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We are gathered here today to pay tribute to Hannah Thatcher, who was a

generous, and loving mother.

All of us who were deeply touched by her goodness can testify to the

pleasure and joy she brought us through her love of life.

In the midst of life, we are in death.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes.

dust to dust.

The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away.

Amen.

In this hour of need, we ask the Lord's help in giving strength to her only

child, her daughter Catherine.

passengers return to their seats in preparation for landing.

All seat belts should be fastened.

Please note the captain has turned on the no smoking sign.

Make sure all hand luggage is securely stored under a seat or in the overhead

compartment. We'll be landing in Bucharest in about 20 minutes.

We must remind you that the Romanian government does not allow photographs to

taken in the airport area.

Thank you.

. .

. . .

I speak American. I speak American.

I don't mean anything to you.

Please, please, please, please. Please. Okay.

Lucas, meet me.

New York?

Chicago. Oh, Chicago.

White Sox. Al Capone. Bang, bang, bang.

My kind of job. You forgot Mrs. O 'Leary's cat.

What about America from G .I .C. 1944?

Americans and me, we kill many not.

I personally drive General Patton in Victory Parade.

Pull the other leg. Patton had his own driver.

You call me a liar?

I saw the movie.

Really? So maybe it was Sergeant McCluskey from Milwaukee.

You hire me to show you the site, okay?

Oh, I'm sorry, Max. High school teachers don't make enough money to hire

personal chauffeurs.

If you have dollars, you are a millionaire in Romania.

I give you a holiday rate, plus tip, of course.

Well, I appreciate the offer, but I don't think I'm going to be seeing many

sites.

Now, why else would a young lady from Chicago want to come to Romania?

Maybe to find someone.

Maybe Max can help.

I wish you could.

He's my father.

Here we are.

Enjoy your stay.

Thanks a lot, Max. I hope you find your father.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Kathy Thatcher.

Welcome to the U .S. Embassy, ma 'am.

Just a precaution, ma 'am.

You must be Miss Thatcher.

You told me you were on the way up here. What did you do, set a record in the

elevator? I'm sorry.

Kind of late, isn't it?

I just got in. I thought I'd take the chance.

I wrote you a letter about my father.

Well, we get a lot of letters.

I'm trying to find him. His name is Paul Alexandre.

Well, maybe one of the other consulate officers is looking into it. If you want

to come back tomorrow... If I could just explain... I wish I had time, Miss

Thatcher, but I've got three senators from the Corn Belt waiting for me to

escort them to a reception.

Gotta sell those soybeans, you know.

Mr. Devon, please. I've come a very long way.

Your father, he said.

He was Romanian. He met my mother when she was an art student here about 20

years ago.

Were they married?

No.

My mother said he walked out on us just before I was born.

20 years.

Why'd you wait so long?

My mother died a few months ago.

My father's the only family I have left. It's time I found out who he was.

There they are together.

His address is on the back.

That's the old core of the city.

You can check that out yourself. But don't get your hopes up.

Romania is a police state. Since this regime took power, over a million people

have disappeared without a trace.

You must be able to do something.

Sure, we can make some inquiries, but you're being a little naive if you think

we're going to send the 7th Cavalry out after your father. He's not an American

citizen. I'm an American citizen.

And somebody here has to remember my father. Where's his family, the place

he worked?

Everyone here has to serve in the Army, don't they? They've got to have records.

And if he's dead, then there must be a coroner's report. Okay, okay.

Just don't expect any miracle.

Does that mean you'll help?

I play a little one -on -one with a guy from the Ministry of the Interior. I'll

call him tomorrow.

Miss Thatcher, be careful.

Everybody should be very careful in a country like this.

This place is as bad as Chicago.

Max,

what are you doing here?

Embassy, airport, hotels.

Best places to pick up rich Americans.

Oh, yeah, like me, right?

So where does Max drive you tonight?

Back to your hotel?

No. No, I want to go somewhere first.

The old car.

Are you sure this is the right address? My father lives in a boarding house.

Ah, the city's changed.

Old Bucharest is disappearing.

Fast.

You a medic?

Does it show that badly?

It shows, but not badly.

Well,

I don't know. I'm looking for a man who lived here over 20 years ago.

Ah, don't worry. The government requires us to turn off the electricity after

nine o 'clock.

You're kidding.

Romania is a very poor and inefficient country.

The whole city's shutting down.

Sounds like Peoria.

Fortunately, I make a contribution to the pension plan of our police chief.

That's better.

Cathy Fetter.

Would it be agreeable if I called you Catherine?

Quite agreeable.

May I ask who this person is?

Paul Alexandre.

He's my father.

Your father.

It would be my great pleasure to make some inquiries for you.

I'd be very grateful.

In that case, I'll ask you to have dinner with me tomorrow night.

Whoa.

Why don't you call me?

I'm at the Hotel Angleterre.

that's not a rejection.

Has any woman ever rejected you?

It would be an educational experience.

So? Call me.

He worked in a glassblower shop.

We'll never find it.

We are beating the wall against our head.

Stop the car.

No glassworks here.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry, I don't speak Romanian.

We are closed.

I'm trying to find someone who worked around here.

Are the police involved?

No, you won't get into any trouble, I promise.

This picture was taken about 20 years ago.

He'd be in his 70s by now. Paul Alexandre.

Alexandre.

Yes, I... I remember him.

He worked here when I was a young apprentice.

Do you know where he is now?

There was an accident.

An accident?

A car struck him.

He was killed.

At this rate until morning.

I'm sorry. I need to talk to someone I don't have anyone else.

So,

what

happened?

My father is dead.

Well, I'm very sorry.

Thank you.

Here.

Thank you for seeing me.

Beat telling soybeans.

If there's anything I can do for you.

It's just that I've come all this way to find him. I can't believe he's dead.

But you had to know there was a good chance of that.

It's difficult to explain.

Something weird has been happening to me. I've been having these dreams.

Dreams? I've had bad dreams all my life.

But lately, they've become very intense.

I'm sorry. I'm not following this.

I know this sounds crazy.

The places in my dreams, they're real.

They're here. There's a man in my dreams, and I know he's my father.

Oh, man.

It's the truth. I know these dreams are telling me something about him.

Look, I'm a diplomat. I'm not a psychiatrist.

I know it's acting to stretch your imagination, but couldn't you just try

believe me? Forgive me, Miss Thatcher, but you're not being entirely rational.

Why don't you go back to something rational, like soybeans?

It's the only thing of his I have.

You know, I used to make up stories about my father.

I pretended I was the long -lost daughter of a great Romanian king and...

I dreamt he lived in a castle and rode a magnificent white horse.

You never knew him?

No.

He never even tried to contact me.

Life does us. We all must lose our parents.

But if you love them, they are not dead just because they are buried in the

ground.

Max. I lose all my family to the Nazis.

But they still live with me here.

It's good that you found him.

I found his grave.

I still haven't found him.

Of course, a father is very important, yes.

His name was Paul Alexandre. He died in 1966.

If he was brought here after his accident, he should be in our records.

Oh,

that's beautiful.

Thank you. My father gave it to my mother.

Ah, here you are.

Paul Alexandre, 1956.

Pedestrian struck by car.

Does it say anything about his family?

Uh, no indication of family at all.

Nothing on the blood test either.

It's finally been complete.

In fact, no evidence that the body was ever examined at all.

I don't understand.

There's nothing to understand.

I've been complaining about this kind of thing for years.

You think there's some information missing?

Isn't that impossible? You're a long way from home.

You'd be surprised at what's possible here.

I need a cloud serum trace.

This here, if possible.

Yes, doctor.

Thank you.

I would like very much to see you.

Then come tonight.

How wonderful that you come so far from America.

A daughter should know her father.

So you know who I am.

I apologize for being not entirely honest last night.

One learns to be wary of strangers.

And you were a friend of my father's?

I have so much to ask you. I don't know where to start.

Why did he disappear?

I doubt that he had much choice.

He barely escaped the secret police.

Secret police?

Paul was very active in the reform movement.

They were planning to arrest him. He would certainly have been executed.

That's incredible.

Why didn't he tell my mother? He thought that would have placed her life and

yours in very great danger.

He said he was hit by a car.

A few weeks after your mother returned to America, a friend had a car suddenly

appeared in the Piazza, throttling at high speed.

Paul was killed.

At once.

A friend was there. I'd like to meet him.

He left Bucharest many years ago.

My father's family, then?

He was the last.

There must be someone.

Permit me to express my sympathy about your mother.

She was an extraordinary woman, yes?

Yes, she was.

I miss her very much.

You never met her?

She never married?

No. My father must have been a very special man. She never found anyone to

replace him.

And you?

There is an emptiness in you.

You thought your father did not want you.

I felt abandoned.

It took a lot of therapy to come to terms with that.

You have been sick?

Well, I've been having some weird dreams.

The gypsies believe that dreams are messages from the dead.

What kind of messages?

Warnings.

Blessings.

Wishes.

Paul had a wish.

He was sick at heart for the pain he caused your mother.

He would wish me to tell you that he loved you both very much.

Thank you.

That was worth coming 8 ,000 miles to hear.

Something strange going on.

First of all, the secret police were after my father. The police?

Catherine, you must be very careful.

Well, somebody's gone to a lot of trouble to remove all trace of him.

This photograph is all the proof I have that he ever existed.

Catherine, look.

Why don't I just forget about this for a few hours?

Relax and enjoy yourself.

You're a very beautiful woman.

Why, you're much too modest to mention you're a very handsome man.

You see how much we have in common?

For the beautiful lady.

Beautiful flowers.

Thank you.

Bless you, my child.

What is it?

Wait a minute.

What was that name?

Cyprian? Who are they?

She doesn't know anything, Catherine. She knows my father's family.

The Cyprians?

They died out in the 18th century.

Their castle's a museum now.

Dad.

Oh, Dad.

Oh, family? How is that possible?

They became the undead.

What?

Vampires.

Is she serious?

I'm afraid vampires are very serious in Romania.

I mean, superstitious fools like this one believe they still exist.

Catherine, it's all nonsense.

Vampires, indeed.

How do I get to the place?

You promised to try to forget all that and enjoy yourself tonight.

Yes, I did.

May I ask you a personal question?

I was rather hoping you would.

Why are you being so nice to me?

A woman asks why a man is nice to her. You know what I think?

About what?

About you.

I think it's been a very long time since you were with a man who truly

appreciated you.

It was a lovely evening.

Did it?

You're so special, Catherine.

If only I knew how special you are.

Good guy.

I really like you.

Let it bleed.

away from home and I'm very tired.

Hotel on the Terra.

This isn't the way to the hotel.

My name is Meza.

I am with the police.

The police?

Why are you here?

What is your real purpose?

I don't understand any of this. Colonel.

Colonel Meza.

I'm sorry to ruin your party, Colonel, but my ambassador doesn't approve of you

terrorizing American citizens.

Please get her out of there. We have reason to believe.

that this woman is an enemy of the state.

Oh, enough of the cheap scare tactic.

She claims to be the daughter of a man who has no record in our files.

My father was killed right here in Bucharest.

I can prove it. I've seen his grave. It's right over there.

Is it?

We are about to open the coffin.

Let us clear up this little matter of parenthood right now, shall we?

Let's get up.

father appeared to have been a woman.

He's alive.

Excuse me, ma 'am. Please get out of here before they change their minds.

Thank you.

The police know where my father is.

What are you, Mrs.

Columbo? Don't you know when to back off? What do you know about it? You

just get snatched by the Klingon Empire.

I didn't have to come out in the middle of the night and save your neck, you

know. Well, I'm going to find out the truth. Dammit, I'm putting you on the

plane out. You can't order me around. If I tell you to get on a plane, you will

get on a damn plane.

Look,

maybe you're right.

Every impulse in me says that I should get out, but I can't.

I'm close to something.

Close?

Close to what?

I just need a little more time.

Time to do what?

Someone told me that my pendant was a crest of a family called Cyprian.

I have to find their castle.

Welcome to Transylvania, Miss Vampire Country.

Vampires again? What is it with you people?

My great -great -grandpapa was a mighty vampire hunter.

He destroyed many of the undead, including Dracula himself.

They threw the heart, right?

Grandpapa knew.

Wait until daylight.

Then Dracula is asleep and helpless.

Then, boom!

He sure will wake up on the wrong side of his coffin.

Don't think about me!

Don't think about me!

When it was the home of the Cyprian family.

It fell into disrepair after Constantine Cyprian, the last of the bloodline,

died in the 18th century.

Some of the local villagers, however, believe that Prince Constantine still

lived, having been turned into a vampire over 200 years ago.

On your left, you can see a magnificent statue of him from that period.

Now if you follow me through the courtyard...

Don't be happening let it be another dream

I was beginning to think you weren't coming.

Grigori, I need a friend. I'm going crazy with this thing. Okay, I'm here.

You can tell me everything.

Come on.

How could I have dreamed that statue?

I've never been to that castle before in my life.

It looked exactly like Anton.

If he descended from the Cyprians, am I related to him? Who is he?

Don't want to hurt you.

We are your family, Cassie.

Centuries ago, we forsook the path of humanity to raise the power of blood.

You brought us up to live.

Rebirth of our power.

A family reunion.

Catherine.

I believe you've already met your father.

That's not possible.

My blood is in you, Catherine.

Tell me who you are.

Constantine Cyprian, Prince of Transylvania.

You're insane.

He lived over 200 years ago.

Believe your dreams, Catherine.

They brought you here. You were dreaming of home.

I don't know if this makes any sense.

You people are mean.

Feeds us.

But don't worry.

I'm not going to hurt you.

No

one

will hurt.

here. And I order you to release her immediately.

This is a tribunal hearing, Prince.

We decide.

Not you.

Catherine's under my protection. You have no right to harm her.

You haven't harmed her.

And Gregorio is right.

In this tribunal you have no more authority than the rest of us.

You may proceed.

Prince Constantine.

That woman is your daughter, is she not?

She is.

Impossible. No vampire can have children. No.

It's a miracle.

Catherine is that unaccountable rarity in nature, one of a kind.

With her power, there's no limit to what we can do. She has no power.

She's brought us hope.

Hope for our future.

Listen to him.

We're a dying race.

Why?

Because there's one advantage human beings have over us.

They can walk about in daylight.

And for centuries they've hunted us while we sleep.

Then destroy that.

But what if we, too, could move about in daylight? With our power, it would be

we who destroy them.

It's an insane dream. Is it?

What if one of us were to have a child with Catherine?

Might not that child be more than vampire, more than human, something

more than either?

A human immortal.

What if Catherine's a human

that could realize the dream we have nurtured for centuries?

Of walking in the sunlight again.

In the old world, not one of you would have dared to touch her.

Time you learn something about the old world, Prince. It's gone.

In the old world, we lived free and took our pleasure as we desired.

In the new world, we huddled together, hunted and afraid.

We need the life Catherine offered us.

Life full and rich.

Don't you all remember what it was like to look up and to see the sun shining

upon us? Don't you remember?

We can't change what we are.

We can change.

It doesn't sound like much fun.

You wanna?

Not yet.

What are you doing?

Our friends need all the plasma they can get.

Although they prefer it fresh.

Do you really believe they're vampires?

You can't believe it, can you?

Nothing but dreadful, please.

Here.

You gave me no choice.

What are you going to do to me?

Offer you the world.

Our children will roam the earth by night and day.

You're out of your mind.

It's your birthright.

I prefer you to come to me willingly.

You've led a lonely life, Catherine.

Yes.

So too have I been lonely.

Until I saw your face, there was nothing in my heart.

the person to share it.

Yes.

Let your vampire nature begin to grow within you.

I want to kill you.

I want you to come to me of your own free will.

Catherine, I want you.

Why are you so obsessed with the American woman?

And you could have me.

You'd be willing to live in a world of darkness.

With you.

Until the end of time.

Quickly,

we've got to get out of here before Gregory comes for you.

You must leave the country tonight.

I mean, my passport is at the hospital.

I

still

don't understand you and my mother.

How could you be with her and not... Not make her one of the undead?

I almost did.

My love for Hannah was always at war with my real nature.

I could never be with her when the hunger was upon me.

Who, with me?

Do I frighten you, Catherine?

Good.

Listen to your fear.

You're one of them.

You kill like them?

Don't judge me, Catherine.

After I was attacked and made a vampire, I tried to fight the hunger for blood

that grew inside me.

But it was no use.

I had to kill, like all the others.

Why go on, then?

A stake through the heart seems to be the solution.

Fire is better.

So I work with the furnace.

Each night I challenge myself to enter the flames.

But as you see I cling to my existence as tenaciously as any human being.

There's something I always wish that I could tell you.

I wanted to be a father to you.

I know.

I've always known, somehow.

Your mother.

Did she ever talk about me?

Kathy, where have you been? I've been calling, but nobody answered.

You look like hell.

Flatterer.

I've been with this gentleman.

He was a friend of my father's.

Oh, it's okay. Thank you. Thank you.

The secret police want to talk to you, Kathy.

And they're not going to be so polite at the time. I want you out of Romania

tonight.

Consider me gone.

Is that everything?

Okay, well, let's get going.

Come on.

You're not going back to that place, they'll destroy you.

Don't worry.

I'm their leader, remember?

Besides, I belong with them.

Their world is my world.

My father is one of them.

That guy, he's not old enough.

Vampires don't grow old. Oh, right.

How did I forget that? I guess I missed the fangs, too.

They don't have fangs. They have a thing in their tongue.

Oh, for Pete's sake.

If your old man's a vampire, what does that make you?

What is this?

You shouldn't have taken her away from us, Prince.

I'm sorry, Anton. You broke the law.

You dare condemn me?

I make the law.

I command here!

Not anymore, Prince.

Constantine Cyprian.

You stand accused of being a traitor to your own kind.

You're not thinking of spreading the story around when you get back home, are

you? Why do you care what I do?

Well, I've still got two grades to go before making deputy consulate chief. I

can't afford to have the Twilight Zone on my record.

Well, God forbid a couple of vampires come between Jack Devlin and his career.

I'll tell you something about that career. Nobody handed me this job.

I was born a long way downwind of Beacon Hill in the back of my old man's auto

shop. And today I repair diplomatic relations instead of transmissions. I'm

proud of what I've achieved and who I am.

I'm a hard -headed mick, and I don't believe in vampires any more than I

in leprechauns.

I don't need you to get me on the plane, so would you give me my damn ticket and

I'll be out of your hair.

hard on you.

No, I mean it. You've shown a lot of courage coming here.

And I respect that.

I must be dreaming again. I think you said something nice to me.

You're an original. I'll say that for you.

And you're human after all.

Good luck, Kat.

Because you're a prince, you think you're strong.

Because we're lowborn, you think you're better than us.

We too can be strong.

Destroy me.

Not yet.

I want Catherine to know your pain.

She is gone.

Perhaps this will induce her to return.

She is safe.

She'll come back to save you when she feels the pain of the torture.

In a few hours, you'll be burning alive when the sun comes up.

Hate, Anton, hate.

It's so much safer than love.

Welcome to Tarom Airlines.

Flight 407.

We'll be departing in just a few minutes.

May I remind you that all carry -on baggage must be stored in the overhead

compartment. or under your seat.

Jack Devlin. Good morning, Mr. Devlin. You're an early riser, Colonel.

No, you sleep too much.

While you were dreaming, our little troublemaker decided to return for more

adventures. No, she's out of your reach now, Colonel. You are misinformed.

She did not take the plane last night.

What are you talking about? I took...

No, don't give up.

I'm going to get you out. I'll be back. I promise.

Grigore.

Grigore.

I told you.

Never come to me during the day.

She came back.

I knew it.

She'll try to rescue him.

You have to get ready for her.

Reward me.

You know what I want.

Why should I?

You wouldn't get near to me anymore.

How would we get our blood from the hospital?

I start a night shift tomorrow.

What if I can't save your child?

Not fertile, but you let me sleep.

Please.

Please. Be good.

Immortality.

What the hell do you think you're doing? Why didn't you take that plane?

He's burning up. I have to help him. I figured you'd head straight back here.

Don't you know the secret police are looking for you?

They're destroying my father. Okay, okay. Easy. Easy, Kathy.

Take it easy.

No, I do. I do.

Wait. Wait.

We have to mix our blood.

Your blood has to flow through my veins.

And then you have to drink.

I need a vehicle. I need a van. Let me help. I need blankets to cover him. I

can't take him out in the sunlight. It will destroy him.

I'm going to get a cup of coffee.

No, I don't have time. I have to get him out of there before I wake up.

Calmly.

Calmly.

Okay,

I know. I know. Look, look, look. Just stay here. I'm going to get us some

coffee and we'll figure out our next move, okay? All right?

Okay, now don't worry about anything.

I'm going to take care of everything.

You tell the ambassador she's right here.

Look, look, if you could police her after her, we've got to get her out of

country.

Yeah.

Yeah, bring the limo. We'll get her right out to the airport.

Good. Bye.

Coming. Damn it!

Max! I need your help.

I have my father down there in the cellar. The sun is burning him up. He is

agony.

You're the only one who'll believe me.

I believe you, miss.

He'll die if I don't get him out of there. Now, I need a van without

Can you get one for me?

You mean you are going down there?

Are you crazy?

I'm going to get him out of there or I'm going to die trying. It's as simple as

that. They'll kill you.

No, not if I do it right.

Now, I have a few more hours till nightfall. They can't do anything to me

they're sleeping.

Then what are you going to do? Put a stake in each one of them?

You don't have that kind of strength. It's impossible.

Fire. I'm going to burn out the whole lousy nest of them. No need kerosene for

that.

You're one crazy woman.

And alone you have no chance.

But with Max, home run touchdown for sure.

You don't have to do that. You forget.

My great -great -grandpa fought this droid, Dracula, himself.

Scared? The butterflies in my stomach are getting butterflies.

Sure you're going to do this?

Okay.

I'm sure you want to go first.

Done.

It's almost carpet.

Hurry.

Find your father.

I deal with the others before they awaken.

You've done amazing things, miss.

Quit jacking, Max, and help me.

I wish that I had such a daughter.

I would be very proud.

Max?

Please, don't make me hurt you.

Oh, no, Max, not you.

I'm an old man.

I don't want to die.

They've promised to let me live forever.

So I've been helping them for years.

Please, mister, let Georgia sit here quietly until it's dark and the

others can join us.

He's dying, Miss.

The sun almost finished him.

And now the anger's upon him.

Let us go, Max.

Before they wake up.

My regrets, Miss.

I'm nothing against you.

I always liked you.

Please.

It's too late now.

They'll be here soon.

Yes. Not.

Look at him.

He's suffered enough. Let it go.

What the

hell is going on around here?

And I could give you a great big kiss.

Hold that thought.

They're waking up. Let's move it.

Hold on to me. Hold on very tight.

The minute I met you, you were the kind of girl who was going to take me to all

the best places.

She can't get in. She's not one of them.

You're saying?

My strength is in you.

You will be my first victim.

Catherine, my blood.

Collapse in my arms? Later.

How about if I collapse in your arms?

Father, I think everything's going to be all right.

No.

That merciful God has finally destroyed me.

No, no.

My beloved.

I love you.

He was a brave man, your father.

Yes, a man.

So I guess I won't be seeing you around.

No.

Just when you meet somebody and get to know them, they have to leave.

I have a high school soccer team to coach. We're going to win this

this year.

I wish I could see it.

I could send you a ticket.

You know, before I met you, all I cared about was being consulate chief.

I can't even think about that anymore. All I care about is you.

I warn you, a foreign service officer keeps lousy hours.

The work always comes first.

Everybody's in line for promotion ahead of you. And the public doesn't respect

you.

Just like teaching.

Oh, sorry.

Ow, ow.

Oh, oh.

Whoa!