1 00:00:00,601 --> 00:00:02,468 [music playing] 2 00:00:55,858 --> 00:00:57,258 Father. 3 00:01:00,763 --> 00:01:02,863 Why have you come? 4 00:01:02,865 --> 00:01:04,765 You were banished from this place. 5 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:25,619 The night of the festival approaches. 6 00:01:25,621 --> 00:01:30,457 You summoned my brother home from abroad. 7 00:01:30,459 --> 00:01:34,595 Did you think that I would stand by and let him assume 8 00:01:34,597 --> 00:01:36,363 the mantle of power? 9 00:01:42,972 --> 00:01:46,273 I'm your firstborn. 10 00:01:46,275 --> 00:01:49,643 The bloodstone is my birthright. 11 00:01:49,645 --> 00:01:53,948 You aren't content to live in peace, Radu. 12 00:01:53,950 --> 00:01:55,683 You crave evil. 13 00:01:55,685 --> 00:01:59,853 The bloodstone would give you too much power. 14 00:01:59,855 --> 00:02:01,822 This can never be. 15 00:02:01,824 --> 00:02:04,458 Your time is past. 16 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:07,828 You have nothing more to say about it. 17 00:02:14,437 --> 00:02:17,871 I prayed it would not be necessary to 18 00:02:17,873 --> 00:02:19,840 destroy you, Radu. 19 00:02:19,842 --> 00:02:21,408 Destroy me? 20 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,688 Forgive me, Father. 21 00:04:14,690 --> 00:04:15,889 Ah! 22 00:04:42,685 --> 00:04:44,651 [music playing] 23 00:06:26,889 --> 00:06:27,754 Hey! 24 00:06:27,756 --> 00:06:28,455 Michele and Lillian! 25 00:06:28,457 --> 00:06:29,456 Over here! 26 00:06:29,458 --> 00:06:32,459 Hey! 27 00:06:32,461 --> 00:06:34,928 Hi! 28 00:06:34,930 --> 00:06:36,530 I can't believe you're here. 29 00:06:36,532 --> 00:06:38,732 Oh, you thought I wouldn't be here after you've come all the 30 00:06:38,734 --> 00:06:40,267 way from America? 31 00:06:40,269 --> 00:06:41,702 I knew you'd be here. 32 00:06:41,704 --> 00:06:43,036 I wasn't sure when. 33 00:06:43,038 --> 00:06:45,372 You have to admit, punctuality wasn't exactly 34 00:06:45,374 --> 00:06:46,507 your middle name in school. 35 00:06:46,509 --> 00:06:48,942 Come on, you must be exhausted. 36 00:06:48,944 --> 00:06:50,911 We still have a long drive ahead. 37 00:06:50,913 --> 00:06:52,179 Well, good. 38 00:06:52,181 --> 00:06:53,881 You can tell us everything that's happened 39 00:06:53,883 --> 00:06:55,449 since you left America. 40 00:06:55,451 --> 00:06:56,650 Let's go. 41 00:07:00,523 --> 00:07:03,090 So, did you find us a good hotel? 42 00:07:03,092 --> 00:07:04,491 A bathroom, at least? 43 00:07:04,493 --> 00:07:07,261 Well, I inquired but there aren't 44 00:07:07,263 --> 00:07:09,429 any hotels near Prejmer. 45 00:07:09,431 --> 00:07:12,766 So the lady from the historical society offered to 46 00:07:12,768 --> 00:07:14,768 let us stay at the fortress. 47 00:07:14,770 --> 00:07:16,270 The Prejmer fortress? 48 00:07:16,272 --> 00:07:17,504 Mm-hm. 49 00:07:17,506 --> 00:07:19,473 The government maintains a part of the old monastery 50 00:07:19,475 --> 00:07:23,710 there for scholars for using the library. 51 00:07:23,712 --> 00:07:25,279 That's us, isn't it? 52 00:07:25,281 --> 00:07:25,779 Yep. 53 00:07:25,781 --> 00:07:27,247 Scholars. 54 00:07:27,249 --> 00:07:29,016 Well, that's what we said in the grant application. 55 00:07:29,018 --> 00:07:29,983 Mm-hm. 56 00:07:29,985 --> 00:07:32,319 What a cute little car. 57 00:07:32,321 --> 00:07:33,921 Hey, it's a Trabant. 58 00:07:33,923 --> 00:07:35,489 It's made out of cardboard. 59 00:07:35,491 --> 00:07:36,490 No, seriously? 60 00:07:36,492 --> 00:07:37,491 Mm-hm. 61 00:07:37,493 --> 00:07:38,892 You want to drive? 62 00:07:38,894 --> 00:07:40,294 Yeah, OK. 63 00:07:52,875 --> 00:07:54,841 [music playing] 64 00:08:20,135 --> 00:08:21,735 MARA: Come look at this view. 65 00:08:25,541 --> 00:08:29,309 LILLIAN: Wow, this is beautiful. 66 00:08:29,311 --> 00:08:29,743 Boo! 67 00:08:29,745 --> 00:08:31,712 Hey. 68 00:08:31,714 --> 00:08:33,113 Whoa. 69 00:08:33,115 --> 00:08:35,315 [music playing] 70 00:09:21,530 --> 00:09:22,929 Oh, wow. 71 00:09:22,931 --> 00:09:24,331 It's a parade. 72 00:09:29,905 --> 00:09:31,505 It's not a parade, dummy. 73 00:09:31,507 --> 00:09:32,706 It's a funeral. 74 00:10:12,815 --> 00:10:14,214 Come on, let's go around them. 75 00:10:14,216 --> 00:10:16,216 This is giving me the creeps. 76 00:10:16,218 --> 00:10:18,819 Here we are taught to respect the dead. 77 00:10:18,821 --> 00:10:20,787 [music playing] 78 00:10:53,388 --> 00:10:58,158 Ladies, I am Karl, caretaker of this historic monument of 79 00:10:58,160 --> 00:10:59,693 the people of Transylvania. 80 00:10:59,695 --> 00:11:00,894 Hello. 81 00:11:02,931 --> 00:11:05,565 It's nice to meet you. 82 00:11:05,567 --> 00:11:08,235 Joel and Rosa will take your things inside. 83 00:11:21,683 --> 00:11:24,818 Imagine, we're in the very place where 500 years ago, a 84 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:28,555 handful of Transylvanians held on against an army of Turks. 85 00:11:28,557 --> 00:11:31,925 Ah, you know the history of Prejmer fortress. 86 00:11:31,927 --> 00:11:33,326 If 87 00:11:33,328 --> 00:11:35,128 We studied medieval history together in school. 88 00:11:35,130 --> 00:11:36,763 We're smarter than we look. 89 00:11:48,744 --> 00:11:50,877 We have only two rooms prepared for you. 90 00:11:50,879 --> 00:11:52,512 I trust that will suffice? 91 00:11:52,514 --> 00:11:53,079 Oh, yes. 92 00:11:53,081 --> 00:11:54,247 That'll be fine. 93 00:11:54,249 --> 00:11:56,750 We'll flip a coin to see who shares. 94 00:11:56,752 --> 00:11:59,553 Yeah, loser sleeps alone. 95 00:12:17,673 --> 00:12:21,675 Mm, Posturepedic. 96 00:12:21,677 --> 00:12:22,943 Oh, this'll do fine. 97 00:12:22,945 --> 00:12:26,613 It'll keep our minds focused on our work. 98 00:12:26,615 --> 00:12:27,814 [inaudible]. 99 00:12:29,818 --> 00:12:32,719 Hey, what's up there? 100 00:12:35,691 --> 00:12:39,092 A secret passageway for spying on the monks? 101 00:12:39,094 --> 00:12:43,697 That is a defensive wall. 102 00:12:43,699 --> 00:12:45,699 Come, I show you. 103 00:12:49,872 --> 00:12:55,075 In 1443, Vlad Dracula raised a large army of peasants to 104 00:12:55,077 --> 00:12:56,877 defend all of Transylvania. 105 00:12:56,879 --> 00:13:00,013 While they fought the Turks in a huge battle near 106 00:13:00,015 --> 00:13:01,181 [inaudible]. 107 00:13:01,183 --> 00:13:05,418 This region suffered a savage attack. 108 00:13:05,420 --> 00:13:09,222 The survivors held out as long as they could. 109 00:13:09,224 --> 00:13:13,560 Soon, the food and the water ran out. 110 00:13:13,562 --> 00:13:17,430 I read a translation of one of the survivor's diaries. 111 00:13:17,432 --> 00:13:19,833 Then you know what happened. 112 00:13:19,835 --> 00:13:22,736 There were less than 100 left alive in the fortress. 113 00:13:22,738 --> 00:13:26,339 They were waiting to die, but no one attacked. 114 00:13:26,341 --> 00:13:30,210 Finally, some brave souls went outside the fortress. 115 00:13:30,212 --> 00:13:33,313 They found many dead Turks with bloody throats. 116 00:13:33,315 --> 00:13:36,116 The rest had run away. 117 00:13:36,118 --> 00:13:38,518 The peasants believed it was the work of vampires. 118 00:13:41,089 --> 00:13:42,956 And still do. 119 00:13:42,958 --> 00:13:45,759 Three nights from now is the festival which celebrates the 120 00:13:45,761 --> 00:13:49,229 night the vampires saved the people of Prejmer. 121 00:13:49,231 --> 00:13:50,764 [mouse squeaking] 122 00:13:50,766 --> 00:13:52,332 Hey, what's up there? 123 00:13:52,334 --> 00:13:54,634 KARL: Nothing, just an old storage space. 124 00:13:54,636 --> 00:13:55,302 Oh, cool. 125 00:13:55,304 --> 00:13:56,469 Let's check it out. 126 00:13:56,471 --> 00:13:58,171 No, the stairs are old and rotten. 127 00:13:58,173 --> 00:13:59,572 I'll be careful. 128 00:14:15,324 --> 00:14:16,523 Wow. 129 00:14:18,393 --> 00:14:21,561 The monks who occupied this place were well prepared for 130 00:14:21,563 --> 00:14:24,297 the afterlife. 131 00:14:24,299 --> 00:14:25,198 Come. 132 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,599 There's food. 133 00:14:37,012 --> 00:14:38,678 Mm, great. 134 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:39,879 I'm starving. 135 00:14:47,889 --> 00:14:49,289 [speaking romanian]. 136 00:14:51,393 --> 00:14:52,993 Are we the only guests here? 137 00:14:52,995 --> 00:14:54,527 Besides the ghosts? 138 00:14:54,529 --> 00:14:56,763 There is one other scholar staying here at the moment. 139 00:14:56,765 --> 00:14:58,498 Oh, another folklorist? 140 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:00,333 A zoologist. 141 00:15:00,335 --> 00:15:02,702 But I doubt you will see much of him. 142 00:15:02,704 --> 00:15:04,838 He's busy with his work. 143 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:09,709 If you'll excuse me, I will get the rest of your things. 144 00:15:09,711 --> 00:15:11,277 [inaudible]. 145 00:15:11,279 --> 00:15:12,645 Hmm. 146 00:15:12,647 --> 00:15:15,982 Here's toasting Prejmer. 147 00:15:15,984 --> 00:15:17,150 May we all publish our 148 00:15:17,152 --> 00:15:20,854 dissertations and get our PhDs. 149 00:15:20,856 --> 00:15:22,122 Is there any white? 150 00:15:22,124 --> 00:15:24,958 Oh, in Transylvania the best wine is red... 151 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,359 Blood red. 152 00:15:43,378 --> 00:15:44,778 RADU: Bring me the bloodstone. 153 00:16:38,373 --> 00:16:39,939 MICHELLE: This is incredible. 154 00:16:39,941 --> 00:16:41,407 Mm-hm. 155 00:16:41,409 --> 00:16:44,977 According to the legend, this was a place inhabited by 156 00:16:44,979 --> 00:16:46,913 vampires in the 14th century. 157 00:16:58,660 --> 00:16:59,859 [speaking romanian]. 158 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:40,700 OK. 159 00:17:40,702 --> 00:17:44,904 One, two, three. 160 00:17:44,906 --> 00:17:46,372 Hope this comes out. 161 00:17:46,374 --> 00:17:47,807 There's barely enough light. 162 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,947 MARA: You know, the funny thin about Castle 163 00:18:27,949 --> 00:18:31,484 Vladislas is that nobody ever says anything about it. 164 00:18:31,486 --> 00:18:32,918 You're right. 165 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,122 Nobody's mentioned it once. 166 00:18:36,124 --> 00:18:37,023 LILLIAN: Let's see if we can 167 00:18:37,025 --> 00:18:38,391 get inside the castle. 168 00:18:38,393 --> 00:18:40,059 I've never been inside one before. 169 00:18:40,061 --> 00:18:41,694 Come on, we can't right now. 170 00:18:41,696 --> 00:18:42,395 It's getting too dark. 171 00:18:42,397 --> 00:18:43,763 We've got to get back. 172 00:18:43,765 --> 00:18:44,730 Oh, come on. 173 00:18:44,732 --> 00:18:45,831 Don't poop out on me now. 174 00:19:09,924 --> 00:19:10,923 Come on, Lillian. 175 00:19:10,925 --> 00:19:12,325 I'm hungry. 176 00:19:14,829 --> 00:19:16,228 Ouch. 177 00:19:18,599 --> 00:19:21,233 Oh, shit. 178 00:19:21,235 --> 00:19:24,337 God, are you OK? 179 00:19:24,339 --> 00:19:27,340 We'd better get back and wash it off. 180 00:19:27,342 --> 00:19:28,507 Come on. 181 00:20:11,185 --> 00:20:12,184 Hi, guys. 182 00:20:12,186 --> 00:20:13,786 How is your room? 183 00:20:13,788 --> 00:20:15,354 I think it'll be OK. 184 00:20:19,193 --> 00:20:20,960 What's this? 185 00:20:20,962 --> 00:20:22,695 MICHELLE: Well, you know, I've been thinking 186 00:20:22,697 --> 00:20:25,498 about what Mara said this afternoon, about no one ever 187 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,600 mentioning Castle Vladislas. 188 00:20:27,602 --> 00:20:29,335 And I went through all my notes. 189 00:20:29,337 --> 00:20:31,303 I even looked at the index of all the stuff that's been 190 00:20:31,305 --> 00:20:33,572 published about this region over the years. 191 00:20:33,574 --> 00:20:36,041 Not one mention of the castle. 192 00:20:36,043 --> 00:20:37,576 Strange, isn't it? 193 00:20:37,578 --> 00:20:39,645 Well, it just doesn't make sense. 194 00:20:39,647 --> 00:20:42,748 How can something as old and imposing as that castle not be 195 00:20:42,750 --> 00:20:44,583 part of the local lore? 196 00:20:44,585 --> 00:20:46,552 Maybe even something that's been here as long as that 197 00:20:46,554 --> 00:20:48,954 castle becomes invisible to all but the 198 00:20:48,956 --> 00:20:50,356 most sensitive eyes. 199 00:20:55,430 --> 00:20:56,962 Pardon me if I frightened you. 200 00:20:56,964 --> 00:20:58,564 My name is Stefan Belescu. 201 00:20:58,566 --> 00:21:02,067 Oh, the zoologist Karl told us about. 202 00:21:02,069 --> 00:21:04,203 Yes. 203 00:21:04,205 --> 00:21:05,938 I'm Lillian. 204 00:21:05,940 --> 00:21:07,206 That's Mara, and the hardworking 205 00:21:07,208 --> 00:21:10,009 scholar here is Michelle. 206 00:21:10,011 --> 00:21:12,745 I thought I should introduce myself so you won't be alarmed 207 00:21:12,747 --> 00:21:15,948 if you see me coming or going at odd hours. 208 00:21:15,950 --> 00:21:18,017 Would you like to join us? 209 00:21:18,019 --> 00:21:19,185 I can't at the moment. 210 00:21:19,187 --> 00:21:20,886 My research keeps me busy at night. 211 00:21:20,888 --> 00:21:23,255 What kind of research do you do? 212 00:21:23,257 --> 00:21:26,091 I'm cataloging nocturnal animal life 213 00:21:26,093 --> 00:21:27,660 unique to this area. 214 00:21:27,662 --> 00:21:30,930 I'm afraid it's a rather boring subject to most people. 215 00:21:30,932 --> 00:21:31,897 Oh, no, no. 216 00:21:31,899 --> 00:21:33,299 Not to us. 217 00:21:33,301 --> 00:21:34,700 Um, we're studying the folklore of the region, and 218 00:21:34,702 --> 00:21:37,903 animals often figure in folktales. 219 00:21:37,905 --> 00:21:39,905 Please, tell us more. 220 00:21:39,907 --> 00:21:42,875 Another time, perhaps. 221 00:21:42,877 --> 00:21:43,976 I must go. 222 00:21:43,978 --> 00:21:45,377 Ladies. 223 00:21:48,950 --> 00:21:51,350 Animals often figure in folklore. 224 00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:54,887 Please, tell us more. 225 00:21:54,889 --> 00:21:56,288 Knock it off. 226 00:22:07,835 --> 00:22:11,203 Hey, wait up, you guys. 227 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:14,206 Let's rest a minute. 228 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:19,445 Not yet, in just a little bit farther up this hill. 229 00:22:19,447 --> 00:22:20,379 MICHELLE: Five interviews in one day. 230 00:22:20,381 --> 00:22:21,814 Not a bad start, huh? 231 00:22:21,816 --> 00:22:23,916 MARA: And this could be the best one yet. 232 00:22:23,918 --> 00:22:25,618 This old lady is very strange. 233 00:22:35,062 --> 00:22:37,763 This is the mask you wear at the festival of the undead? 234 00:22:40,301 --> 00:22:44,270 It's likeness of the gypsy who made the 235 00:22:44,272 --> 00:22:45,671 truce with the vampires. 236 00:22:49,911 --> 00:22:57,911 Wear the mask and I tell you the story of the gypsy. 237 00:22:59,921 --> 00:23:04,323 The vampires killed the Turks. 238 00:23:04,325 --> 00:23:11,030 And in gratitude, the people said, let them have the great 239 00:23:11,032 --> 00:23:16,535 ruins, which is where the vampires sleep. 240 00:23:16,537 --> 00:23:20,506 The vampires were still hungry. 241 00:23:20,508 --> 00:23:24,043 They would come out of their wings at 242 00:23:24,045 --> 00:23:27,413 night and drink blood. 243 00:23:30,551 --> 00:23:38,290 This gypsy, he knew that the pope of Rome had a stone which 244 00:23:38,292 --> 00:23:41,594 dripped the blood of all the saints. 245 00:23:41,596 --> 00:23:49,596 So she went to Rome, stole the stone, and took it to the king 246 00:23:54,175 --> 00:23:55,574 of the vampires. 247 00:23:58,512 --> 00:24:04,817 And since that time, no one in Prejmer has 248 00:24:04,819 --> 00:24:07,720 been bitten by a vampire. 249 00:24:07,722 --> 00:24:10,923 You think there are still vampires here? 250 00:24:10,925 --> 00:24:14,059 Vampire do not die. 251 00:24:14,061 --> 00:24:17,563 They live for many, many centuries. 252 00:24:17,565 --> 00:24:21,900 And you believe they still sleep in the ruins? 253 00:24:21,902 --> 00:24:24,169 Stay away from the ruins. 254 00:24:24,171 --> 00:24:26,105 Stay away. 255 00:24:26,107 --> 00:24:29,475 You might interfere with the way things are. 256 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:34,346 Well, what do you think? 257 00:24:34,348 --> 00:24:36,749 Think vampires really sleep here? 258 00:24:36,751 --> 00:24:38,183 Don't be silly. 259 00:24:38,185 --> 00:24:40,786 The peasants here have such colorful imaginations. 260 00:24:40,788 --> 00:24:44,390 I don't care if Dracula himself sleeps here. 261 00:24:44,392 --> 00:24:45,891 I'm not going another step. 262 00:24:52,733 --> 00:24:54,700 Strange story, isn't it? 263 00:24:54,702 --> 00:24:57,903 The stone which drips the blood of saints. 264 00:24:57,905 --> 00:25:01,440 Yeah, there's a fascinating story cycle going on here. 265 00:25:01,442 --> 00:25:03,075 First the peasants can't explain 266 00:25:03,077 --> 00:25:04,610 what killed the invaders. 267 00:25:04,612 --> 00:25:07,446 Maybe it was food poisoning or some disease, something 268 00:25:07,448 --> 00:25:10,082 15th-century people didn't understand. 269 00:25:10,084 --> 00:25:12,618 Lillian, do you... 270 00:25:12,620 --> 00:25:14,353 Oh, poor baby. 271 00:25:14,355 --> 00:25:16,522 She must be coming down with something. 272 00:25:20,594 --> 00:25:25,264 MARA: This place has an eerie feeling about it. 273 00:25:25,266 --> 00:25:26,832 Does it frighten you? 274 00:25:26,834 --> 00:25:28,367 No. 275 00:25:28,369 --> 00:25:30,536 We're probably safer here than any city in America... 276 00:25:32,940 --> 00:25:36,041 As long as we get out of here before the sun goes down and 277 00:25:36,043 --> 00:25:38,544 the vampires wake up. 278 00:26:43,944 --> 00:26:45,878 Mara! 279 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:46,512 Lillian! 280 00:26:46,514 --> 00:26:47,312 Wake up. 281 00:26:47,314 --> 00:26:49,248 We have to get back. 282 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:50,682 What time is it? 283 00:26:50,684 --> 00:26:51,450 Oh, my God. 284 00:26:51,452 --> 00:26:53,352 We've slept for two hours. 285 00:26:53,354 --> 00:26:55,888 Come on, before it gets too dark to find the way. 286 00:26:55,890 --> 00:26:57,156 Don't worry. 287 00:26:57,158 --> 00:26:58,757 We'll take a shortcut through the woods. 288 00:26:58,759 --> 00:27:00,759 [music playing] 289 00:28:05,326 --> 00:28:07,125 Listen. 290 00:28:07,127 --> 00:28:09,394 Did you hear that? 291 00:28:20,507 --> 00:28:23,709 Oh, it's probably just an animal. 292 00:28:23,711 --> 00:28:25,677 Don't you think? 293 00:28:49,503 --> 00:28:50,469 It's all right. 294 00:28:50,471 --> 00:28:51,670 Stefan. 295 00:28:53,774 --> 00:28:55,407 You scared this shit out of us! 296 00:28:55,409 --> 00:28:56,942 We were lost and we thought we heard 297 00:28:56,944 --> 00:28:59,511 somebody following us. 298 00:28:59,513 --> 00:29:02,314 But you're all right now, yes? 299 00:29:02,316 --> 00:29:04,116 Yes. 300 00:29:04,118 --> 00:29:05,083 All right. 301 00:29:05,085 --> 00:29:06,118 I'm going to the fortress. 302 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,719 Come back with me, all right? 303 00:29:07,721 --> 00:29:09,721 [music playing] 304 00:29:58,906 --> 00:29:59,871 Father. 305 00:29:59,873 --> 00:30:01,873 [music playing] 306 00:30:32,406 --> 00:30:35,974 Such a touching tableau. 307 00:30:39,613 --> 00:30:44,649 Your pain, little brother, makes me feel sick. 308 00:30:47,421 --> 00:30:51,390 It's such a mockery of human feelings. 309 00:30:57,664 --> 00:30:59,331 Our father was a fool. 310 00:31:02,636 --> 00:31:04,136 So are you. 311 00:31:04,138 --> 00:31:06,304 [music playing] 312 00:33:09,229 --> 00:33:11,429 [knocking on door] 313 00:33:21,408 --> 00:33:22,607 Stefan. 314 00:33:25,779 --> 00:33:26,978 The king is dead. 315 00:33:29,783 --> 00:33:32,184 Radu. 316 00:33:32,186 --> 00:33:34,386 [music playing] 317 00:34:21,034 --> 00:34:23,001 [DOOR OPENING AND RUNNING FOOTSTEPS] 318 00:34:23,003 --> 00:34:25,203 [music playing] 319 00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:42,347 Here it is, Stefan. 320 00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:44,082 This what you looking for? 321 00:35:44,084 --> 00:35:46,251 [music playing] 322 00:35:57,864 --> 00:35:59,431 Feeling weak, brother? 323 00:35:59,433 --> 00:36:03,668 Don't you realize that the sun is rising? 324 00:36:03,670 --> 00:36:09,240 You too far from your crypt to make it back. 325 00:36:09,242 --> 00:36:13,378 That's what you get for pretending you are human. 326 00:36:16,883 --> 00:36:23,054 I'm taking the castle and those three little beauties as 327 00:36:23,056 --> 00:36:25,023 my consorts. 328 00:36:25,025 --> 00:36:33,025 Tell me, Stefan, is there one you like more than the others? 329 00:36:33,767 --> 00:36:38,937 I'll make sure to treat her with special care. 330 00:36:38,939 --> 00:36:40,939 [music playing] 331 00:37:03,797 --> 00:37:06,197 Stefan. 332 00:37:06,199 --> 00:37:08,500 STEFAN: Follow him, Karl. 333 00:37:08,502 --> 00:37:09,768 Find his crypt. 334 00:37:09,770 --> 00:37:11,703 There is no time, Stefan. 335 00:37:11,705 --> 00:37:12,837 You must help me. 336 00:37:12,839 --> 00:37:14,606 Try to get up. 337 00:37:14,608 --> 00:37:16,608 [music playing] 338 00:37:28,588 --> 00:37:30,388 You must find it. 339 00:37:30,390 --> 00:37:33,191 Find his, his resting place. 340 00:37:36,997 --> 00:37:39,197 [music playing] 341 00:38:34,888 --> 00:38:37,288 [speaking romanian]. 342 00:38:37,290 --> 00:38:40,225 Doctor asks if you suffer from anemia? 343 00:38:40,227 --> 00:38:41,626 No, never. 344 00:38:44,698 --> 00:38:45,897 [speaking romanian]. 345 00:39:11,024 --> 00:39:13,625 He wants to known when you cut your arm. 346 00:39:13,627 --> 00:39:14,792 Yesterday, I think. 347 00:39:14,794 --> 00:39:15,960 The day before. 348 00:39:15,962 --> 00:39:17,228 MARA [speaking romanian]. 349 00:39:18,899 --> 00:39:21,533 [speaking romanian]. 350 00:39:21,535 --> 00:39:24,669 He thinks maybe you lost a lot of blood. 351 00:39:24,671 --> 00:39:25,236 Get serious. 352 00:39:25,238 --> 00:39:26,638 It's a scratch. 353 00:39:32,612 --> 00:39:34,312 [speaking romanian]. 354 00:39:34,314 --> 00:39:38,950 Take this medicine and stay in bed another 24 hours. 355 00:39:38,952 --> 00:39:40,351 [speaking romanian]. 356 00:39:44,224 --> 00:39:45,623 [speaking romanian]. 357 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,600 [speaking romanian]. 358 00:40:01,608 --> 00:40:06,477 Well, I guess this means the festival's out. 359 00:40:06,479 --> 00:40:08,513 You can't miss it because I can't go. 360 00:40:08,515 --> 00:40:11,082 It's the high point of our research. 361 00:40:11,084 --> 00:40:13,284 We can't leave her alone. 362 00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:14,752 Yeah, you can. 363 00:40:14,754 --> 00:40:15,954 I'll be OK. 364 00:40:18,124 --> 00:40:21,392 Stakes cut from ancient oak. 365 00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:30,702 Spear carved from heart of blackthorn tree. 366 00:40:30,704 --> 00:40:35,306 And this, for chopping off his head. 367 00:40:35,308 --> 00:40:38,910 You've prepared. 368 00:40:38,912 --> 00:40:41,312 You hoped he would return. 369 00:40:41,314 --> 00:40:43,348 You and your father should have killed 370 00:40:43,350 --> 00:40:44,749 him a long time ago. 371 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:55,520 I would have destroyed him myself, but I was afraid. 372 00:40:56,062 --> 00:40:57,862 I could never get close enough to drive a 373 00:40:57,864 --> 00:41:00,999 stake through his heart. 374 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:03,601 But I can get close enough to shoot him. 375 00:41:06,373 --> 00:41:09,273 Karl, lead won't stop him. 376 00:41:09,275 --> 00:41:10,908 He'll laugh in your face. 377 00:41:10,910 --> 00:41:11,676 Lead? 378 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:12,844 No. 379 00:41:12,846 --> 00:41:15,113 I have another idea. 380 00:41:15,115 --> 00:41:16,681 [music playing] 381 00:41:25,792 --> 00:41:26,924 Rosary beads. 382 00:41:26,926 --> 00:41:28,893 KARL: Cut of wood. 383 00:41:28,895 --> 00:41:31,229 Holy relics. 384 00:41:31,231 --> 00:41:33,264 That is what I will shoot him with, 385 00:41:33,266 --> 00:41:35,600 straight through the heart. 386 00:41:35,602 --> 00:41:38,436 I'll watch over the girls until dawn. 387 00:41:38,438 --> 00:41:41,139 Can you make sure they leave by tomorrow without telling 388 00:41:41,141 --> 00:41:42,573 them the truth? 389 00:41:42,575 --> 00:41:43,808 I can try. 390 00:41:43,810 --> 00:41:51,449 They mustn't know anything, especially about me. 391 00:41:51,451 --> 00:41:54,318 KARL: You are falling in love. 392 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,288 Don't be foolish. 393 00:41:57,290 --> 00:41:59,957 The way you look at her... 394 00:41:59,959 --> 00:42:03,127 It is you who are foolish if you think you can fall in love 395 00:42:03,129 --> 00:42:05,963 with a mortal woman. 396 00:42:05,965 --> 00:42:07,532 She's different. 397 00:42:07,534 --> 00:42:10,034 From you, yes. 398 00:42:10,036 --> 00:42:12,370 She will die, you will live. 399 00:42:12,372 --> 00:42:14,605 Why do you want to take the risk? 400 00:42:17,911 --> 00:42:23,314 When I look at her, when I look into her eyes, I... 401 00:42:23,316 --> 00:42:24,716 There's this light. 402 00:42:28,788 --> 00:42:30,455 She makes me want again. 403 00:42:30,457 --> 00:42:32,623 She has your mother's eyes. 404 00:42:35,628 --> 00:42:36,828 Yes. 405 00:42:40,967 --> 00:42:42,967 [music playing] 406 00:43:11,898 --> 00:43:15,867 This festival is based on a very strange old custom. 407 00:43:15,869 --> 00:43:18,836 The peasants used to believe... And many still do... that 408 00:43:18,838 --> 00:43:24,509 sickness and misfortune are caused by ghosts, the undead. 409 00:43:24,511 --> 00:43:26,978 Hey, stop looking for Stefan. 410 00:43:26,980 --> 00:43:28,412 Keep your mind on your work. 411 00:44:01,681 --> 00:44:04,482 To cure the illness that plagued the village, they 412 00:44:04,484 --> 00:44:06,918 brought a white horse through the cemetery and made it jump 413 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,820 over the fresh graves. 414 00:44:08,822 --> 00:44:12,857 If the horse refused to jump over a grave, there lay one 415 00:44:12,859 --> 00:44:14,258 who was undead. 416 00:44:37,653 --> 00:44:42,722 They will unearth the grave, break open the coffin, and 417 00:44:42,724 --> 00:44:45,158 drive a stake through the heart of the undead. 418 00:44:47,396 --> 00:44:54,501 Then they take the heart from the body and boil it. 419 00:44:54,503 --> 00:44:58,839 Everyone will drink from that water, and the 420 00:44:58,841 --> 00:45:01,842 illness will be cured. 421 00:45:01,844 --> 00:45:05,445 A barbaric custom handed down from ancient times. 422 00:45:05,447 --> 00:45:07,781 Stefan. 423 00:45:07,783 --> 00:45:08,982 What are you doing here? 424 00:45:08,984 --> 00:45:10,884 You should be watching over Lillian. 425 00:45:10,886 --> 00:45:13,587 Well, this is an important part of our research. 426 00:45:13,589 --> 00:45:15,755 Speaking of research, give me the camera. 427 00:45:15,757 --> 00:45:17,691 I want to make some photos. 428 00:45:17,693 --> 00:45:19,659 [music playing] 429 00:45:39,548 --> 00:45:40,747 Stefan, what's wrong? 430 00:45:44,519 --> 00:45:47,520 I'm afraid for you. 431 00:45:47,522 --> 00:45:50,323 You're so beautiful. 432 00:45:50,325 --> 00:45:53,293 This can be such a... Such a cruel place. 433 00:45:53,295 --> 00:45:54,895 If anything should happen. 434 00:45:54,897 --> 00:45:56,897 [music playing] 435 00:46:30,699 --> 00:46:31,531 I... 436 00:46:31,533 --> 00:46:33,066 I must leave now. 437 00:46:33,068 --> 00:46:35,268 [music playing] 438 00:46:51,620 --> 00:46:52,719 Mara. 439 00:46:52,721 --> 00:46:54,988 Hey, what's wrong with you? 440 00:46:54,990 --> 00:46:56,957 I've got a strange feeling. 441 00:46:56,959 --> 00:46:59,626 I want to go and check on Lillian. 442 00:46:59,628 --> 00:47:02,796 Is it Lillian you've got a strange feeling for or Stefan? 443 00:47:02,798 --> 00:47:04,164 I'm serious, Mara. 444 00:47:04,166 --> 00:47:06,232 Can I take the car and I'll come back and 445 00:47:06,234 --> 00:47:07,634 get you in a while? 446 00:47:10,105 --> 00:47:12,072 You sure you can find your way? 447 00:47:12,074 --> 00:47:13,073 Yeah. 448 00:47:13,075 --> 00:47:14,507 And don't worry about me. 449 00:47:14,509 --> 00:47:16,710 I'll get a ride back later, OK? 450 00:47:16,712 --> 00:47:17,711 OK. 451 00:47:17,713 --> 00:47:19,279 [music playing] 452 00:50:29,371 --> 00:50:31,404 Tell me what's going on here, Stefan. 453 00:50:34,709 --> 00:50:35,909 Tell me the truth. 454 00:50:38,547 --> 00:50:39,746 Please? 455 00:50:42,317 --> 00:50:45,885 Centuries ago, my father fell under 456 00:50:45,887 --> 00:50:48,855 the spell of a sorceress. 457 00:50:48,857 --> 00:50:51,824 She was evil and powerful, and she 458 00:50:51,826 --> 00:50:55,195 craved an unusual offspring. 459 00:50:55,197 --> 00:50:58,898 Radu is the issue of that union. 460 00:50:58,900 --> 00:51:02,769 But you can't be... 461 00:51:02,771 --> 00:51:06,306 Yes, I can. 462 00:51:12,447 --> 00:51:15,815 But I live in the way of my father, at peace with the 463 00:51:15,817 --> 00:51:17,217 mortal world. 464 00:51:20,488 --> 00:51:23,623 In the years following the siege of Prejmer, my father 465 00:51:23,625 --> 00:51:26,125 fell in love with a mortal woman... 466 00:51:26,127 --> 00:51:27,527 My mother. 467 00:51:31,833 --> 00:51:33,233 Radu and I are half-brothers. 468 00:51:36,638 --> 00:51:37,837 And your mother? 469 00:51:40,809 --> 00:51:42,375 She died a very long time ago. 470 00:51:56,791 --> 00:51:58,758 [music playing] 471 00:52:10,438 --> 00:52:14,707 When morning comes you must take her away from here. 472 00:52:14,709 --> 00:52:17,644 But what about Mara? 473 00:52:17,646 --> 00:52:21,514 If she's not back by morning, Karl will go into the village 474 00:52:21,516 --> 00:52:22,248 and find her. 475 00:52:22,250 --> 00:52:26,219 And then you must leave. 476 00:52:26,221 --> 00:52:27,787 [music playing] 477 00:52:45,940 --> 00:52:48,875 I must go now and sleep. 478 00:52:48,877 --> 00:52:51,477 Sun will be up soon. 479 00:52:51,479 --> 00:52:53,446 [music playing] 480 00:53:19,407 --> 00:53:23,276 What are you going to do now? 481 00:53:23,278 --> 00:53:24,877 I must destroy him. 482 00:53:28,850 --> 00:53:30,750 I want to help you. 483 00:53:30,752 --> 00:53:32,518 You leave here. 484 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,754 As soon as the sun is up you leave here and 485 00:53:34,756 --> 00:53:36,155 you never look back. 486 00:53:38,393 --> 00:53:40,193 That is how you can help me. 487 00:54:13,962 --> 00:54:16,562 I must leave you now, my pet. 488 00:54:20,368 --> 00:54:24,370 But my little friends will keep you 489 00:54:24,372 --> 00:54:27,573 company until tonight. 490 00:54:27,575 --> 00:54:29,509 [music playing] 491 00:55:33,408 --> 00:55:34,607 It's too late. 492 00:55:37,779 --> 00:55:39,178 Dear God. 493 00:55:41,683 --> 00:55:43,850 I could not find Mara. 494 00:55:43,852 --> 00:55:45,785 The villagers are afraid. 495 00:55:45,787 --> 00:55:49,322 A woman was murdered last night, her throat torn open, 496 00:55:49,324 --> 00:55:50,857 body drained of blood. 497 00:55:50,859 --> 00:55:52,792 Oh, my God. 498 00:55:52,794 --> 00:55:54,060 There is still hope. 499 00:55:54,062 --> 00:55:56,395 She may have found refuge in the village. 500 00:56:00,635 --> 00:56:01,834 [speaking romanian]. 501 00:56:06,307 --> 00:56:10,977 The doctor say cause of death was poisoning of the blood. 502 00:56:10,979 --> 00:56:12,378 [distant shouting] 503 00:56:28,429 --> 00:56:31,197 It is the body of the old woman. 504 00:56:31,199 --> 00:56:34,600 They drove a stake through her heart and cut off her head. 505 00:56:37,605 --> 00:56:41,007 If they find out that Lillian is dead, they will 506 00:56:41,009 --> 00:56:44,377 do the same to her. 507 00:56:44,379 --> 00:56:47,179 He is telling them that you have gone. 508 00:56:47,181 --> 00:56:48,581 They will leave now. 509 00:56:51,219 --> 00:56:54,220 They wanted holy water from the church 510 00:56:54,222 --> 00:56:57,790 to cleanse the body. 511 00:56:57,792 --> 00:56:59,191 [speaking romanian]. 512 00:57:03,731 --> 00:57:06,132 Oh, God. 513 00:57:06,134 --> 00:57:07,533 They [inaudible]. 514 00:57:31,693 --> 00:57:35,127 I will hide you in my truck and take you to Sinaia. 515 00:57:35,129 --> 00:57:36,729 Not without Mara. 516 00:57:36,731 --> 00:57:38,531 You must think of yourself. 517 00:57:38,533 --> 00:57:39,732 Pray Mara is safe. 518 00:57:42,537 --> 00:57:46,138 I can't let them to that to Lillian. 519 00:57:46,140 --> 00:57:48,274 Then we must bury her quickly. 520 00:57:48,276 --> 00:57:52,044 The villagers are afraid of the cemetery in the ruins. 521 00:57:52,046 --> 00:57:53,679 We must bury her there. 522 00:57:57,051 --> 00:57:59,218 [music playing] 523 00:58:56,711 --> 00:58:58,544 We must leave now. 524 00:58:58,546 --> 00:59:01,914 It is a long drive down the mountains. 525 00:59:01,916 --> 00:59:05,584 I'm not leaving until we find Mara. 526 00:59:05,586 --> 00:59:07,186 We have to help Stefan. 527 00:59:07,188 --> 00:59:09,088 How can you help? 528 00:59:09,090 --> 00:59:11,090 We can move around in the daylight. 529 00:59:11,092 --> 00:59:13,693 If we can find Radu's coffin, we can destroy 530 00:59:13,695 --> 00:59:16,629 him while he sleeps. 531 00:59:16,631 --> 00:59:18,030 I know where he sleeps. 532 00:59:18,032 --> 00:59:20,232 [music playing] 533 01:03:16,837 --> 01:03:20,239 I told you to leave. 534 01:03:20,241 --> 01:03:23,275 Lillian is dead. 535 01:03:23,277 --> 01:03:26,512 And Mara never came back. 536 01:03:26,514 --> 01:03:29,615 You should have left while they were still alive. 537 01:03:29,617 --> 01:03:31,617 [music playing] 538 01:03:50,371 --> 01:03:53,405 Stefan, please cross this threshold and enter. 539 01:04:05,453 --> 01:04:10,389 A vampire cannot enter the house of God unless invited. 540 01:04:10,391 --> 01:04:14,126 You and Karl will be safe here while I search for Radu's new 541 01:04:14,128 --> 01:04:15,561 resting place. 542 01:04:15,563 --> 01:04:20,199 Tomorrow, while he sleeps, we will open his coffin. 543 01:04:20,201 --> 01:04:23,369 I would put both barrels against his chest and shoot 544 01:04:23,371 --> 01:04:24,937 him with the rosary beads. 545 01:04:24,939 --> 01:04:31,643 Then we will chop off his head and drive in the stake, too. 546 01:04:31,645 --> 01:04:33,045 I'll go look for Mara. 547 01:04:33,047 --> 01:04:35,247 [music playing] 548 01:05:51,158 --> 01:05:54,326 Stefan taught me that there is good and evil among 549 01:05:54,328 --> 01:05:58,997 vampires as there is among men. 550 01:05:58,999 --> 01:06:01,733 He also told me that the old tales of the 551 01:06:01,735 --> 01:06:03,302 bloodstone were true. 552 01:06:03,304 --> 01:06:06,205 The bloodstone really exists? 553 01:06:06,207 --> 01:06:11,343 A drop of blood from the stone is life to a vampire. 554 01:06:11,345 --> 01:06:14,947 But to Radu, it is like a drug. 555 01:06:14,949 --> 01:06:19,051 The more he drinks, the more he needs, the 556 01:06:19,053 --> 01:06:21,787 more his evil grows. 557 01:06:21,789 --> 01:06:23,122 LILLIAN: Help! 558 01:06:23,124 --> 01:06:24,656 What's that? 559 01:06:24,658 --> 01:06:26,558 Shh. 560 01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:27,759 Michelle! 561 01:06:30,030 --> 01:06:33,599 Let me in! 562 01:06:33,601 --> 01:06:36,568 Please! 563 01:06:36,570 --> 01:06:37,769 My God, it's Lillian! 564 01:06:43,611 --> 01:06:44,743 We got to let her in! 565 01:06:44,745 --> 01:06:45,511 No! 566 01:06:45,513 --> 01:06:46,078 It's a trick! 567 01:06:46,080 --> 01:06:47,279 She's a vampire. 568 01:06:47,281 --> 01:06:49,181 If you let her in, then I'll shoot her. 569 01:06:51,819 --> 01:06:53,886 [screaming] 570 01:06:53,888 --> 01:06:55,888 [music playing] 571 01:07:26,453 --> 01:07:27,452 Mara. 572 01:07:27,454 --> 01:07:35,454 [music playing] 573 01:07:40,401 --> 01:07:42,401 God, Mara. 574 01:07:42,403 --> 01:07:44,403 [music playing] 575 01:09:20,267 --> 01:09:21,266 Shh. 576 01:09:21,268 --> 01:09:22,668 Shh. 577 01:09:22,670 --> 01:09:23,669 Shh. 578 01:09:23,671 --> 01:09:24,670 Mara, Mara. 579 01:09:24,672 --> 01:09:25,671 Shh. 580 01:09:25,673 --> 01:09:28,273 Shh. 581 01:09:28,275 --> 01:09:28,707 Shh. 582 01:09:28,709 --> 01:09:29,641 Mara. 583 01:09:29,643 --> 01:09:30,642 Mara. 584 01:09:30,644 --> 01:09:31,643 Shh. 585 01:09:31,645 --> 01:09:33,645 [music playing] 586 01:09:49,630 --> 01:09:51,029 Stefan! 587 01:09:51,031 --> 01:09:53,231 [music playing] 588 01:10:03,444 --> 01:10:05,644 RADU: Now I have it all. 589 01:10:05,646 --> 01:10:08,447 Don't I, little brother? 590 01:10:08,449 --> 01:10:16,449 The castle, the bloodstone, and your pitiful 591 01:10:16,724 --> 01:10:19,991 little mortal girl. 592 01:10:19,993 --> 01:10:21,093 No! 593 01:10:21,095 --> 01:10:23,095 No! 594 01:10:23,097 --> 01:10:31,097 It will be such a sweet pleasure to desecrate her 595 01:10:32,373 --> 01:10:35,340 before your self-righteous eyes. 596 01:10:42,483 --> 01:10:45,484 No! 597 01:10:45,486 --> 01:10:47,486 No! 598 01:10:47,488 --> 01:10:49,855 No! 599 01:10:49,857 --> 01:10:52,457 No! 600 01:10:52,459 --> 01:10:53,658 No! 601 01:10:55,863 --> 01:10:57,262 No! 602 01:11:00,467 --> 01:11:01,666 No! 603 01:11:04,471 --> 01:11:05,670 No! 604 01:11:12,446 --> 01:11:13,845 No! 605 01:11:13,847 --> 01:11:16,848 No! 606 01:11:16,850 --> 01:11:17,749 No! 607 01:11:17,751 --> 01:11:18,850 STEFAN: No! 608 01:11:18,852 --> 01:11:20,452 No! 609 01:11:20,454 --> 01:11:21,653 No! 610 01:11:24,858 --> 01:11:27,859 No! 611 01:11:27,861 --> 01:11:29,761 No! 612 01:11:29,763 --> 01:11:30,762 No! 613 01:11:30,764 --> 01:11:38,764 [screaming] 614 01:11:41,175 --> 01:11:43,375 [music playing] 615 01:13:50,037 --> 01:13:51,002 Michelle! 616 01:13:51,004 --> 01:13:52,671 [music playing] 617 01:14:29,276 --> 01:14:30,475 MICHELLE: Stefan! 618 01:14:30,477 --> 01:14:32,277 [music playing] 619 01:14:55,002 --> 01:14:56,401 Michelle. 620 01:14:59,806 --> 01:15:02,207 Please. 621 01:15:02,209 --> 01:15:04,175 Don't hurt me. 622 01:15:04,177 --> 01:15:06,378 [music playing] 623 01:15:15,722 --> 01:15:17,389 You can't destroy my, Stefan. 624 01:15:20,761 --> 01:15:22,160 Nothing can. 625 01:15:22,162 --> 01:15:24,362 [music playing] 626 01:16:03,670 --> 01:16:06,671 Stefan. 627 01:16:06,673 --> 01:16:07,872 The sun is rising. 628 01:16:10,677 --> 01:16:12,077 The bloodstone. 629 01:16:12,079 --> 01:16:14,279 [music playing] 630 01:17:54,281 --> 01:17:55,780 Will I be all right? 631 01:17:59,052 --> 01:18:00,451 I don't know. 632 01:18:04,257 --> 01:18:08,526 I don't want to be like him, Stefan. 633 01:18:08,528 --> 01:18:09,727 Make me like you. 634 01:18:16,503 --> 01:18:18,903 I can't. 635 01:18:18,905 --> 01:18:20,071 No, please, Stefan. 636 01:18:20,073 --> 01:18:21,906 Please. 637 01:18:21,908 --> 01:18:23,741 There's no other hope for me. 638 01:18:23,743 --> 01:18:25,143 [music playing] 639 01:19:05,986 --> 01:19:07,118 Sleep now, my love. 640 01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:08,519 [music playing] 641 01:19:40,854 --> 01:19:42,253 [music playing]