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(MO B C LAMO RI N G)

(SC REAM I N G)

It's al ive .

It's al ive . It's al ive !

There he is ! H it it agai n !

S uccess !

Cou nt, it's j ust you .

I was beg i n n i ng to lose faith , Victor.

A pity you r moment of tri u m ph is bei ng spoi led

over a l ittle th i ng l i ke g rave robbery.

Yes .

I m ust escape th is place .

Where are you goi ng to ru n , Victor?

You r pecu l iar experi ments have made you u nwelcome

i n most of the civi l ized world .

I ' l l take h i m away, far away, where no one wi l l ever fi nd h i m .

N o , Victor.

The ti me has come for me to take com mand of h i m .

What are you sayi ng ?

Why do you th i n k I broug ht you here? Gave you th is castle?

Eq u i pped you r laboratory?

You said ...

You said you bel ieved i n my work.

And I do .

B ut now that it is , as you you rself have said ,

a tri u m ph of science

over God ,

it m ust now serve my pu rpose .

What pu rpose?

Good God !

I wou ld ki l l myself before hel pi ng i n such a task.

Feel free . I don 't actual ly need you anymore , Victor.

I j ust need h i m .

H e is the key.

I cou ld never al low h i m to be used for such evi l .

I cou ld .

I n fact, my brides are i nsisti ng u pon it.

Igor, hel p me !

I G O R: You have been so ki nd to me , Doctor,

cari ng , thoug htfu l .

B ut he pays me .

Stay back.

You can 't ki l l me , Victor.

Ah !

I ' m al ready dead .

(G RU NTI N G)

D r. F ran kenstei n !

Look, it's headed for the wi nd m i l l !

Come on !

(G ROWL I N G)

B u rn it ! B u rn it down !

MO N STE R: Why?

Why?

WOMAN : Vam pi res .

MAN 1 : Ru n for you r l ives !

MAN 2 : (I N H U N GARIAN) Vampires!

Father.

(B RI D ES S H RI E KI N G AN D WAI L I N G)

(WOMAN SC REAMS)

(M R. HYD E LAU G H I N G)

(S NARL I N G)

Even i ng .

You ' re a big one . You ' l l be hard to d igest.

I 'd hate to be such a n u isance .

I m issed you i n London .

N o , you bloody d id not ! You got me good .

D r. J ekyl l , you ' re wanted by the Kn ig hts of the H oly O rder...

It's M r. Hyde now.

... for the m u rder of 1 2 men , six women , fou r...

C h i ld ren , th ree goats , and a rather nasty massacre of pou ltry !

So you ' re the g reat Van H elsi ng .

And you ' re a deranged psychopath .

We al l have ou r l ittle problems .

My su periors wou ld l i ke for me to take you al ive

so that they may extricate you r better half.

I bet they bloody wou ld .

Personal ly, I 'd rather j ust ki l l you and cal l it a day.

B ut let's make it you r decision , shal l we?

Do let's .

(B U M P)

H ere I come ,

ready or not !

The bel l !

(LAU G H I N G)

(M U F F L E D WH I RRI N G)

N o , no .

(G RU NTI N G)

I ' l l bet that's u psetti ng .

Paris !

Come here .

I th i n k you ' l l fi nd the view over here rather spectacu lar.

It's been a pleasu re knowi ng you .

Au revoir!

O h , no .

My tu rn .

(I N LATI N) May he rest in peace.

(P EO P L E M UTTE RI N G)

Van H elsi ng .

You m u rderer!

B less me , Father, for I have ...

S i n ned . Yes , I know. You ' re very good at that.

You shattered the Rose Wi ndow.

N ot to spl it hai rs , si r, but M r. Hyde d id the shatteri ng .

1 3th centu ry. Over 600 years old .

I wish you a week i n hel l for that.

It wou ld be a n ice reprieve .

Don 't get me wrong . You r resu lts are u nq uestionable

but you r methods attract far too m uch attention .

"Wanted" posters? We are not pleased .

Do you th i n k I l i ke bei ng the most wanted man i n E u rope?

Why don 't you and the O rder do someth i ng about it?

Because we do not exist.

Wel l , then neither do I .

When we fou nd you crawl i ng u p the steps of th is ch u rch , half-dead ,

it was clear to al l of us that you had been sent to do God 's work.

Why can 't he do it h i mself?

Don 't blaspheme .

You al ready lost you r memory as a penance for past si ns .

If you wish to recover it

I suggest you conti n ue to heed the cal l .

Without us , the world wou ld be i n darkness .

Govern ments and em pi res come and go

but we have kept man ki nd safe si nce ti me i m memorial .

We are the last defense agai nst evi l .

An evi l that the rest of man ki nd has no idea even exists .

To you , these monsters are j ust evi l bei ngs to be vanq u ished .

I ' m the one stand i ng there when they d ie

and become the men they once were .

For you , my good son , th is is al l a test of faith .

And now, we need you to go to the East.

To the far side of Roman ia .

An accu rsed land

terrorized by al l sorts of n ig htmarish creatu res .

Lorded over by a certai n Cou nt D racu la .

D racu la?

Yes .

You 've never faced one l i ke th is before .

O u r story beg i ns 450 years ago

when a Transylvan ian kn ig ht, named Valerious the E lder,

prom ised God that h is fam i ly wou ld never rest nor enter heaven

u nti l they vanq u ished D racu la from thei r land .

They have not succeeded

and they are ru n n i ng out of fam i ly.

H is descendant Boris Valerious , Ki ng of the Gypsies .

H e d isappeared al most 1 2 months ago .

H is on ly son , P ri nce Vel kan , and h is daug hter, P ri ncess An na .

If the two of them are ki l led before D racu la is vanq u ished ,

n i ne generations of thei r fam i ly wi l l never enter the gates of St. Peter.

For more than fou r centu ries

th is fam i ly has defended ou r left flan k.

They gave thei r l ives .

We can not let them sl i p i nto pu rgatory.

So you ' re send i ng me i nto hel l .

I n a man ner.

Valerious the E lder left th is here 400 years ago .

We don 't know its pu rpose

but he wou ld not have left it l ig htly.

The Lati n i nscri ption translates as ,

" I n the name of God , open th is door. "

There is an i nsig n ia .

Yes , it matches you r ri ng .

I th i n k that i n Transylvan ia you may fi nd the answer you seek.

CARL : Faster, please . Faster!

(MAN EXC LAI MS)

Getti ng there .

Carl !

There you are .

D id you bri ng M r. Hyde back, or d id you ki l l h i m ?

You ki l led h i m , d id n 't you ?

That's why they get so an noyed .

When they ask you to bri ng someone back,

they don 't mean as a corpse .

Al l rig ht, you ' re i n a mood . Come on .

I have some th i ngs that' l l put the bit back i n you r mouth .

Any id iot can make a sword .

Sorry, Father.

Come along , Carl .

H ere , take th is .

Ri ngs of garl ic, holy water,

si lver stake , crucifix.

Why can 't I have one of those?

You 've never gone after vam pi res before now, have you ?

Vam pi res , gargoyles , warlocks , they' re al l the same .

Best when cooked wel l .

N o , they' re not al l the same .

A vam pi re is noth i ng l i ke a warlock.

My g ran ny cou ld ki l l a warlock.

Carl , you 've never even been out of the abbey.

H ow do you know about vam pi res?

I read .

H ere's someth i ng new.

G lyceri n 48 .

(MO N KS SC REAM)

CARL : Sorry !

MAN : What i n the name of Al lah is wrong with you ?

The ai r arou nd here is th ick with envy.

Th is is my latest i nvention .

It's gas-propel led .

Capable of catapu lti ng arrows i n rapid succession

at tremendous velocity.

J ust pu l l the trigger and hold on .

I 've heard the stories from Transylvan ia .

Trust me , you ' l l need th is .

A work of certifiable gen i us .

If you don 't say so you rself.

N o , I d id say so myself.

I ' m a veritable corn ucopia of talent.

D id you i nvent th is?

I 've been worki ng on that for 1 2 years .

It's com pressed mag ma from Mt. Vesuvi us

with pu re al kal i ne from the Gobi Desert.

It's one of a ki nd .

What's it for?

I don 't know, but I ' m su re it' l l come i n handy.

1 2 years , and you don 't know what it does?

I d id n 't say that. I said I d id n 't know what it's for.

What it does is to create a l ig ht sou rce

eq ual to the i ntensity of the su n .

Th is wi l l come i n handy how?

I don 't know. You can bl i nd you r enem ies .

C harbroi l a herd of charg i ng wi ldebeest.

U se you r i mag i nation .

N o , I ' m gon na use you rs .

That's why you ' re com i ng with me .

H oly hel l be dam ned that I am !

You cu rsed .

N ot very wel l , but you ' re a mon k. You shou ld n 't cu rse at al l .

Actual ly, I ' m sti l l j ust a friar. I can cu rse al l I want,

dam n it !

The Card i nal has ordered you to keep me al ive .

For as long as possi ble .

B ut I ' m not a field man .

I don 't want to go to Transylvan ia .

(LO U D G ROWL I N G)

Come on .

D racu la u n leashed you for a reason .

(S NARL I N G)

P u l l me u p !

It's stuck !

N o , An na , it wi l l ki l l you !

That's my brother out there .

C ut the rope ! C ut it now!

Vel kan !

My g u n ! F i nd my g u n !

F i nd Vel kan 's g u n .

It has to be the si lver bu l lets .

An na , h u rry !

Move .

An na , look out !

Ru n !

(VE L KAN SC REAM I N G)

(S P LAS H)

Vel kan .

God

hel p us .

So , what do you remem ber?

N ot now, Carl .

There m ust be someth i ng .

I remem ber fig hti ng the Romans at Masada .

That was i n 73 A. D .

You asked .

What are we doi ng here?

Why is it so i m portant to ki l l th is D racu la , anyway?

Because he's the son of the Devi l .

I mean , besides that.

If we ki l l h i m , anyth i ng bitten or created by h i m wi l l also d ie .

I mean , besides that.

Welcome to Transylvan ia .

(S I G H I N G)

Is it always l i ke th is?

P retty m uch .

AN NA: You , tu rn arou nd .

Let me see you r faces . Why?

Because we don 't trust strangers .

Strangers don 't last long here .

5'7" by 2'3" .

Gentlemen , you wi l l now be d isarmed .

You can try.

AN NA: You refuse to obey ou r laws?

The laws of men mean l ittle to me .

F i ne .

Ki l l them .

I ' m here to hel p you .

I don 't need any hel p .

Real ly?

Everybody i nside !

WOMAN : H ide the ch i ld ren !

Stay here .

You stay here . They' re tryi ng to ki l l me .

Marish ka , ki l l the stranger.

Love to .

AN NA: Ru n !

Carl , it's not worki ng .

CARL : Try ai m i ng at thei r hearts .

(SC RE EC H I N G)

It's the su n .

Van H elsi ng .

Do you l i ke to fly, An na?

(SC REAM I N G)

H el lo , An na .

N ice to see you , too , Aleera .

D id I do someth i ng to you i n a past l ife?

Don 't play coy with me , P ri ncess .

I know what l u rks i n you r l usti ng heart.

I hope you have a heart, Aleera ,

because someday I ' m goi ng to d rive a stake th roug h it.

Th is shou ld do the trick.

H oly water!

Stop you r teasi ng , Marish ka , and fi n ish h i m .

Too bad . So sad .

The ch u rch !

Th i rty years old .

Perfectly aged .

H el lo , An na , my dear.

The last of the Valerious .

(S NARL I N G)

(LAU G H I N G)

I can feel fresh blood rush i ng th roug h her vei ns .

H ere she comes !

I want fi rst bite .

(GAS P I N G)

(SC REAM I N G)

(COW MOO I N G)

WOMAN : H e ki l led a bride !

MAN 1 : H e ki l led Marish ka !

MAN 2 : You ki l led Marish ka !

MAN 3 : You ki l led a vam pi re !

B ut isn 't that a good th i ng ?

Vam pi res on ly ki l l what they need to su rvive .

O ne or two people a month .

N ow they wi l l ki l l for revenge .

(AL L C LAMO RI N G)

Are you always th is popu lar?

P retty m uch .

So what name , my good si r, do I carve on you r g ravestone?

H is name is Van H elsi ng .

(AL L M U RM U RI N G)

You r reputation precedes you .

N ext ti me stay close . You ' re no good to me dead .

Wel l , I ' l l say th is for you .

You 've got cou rage .

H e's the fi rst one to ki l l a vam pi re i n over 1 00 years .

I 'd say that's earned h i m a d ri n k.

Marish ka !

D RAC U LA: Why can 't they j ust leave us alone?

We never ki l l more than ou r fi l l and less than ou r share .

Can they say the same?

D id I not stress how i m portant it was to be fi n ished with An na Valerious

before she destroys what we are tryi ng to create?

AL E E RA: We lost Marish ka .

VE RO NA: Master.

There , there , my darl i ngs . Do not worry.

I shal l fi nd another bride .

What?

Do we mean so l ittle to you ?

H ave you no heart?

N o , I have no heart ! I feel no love !

N or fear,

nor joy,

nor sorrow!

I am hol low.

And I wi l l l ive forever.

My Lord .

It is not so bad .

D RAC U LA: I am at war with the world and every l ivi ng sou l i n it.

B ut soon the fi nal battle wi l l beg i n .

I m ust go and fi nd out who ou r new visitor is .

(G ROWL I N G)

You wi l l have to make a l ittle apéritif out of h i m .

We are m uch too close to success to be i nterru pted now.

AL E E RA: N o !

VE RO NA: The last experi ment was a fai l u re !

P lease , say you wi l l not try agai n .

My heart cou ld not bear the sorrow if we fai l agai n .

(S NARL I N G)

Come .

Do not fear me .

Everybody else fears me .

N ot my brides .

Igor.

Yes , Master.

Why do you torment that th i ng so?

It's what I do .

Remem ber, Igor, " Do u nto others . . . "

Before they do u nto me , Master.

N ow go , al l of you !

To Castle F ran kenstei n !

AL E E RA: Yes , we wi l l try agai n .

So , how d id you get here?

We came by sea .

AN NA: Real ly? The sea?

CARL : Wel l , yes .

AN NA: The Ad riatic Sea?

VAN H E LS I N G : So , where do I fi nd D racu la?

AN NA: H e used to l ive i n th is very house fou r centu ries ago .

N o one knows where he l ives now.

Father wou ld stare at that pai nti ng for hou rs

looki ng for D racu la's lai r.

So that's why you 've come?

I can hel p you .

N o one can hel p me .

I can try.

You can d ie tryi ng . Al l of my fam i ly has .

I can hand le th is myself.

So I noticed .

The vam pi res attacked i n dayl ig ht.

They never do that.

I was u n prepared . It won 't happen agai n .

So why d id they attack i n dayl ig ht?

C learly they wanted to catch me off g uard .

They seem al most desperate to fi n ish off my fam i ly.

Why is that? Why now?

You ask a lot of q uestions .

U sual ly I ask on ly two .

What are we deal i ng with ? H ow do I ki l l it?

My father spent most of h is l ife

looki ng for answers year after year.

Teari ng th roug h the tower, com bi ng th roug h the fam i ly arch ives .

Carl , the tower. Start there .

Rig ht.

The on ly way to save you r fam i ly is to stay al ive ti l l D racu la's ki l led .

And who wi l l ki l l h i m if not me?

Who wi l l show cou rage if not me?

Go alone and you ' l l be outman ned and outpositioned .

And you can 't see i n the dark.

I n the morn i ng , we wi l l h u nt h i m

but we' l l do it together.

Some say you ' re a m u rderer, M r. Van H elsi ng .

Others say you ' re a holy man . Wh ich is it?

It's a bit of both , I th i n k.

I prom ised you a d ri n k.

Yes , you d id .

The bar is down the hal l . H el p you rself.

As for me , I ' m goi ng to fi n ish th is once and for al l .

I ' m sorry you have to carry th is bu rden alone .

O n the contrary, I wou ld wish for it no other way.

I ' m sorry about you r father and brother.

I wi l l see them agai n .

We Transylvan ians always look on the brig hter side of death .

There's a brig hter side of death ?

Yes . It's j ust harder to see .

I ' m sorry about that, too .

Van H elsi ng !

Van H elsi ng ?

(BAN G)

(TH U D)

Vel kan ? An na .

O h , my God , you ' re al ive .

N o . An na , I on ly have a moment.

B ut there's a werewolf. . . N ever m i nd ! Listen to me !

I know D racu la's secret. H e has a ...

Vel kan ? P lease .

N o !

(G RU NTI N G)

Ru n , An na .

VAN H E LS I N G : An na !

Are you al l rig ht?

(S N I F F I N G)

Why does it smel l l i ke wet dog i n here?

Werewolf!

Rig ht. You ' l l be need i ng si lver bu l lets , then .

Wel l done .

Who's h u nti ng whom ?

N ice n ig ht. Th is is a bit tig ht for me .

B ut for you it's a perfect fit.

What a coi ncidence .

I see the wolf man hasn 't ki l led you yet.

Don 't worry, he's getti ng to it.

You don 't seem too bothered by h i m .

I ' m no th reat to h i m .

I ' m j ust the one who cleans u p after h i m ,

if you get my mean i ng .

Little late to be d igg i ng g raves , isn 't it?

N ever too late to d ig g raves .

You never know when you ' l l need a fresh one .

O h , sorry. It's j ust my natu re .

AN NA: N o .

VAN H E LS I N G : Move ! AN NA: N o !

Why?

You ' re choki ng me !

G ive me a reason not to .

I can 't. If people knew...

H e's not you r brother anymore , An na !

You knew?

Yes .

Before or after I stopped you from shooti ng h i m ?

Before .

And sti l l you tried to ki l l h i m !

H e's a werewolf! H e's gon na ki l l people !

H e can 't hel p it ! It's not h is fau lt !

I know, but he' l l do it anyway !

Do you u nderstand forg iveness?

Yes . I ask for it often .

They say D racu la has a cu re .

If there's a chance I can save my brother,

I ' m goi ng after it. N o .

I need to fi nd D racu la .

And I need to fi nd my brother!

H e gave h is l ife for me .

H e's the on ly fam i ly I have left.

I despise D racu la more than you can ever i mag i ne .

H e has taken everyth i ng from me ,

leavi ng me alone i n th is world .

To have memories of those you loved and lost

is perhaps harder than to have no memories at al l .

Al l rig ht.

We' l l look for you r brother.

Igor.

Yes , Master.

H ow long before we are ready?

Soon , Master. Very soon .

It is d ifficu lt without the good doctor but the Dwerg i , they are doi ng wel l ?

(I N H U N GARIAN) No!

Good .

AN NA: For me , th is is al l personal .

It's al l about fam i ly and honor.

Why do you do it, th is job of you rs?

What do you hope to get out of it?

I don 't know. Maybe some self-real ization .

What have you got out of it so far?

N ig htmares .

Werewolves on ly shed before the fi rst fu l l moon .

Before the cu rse has com pletely consu med them .

VAN H E LS I N G : What is th is place?

AN NA: Castle F ran kenstei n .

B ut it shou ld be abandoned .

I don 't u nderstand .

The man who l ived here was ki l led a year ago .

A g rave robber, among other th i ngs .

A year ago .

It was j ust after that that you r father went m issi ng .

Yes . H e was looki ng for D racu la .

H e was on h is way to the sea .

I have never been to the sea .

I ' l l bet it's beautifu l .

Werewolves are such a n u isance d u ri ng thei r fi rst fu l l moon .

So hard to control .

I send you on a si m ple errand

to fi nd out who ou r new visitor is

and you have to stop for a l ittle chat with you r sister.

Leave her out of th is , Cou nt.

S he doesn 't know you r secret.

And I am soon to take it to my g rave .

Don 't wish for death so q u ickly.

I i ntend for you to be q u ite usefu l .

I wou ld rather d ie than hel p you .

Don 't be bori ng .

Everyone who says that d ies .

Besides , ton ig ht,

after the fi nal stroke of m id n ig ht,

you wi l l have no choice but to obey me .

Look fam i l iar?

Father?

N o !

H e proved useless .

B ut I ' m hopi ng , with werewolf venom ru n n i ng th roug h you r vei ns

you wi l l be of g reater benefit !

I may have fai led to ki l l you , Cou nt, but my sister wi l l not.

N ever!

Dwerg i .

Dwerg i ?

D racu la's servants .

I nd ustrious but extremely vicious .

If you get the chance to ki l l one , do it because they' l l do worse to you .

Rig ht.

(DWE RG I C HATTE RI N G)

They say they' re usi ng my brother i n some sort of experi ment.

My brother is sti l l battl i ng the sickness with i n h i m .

There's sti l l hope .

An na .

There is no hope for you r brother.

B ut we can sti l l protect others by ki l l i ng D racu la .

Let us beg i n !

(I N H U N GARIAN) No slacking! Up!

VAN H E LS I N G : You ever see these th i ngs before?

AN NA: N o .

What do you th i n k they are?

Offspri ng .

AN NA: What?

VAN H E LS I N G : A man with th ree gorgeous women for 400 years .

Yes , vam pi res are the wal ki ng dead .

It on ly makes sense thei r ch i ld ren are born dead .

H e's obviously tryi ng to bri ng them to l ife .

Lad ies fi rst.

D racu la and h is brides on ly ki l l one or two people a month .

If he bri ngs al l these th i ngs to l ife ...

Th row the switches !

I G O R: Yes , Master.

(H EARTS B EATI N G)

What are you doi ng ?

I want to see what we' re u p agai nst.

So th is is what you get when vam pi res mate .

(S NARL I N G)

(AN NA SC REAMS)

Come on !

They need to feed .

Teach them how. Teach them !

(BOTH S H RI E KI N G)

And beg the Devi l

that th is ti me they stay al ive .

Th is is where I come i n .

N o , wait !

N ow that I have you r attention .

Yes , wel l , that's i nteresti ng .

(S H RI E KI N G)

That's not good . M ust warn somebody.

I can tel l the character of a man by the sou nd of h is heartbeat.

U sual ly when I approach

I can al most dance to the beat.

Strange that you rs is so steady.

I G O R: (I N H U N GARIAN) Hurry up!

We m ust keep the atmosphere electrified !

Accelerate the generators !

Power the dynamos !

We are losi ng power.

The h u man is i nsufficient.

Vel kan .

O h , my God .

Feed , my darl i ngs ! Feed !

(I N LATI N) May he rest in peace.

H el lo , Gabriel .

(DWE RG I S H O UTI N G)

We m ust not lose the master's progeny !

Is th is you r si lver stake?

H ow long has it been ? 300 , 400 years?

You don 't remem ber, do you ?

Exactly what is it I shou ld be remem beri ng ?

You are the g reat Van H elsi ng .

Trai ned by mon ks and m u l lahs from Ti bet to Istan bu l .

P rotected by Rome herself.

B ut, l i ke me , h u nted by al l others .

The Kn ig hts of the H oly O rder know al l about you .

It's no su rprise you wou ld know about me .

Yes , but it's m uch more than th is .

We have such h istory, you and I , Gabriel .

H ave you ever wondered why you have such horri ble n ig htmares?

H orrific scenes of ancient battles past.

H ow do you know me?

Vel kan .

An na .

N o . Don 't u nstrap me .

Don 't u nstrap me .

N o , you m ust not ! N o ! Stop !

Stop it. I ' m getti ng you out of here .

Vel kan , it's al l rig ht. I ' m taki ng you home .

(VE L KAN ROARI N G)

So wou ld you l i ke me to refresh you r memory a l ittle?

A few detai ls from you r sord id past.

Perhaps that is a conversation for another ti me .

Al low me to rei ntrod uce myself.

I am Cou nt Vlad islaus D rag u l ia .

Born 1 422 .

M u rdered 1 462 .

H el p me !

(BOTH SC REAM I N G)

I th i n k we've overstayed ou r welcome .

MAN 1 : H ave you fou nd the ch i ld ren ?

MAN 2 : N ot yet.

What happened ?

They j ust d ied .

H ow can I ever repay you ?

B ut you can 't do that. You are a mon k.

Wel l , actual ly I ' m j ust a friar.

I am sorry, master. We try and we try,

but I fear we are not so smart as D r. F ran kenstei n .

Tru ly.

It wou ld appear the good doctor took the key to l ife to h is g rave .

H u nt them down .

Ki l l them both .

AN NA: A si lver stake? A crucifix?

What, d id you th i n k we haven 't tried everyth i ng before?

We've shot h i m , stabbed h i m , cl u bbed h i m ,

sprayed h i m with holy water, staked h i m th roug h the heart,

and sti l l he l ives ! Do you u nderstand ?

N o one knows how to ki l l D racu la .

Wel l , I cou ld have used that i nformation a l ittle earl ier.

Don 't g ive me that look.

You were rig ht. I ' m sorry.

H e's not my brother anymore .

Do you have any fam i ly, M r. Van H elsi ng ?

N ot su re . I hope to fi nd out someday.

That's what keeps me goi ng .

H ere's to what keeps you goi ng .

Absi nthe . Strong stuff.

Don 't let it touch you r tong ue . It' l l knock you on you r...

Vam pi re .

Vam pi res !

(EXC LAI M I N G I N F RI G HT)

N ow I remem ber.

" Even a man who is pu re i n heart And says h is prayers by n ig ht

"May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms

"And the moon is sh i n i ng brig ht

"O r crave another's blood when the su n goes down

"And h is body takes to fl ig ht"

(WOMAN SC REAM I N G)

There's someth i ng down here .

And it's carn ivorous .

Whatever it is , it appears to be h u man .

I 'd say he's a size 1 7 . Arou nd 360 pou nds .

8 . 5 to 9 feet tal l .

H e has a bad g i m p i n h is rig ht leg and th ree copper teeth .

H ow do you know he has copper teeth ?

Because he's stand i ng rig ht beh i nd you . Move !

O h , my God ! The F ran kenstei n monster!

Monster? Who's the monster here?

I have done noth i ng wrong and yet you and you r ki nd al l wish me dead !

What do you want?

To exist.

Don 't !

We m ust ki l l it. Wait.

If you val ue you r l ives and the l ives of you r ki nd ,

you wi l l ki l l me .

N o .

If D racu la fi nds me .

I am the key to my father's mach i ne .

The key to l ife .

Life for D racu la's ch i ld ren .

H e al ready awakened them last n ig ht.

Two .

And those were from on ly one bride .

F rom one si ng le bi rth i ng .

And they d ied as they d id the last ti me he tried .

O n ly with me can he g ive them lasti ng l ife .

There are more? More of those th i ngs?

Thousands .

Thousands more .

N o . You heard what he said .

My l ife , my job is to vanq u ish evi l .

I can sense evi l .

Th is th i ng , man , whatever it is

evi l may have created it, may have left its mark on it.

B ut evi l does not ru le it, so I can not ki l l it.

I can . N ot wh i le I ' m here .

You r fam i ly has spent 400 years tryi ng to ki l l D racu la .

Maybe th is poor creatu re can hel p us fi nd a way.

(SO FT C L I C K)

O h , my God . H e's seen us .

N ow they' l l come for h i m .

N either you nor I wi l l be able to stop them .

If I can get h i m to Rome , we can protect h i m there .

And then the pai nti ng came al ive and the two creatu res attacked each other.

What does it mean ?

I don 't know.

Listen , Carl , whatever you do , don 't stare at h i m .

I ' m stari ng at h i m .

Is that a man ?

Actual ly, it's seven men .

Parts of them , anyway.

By exposi ng me , you have condem ned me !

Me and al l of h u man ity !

N oth i ng is faster than Transylvan ian horses .

N ot even a werewolf.

Anyth i ng else , you ' re on you r own .

Let me go .

Where are you goi ng to go?

I don 't know if you 've seen a m i rror lately but you ki nd of stick out i n a crowd .

(BOTH SC REAM I N G)

We m ust not let the creatu re be destroyed !

AL E E RA: Save h i m ! Save the monster!

Stakes !

N o !

CARL : O h , my God .

CARL : What are you doi ng out here?

AN NA: Carl ! CARL : Rig ht.

Don 't let go !

I can hel p !

You won 't ki l l me?

O n ly if you don 't h u rry !

(G ROWL I N G)

Vel kan .

An na .

Forg ive me .

I wi l l see you agai n .

You ki l led h i m .

N ow you know why they cal l me m u rderer.

O h , my God .

You 've been bitten .

An na .

So m uch trou ble to my master.

So m uch trou ble .

What do you want?

The master com mands a trade .

The monster for the P ri ncess .

Somewhere pu bl ic. Lots of people .

A place where you r master wi l l be less i ncl i ned

to expose h is other side .

Tomorrow n ig ht is Al l H al lows' Eve .

H ere i n B udapest, there is a wonderfu l masq uerade bal l .

(LAU G H I N G)

Are you al l rig ht? N o .

H e has been bitten .

B itten by a werewolf.

N ow you wi l l become that wh ich you have h u nted so passionately.

I am sorry.

May others be as passionate i n thei r h u nti ng of you .

Wel l , they won 't fi nd h i m i n here .

I ' m su re th is is some sort of si n .

Don 't worry, God wi l l forg ive us .

We need to save An na .

You don 't th i n k the hat's a bit m uch ?

Carl , hel p me ! Rig ht.

H ow many com mand ments can we break i n one day?

Anyway, accord i ng to the book

you won 't tu rn i nto a werewolf u nti l the risi ng of you r fi rst fu l l moon .

That's two n ig hts from now.

Even then , you ' l l sti l l be able to fig ht D racu la's hold over you

u nti l the fi nal stroke of m id n ig ht.

VAN H E LS I N G : Sou nds l i ke I have noth i ng to worry about.

CARL : My God , you shou ld be terrified .

VAN H E LS I N G : Than k you . Sorry.

We sti l l have 48 hou rs to fi nd a sol ution .

You su re he can 't get out of there?

N ot without some hel p from the dead .

(S I N G I N G E E RI E O P E RA)

(AN NA EXC LAI M I N G)

H ow does it feel to be a pu ppet on my stri ng ?

I won 't let you trade me , Cou nt.

I have no i ntention of trad i ng you .

And if I know Van H elsi ng , wh ich I do ,

he is not plan n i ng on maki ng a trade , either.

N either of us has ever settled for half.

There they are .

You make my ski n crawl .

Th is is not al l I cou ld do with you r ski n .

Carl , I need you to do someth i ng .

I ' m not gon na l i ke th is , am I ?

Don 't we make a lovely cou ple?

O h , my God .

I am looki ng for a new bride , An na .

Someone strong and beautifu l .

(MAN G RU NTI N G)

O ne brief moment of pai n ,

and we can be together forever.

You have no heartbeat.

Perhaps it j ust needs

to be reki nd led .

An na . An na !

Wake u p .

D RAC U LA: Gabriel .

O h , Gabriel .

O h , Gabriel .

Welcome to my su m mer palace .

Master! Look, Master!

We have h i m , Master.

We have h i m .

You wretched u ndead !

I shal l have my revenge !

"Thoug h I wal k th roug h the val ley of the shadow of death

" I shal l fear no evi l . "

You are noth i ng but dam ned bones

and dam ned sou ls ,

and wi l l bu rn i n the flames of H el l !

N ow that everyth i ng is as it shou ld be ,

lad ies and gentlemen , I g ive to you ,

Van H elsi ng !

Come on .

Yes !

N ow I know what it's for.

Where are we goi ng ?

BOTH : Th roug h that wi ndow!

Carl , you ' re a gen i us !

A gen i us with access to u nstable chem icals .

Say good bye to you r friends .

I ' l l fi nd you ! I ' l l get you back and set you free !

I swear to God !

I m ust save h i m .

N o , you can 't. Why?

I cabled Rome earl ier to apprise them of ou r situation .

What d id they say?

Even if you somehow ki l l D racu la ,

Rome orders you to destroy F ran kenstei n as wel l .

H e isn 't evi l .

B ut they say he isn 't h u man , either.

Do they know h i m ? H ave they spoken to h i m ?

Who are they to j udge?

They want you to destroy h i m so he can never be used to harm h u man ity.

What of me? D id you tel l them what I ' m to become?

D id they tel l you how to ki l l me?

The correct ang le of the stake as it enters my heart?

The exact measu re of si lver i n each bu l let?

AN NA: Stop !

N o , I left you out !

I ' m sorry.

It's starti ng .

AN NA: They m ust have taken al l the eq u i pment to D racu la's lai r.

Wherever that is .

Look, there's sti l l ti me .

D racu la can 't bri ng h is ch i ld ren to l ife u nti l the su n sets .

The su n sets i n two hou rs .

We've been looki ng for h i m for more than 400 years !

Yes , wel l , I wasn 't arou nd for those 400 years , now, was I ?

VAN H E LS I N G : Al l rig ht, Carl , what have you learned ?

That Cou nt D racu la was actual ly the son of Valerious the E lder.

The son of you r ancestor.

Everybody knows that. What else?

Al l rig ht. Wel l , accord i ng to th is ru bbi ng it al l started when D racu la was m u rdered .

Do you know who m u rdered h i m ? N o ,

there's j ust some vag ue reference to the Left H and of God .

And i n 1 462 , when D racu la d ied ,

he made a covenant with the Devi l .

And was g iven a new l ife .

B ut the on ly way he cou ld sustai n that l ife was by d ri n ki ng blood .

Excuse me . Are you goi ng to let me tel l the story?

BOTH : Sorry.

And you r ancestor, havi ng si red th is evi l creatu re ,

went to Rome to seek forg iveness .

That's when the bargai n was made .

H e was to ki l l D racu la

i n retu rn for eternal salvation of h is enti re fam i ly

rig ht down the l i ne al l the way to you .

AN NA: B ut he cou ld n 't do it.

As evi l as D racu la was , my ancestor cou ld n 't ki l l h is own son .

So he ban ished h i m to an icy fortress

send i ng h i m th roug h a door from wh ich there was no retu rn .

And then the Devi l gave h i m wi ngs .

Yes .

Al l rig ht, so where is th is door?

I don 't know.

B ut when you r ancestor cou ld n 't ki l l h is son , he left cl ues .

So that futu re generations m ig ht do it for h i m .

That m ust be what my father was looki ng for i n here .

C l ues to the door's location .

The door.

Of cou rse .

You said you r father spent hou rs stari ng at th is pai nti ng ,

tryi ng to fi nd the lai r.

I th i n k you were rig ht. Q u ite l iteral ly.

I th i n k th is is the door. H e j ust d id n 't know how to open it.

Look. A Lati n i nscri ption .

Maybe it works l i ke that pai nti ng i n the tower.

If th is were a door, my father wou ld have opened it long ago .

I can 't fi n ish the i nscri ption . There's a piece m issi ng .

You r father d id n 't have th is .

Where d id you get that?

Carl , fi n ish it.

(READ I N G I N LATI N)

I n the name of God , open th is door.

A m i rror.

D racu la has no reflection i n the m i rror.

B ut why?

Maybe , to D racu la it's not a m i rror at al l .

It's cold . And it's snowi ng .

See you on the other side .

Be carefu l .

Castle D racu la .

CARL : Do we have a plan ?

It doesn 't have to be Wel l i ngton 's at Waterloo ,

but some sort of plan wou ld be n ice .

VAN H E LS I N G : We' re goi ng to go stop D racu la .

AN NA: And ki l l anyth i ng that gets i n ou r way.

CARL : Wel l , you let me know how that goes .

Wel l , as g ratefu l as I am to be out of the cold ,

that doesn 't seem l i ke a good th i ng .

(G ROWL I N G)

We'd better get movi ng .

CARL : So are al l of those ...

AN NA: Yes .

CARL : And i nside them are . . . VAN H E LS I N G : Yes .

I G O R: Igor do th is ! Igor do that !

H ow d id you fi nd . . . It's i m possi ble !

P lease don 't ki l l me !

Why not?

Wel l , I ...

(MO N STE R SC REAM I N G)

My master has awakened .

There is a cu re .

What?

D racu la . H e has a cu re to remove the cu rse of the werewolf!

Go , fi nd the cu re ! Save you rself!

Come on . You heard h i m . Let's fi nd it.

Wait. Why does D racu la have a cu re?

I don 't care !

I do .

Why does he need one? Why?

Because the on ly th i ng that can ki l l h i m is a werewolf.

The pai nti ng . That's what it meant.

B ut D racu la's been usi ng werewolves to do h is bidd i ng for centu ries .

Yes , but if one ever had the wi l l to tu rn on h i m , he'd need a cu re

to remove the cu rse and make h i m h u man before it bit h i m .

You ' re goi ng to take these two and lead them to the antidote .

N o , I ' m not.

Yes , I am .

H ere's the plan . When the bel l beg i ns to tol l m id n ig ht,

you ' l l be able to ki l l D racu la .

We j ust need to fi nd the cu re and get it i nto you before the fi nal stroke .

Are you i nsane? What ki nd of plan is that?

If they even suspect you of m islead i ng them ...

C l i p off one of h is fi ngers .

I ' l l cl i p off someth i ng .

The tower over there , that's where it is .

And what about the other tower?

G ive me that ! That is where

we reassem bled the laboratory.

Wou ld I l ie to you ?

N ot if you wanted to l ive .

N ow, if I ' m not cu red by the twelfth stroke of m id n ig ht...

I don 't th i n k I cou ld .

You m ust.

Come on .

I don 't l i ke th is plan .

We don 't have a choice .

J ust don 't get ki l led .

You sti l l don 't u nderstand .

It doesn 't matter what happens to me .

We m ust save my fam i ly.

If you ' re late , ru n l i ke hel l .

Don 't be late .

(WH I S P E RI N G) N ow go . Go .

MO N STE R: Get off me , you verm i n from hel l !

What are you com plai n i ng about? Th is is why you were made !

To prove that God is not the on ly one who can create l ife !

And now you m ust g ive that l ife to my ch i ld ren .

U p !

There it is .

I ' l l go fi rst.

AN NA: Carl !

Stay as long as you l i ke . You try to get Igor. Igor get you !

Go ahead . G rab it.

You go ahead and g rab it.

If there's one th i ng I 've learned it's never to be the fi rst to stick

you r hand i n a viscous material .

D id I scare you ?

N o .

Then maybe I need to try a l ittle harder.

Viscous material ! What d id I tel l you ?

Get it !

(SC REAM I N G)

H ot.

Come on ! Yes .

We've got to get the antidote to Van H elsi ng ! Go !

You can 't go u nti l I say you can go !

Keep ru n n i ng , Carl !

And I ' l l say you can go when you ' re dead !

O h , my God !

What are you doi ng ? You m ust fi nd the cu re !

My friends are doi ng it for me .

F riends .

Yes . You want one?

I can 't u nscrew the bolts .

Th is is gon na h u rt.

I am accustomed to pai n .

It lets you know you ' re al ive .

(SC REAM I N G)

G ive me l ife !

O ne more bolt and my you ng wi l l l ive .

(G ROWL I N G)

VAN H E LS I N G : You ' re al most out, my friend !

(SC REAM I N G)

(H EART B EATI N G)

H el p me !

B ut you ' re su pposed to d ie .

I want to l ive .

Al l rig ht !

Be happy i n the knowledge

that I shal l weep over you r dead body.

H ang on !

I ' l l swi ng you loose !

You are too late , my friend .

My ch i ld ren l ive .

Then the on ly way to ki l l them is to ki l l you .

Correct.

So be it.

O ne .

(SC REAM I N G)

N o , th is can not be .

(G ROWL I N G)

We are both part of the same g rand game , Gabriel .

B ut we need not fi nd ou rselves on opposite sides of the board .

MO N STE R: Go ! Go and hel p Van H elsi ng !

N ow!

Than k you .

O h , my God ! An na , I need a l ittle hel p !

H u rry !

Th row it to me , Carl !

Yes !

You are bei ng used , Gabriel , as was I .

B ut I escaped . So can you .

An na , my love ,

it is you r blood that shal l keep me beautifu l .

What do you th i n k of that?

I th i n k if you ' re goi ng to ki l l someone , ki l l them .

Don 't stand there tal ki ng about it.

(SC REAM I N G)

Don 't you u nderstand ? We cou ld be friends .

Partners !

B rothers-i n-arms !

(G ROWL I N G)

D id I mention that it was you who m u rdered me?

It m ust be such a bu rden . S uch a cu rse to be the Left H and of God .

Al l I want is l ife , Gabriel .

The conti n uation of my ki nd .

And perhaps the retu rn of my ri ng .

Don 't be afraid , Gabriel . Don 't be afraid .

I shal l g ive you back you r l ife , you r memory.

Some th i ngs are better left forgotten .

(SC REAM I N G)

For God !

God forg ive me .

(G ROWL I N G)

S he's dead .

(H OWL I N G)

(SO B B I N G)

CARL : (I N LATI N) "Eternal rest grant unto her,

"Oh, Lord, and let perpetual light

"shine upon her. On her soul and the souls of all

"On her soul and the souls of all

"the dead faithful ha ve mercy."