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03 Nosferatu Vampire In Venice - Horror 1988 English

It's bad luck to kill a bat.

No, not this one.

It's a vampire.

The kind that sucks cow's blood.

Eh.

Run.

In reply to your letter,

you must know that I have dedicated my whole life

to the study of nosferatu.

From his earliest origins in transylvania

10 centuries ago, to his mysterious disappearance in venice

during the carnival of 1786,

when the plague decimated the city's inhabitants.

Nosferatu is a supreme lord of evil,

second only to the devil himself.

To my knowledge, his supernatural powers

have defeated all attempts to kill him.

In fact, in the language of his roots,

his very name means "he who is undead."

And yet, I am convinced that death

is what he most desires.

Whatever you have in mind concerning this maleficent being,

I urge you to await my arrival.

Your house has indeed been the site of terrible events,

now mercifully buried by the dust of time.

Good morning, sir.

We have a guest.

Do you know him?

No.

I know who he is and why he is here.

He has come to destroy the precarious peace

that reigns in this house.

I'll tell the Princess you are here, sir.

The Princess apologizes for not coming down.

She will receive you in her room, sir.

I am grateful to you for accepting

my invitation so promptly.

It was the least I could do.

What did you think of my letter?

I'm afraid it was too vague

for me to form an opinion.

If that were true, you wouldn't be here.

I expect to die quite soon.

Hematophagusology is the scientific study

of a psychological affliction,

also known as thirst for blood.

The study of vampirism.

Professor catalano is the world's leading authority

on the subject.

Vampirism?

Sounds like something you call the vet for.

The study of the phenomenon merely requires

the entire span of man's knowledge.

(Graces.

Good evening, gran.

What is the church's attitude towards vampires?

Well, vampirism is one of the thousand ways

in which evil manifests itself.

It was pope Benedict xiv who decreed that.

Did your search for vampires bring you to venice?

Vampires are everywhere.

- Wonderful dinner. - Good night.

Thank you for coming, good night.

Good night!

Why did you say you expect to die soon?

Because it's true.

And I have little time for social pleasantries.

Come with me.

There's something you must see.

Dr. barnabo and his wife are old friends of the family.

I'm sure he didn't mean to be rude.

He's so down to earth.

He can't accept what he doesn't understand.

Yes, very common attitude, I'm afraid.

We're 30 feet below the level of the grand canal.

This crypt dates back to the 16th century,

when the canins family settled in venice.

Originally we're from transylvania.

Many of my ancestors are buried down here.

Why does this one have these iron bands?

Have you ever seen a tomb like this?

Simply eaten away by rust, that's all.

The others, all in very good condition.

According to an old family legend,

a vampire was buried alive in this tomb.

I'm convinced it was nosferatu.

No.

He left venice 200 years ago.

During the plague.

Yes, I know that legend too.

But as far as I'm concerned, he never left at all.

I want to open this tomb

and free my house of the nightmare.

Princess, I would advise against that.

That's why I invited you.

What consequences can we expect if we set him free?

A reaction so monstrous

that it would be beyond all imagination.

Be assured, it is not he that's in there.

The truth is, he was shipwrecked on the bay of biscayne.

It's quite safe to assume

that it's the seabed where he found

his final resting place.

I'm sure you don't believe that.

Since you advise against opening the tomb,

I will prove my theory in another way.

I know someone who can look back

through the darkness of time

and contact the spirits of the dead.

Put me down!

Good morning, graces.

Aren't you gianmarco trozatti?

Yes, Princess.

You are laviere's friend, I believe.

Me, no!

You little shit!

So you don't have a girlfriend.

Traitor.

What are you looking for?

That portrait.

Why did you have it taken down before I arrived?

Terrible events happened in this house

200 years ago.

Yes, I know.

And the woman in the portrait was desperately involved.

Involved in what?

I'm afraid I don't follow you.

Princess, if there's something you're hiding

you must tell me at once.

I haven't much time.

Help me up.

My cane, please.

I vowed never to reveal the curse

that weighs on this family.

But you give me no choice.

We left transylvania to escape a terrible destiny,

but in vain.

Utarefson?

What does it mean?

I don't know of such a word.

Nosferatu.

Latin is the holy language.

It should not be used by the enemies of god.

The abomination appeared in 1786.

In that year of our lord,

an unprecedented tragedy took place, in this house,

between these very walls.

Vile being!

I uphold upon you

the will of almighty god!

Creature of evil!

In the name of the crucified Christ,

I order you to submit

to the absolute authority of god

and leave this house!

In the name of the father, the son

and the holy ghost!

I annihilate you!

Incarnation of iniquity!

May you plunge into the bottomless abyss

for all eternity!

It was then that nosferatu left venice,

and no trace of him has ever been found.

The fate of the Princess in the painting

is also unknown.

The church gives no weight to legend

or local superstition.

If you ask me, the book was the fruit

of someone's imagination and inspired the painting.

That's no proof.

If the story's true,

then leticia was a vampire.

The doors of this house have always been open to him.

If he hasn't already returned,

he no doubt will.

We should not commit this blasphemy.

The devil has laid his hands on this house.

I feel I must warn you

that a seance like this

can provoke reactions of quite terrifying proportions.

This is just harmless home entertainment.

Nobody's forcing you to take part.

I've always wondered how people can become vampires.

I mean, are they born that way?

How do you become a vampire?

By being the illegitimate sons of illegitimate parents,

the son of witches and warlocks,

a man who takes his own life,

those who die by hanging, those who die of the plague,

those who die with blasphemy on their lips,

murderers who die unpunished.

And...

The descendants of vampires.

Take your places.

The priest must leave.

The church forbids spiritualistic seances.

Form the circle.

The church forbids spiritualistic seances!

The priest must leave.

I must have absolute concentration.

Whatever happens, do not break the circle.

Nosferatu.

Reveal yourself to us.

Champion of evil!

Manifestation of iniquity.

Shunned by death itself.

I am evoking you.

What's happening?

Nosferatu, reveal yourself to us!

Foul spawn.

Depravity personified.

High priest of putridity.

Enemy of Christ.

Adversary of life.

Abomination of abominations.

Come.

My prince.

Come, my lord.

I am calling you.

I am calling you.

Come to me.

Come, come to me.

Come to me.

Come to me.

Come.

Come, my lord.

I am calling you.

Come to me.

Helietta!

Don't shock her.

Helijetta.

Open the curtains.

Now doctor, she'll be all right.

You come with me, I'm gonna need your help.

What do you expect to find down there?

Nothing.

I'm going back upstairs.

Come.

My prince.

Come, my lord.

My prince.

Come home.

I am calling.

Come to me.

Come, do not be afraid, child.

This is the man who will make you immortal.

I am ready, my lord.

My liege.

Who summoned me?

Someone who lives far away has summoned you.

You're mistaken, that's a scene from the past.

Oh my lord, my people are nothing without you.

Your people are free. I'm leaving.

No, after 200 years, you cannot leave.

Time has no meaning in a life that never ends.

Why didn't you take me with you, my prince?

You left me here.

And so condemned me to the most horrible death.

Life without you.

Helietta!

Helietta!

I beg you.

I beseech you.

It was nosferatu, wasn't it?

Yes.

We summoned him, he answered,

and he will kill again.

What can we do?

Love is the only antidote for evil.

Only love can kill him now.

Love?

Yes.

The love of a consenting virgin.

The love of an innocent.

The very moment he possesses her,

he will die. Something he has sought for a thousand years.

Who could love a creature like that?

Please don't let it be her.

Princess.

Princess.

The time has come.

We must find out who is buried in that tomb.

All the canins women were destined

to meet a violent death or be carried off by nosferatu.

Let's all lift together.

It's all right, my love.

Everything can be explained.

The total absence of air

prevented the body from decomposing.

After we opened the tomb, she should turn to dust.

It's a known phenomenon.

Mercury.

The soul of all metal.

The only natural element capable of killing a vampire.

The victim must have been forced to drink it

before she was pierced through the heart.

You're right, I haven't been with strangers.

But tonight I'm not gonna let it bother me.

I promise.

Are you happy?

When are we getting rid of that englishman?

When are you getting rid of your wife?

What is it?

Don't you feel well?

Suddenly, I feel ice cold.

Come on, I'll take you home.

Excuse me, I...

Helietta!

Helietta!

Are you talking to me?

I don't understand what you're saying,

but it sounds wonderful.

It's an old language,

which doesn't exist anymore.

It's the word of the dead.

The words sound so beautiful.

What do they mean?

It means I feel my love.

I crossed rivers.

I climbed mountains.

I traversed the skies

to be with you.

Because you called me.

It wasn't me.

But I was expecting you.

Oh, my prince.

Your place is not here.

Let me take you away.

He was here.

He came for me.

120/90, that's normal.

The wounds are superficial.

You're making a great mistake in your diagnosis,

using a measure of normal behavior.

Look, I'm a doctor.

It's the only measure I know.

All he's done so far is to

stimulate her senses.

No.

He's preparing the ground.

His next move.

He intends to take her with him.

A macabre journey

that's destined never to end.

That's something I will not allow.

Oh my god.

Help, help!

Help!

The dog has stopped barking.

The magazine holds five 45 caliber shells.

It can stop a charging rhinoceros.

The muzzle velocity is incredible.

What's the matter?

Shh.

He's out there.

Listen.

Here he comes.

Back!

Back!

Bestial creature.

You've known, ever since

Satan belched you forth those many hundred years ago,

that you've been excluded from nature's scheme.

Life has refused you.

Death has refused you.

The just reject you.

Even the unjust.

There's no place for you here on earth,

or elsewhere, that will welcome you.

The very essence of life rejects you.

Now, in the name of all god's angels,

I order you, stand back!

In the name of Jesus Christ, begone!

Vile abomination.

The power of the cross will crush you.

Here I am, my lord.

Back!

Back.

Don't go with him, helietta!

Love is the antidote for evil.

Only love can kill him now.

The love of a consenting virgin.

The love of an innocent.

The very moment he possesses her, he will die.

Something he has sought for a thousand years.

If you don't need your life, others can use it.

Now you belong to me.

I am your master.

You are leaving, I take it.

Yes.

I failed.

I've been defeated.

And rightfully so.

That filthy devil.

The demon of death is opposed to anything

which isn't light.

Where did he take her?

Doesn't he ever have to sleep, for god's sake?

He sleeps 24 hours every 24 days.

Every clod of earth in which his coffin lies,

has known nothing but human suffering, sickness, misfortune.

Must be a dozen places like that here.

He travels always with his own patch of cursed land.

He's lulled to sleep by the cries of the dead.

Man and woman were carried away to that island.

It's where they endured a thousand tortures

of the flesh and the spirit.

Their screams could be heard as far away

as chioggia and pellestrina.

Then, in the course of time, the living turned to corpses.

The corpses turned to dust.

And that place became the lazaretto.

The city's haven for its plague victim.

Of course, the plague cemetery.

It's out on the dog island.

That's a perfect place for him.

There is nothing but death out there.

They turned part of it to a crematorium for cholera victims.

How ironic.

What a waste.

To think that the end of one's life's work

to discover the arrogance of opposing evil

in one's own way,

is perhaps contrary

to the universal scheme of god.

And what's to become of you, father?

Oh.

My place is here in this house.

I am the guardian of wandering souls.

I am the defender of suffering spirits.

The great dragon, that ageless serpent called Satan,

seeks to corrupt every corner of the civilized world.

Humanity must fight to save itself.

Every man knows the temptation of his own lust!

Only god almighty is not a tempter,

nor tempted.

I'm the guardian of wandering souls.

I am the soldier of the truth.

You set yourself on a level with god?

And he has punished you!

You know nothing!

You know nothing!

You're proud!

And you live in the front!

You think you have knowledge!

And you don't!

You know nothing!

You know nothing!

Have you saved my life

because you want to take it with your own hands?

I saved your life so you can help me die.

I want to die, if you wish.

That's what I want most.

To give you death.

Doesn't the daylight frighten you?

It's the night that frightens me.

This'll stop the bastard.

What's this place?

The plague cemetery.

They used to throw them in here alive.

If catalano is right,

this must be the cursed land he sleeps on.

Let's open them.

The gypsy girl at the costume ball.

This one.

Helijetta.

Helijetta.

What has he done to you, my darling?

Give me a hand.

She is breathing.

This is our chance.

The bastard's asleep.

We drive a stake through him.

Pin his heart to the floor.

Hold it steady.

That monster!

He made me kill her!

- Let's get out of here. - Quick, find him.

Try to kill him. Where is he?

And now my life may be yours.

Wait, please wait.

Keep your life a little longer.

Don't leave me now.

I have waited so long, and now I'm afraid to die.

Run, for Christ's sake!

Run!

Helietta!

Helietta!

Helietta, wait!

Helietta, I've come to take you home.

You look so pale.

What's he done to you?

I'm happy now

that you're here.

Come.

Kiss me.

Please.

Don't let me die.

I don't have the power.

Yes, you do.

You could take me with you.

That's worse than death.

It's what I want.

No.

I want to stay with you for all eternity.

If you can't die, I won't either.

Live any way you want.

It's bad luck to kill a bat.

Nah, not this one.

It's a vampire.