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My God.

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Who dare to disturb
the sanctity of Dracula?

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Who are you?

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Wretch, I do not grant favors.

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I do not accede to the
requests of minions.

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Know you not Dracula commands

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even from the confines
of this miserable place?

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This miserable place.

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Yet, you can serve me, Kah.

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I need your mortal coil.

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I need the form of your miserable carcass.

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I need your vile image.

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I need to walk this earth again.

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Freed from these walls.

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Freed from this mausoleum.

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I will return to your temple.

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In your image, Kah.

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I will recall the seven golden
vampires as my own host.

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Tools of my vengeance on mankind.

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I will take on your mantle.

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Your appearance.

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Your image.

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Your image, Kah.

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Kah, your own image.

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But beneath the image,

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the immortal power of Count Dracula.

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The legends of ancient China

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have their roots in the mists of time.

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Some are awesome and terrifying
in their implication.

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Some are real and have
their foundation in truth.

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There is a doomed village
somewhere in the vast

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center of China that
becomes cursed each year

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at the time of the seventh moon.

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It cringes in fear as it listens to the

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half-heard cries of souls in torment

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and the terror strikes deep into

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the hearts of the inhabitants.

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The whispered word is vampire.

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And the horror is real and very close.

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Once in a while, throughout the ages,

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some brave man, tortured with grief

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and angry frustration,
will fight and conquer

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his own fearful dread and venture outside

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the walls of his village to do battle

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with the monsters that torment his people.

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Some years ago there was such a man.

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A poor farmer who had lost his most

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treasured possession to them.

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His name, so they say, was Hsi Tien-en.

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No, no!

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No, no, no!

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I believe the legend to be true.

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I believe that this is
the way the farmer died,

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and in dying, he destroyed
the seventh vampire.

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One of the cursed creatures that live

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enshrouded in an aura of fear and terror.

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I do not know the location of this village

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or where it can be found,
but I know it exists,

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still cursed, still doomed.

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For of the seven vampire
creatures, six still survive.

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Now, my studies and
research into this subject

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and my own confrontation
with an arch-vampire

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leave me in no doubt whatsoever

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as to the validity of
this particular story.

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If vampirism exists in Eastern Europe,

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and I can assure you it does,

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there is no reason to
question its existence

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in other parts of the world.

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Its foundation, its very beginnings,

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may have stemmed from ancient China.

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No one knows better than you,

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the faculty of Chinese history
at this renowned university,

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that many of your legends are based on

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truth and documented experience.

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Professor Van Helsing, we have heard

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of your research in
Transylvania and the reports

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of your confrontation with
a certain Count Dracula,

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an undoubted madman.

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Excuse me, sir.

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Dracula was not a madman.

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At least not in the accepted sense.

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He was the most grotesque creature,

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the arch-vampire, lord of the undead.

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These monsters may find sanctuary

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in the imagination of the
peasants of Transylvania,

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but China has a sophistication that has

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flowered and bloomed over the course

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of more than 3000 years.

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You cannot diminish that sophistication

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with vacant tales of devil monsters

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and grotesque fiends.

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Credit us with some intelligence, sir.

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But I do.

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That is why I am here now.

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I would like to continue
my research with your help.

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To use your knowledge, your facilities.

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Work with you, have
access to your documents.

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Vampires do exist.

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I know they exist.

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I beg of you to listen
to me, take me seriously.

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I am an outsider, I accept that,

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but I have experienced the horror.

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And the aftermath.

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No one has a greater respect

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for Professor Van Helsing than I, Leyland.

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But your father is a
dedicated, outspoken man

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and I fear he is becoming
somewhat unpopular

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with the university people.

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Because of his theories
on the vampire legends?

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Well, these are difficult times.

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As the British trade consul in Chungking,

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I have to warn compatriots
to tread carefully.

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I'm only allowed to remain here

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by the grace of the local authorities.

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Any embarrassment could destroy

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all the goodwill I've built up.

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And when there are people
like Leung Hon in the city...

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Who is he, sir?

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A sort of Tong leader.

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Awful blackguard.

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How very jolly!

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Unfortunately, I cannot pick

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and choose my guests these days.

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There must be some you did choose, sir.

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Ah, yes.

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Mrs. Vanessa Buren.

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A Scandinavian lady.

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Her husband died about
two years ago, I believe.

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Left her well-provided-for.

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Evidently.

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Those earrings must be worth a fortune.

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She's on a world tour.

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Actually traveling alone.

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Can't say I approve.

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I mean, dash it all,
they'll want the vote next.

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She has mine, sir.

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I do wish she wasn't
wearing all that jewelry.

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If I were a thief, it wouldn't
be the diamonds I'd covet.

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There are some here who would covet

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both the jewels and the lady.

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I'll introduce you.

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Mrs. Buren, may I present
Mr. Leyland Van Helsing.

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How do you do?

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Delighted to meet you.

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You are the son of the
famous Professor Van Helsing?

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I am so very interested
in your father's work.

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Many people in my country

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have a great respect for his reputation.

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He'd be delighted to hear
that, Mrs. Buren, at this time.

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I would so much like to meet him.

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I'm afraid we won't be staying

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in Chungking much longer, but
perhaps before he leaves—

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He's here?

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Oh yes, if I could meet him...

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I read his books about Count Dracula

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and his travels in Transylvania.

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And to meet a vampire catcher in person—

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In point of fact, Mrs. Buren,

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my father is primarily an anthropologist.

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And I fear one does not catch a vampire.

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Who's there?

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Who are you?

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What is it you want?

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My name is Hsi Ching, professor.

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I come to apologize for the
behavior of my countrymen.

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Their ignorance is to be
pitied and then dismissed.

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Huh. You were at the lecture.

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I was.

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And I listened most
attentively to your words.

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Well, thank you.

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The truth deserves respect.

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You believe the legend

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of the seven golden vampires?

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Of course.

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And I imagine you are the only person

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in Chungking who does, Mr. Hsi.

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Forgive my intrusion into your rooms.

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I want to speak to you alone.

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Please, sit down.

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May I offer you some refreshment?

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Thank you, no.

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I understand you are
soon to leave Chungking.

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Yes. I shall go to Hong Kong

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and catch the packet boat back to Europe.

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Had you heard the story
of the vampires before?

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The name of the farmer who destroyed

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the seventh golden
vampire was Hsi Tien-en.

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The name of the village is Ping Kwei.

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Hsi Tien-en?

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Hsi!

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That is your family name?

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Hsi Tien-en was my grandfather.

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Ping Kwei is my ancestral village,

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and the vampires still rule it.

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I don't think I disapprove of ladies

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traveling the world unaccompanied

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but I would say it has
its hazards, Mrs. Buren.

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Danger and excitement are
like food and drink to me.

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And I am fortunate. I can indulge myself.

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I shock you?

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Not at all.

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Come, now. If I were
an English gentlewoman...

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I grant you that might be different.

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I'm sure I shock our gracious host.

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Perhaps just a little.

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I beg your pardon, ma'am.

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Mr. Leung Hon extends his most cordial

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and respectful wishes and begs the honor

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of escorting Mrs. Buren to her lodgings

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and allowing her the benefit
of his company and protection.

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Would you give Mr. Leung Hon
my sincerest apologies

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and tell him I have already offered

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to escort Mrs. Buren to her home.

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Do you think he understands?

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Oh, yes.

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He understands, all right.

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I'll get my shawl.

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You realize what you've done?

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You've caused Leung Hon to lose face.

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Here that is an unforgivable crime.

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Well, in that case, sir,

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could I trouble you for an escort?

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We need your knowledge, your skill,

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to fight the curse of Ping Kwei.

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Well, I'll give you all
the information I can.

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You do not understand, sir.

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We wish you to journey
with us to Ping Kwei.

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We need to take you back with us.

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We?

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My brothers and I.

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We are pledged to rid our
people of the vampire curse.

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We must lift the terrible
shadow from our village.

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But we cannot do this alone.

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An expedition into the hinterland would

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require a small army
of bearers and guards.

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And quite a lot of money,
for equipment and so forth.

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I have very little, I am afraid.

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Are you and your brothers
rich men, Hsi Ching?

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We have nothing, sir.

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Except our strength and our willingness.

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You have no need of guards
with Hsi brothers at your side.

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Now, you saw and heard the reaction

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to my lecture at the university.

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Nobody believed me except you, my friend.

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Now, in the mountains of Transylvania

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the vampiric legends are very strong.

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You can almost feel the terror,
it has a tangible quality.

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But here perhaps even I need proof.

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And you would join us if
you had that proof, professor?

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Yes, if the expedition could be mounted.

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Yes, I would indeed join you.

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Behold, then.

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The golden medallion taken from

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the seventh vampire of Ping Kwei.

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Stop.

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Stop here, please.

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Perfect night for
walking, don't you think?

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I get so tired of sitting around.

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I am not a retiring English
rose, Mr. Van Helsing.

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I don't tend to blushing
and I certainly don't

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faint away at the first
improper suggestion.

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Whether it comes from a Chinese rogue

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or a very proper English gentleman.

264
00:32:29,801 --> 00:32:31,811
The totally emancipated female.

265
00:32:32,561 --> 00:32:36,511
I think you might like your
women more fragile, perhaps.

266
00:32:36,831 --> 00:32:37,491
Perhaps.

267
00:32:37,841 --> 00:32:40,591
Oh, dear, I am embarrassing you.

268
00:32:41,901 --> 00:32:43,421
Let's change the subject.

269
00:32:43,721 --> 00:32:46,011
I particularly want to
talk about your father.

270
00:32:46,351 --> 00:32:48,281
I find him totally fascinating.

271
00:34:09,050 --> 00:34:10,130
Are you all right?

272
00:34:10,261 --> 00:34:10,781
Yes.

273
00:34:13,370 --> 00:34:14,590
Yes, thank you.

274
00:34:41,381 --> 00:34:43,821
Ever since you arrived in Chungking,

275
00:34:44,381 --> 00:34:48,551
you and your son have
been under our protection.

276
00:34:48,781 --> 00:34:50,501
No harm could befall you.

277
00:34:52,241 --> 00:34:56,171
Already your son has witnessed
the skills of my brothers.

278
00:34:57,381 --> 00:35:00,771
Kwei, the bowman, and Ta, the axman.

279
00:35:01,291 --> 00:35:05,701
There are four others, each one
a master of the martial arts

280
00:35:06,601 --> 00:35:07,731
ready to guard you.

281
00:35:08,041 --> 00:35:09,591
Well, one thing is certain, Father.

282
00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:11,421
We can't stay in Chungking.

283
00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:14,741
Maybe this trip to Ping
Kwei would be the answer.

284
00:35:14,971 --> 00:35:16,481
It would need a great deal of finance.

285
00:35:17,401 --> 00:35:18,191
How much?

286
00:35:18,541 --> 00:35:19,341
I'm sorry, madam?

287
00:35:19,611 --> 00:35:21,651
How much would this expedition cost?

288
00:35:22,751 --> 00:35:24,781
We would need stores and provisions.

289
00:35:25,341 --> 00:35:26,881
Ping Kwei is a long way away.

290
00:35:28,471 --> 00:35:33,341
I think perhaps 10,000
Chinese dollars, madam.

291
00:35:33,601 --> 00:35:34,441
You have it.

292
00:35:35,131 --> 00:35:35,741
What?

293
00:35:36,351 --> 00:35:38,381
I'll finance the trip to this village

294
00:35:40,301 --> 00:35:41,601
on one condition.

295
00:35:41,771 --> 00:35:42,771
And what is that?

296
00:35:43,561 --> 00:35:45,081
That you take me along too.

297
00:35:45,941 --> 00:35:48,201
I think a vampire hunt sounds exciting.

298
00:35:48,381 --> 00:35:50,721
Mrs. Buren, it is quite
out of the question.

299
00:35:51,121 --> 00:35:53,901
A woman couldn't possibly
make such a hazardous trip.

300
00:35:54,531 --> 00:35:56,126
We'd be going to unknown territory,

301
00:35:56,251 --> 00:35:57,471
areas that are unmapped.

302
00:35:57,921 --> 00:36:00,461
The countryside abounds
with robbers and brigands.

303
00:36:01,061 --> 00:36:01,901
I know.

304
00:36:02,651 --> 00:36:04,391
I also have to leave Chungking.

305
00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:08,381
I suspect the fate Mr. Leung Hon
has in store for me

306
00:36:08,851 --> 00:36:11,871
is rather more colorful than
what he plans for your son.

307
00:36:14,051 --> 00:36:16,551
Hsi Ching, perhaps you
will explain to Mrs. Buren.

308
00:36:17,931 --> 00:36:19,291
The dangers are many.

309
00:36:20,471 --> 00:36:23,801
Yet if you could believe
that my brothers and I

310
00:36:24,401 --> 00:36:27,101
will be beside you every
moment of every day...

311
00:36:27,491 --> 00:36:29,421
Then I'm sure I have little to fear.

312
00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:31,336
I really must protest.

313
00:36:31,461 --> 00:36:33,761
It won't do the slightest
bit of good, Father.

314
00:36:34,261 --> 00:36:36,041
The lady has a will of her own.

315
00:36:37,151 --> 00:36:38,341
We have a sister.

316
00:36:38,781 --> 00:36:40,061
Her name is Mai Kwei.

317
00:36:40,711 --> 00:36:43,791
It means, as beautiful as a rose.

318
00:36:44,601 --> 00:36:46,541
It would be her honor to attend you.

319
00:36:49,371 --> 00:36:53,020
So now all is in the hands of the gods.

320
00:36:54,301 --> 00:36:56,091
We should be ready to leave Chungking

321
00:36:56,261 --> 00:36:58,411
by the first light of tomorrow's dawn.

322
00:42:08,411 --> 00:42:09,167
Stop.

323
00:42:21,051 --> 00:42:22,661
From here we go on foot.

324
00:42:47,530 --> 00:42:48,510
Yah, yah.

325
00:43:06,691 --> 00:43:09,431
I said no harm would
befall you on the journey.

326
00:43:09,591 --> 00:43:11,706
It was the most fantastic display.

327
00:43:11,831 --> 00:43:13,331
I've never seen anything like it.

328
00:43:13,841 --> 00:43:16,231
My brothers would die in your defense.

329
00:43:17,031 --> 00:43:17,951
This is our way.

330
00:43:18,731 --> 00:43:20,381
You should know more of the others.

331
00:43:21,661 --> 00:43:25,111
And perhaps keep their names
in some corner of your memory.

332
00:43:30,681 --> 00:43:34,431
My twin brothers,
the swordsmen Sung and San.

333
00:43:34,871 --> 00:43:37,281
Their blades are of burnished silver.

334
00:43:38,241 --> 00:43:42,271
Chi-Tao, the massive one,
keeper of the mace.

335
00:43:42,941 --> 00:43:45,321
And he has the strength of ten oxen.

336
00:43:46,401 --> 00:43:47,331
Po-Kwei.

337
00:43:48,111 --> 00:43:52,181
Many years ago, he chose
the short stabbing spear

338
00:43:52,561 --> 00:43:54,361
and is now its master.

339
00:43:56,461 --> 00:44:00,261
Ta the axman and Kwei the bowman,
you already know them.

340
00:44:02,921 --> 00:44:06,710
And we must not forget Mai Kwei,
our little sister.

341
00:44:09,511 --> 00:44:13,821
May I predict that your son
will not easily forget her name.

342
00:44:15,421 --> 00:44:16,961
And what of you, Hsi Ching?

343
00:44:17,181 --> 00:44:18,791
How did you really find me?

344
00:44:18,951 --> 00:44:21,401
Wasn't chance that brought
you to the university, was it?

345
00:44:22,201 --> 00:44:24,171
You are a famous man, professor.

346
00:44:24,611 --> 00:44:25,711
No.

347
00:44:26,031 --> 00:44:27,821
No, I'm not famous.

348
00:44:28,031 --> 00:44:32,446
Perhaps in academic circles
I'm regarded as an authority

349
00:44:32,571 --> 00:44:35,741
in some specialized field,
but no more than that.

350
00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:39,320
Then I put it to you, professor.

351
00:44:40,581 --> 00:44:44,361
Did I find you, or were you sent to us?

352
00:44:46,901 --> 00:44:48,571
You have fought the arch-vampire.

353
00:44:49,571 --> 00:44:51,231
And you are the final authority.

354
00:44:53,941 --> 00:44:56,231
And you will vanquish the demons.

355
00:45:00,261 --> 00:45:02,106
My knowledge, so far as it goes,

356
00:45:02,231 --> 00:45:04,421
is limited to the European hemisphere.

357
00:45:05,001 --> 00:45:07,131
I had hoped to learn something of the East

358
00:45:07,651 --> 00:45:09,446
from the faculty of Chinese history.

359
00:45:09,571 --> 00:45:13,396
But as you witnessed, the
professors were not forthcoming

360
00:45:13,521 --> 00:45:14,651
to say the least of it.

361
00:45:15,981 --> 00:45:19,395
When the time comes,
when we meet the creatures

362
00:45:19,521 --> 00:45:22,621
face to face, you will
know what to do, professor.

363
00:46:56,545 --> 00:46:59,042
We are not dealing with mortal beings.

364
00:46:59,514 --> 00:47:03,434
What you must understand
is that they are already dead.

365
00:47:03,781 --> 00:47:06,316
They are cursed creatures forever craving

366
00:47:06,441 --> 00:47:08,492
human blood for their very existence.

367
00:47:09,016 --> 00:47:11,646
They are immensely strong and possess

368
00:47:11,771 --> 00:47:13,975
black powers that are far-reaching.

369
00:47:14,127 --> 00:47:17,065
Now, fall before them and you too

370
00:47:17,191 --> 00:47:18,641
will be eternally damned.

371
00:47:19,834 --> 00:47:21,683
Yet they can be destroyed?

372
00:47:22,181 --> 00:47:23,271
Oh yes, they can.

373
00:47:25,354 --> 00:47:28,572
They abhor anything that
has a holy significance.

374
00:47:29,194 --> 00:47:30,607
They fear the word of the Lord.

375
00:47:31,452 --> 00:47:35,292
In Europe, the vampire walks
in dread of the crucifix.

376
00:47:36,141 --> 00:47:39,878
But here it will be the
image of the lord Buddha.

377
00:47:40,311 --> 00:47:42,061
These are our protection.

378
00:47:43,021 --> 00:47:45,431
But how to destroy them?

379
00:47:46,785 --> 00:47:49,891
A wooden stake driven
deep into the heart.

380
00:47:51,994 --> 00:47:54,931
Or better still, a silver shaft.

381
00:47:58,101 --> 00:47:58,901
Fire?

382
00:47:59,558 --> 00:48:00,501
What of fire?

383
00:48:01,052 --> 00:48:01,861
Not in Europe.

384
00:48:02,101 --> 00:48:03,521
In the East, perhaps, I don't know.

385
00:48:03,647 --> 00:48:05,771
There are many things I don't know yet.

386
00:48:07,221 --> 00:48:08,971
But one thing I do know.

387
00:48:12,721 --> 00:48:14,721
Now, this golden medallion

388
00:48:15,681 --> 00:48:18,311
is the symbol of their undead life force.

389
00:48:19,891 --> 00:48:21,265
The remaining six vampires will

390
00:48:21,391 --> 00:48:23,309
do anything they can to retrieve it.

391
00:48:23,976 --> 00:48:25,665
Once it's in their hands again

392
00:48:26,278 --> 00:48:28,971
they can reincarnate the seventh vampire.

393
00:48:37,265 --> 00:48:38,509
They know we are coming.

394
00:49:27,471 --> 00:49:28,720
She's very beautiful.

395
00:49:30,847 --> 00:49:31,351
What?

396
00:49:33,283 --> 00:49:34,216
Oh, Mai Kwei.

397
00:49:37,681 --> 00:49:40,561
"Who," he says, as she
gives him such a smile.

398
00:49:42,061 --> 00:49:43,386
Back in my country, that is an

399
00:49:43,511 --> 00:49:45,891
open invitation to help with the dishes.

400
00:50:30,761 --> 00:50:32,029
It's a strange night, isn't it?

401
00:50:45,381 --> 00:50:46,981
Do you think they could
be falling in love,

402
00:50:47,523 --> 00:50:49,461
out here in this desolate place?

403
00:50:51,671 --> 00:50:54,634
I think it is most likely.

404
00:50:56,601 --> 00:50:57,391
How nice.

405
00:50:59,011 --> 00:50:59,801
They're lucky.

406
00:51:02,687 --> 00:51:05,212
They'll always remember this
moment, whatever happens.

407
00:51:07,101 --> 00:51:08,261
Are you afraid?

408
00:51:10,301 --> 00:51:11,101
Yes.

409
00:51:14,092 --> 00:51:15,887
And yet I'm glad I'm here.

410
00:51:16,287 --> 00:51:17,434
Isn't that strange?

411
00:53:05,381 --> 00:53:06,591
It will be dark soon.

412
00:53:07,761 --> 00:53:10,207
We must find shelter
before the sun goes down.

413
00:53:11,591 --> 00:53:13,487
The nights are very cold here.

414
00:53:14,287 --> 00:53:17,181
I'll never take another
country walk as long as I live.

415
00:53:18,269 --> 00:53:20,234
There are some caves up ahead.

416
00:53:20,892 --> 00:53:22,091
We can rest there.

417
00:54:33,631 --> 00:54:35,141
I'll take that, professor.

418
00:54:35,551 --> 00:54:36,511
Thank you.

419
00:54:45,091 --> 00:54:48,536
I haven't seen a living
creature for over three hours.

420
00:54:48,998 --> 00:54:52,358
No birds, no insects, not even a lizard.

421
00:54:52,954 --> 00:54:55,211
Oh, it's a godforsaken place.

422
00:54:59,341 --> 00:55:01,229
That's a very apt description.

423
00:55:02,234 --> 00:55:03,025
Godforsaken.

424
00:55:03,167 --> 00:55:07,229
I'd like a bath, lots of
warm water, perfumed soap.

425
00:55:07,511 --> 00:55:09,171
Oh, my poor feet!

426
00:55:10,714 --> 00:55:12,171
I could do with some sleep.

427
00:55:13,025 --> 00:55:14,211
About ten days' worth.

428
00:55:17,318 --> 00:55:18,474
I don't like it.

429
00:55:19,861 --> 00:55:21,301
I hate it, professor.

430
00:55:21,887 --> 00:55:22,687
Oh, no.

431
00:55:23,478 --> 00:55:24,381
I mean the atmosphere.

432
00:55:24,527 --> 00:55:26,901
There's something malignant here.

433
00:55:31,709 --> 00:55:32,756
I don't think we're going to

434
00:55:32,881 --> 00:55:34,501
find a village in this wilderness.

435
00:55:34,812 --> 00:55:36,883
Maybe they've forgotten their way back.

436
00:55:37,091 --> 00:55:39,114
We could be miles from where we should be.

437
00:55:39,301 --> 00:55:41,426
Leyland, you are a great comfort to me.

438
00:55:41,551 --> 00:55:42,796
I'm sorry, but I—

439
00:55:42,921 --> 00:55:43,478
No.

440
00:55:43,603 --> 00:55:44,466
We're on the right track

441
00:55:44,591 --> 00:55:46,172
and heading in the right direction.

442
00:55:46,634 --> 00:55:47,381
I'm sure of that.

443
00:55:47,772 --> 00:55:48,945
How do you know, Father?

444
00:55:49,914 --> 00:55:51,105
Instinct, perhaps.

445
00:55:51,631 --> 00:55:53,478
That I've been here before feeling.

446
00:55:54,234 --> 00:55:55,671
You've never seen the place,

447
00:55:56,225 --> 00:55:58,171
yet every detail is crystal clear.

448
00:55:58,714 --> 00:56:02,243
It's strange, unaccountable,
but it happens occasionally.

449
00:56:02,643 --> 00:56:04,581
You know just what's around that corner

450
00:56:05,265 --> 00:56:06,671
the moment before you turn.

451
00:56:07,638 --> 00:56:09,701
Do you know what is around this corner?

452
00:56:11,478 --> 00:56:13,801
We are approaching
the village of Ping Kwei

453
00:56:14,527 --> 00:56:16,065
and the lair of the vampires.

454
00:56:17,896 --> 00:56:20,671
Well, as long as they
don't come out to meet us.

455
00:56:36,652 --> 00:56:38,171
There will be food soon.

456
00:56:39,381 --> 00:56:42,171
Well, I never thought I'd
be happy to sleep in a cave.

457
00:56:43,025 --> 00:56:44,092
We shall be safe here.

458
00:56:44,541 --> 00:56:47,221
Wild animals will not
venture into the cave

459
00:56:47,671 --> 00:56:50,278
and my brothers will keep
watch throughout the night.

460
00:56:50,536 --> 00:56:51,709
Wild animals?

461
00:56:52,269 --> 00:56:54,086
We haven't seen a thing that moves

462
00:56:54,211 --> 00:56:56,501
or breathes for the last twenty miles.

463
00:56:57,581 --> 00:57:02,331
Sometimes it is the
darkness that brings them out.

464
01:00:36,012 --> 01:00:37,665
Strike at their hearts!

465
01:03:52,687 --> 01:03:54,945
You're like a beautiful
porcelain kitten,

466
01:03:55,398 --> 01:03:57,469
then suddenly you're a fighting tigress.

467
01:03:58,189 --> 01:03:59,291
It's incredible.

468
01:04:00,291 --> 01:04:01,603
It displeased you?

469
01:04:01,763 --> 01:04:03,291
No, it amazed me.

470
01:04:13,931 --> 01:04:14,812
There's three of them.

471
01:04:15,505 --> 01:04:17,201
There are three vampires here.

472
01:04:20,081 --> 01:04:21,265
Those creatures?

473
01:04:21,976 --> 01:04:22,972
They are their victims.

474
01:04:23,132 --> 01:04:26,161
The undead, their slaves
throughout the ages.

475
01:04:31,087 --> 01:04:34,038
My brothers cannot survive
another attack, professor.

476
01:04:34,451 --> 01:04:36,403
We've destroyed half their number.

477
01:04:36,951 --> 01:04:38,225
Three still remain.

478
01:04:38,616 --> 01:04:41,363
Just three demons terrorizing Ping Kwei,

479
01:04:41,831 --> 01:04:43,398
your ancestral village.

480
01:04:43,683 --> 01:04:45,469
Now, what would you have us do, turn back?

481
01:04:45,967 --> 01:04:47,949
We know these creatures can die!

482
01:04:48,287 --> 01:04:49,283
They're not omnipotent.

483
01:04:49,741 --> 01:04:51,976
We'll make preparations and
next time be ready for them.

484
01:04:53,611 --> 01:04:55,906
Ching, remember why you came

485
01:04:56,031 --> 01:04:57,736
to see me in my lodgings in Chungking.

486
01:04:58,281 --> 01:04:59,451
Don't give up now.

487
01:05:40,563 --> 01:05:41,754
Over here, professor.

488
01:06:23,256 --> 01:06:24,696
The legend is true.

489
01:06:34,065 --> 01:06:35,071
Every detail.

490
01:06:42,900 --> 01:06:48,416
Over the next hill is the home
of my ancestors, Ping Kwei.

491
01:07:03,843 --> 01:07:04,651
This way.

492
01:07:53,451 --> 01:07:56,366
Ching, we must make sure they can't

493
01:07:56,491 --> 01:07:58,145
sweep down the far end of this trench.

494
01:07:58,634 --> 01:08:00,803
We will extend it as far as we can

495
01:08:01,771 --> 01:08:02,945
in the time left to us.

496
01:08:03,071 --> 01:08:03,683
Good.

497
01:08:12,861 --> 01:08:14,611
Ah, thank you.

498
01:08:29,389 --> 01:08:30,656
Do you think the trench and the stakes

499
01:08:30,781 --> 01:08:31,656
will stop them, father?

500
01:08:31,901 --> 01:08:33,570
For a while, with any luck.

501
01:08:34,481 --> 01:08:36,074
It's a dismal place.

502
01:08:36,314 --> 01:08:39,194
I think Mrs. Buren
quite likes it, you know.

503
01:08:40,047 --> 01:08:41,149
No, thank you.

504
01:08:41,371 --> 01:08:43,690
Romance flourishes in
the strangest places.

505
01:08:45,043 --> 01:08:45,861
Doesn't it?

506
01:09:37,736 --> 01:09:41,354
Hear ye, great demons of hell.

507
01:09:41,611 --> 01:09:44,901
Watch over these, thy disciples.

508
01:10:17,434 --> 01:10:20,526
Thus do we dedicate ourselves

509
01:10:20,651 --> 01:10:24,109
to your service and your commands.

510
01:14:33,949 --> 01:14:34,820
Light it!

511
01:18:32,678 --> 01:18:35,731
Ching, you must destroy her!

512
01:21:28,812 --> 01:21:29,514
The temple.

513
01:23:55,141 --> 01:23:55,798
Come on.

514
01:24:22,687 --> 01:24:25,375
Van Helsing, across the globe

515
01:24:25,949 --> 01:24:29,601
even to this very place, you plague me!

516
01:24:31,824 --> 01:24:32,500
Dracula.

517
01:24:34,771 --> 01:24:35,932
Count Dracula.

518
01:24:36,936 --> 01:24:37,861
I knew it.

519
01:24:38,536 --> 01:24:40,084
I knew you had to be here.

520
01:24:40,811 --> 01:24:42,917
A curse on you and your house!

521
01:24:43,398 --> 01:24:44,287
Show yourself.

522
01:24:45,380 --> 01:24:47,673
Or must you hide behind
the image of another man?

523
01:24:48,931 --> 01:24:50,875
Is the mighty Dracula too frightened

524
01:24:51,407 --> 01:24:53,309
to reveal his face to me?

525
01:24:53,811 --> 01:24:56,385
I am Dracula, lord of darkness,

526
01:24:56,598 --> 01:24:59,936
master of the vampires,
prince of the undead,

527
01:25:00,061 --> 01:25:01,656
ruler of the damned!

528
01:25:02,065 --> 01:25:03,052
Prove it.

529
01:25:03,212 --> 01:25:04,207
Right.

530
01:25:04,536 --> 01:25:08,391
Van Helsing, you will
once more see my face

531
01:25:09,816 --> 01:25:11,271
before you die.

532
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Behold, Van Helsing.

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Look on me now.