so poignantly, 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:37.379 so deeply that, yes, I became Lucy. I watched 00:12:37.379 --> 00:12:41.480 Dracula as he approached my bed. There was a 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:44.159 deliberate voluptuousness in him which I found 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:49.440 both thrilling and repulsive. Lower and lower 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:53.870 went his head as the lips... went below the range 00:12:53.870 --> 00:12:58.470 of my mouth and chin and seemed about to fasten 00:12:58.470 --> 00:13:02.590 on my throat. I could feel the hot breath on 00:13:02.590 --> 00:13:07.009 my neck. Then the skin of my throat began to 00:13:07.009 --> 00:13:13.990 tingle. I could feel the soft shivering touch 00:13:13.990 --> 00:13:17.730 of his lips and the super sensitive skin of my 00:13:17.730 --> 00:13:23.100 throat and then two hard dents. of two sharp 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:29.360 teeth just touching and pausing there. I closed 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:36.279 my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and I waited. 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:42.700 I waited with a beating heart and then horror 00:13:42.700 --> 00:13:49.200 overcame me and I sank into unconsciousness. 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:58.580 I promised you horror. Have I kept my promise? 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:03.320 Here then, another promise. Another warning. 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:07.559 I promise that the horror you have just experienced 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:11.759 is nothing compared to what is to come. Think 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.419 twice before you return with me shortly with 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:32.080 Act Two. Visiting her friend, Lucy Westenra, 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:35.299 at the Westenra's lonely estate far out in the 00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:38.639 country, Mina Harker comes face to face with 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:42.860 horror in the form of a vampire, Count Dracula. 00:14:43.820 --> 00:14:47.080 She has witnessed the frightful scene of Dracula 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:50.320 entering her friend's bedroom, biting her throat, 00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:55.759 sucking her blood. So gruesome was it all, or 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:59.299 perhaps because of hypnotic suggestion. as Minna 00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:08.039 writes in her diary. I thought it must have been 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:12.980 a dream, a nightmare, for nothing so vile and 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:17.460 revolting could be real. But though I tried during 00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:19.639 the next day or two to persuade myself it was 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:23.399 only a dream, there were signs, warnings all 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.960 about me that told me I was lying to myself. 00:15:27.210 --> 00:15:31.110 It was the nightly howling of the wolves, the 00:15:31.110 --> 00:15:34.250 screeching of that huge bat around the house. 00:15:35.629 --> 00:15:38.970 And yes, this scarf that Lucy kept wrapped around 00:15:38.970 --> 00:15:43.110 her throat. It's such a hot afternoon. How can 00:15:43.110 --> 00:15:45.389 you bear to wear that scarf around your throat? 00:15:46.029 --> 00:15:50.409 Hot? I feel cold. But Lucy, you're perspiring. 00:15:50.889 --> 00:15:53.789 You're far at a stand. All I want to do is sleep. 00:15:54.169 --> 00:15:59.259 I'm so tired. I'm so... I'm deathly tired. I'll 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:01.919 leave you for a while then. I'll look in on you 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:05.340 later to make sure you're all right. Sleep well. 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:10.179 Mina? Yes, dear? If I'm asleep when you come 00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:14.279 back, promise me you won't remove this scar from 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:20.419 around my throat. Very well. You won't even touch 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:32.120 it. Promise? I promise. Later that afternoon, 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:34.139 toward evening, Professor Van Helsing arrived 00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:37.220 from Holland. When John introduced me to him, 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:41.840 he stared at me suddenly and hard, his eyes boring 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.720 into me from behind his thick lensed glasses. 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:48.940 And you are frightened, Miss Hawker? Why? Frightened? 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:51.139 Maybe she hasn't recovered from that optical 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:53.440 illusion the other night. Optical illusion? Yes, 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.720 you see that mirror over the table there? Yes. 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:58.320 We had a visitor, Count Dracula, a new neighbor, 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:01.570 Carfax, a few miles from here. And Minna had 00:17:01.570 --> 00:17:03.929 the illusion that she couldn't see his reflection 00:17:03.929 --> 00:17:06.529 in the mirror. My eyes must have played a trick 00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:12.150 on me, Professor. Yes. This Count Dracula, John, 00:17:12.250 --> 00:17:15.349 he's new here, you say? Yes, he arrived from 00:17:15.349 --> 00:17:20.970 Hungary about six weeks ago. I see. Take me to 00:17:20.970 --> 00:17:23.410 see your fiancée, John. Oh, she's sleeping, Louis, 00:17:23.549 --> 00:17:27.329 sleeping. We'd better wake her up. What is it? 00:17:27.769 --> 00:17:31.599 You seem suddenly concerned. I am. Take me to 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:41.819 Lucy at once. Wake her, John. All right. Gently. 00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:47.839 Very gently. Lucy. Lucy, dear. Come on, wake 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:54.059 up. Here, here, here. Let me. Pulse weak. Very 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:59.410 weak. Eyes. Oh, she's not asleep. She's in a 00:17:59.410 --> 00:18:03.230 coma. What is her blood type? Oh, so is mine. 00:18:03.730 --> 00:18:05.789 Prepare for a transfusion, John. I will be the 00:18:05.789 --> 00:18:08.309 donor. And hurry, man, hurry. Yes, of course. 00:18:08.589 --> 00:18:11.710 Meanwhile, I shall have a look under this scarf. 00:18:11.730 --> 00:18:14.269 No, no, she didn't want the scarf removed. I'm 00:18:14.269 --> 00:18:15.950 sure she didn't, Miss Harker, but we're going 00:18:15.950 --> 00:18:20.549 to remove it. Uh -huh. As I thought. What? What 00:18:20.549 --> 00:18:25.410 is it? Yes, Professor, what? Look. Look. There 00:18:25.410 --> 00:18:30.420 are two... Two little holes. Wounds. As if she'd 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:35.180 been bitten by a large snake. No, not a snake. 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:38.680 What then? What? We must be quick with the transfusion, 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:43.180 very quick. And pray, God, pray, God, both of 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:52.359 you, that I have not arrived too late. But he 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.470 was too late. The transfusion revived Lucy a 00:18:56.470 --> 00:18:59.309 little. We made her as comfortable as we could. 00:18:59.789 --> 00:19:01.410 The three of us, Professor Van Helsing, John 00:19:01.410 --> 00:19:04.230 and I, went back down to the living room. And 00:19:04.230 --> 00:19:06.569 it was here that Professor Van Helsing told us 00:19:06.569 --> 00:19:10.869 the truth. The truth that made John Seward cry 00:19:10.869 --> 00:19:14.750 out. Vampire? You say we are dealing with a vampire 00:19:14.750 --> 00:19:16.990 professor? Have you gone out of your mind? My 00:19:16.990 --> 00:19:20.410 dear John, I don't blame you. Blame me? Should 00:19:20.410 --> 00:19:23.009 hope not you asked me to believe me a doctor 00:19:23.009 --> 00:19:27.109 a man of medical science science There's more 00:19:27.109 --> 00:19:29.750 to this world than science, but professor of 00:19:29.750 --> 00:19:33.309 vampire. I can't believe that there's a fan I 00:19:33.309 --> 00:19:39.289 tell you that witches exist that warlocks exist 00:19:39.289 --> 00:19:44.230 That vampires exist We are dealing with one here 00:19:44.230 --> 00:19:48.450 if what you say is true. It is it is Ask her 00:19:48.450 --> 00:19:53.160 ask this hawker Me? You had an experience in 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:56.039 this house that you are concealing. You choose 00:19:56.039 --> 00:20:00.880 to think it was a dream. But when did it happen, 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:08.799 child? Last night? No. The night before. Where? 00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:13.140 In Lucy's bedroom. Minna, what happened? I... 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:16.400 I dreamed... No, it was no dream. All right, 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:21.930 then. I saw... Oh, heaven, protect me! I saw! 00:20:22.509 --> 00:20:25.950 You needn't tell me. No need to put you through 00:20:25.950 --> 00:20:29.730 that. I would if I didn't know who our vampire 00:20:29.730 --> 00:20:35.549 is. But I do know. Who? The man whose reflection 00:20:35.549 --> 00:20:38.849 she could not see in that mirror. You're a new 00:20:38.849 --> 00:20:40.950 neighbor, Count Dracula. I don't believe you. 00:20:41.089 --> 00:20:43.690 I cannot believe you. If you can't believe me, 00:20:43.690 --> 00:20:47.210 at least trust me. Oh, I'll answer that. Wait! 00:20:47.349 --> 00:20:50.029 Yes, Professor. If that should be Count Dracula, 00:20:50.150 --> 00:20:52.349 you did say that he calls about this time each 00:20:52.349 --> 00:20:56.529 evening, John? Yes. Say nothing, do nothing, 00:20:56.730 --> 00:20:59.630 to give away the fact that we are unto him. This 00:20:59.630 --> 00:21:03.309 is nonsense, she'd rather not tell you. You may 00:21:03.309 --> 00:21:09.309 answer the door now, Miss Harker. Yes. Good evening, 00:21:09.309 --> 00:21:16.880 Miss Harker. Count Dracula? Come in. And... How 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:19.839 is Miss Westenra today? Not too well. I'm afraid 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:23.319 she had to have another transfusion. Oh, I'm 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:25.920 sorry to hear that. I'm very sorry to hear that. 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:29.420 Thank you, Count. I do not believe I have met 00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:32.839 this gentleman. Oh, I'm sorry. No, you haven't. 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:35.880 Let me present my old friend and teacher, Professor 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:38.720 Abraham Van Helsing. Professor, this is Count 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:41.660 Dracula. How do you do, Professor? How do you 00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:45.069 do, Count? Right. Wished only to inquire about 00:21:45.069 --> 00:21:47.349 your fiance John. I'm sorry indeed to hear. She 00:21:47.349 --> 00:21:49.970 has no better. If there is anything I can do. 00:21:50.109 --> 00:21:54.730 Thank you Meeting you professor has been Pleasure. 00:21:54.970 --> 00:22:00.329 Good night. Oh Count Mrs. West Ender keeps asking 00:22:00.329 --> 00:22:03.309 me to do this and I keep forgetting There is 00:22:03.309 --> 00:22:06.430 a custom in the West Ender family to ask visitors 00:22:06.430 --> 00:22:10.140 to sign the visitors book Charming old world 00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:12.720 custom. It's right here. If you just wait a second, 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:18.880 I'll get it and then you can sign it It's something 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:25.440 well, it's a Bible well, oh yes Why do you back 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:28.920 away from me? Well, are you backing away from 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:32.579 the book the holy book? I must go. Oh, no, you'll 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:36.480 stay and face this book. You know, you know John 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.809 you fool You shouldn't have done this. I had 00:22:38.809 --> 00:22:40.970 to. I had to have proof. I will make you pay 00:22:40.970 --> 00:22:43.750 for this. You shall pay. Oh, no. Not now. Now 00:22:43.750 --> 00:22:46.470 that I have found out what you are. Oh, John. 00:22:46.549 --> 00:22:48.349 John. You think because you discovered my secret 00:22:48.349 --> 00:22:51.309 you can stop me? Fool. You've only delivered 00:22:51.309 --> 00:22:53.569 yourself into my hands. I meant to make Lucy 00:22:53.569 --> 00:22:56.890 one of mine, and that was all. But now you shall 00:22:56.890 --> 00:23:00.349 become mine and you. Not I. Yes, and you. No, 00:23:00.450 --> 00:23:03.869 I beg you. I shall have you all, but first, Lucy, 00:23:04.109 --> 00:23:11.339 I shall take her. Take her. Now, she's mine. 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:17.680 She's no longer this world, but of mine. I leave 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:24.279 you. Look, he turned into a bat. The bat. And 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:28.720 he flew right through the wall. John, why did 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:31.859 you do this? I have to warn you. I have to know 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:34.880 one way or the other. I have to know. There's 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:38.660 only one way to finish a vampire. Well, the first 00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:40.480 thing you must do is find out where he sleeps 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:46.859 during the day. Lucy! Professor, quickly. Professor! 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:51.619 There is no hurry now. And he said he meant to 00:23:51.619 --> 00:24:00.200 make her his own. He had already done so. It 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:04.779 was true. Lucy was dead. We went to her bedroom 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:09.380 and found her dead. I Felt as if I'd been stabbed 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:14.319 to the heart We buried her my dearest friend 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:17.640 In the West End Revolta, Hillingham Cemetery 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:23.880 not far from town Lucy is gone Dead no no not 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:30.339 dead not dead professor. She has become the undead 00:24:30.890 --> 00:24:33.970 She has become a vampire. What are you saying? 00:24:34.289 --> 00:24:36.569 John, listen to me. Believe in me. You didn't 00:24:36.569 --> 00:24:40.650 believe before. Believe now. Yes, yes, yes. I 00:24:40.650 --> 00:24:44.549 believe you. Go on. John, you feel you've been 00:24:44.549 --> 00:24:47.730 through hell. I must tell you that you have been 00:24:47.730 --> 00:24:51.269 through only the anteroom to hell. What do you 00:24:51.269 --> 00:24:56.089 mean? Now listen to me. Listen carefully. There 00:24:56.089 --> 00:24:59.190 is only one way in which a vampire can find peace. 00:24:59.470 --> 00:25:03.750 can be changed from the undead to the dead. What 00:25:03.750 --> 00:25:07.950 you must do, terrible as it will be, will release 00:25:07.950 --> 00:25:12.049 her soul from the horrifying bondage in which 00:25:12.049 --> 00:25:17.089 it finds itself. Her soul and Dracula's. Dracula's? 00:25:18.150 --> 00:25:20.829 Do you think a vampire wants to be a vampire? 00:25:21.289 --> 00:25:25.589 I don't know, no. A vampire's soul is chained, 00:25:26.029 --> 00:25:30.220 pinioned. held mercilessly to this earth by Satan 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:35.920 himself. And we, we who believe in God, are the 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:40.400 only ones who can free them. It is our duty to 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:42.299 destroy them. Well, then let's destroy them. 00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:46.700 We shall, if you have the nerve to do what must 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:51.000 be done. I have the nerve. Professor, you frighten 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:55.670 me. I mean to, in order to prepare you. But no 00:25:55.670 --> 00:25:58.410 matter how well I prepare you, when it comes 00:25:58.410 --> 00:26:02.410 to doing what must be done, your sanity could 00:26:02.410 --> 00:26:06.990 snap like that. So first I will ask you both 00:26:06.990 --> 00:26:10.509 to take as much time as you need to think. To 00:26:10.509 --> 00:26:15.390 ask yourselves, how much did you, do you really 00:26:15.390 --> 00:26:20.609 love Lucy Westenra? And be sure, be positive 00:26:20.609 --> 00:26:24.349 beyond all doubt. That you will love for her 00:26:24.349 --> 00:26:28.369 is greater than the hell that lies ahead lies 00:26:28.369 --> 00:26:40.750 ahead for you and you This very night One section 00:26:40.750 --> 00:26:44.890 of Minna Harker's diary ends at this point I've 00:26:44.890 --> 00:26:47.730 read the next and final section and I can tell 00:26:47.730 --> 00:26:51.430 you this Van Helsing said that John and Minna 00:26:51.430 --> 00:26:54.750 had only experienced the anti -room to hell. 00:26:56.009 --> 00:27:00.549 He was right. Fearfully right. I'll be back shortly 00:27:00.549 --> 00:27:17.269 with Act 3. We come now to that final section 00:27:17.269 --> 00:27:21.450 of Mina Harker's diary. You've been warned about 00:27:21.450 --> 00:27:24.410 what lies ahead, so I'll not warn you again. 00:27:25.170 --> 00:27:29.049 But, quite honestly, I wish someone had warned 00:27:29.049 --> 00:27:33.869 me before I read it, this final section. Why? 00:27:34.730 --> 00:27:37.849 Because I've never quite gotten over it. That's 00:27:37.849 --> 00:27:42.009 why. I thought I knew what horror was until I 00:27:42.009 --> 00:27:46.779 read it. I changed my mind. You will, too. I'm 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:48.880 ready, Professor. I knew you would be, Joan. 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:52.059 We'll wait now for Miss Harker. No, no, there's 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:55.380 no need to wait. I love Lucy enough. More than 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:58.680 enough. She was my dearest friend. Is your dearest 00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:02.880 friend. For she is not yet dead. She is as yet 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:07.799 the dead undead. It's nearly sundown. Let us 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:10.200 go to the cemetery at once. The cemetery? We'll 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:13.069 be dark by the time we get there. She will have 00:28:13.069 --> 00:28:16.329 left her coffin. Left it? Well, I count Dracula. 00:28:16.470 --> 00:28:19.470 She cannot go on living or, let me say, being 00:28:19.470 --> 00:28:23.609 the undead without drinking human blood. To find 00:28:23.609 --> 00:28:26.049 it, she must, of course, leave her coffin. The 00:28:26.049 --> 00:28:28.150 instant the sun goes down tonight, she will be 00:28:28.150 --> 00:28:31.690 on the prowl for little children. Children? Yes, 00:28:31.789 --> 00:28:34.670 children are innocent, gullible, naive, make 00:28:34.670 --> 00:28:38.009 easier victims. And the inexperienced vampire 00:28:38.009 --> 00:28:40.789 must, uh... practice yes she she will be seeking 00:28:40.789 --> 00:28:44.609 children it's revolting revolting well that is 00:28:44.609 --> 00:28:48.150 only a word to you at the moment in a short time 00:28:48.150 --> 00:28:53.309 it will be reality do you really think you can 00:28:53.309 --> 00:28:59.950 dare what what is to come I can I must good I 00:28:59.950 --> 00:29:03.750 have preparations to make so do you the two of 00:29:03.750 --> 00:29:09.109 you dress warmly warmly but it's hot Child, there 00:29:09.109 --> 00:29:17.549 is no chill like a graveyard chill. We drove 00:29:17.549 --> 00:29:21.450 to Hillingham Cemetery in John's car. I'd never 00:29:21.450 --> 00:29:23.950 been in a cemetery at night. How many people 00:29:23.950 --> 00:29:27.750 have? I found it a very unsettling experience 00:29:27.750 --> 00:29:31.650 to say the least. It was a moonlit night, the 00:29:31.650 --> 00:29:34.910 moonlight spilling like milk over the gravestones, 00:29:35.390 --> 00:29:40.420 which in turn threw... long black shadows, an 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:46.079 owl hooted, and dogs barked, or I couldn't help 00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:51.000 thinking, were they wolves? And then we reached 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.900 the Westenra vault, the vault where we'd put 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:59.400 Lucy's coffin that afternoon. Now what are you, 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:04.259 Professor? We go into the vault. Why? And how? 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.640 I have the key to the vault. How did you get 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:09.839 it? I asked the undertaker for it, or rather 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.940 told him to give it to me. He assumed I was a 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:15.140 member of the family. Well, you need not come 00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:17.759 with me. Not now. But why shouldn't we come? 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:22.579 I wish to save you as much shock as I can. She 00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:24.779 will not be there in the coffin. It will be a 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:28.519 shock for you to find it empty. On the other 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:32.920 hand, it will be less a shock than what is to 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:37.539 follow. Yes, it will prepare you. Come, then. 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:45.299 I shall open the coffin now. If she... if she 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:49.400 isn't in it, how could she have got out? I could 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:52.019 tell you, but it is better that you see for yourself 00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:58.819 later. Now, this won't take long. I need only 00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:05.759 unscrew the top part. There. Now to lift off 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:13.740 the top of the lid. Yes. Empty. She's gone. Where? 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:17.759 Gone where? In God's name, where? In search of 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:21.440 the life -giving blood, John. In search of the 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:23.619 small child. Oh, it's horrible. It's horrible. 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:32.059 John? Yes? Come. We go outside the vault. Now 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:37.630 to lock the door. That's most important. And 00:31:37.630 --> 00:31:42.630 now, what I must do is take a little time. Yes, 00:31:42.710 --> 00:31:44.769 make yourselves as comfortable as you can. Make 00:31:44.769 --> 00:31:47.990 ourselves comfortable? Professor, what must you 00:31:47.990 --> 00:31:51.670 do? Well, I have here a paste made of garlic, 00:31:52.029 --> 00:31:56.170 flour, and water. I must seal off every crevice 00:31:56.170 --> 00:31:59.789 with it. Seal all around the door so Lucy cannot 00:31:59.789 --> 00:32:03.279 get back into the vault. Into her coffin she 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:06.460 could through the crevices. Yes. How do you think 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:09.579 she got out of the coffin? I can't believe yes. 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:14.720 Yes. Yes. It is unbelievable, but it is so Now 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:23.460 forgive me. I must get to work I Can't express 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:26.940 in words how fresh and clean the night air seemed 00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:31.380 when we came out of the tomb How sweet to breathe 00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:34.680 the fresh air that held no taint of death or 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:40.420 decay. John was silent, and so was I. As for 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:44.000 Professor Van Helsing, he was very busy sealing 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:51.240 the door. Ten o 'clock. I hope both of you took 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:55.339 my advice, dressed warmly. Have a long wait ahead 00:32:55.339 --> 00:33:07.039 of us. How much longer, Professor? I'm killed 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:10.200 to the bone. Everything depends on how long it 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:14.000 takes her to find a small child. It's nearly 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:18.400 two o 'clock. It's been gone several hours. Soon, 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:26.259 now, I think... What? She comes. See there? Amidst 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:30.380 the headstones? Yes, a woman dressed in white. 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:39.559 See, she is carrying something in her arms. A 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:43.940 child. I feel sick. Control yourself. Ah, there. 00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:49.500 Yes, you're at the vault. See, she draws back. 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:53.559 The mixture I used repels her. Why are we doing 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:55.700 this? Why are you keeping her out of the vault, 00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:59.779 her coffin? Because I hope... Ah, yes. Yes, she 00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:02.279 is leaving, hurrying away from along the headstones. 00:34:02.750 --> 00:34:06.410 Come with we must follow follow follow here to 00:34:06.410 --> 00:34:10.409 Dracula. I hope I'm mistaken. She's going to 00:34:10.409 --> 00:34:14.349 him for help Hurry, hurry. I must keep her in 00:34:14.349 --> 00:34:17.829 sight No, wait, what is it? She is heading for 00:34:17.829 --> 00:34:26.150 that tomb Dracula must be there Good what? the 00:34:26.150 --> 00:34:33.610 ground Where is she she's vanished He simply 00:34:33.610 --> 00:34:36.130 slipped into the tomb through the crevice around 00:34:36.130 --> 00:34:42.090 the door. Wait here. Yes. What's he doing? Child, 00:34:42.289 --> 00:34:47.409 I think. Yes. He's coming back now. Here, Miss 00:34:47.409 --> 00:34:49.989 Harker. You take the child. Keep it warm. Oh, 00:34:50.030 --> 00:34:54.150 this poor thing. Poor little thing. Look, it 00:34:54.150 --> 00:34:59.070 doesn't move. It doesn't make a sound. It's lifeless. 00:34:59.130 --> 00:35:02.949 No. No, only in a trance. It will recover. But 00:35:02.949 --> 00:35:05.909 remember, when I ask you to remember that we 00:35:05.909 --> 00:35:09.150 have saved not only this child, but God knows 00:35:09.150 --> 00:35:14.909 how. I'll remember. Good. And now we will return 00:35:14.909 --> 00:35:19.130 to her tomb and wait till dawn. Till dawn. She 00:35:19.130 --> 00:35:22.090 will return to the tomb then. She has no choice. 00:35:22.869 --> 00:35:26.829 Dracula cannot help her. She must sleep in her 00:35:26.829 --> 00:35:41.079 own coffin before daybreak. I'm all right. Thank 00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:46.739 you. I'm okay. It's almost dawn. Why doesn't 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:51.059 she come? Soon, soon now. How's the child? Still 00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:55.280 asleep, if it is only sleep. It is, it is. It 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:58.500 will not come to its senses until daybreak. Now 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:02.059 prepare yourselves for, in a very short time, 00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:06.480 now Lucy should... There, there. Yes, she's coming. 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:09.920 This time, she'll be able to enter the tomb. 00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:13.920 Could you remove the garlic mixture? This time, 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:16.300 I want her to enter the tomb and her coffin. 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:21.039 It will be there that you will do what must be 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:24.320 done. Oh, there she is. Oh, heaven help me. She 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:26.739 is as beautiful as she always was. Hold on to 00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:29.820 yourself. She isn't dead. She can't be dead. 00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:35.099 Lucy! Lucy, my darling! John! No, come back! 00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:42.210 Lucy! My dearest, come to me, John! Come to me! 00:36:45.250 --> 00:36:49.369 I have never seen anything so horrible, and God 00:36:49.369 --> 00:36:54.590 saved me from ever seeing it again. Lucy's eyes 00:36:54.590 --> 00:36:59.449 shone with an unholy light, and her face became 00:36:59.449 --> 00:37:03.429 wreathed with a voluptuous smile as she advanced 00:37:03.429 --> 00:37:07.010 toward John. with outstretched arms. Come to 00:37:07.010 --> 00:37:11.730 me, dearest. My arms are hungry for you. And 00:37:11.730 --> 00:37:17.329 we can rest together in the tomb. Come, my lover. 00:37:18.969 --> 00:37:24.809 Come. And John suddenly opened wide his arms 00:37:24.809 --> 00:37:29.090 and started running to her and she to him when 00:37:29.090 --> 00:37:31.869 Van Helsing rushed forward between them. and 00:37:31.869 --> 00:37:34.429 he raised something he held in his hand up against 00:37:34.429 --> 00:37:39.090 her face. It was a crucifix, with a cry of rage 00:37:39.090 --> 00:37:42.789 and agony. Lucy flung herself away from John 00:37:42.789 --> 00:37:46.610 and toward the tomb, and she was gone. John? 00:37:47.409 --> 00:37:52.730 John, are you all right? The Lord help me. The 00:37:52.730 --> 00:37:59.429 Lord help me. And he fell. Come. Into the tomb. 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:06.119 It's time. Oh, first let me put the bag I brought 00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:12.380 over here. And now I will remove the coffin lid 00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:18.940 again. Professor, is this really Lucy's body 00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:24.039 or some kind of demon in her shape? Oh, she's 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:28.619 hideous. Yes. Yes, your friend who was so sweet 00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:33.889 and pure is now. a foul thing but if you can 00:38:33.889 --> 00:38:37.989 do what you must do you will see her once again 00:38:37.989 --> 00:38:43.190 as she was whatever it is we'll do it this wooden 00:38:43.190 --> 00:38:47.269 stake i have bought yes this pointed stake you 00:38:47.269 --> 00:38:50.769 must drive it through lucy's heart with this 00:38:50.769 --> 00:38:57.090 hammer oh no when that is done cut off her head 00:38:57.090 --> 00:39:02.849 with this surgical knife I... I don't... I don't... 00:39:02.849 --> 00:39:06.210 You must do it. For her sake, John. For the sake 00:39:06.210 --> 00:39:14.110 of the woman you loved. All right. Give me the 00:39:14.110 --> 00:39:24.150 stake. And the hammer. John took the stake in 00:39:24.150 --> 00:39:28.110 his left hand. The hammer in his right. I saw 00:39:28.110 --> 00:39:30.550 him tremble as he placed the point of the stake 00:39:30.550 --> 00:39:36.050 over Lucy's heart. Saw the point dig into her 00:39:36.050 --> 00:39:38.869 white flesh. And then I could see him gather 00:39:38.869 --> 00:39:42.889 all his strength, all his self -control. He raised 00:39:42.889 --> 00:39:46.510 the hammer high above his head and looked at 00:39:46.510 --> 00:39:52.630 Van Helsing. Yes! No! John struck with all his 00:39:52.630 --> 00:39:57.389 might. The thing in the coffin writhed. and a 00:39:57.389 --> 00:40:00.469 hideous blood -curdling screech came from the 00:40:00.469 --> 00:40:05.610 open lips. The body shook and twisted in wild 00:40:05.610 --> 00:40:09.969 contortions. John never faltered. He struck, 00:40:10.429 --> 00:40:14.090 and he struck again, driving the stake deeper, 00:40:14.769 --> 00:40:18.570 deeper, as blood from the pierced heart welled 00:40:18.570 --> 00:40:23.090 and spurted up around it. And then the writhing 00:40:23.090 --> 00:40:27.940 and quivering of the body became less. The teeth 00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:34.719 stopped jumping, and the thing lay still. It 00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:42.360 was over. That's not enough, Professor. Enough. 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:48.260 I... I think I'm... I think I'm going to... I've 00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:53.559 got you. There. Now go outside, get some air. 00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:57.329 No. Both of you go. You look faint too, Miss 00:40:57.329 --> 00:41:02.949 Harper. I must do her head. No, no. You have 00:41:02.949 --> 00:41:07.969 done all that can be asked of you. No more. I 00:41:07.969 --> 00:41:12.650 will sever the head. Now go now, but before you 00:41:12.650 --> 00:41:18.670 do, look at your beloved Lucy for the last time. 00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:36.059 no longer the foul thing we dreaded. But Lucy, 00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:41.400 as we had seen her in life, her face as beautiful 00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:54.559 and pure as it had been then. You will want to 00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:57.480 know that later on, Professor Van Helsing freed 00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:01.070 Count Dracula from his earthly bondage. and in 00:42:01.070 --> 00:42:05.050 so doing, brought his bloody career to an end. 00:42:05.809 --> 00:42:08.710 Unhappily, I must add that Count Dracula was 00:42:08.710 --> 00:42:14.449 only one vampire among... how many? I don't know. 00:42:15.369 --> 00:42:18.869 Hope I never find out. Hope you don't either. 00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:37.500 I've been asked, do vampires really exist? No 00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:41.019 one will deny that strange, bizarre, and, yes, 00:42:41.219 --> 00:42:43.940 gruesome things happen in this world which no 00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:47.440 one can explain. As Professor Van Helsing himself 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:51.760 said, what science cannot prove, science claims 00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:56.579 does not exist. Well, anyhow, I play it safe. 00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:01.019 Use plenty of garlic. I'm afraid it keeps my 00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:03.800 friends at a distance as well as vampires. But 00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:07.719 then, you can't have everything. Our cast included 00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:10.860 Mercedes McCambridge, Paul Hecht, Stefan Schnabel, 00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:14.340 Michael Wager, and Marion Seldes. The entire 00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:16.719 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:19.860 Radio Mystery Theatre was sponsored in part by 00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:23.159 Anheuser -Busch, Inc., Brewers of Budweiser. 00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:26.659 This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return 00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:29.610 to our Mystery Theatre. for another adventure 00:43:29.610 --> 00:43:36.250 in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.