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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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= t 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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You were at the lecture.

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Jt 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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Hsil

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that is your family name?

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Hsi tien-en was my grandfather.

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Ping kweli 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 1.

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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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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
vou 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 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.

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The totally emancipated female.

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I think you might like your
women more fragile, perhaps.

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Perhaps.

265
00:32:38,042 --> 00:32:40,533
Oh, dear, I am embarrassing you.

266
00:32:41,667 --> 00:32:43,783
Let's change the subject.

267
00:32:43,792 --> 00:32:46,499
I particularly want to
talk about your father.

268
00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:48,707
I find him totally fascinating.

269
00:34:09,375 --> 00:34:10,785
Are you all right?

270
00:34:10,792 --> 00:34:11,792
Yes.

271
00:34:14,250 --> 00:34:15,615
Yes, thank you.

272
00:34:41,417 --> 00:34:44,409
Ever since you arrived in chungking,

273
00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:48,911
you and your son have
been under our protection.

274
00:34:48,917 --> 00:34:50,532
No harm could befall you.

275
00:34:52,333 --> 00:34:56,201
Already your son has witnessed
the skills of my brothers.

276
00:34:57,625 --> 00:35:01,322
Kwei, the bowman, and ta, the axman.

277
00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:06,282
There are four others, each one
a master of the martial arts

278
00:35:06,792 --> 00:35:08,202
ready to guard you.

279
00:35:08,208 --> 00:35:09,948
Well, one thing is certain, father.

280
00:35:09,958 --> 00:35:11,448
We can't stay in chungking.

281
00:35:12,625 --> 00:35:15,116
Maybe this trip to ping
kwei would be the answer.

282
00:35:15,125 --> 00:35:17,582
It would need a great deal of finance.

283
00:35:17,583 --> 00:35:18,572
How much?

284
00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:19,743
I'm sorry, madam?

285
00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:21,832
How much would this expedition cost?

286
00:35:22,833 --> 00:35:25,540
We would need stores and provisions.

287
00:35:25,542 --> 00:35:26,907
Ping kweli is a long way away.

288
00:35:28,583 --> 00:35:33,532
I think perhaps 10,000
Chinese dollars, madam.

289
00:35:33,792 --> 00:35:35,157
You have it.

290
00:35:35,167 --> 00:35:36,498
What?

291
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:38,411
I'll finance the trip to this village

292
00:35:40,417 --> 00:35:41,907
on one condition.

293
00:35:41,917 --> 00:35:42,917
And what is that?

294
00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:45,118
That you take me along too.

295
00:35:46,083 --> 00:35:48,916
I think a vampire hunt sounds exciting.

296
00:35:48,917 --> 00:35:51,283
Mrs. buren, it is quite
out of the question.

297
00:35:51,292 --> 00:35:54,614
A woman couldn't possibly
make such a hazardous trip.

298
00:35:54,625 --> 00:35:56,286
We'd be going to unknown territory,

299
00:35:56,292 --> 00:35:58,078
areas that are unmapped.

300
00:35:58,083 --> 00:36:01,246
The countryside abounds
with robbers and brigands.

301
00:36:01,250 --> 00:36:02,786
T know.

302
00:36:02,792 --> 00:36:05,033
I also have to leave chungking.

303
00:36:05,042 --> 00:36:08,990
I suspect the fate Mr. leung
hon has in store for me

304
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,912
is rather more colorful than
what he plans for your son.

305
00:36:14,292 --> 00:36:16,874
Hsi ching, perhaps you
will explain to Mrs. buren.

306
00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:19,327
The dangers are many.

307
00:36:20,625 --> 00:36:24,573
Yet if you could believe
that my brothers and 1

308
00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:27,620
will be beside you every
moment of every day...

309
00:36:27,625 --> 00:36:29,957
= then I'm sure I have little to fear.

310
00:36:29,958 --> 00:36:31,494
I really must protest.

311
00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:34,412
It won't do the slightest
bit of good, father.

312
00:36:34,417 --> 00:36:36,078
The lady has a will of her own.

313
00:36:37,250 --> 00:36:38,911
We have a sister.

314
00:36:38,917 --> 00:36:40,828
Her name is mai kwei.

315
00:36:40,833 --> 00:36:44,655
It means, as beautiful as a Rose.

316
00:36:44,667 --> 00:36:46,578
It would be her honor to attend you.

317
00:36:49,417 --> 00:36:53,990
So now all is in the hands of the gods.

318
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,956
We should be ready to leave chungking

319
00:36:55,958 --> 00:36:58,449
by the first light of tomorrow's dawn.

320
00:42:09,083 --> 00:42:14,032
Stop.

321
00:42:21,458 --> 00:42:23,414
From here we go on foot.

322
00:42:47,875 --> 00:42:48,875
Yah, yah.

323
00:43:06,833 --> 00:43:09,700
I said no harm would
befall you on the journey.

324
00:43:09,708 --> 00:43:11,869
It was the most fantastic display.

325
00:43:11,875 --> 00:43:14,036
I've never seen anything like it.

326
00:43:14,042 --> 00:43:17,079
My brothers would die in your defense.

327
00:43:17,083 --> 00:43:18,083
This is our way.

328
00:43:18,917 --> 00:43:20,748
You should know more of the others.

329
00:43:21,708 --> 00:43:25,155
And perhaps keep their names
in some corner of your memory.

330
00:43:30,792 --> 00:43:34,990
My twin brothers, the
swordsmen, sung and San.

331
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,332
Their blades are of burnished silver.

332
00:43:38,583 --> 00:43:43,122
Chi-tao, the massive
one, keeper of the mace.

333
00:43:43,125 --> 00:43:45,366
And he has the strength of 10 oxen.

334
00:43:46,792 --> 00:43:48,202
Po-kwei.

335
00:43:48,208 --> 00:43:52,747
Many years ago, he chose
the short stabbing spear

336
00:43:52,750 --> 00:43:54,411
and is now its master.

337
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,197
Ta the axman and kwei the
bowman, you already know them.

338
00:44:03,375 --> 00:44:06,913
And we must not forget mai
kwei, our little sister.

339
00:44:09,667 --> 00:44:13,865
May I predict that your son
will not easily forget her name.

340
00:44:15,583 --> 00:44:17,323
And what of you, hsi ching?

341
00:44:17,333 --> 00:44:19,119
How did you really find me?

342
00:44:19,125 --> 00:44:22,367
Wasn't chance that brought
you to the university, was it?

343
00:44:22,375 --> 00:44:24,787
You are a famous man, professor.

344
00:44:24,792 --> 00:44:26,453
Oh, no.

345
00:44:26,458 --> 00:44:28,198
No, I'm not famous.

346
00:44:28,208 --> 00:44:32,622
Perhaps in academic circles
I'm regarded as an authority

347
00:44:32,625 --> 00:44:35,788
in some specialized field,
but no more than that.

348
00:44:37,708 --> 00:44:39,369
Then I put it to you, professor.

349
00:44:40,750 --> 00:44:44,413
Did I find you, or were you sent to us?

350
00:44:46,958 --> 00:44:48,619
You have fought the arch-vampire.

351
00:44:49,625 --> 00:44:51,286
And you are the final authority.

352
00:44:54,125 --> 00:44:56,286
And you will vanquish the demons.

353
00:45:00,375 --> 00:45:02,286
My knowledge, so far as it goes,

354
00:45:02,292 --> 00:45:05,124
is limited to the European hemisphere.

355
00:45:05,125 --> 00:45:07,707
I had hoped to learn something of the east

356
00:45:07,708 --> 00:45:09,619
from the faculty of Chinese history.

357
00:45:09,625 --> 00:45:13,573
But as you witnessed, the
professors were not forthcoming

358
00:45:13,583 --> 00:45:14,698
to say the least of it.

359
00:45:16,042 --> 00:45:19,580
When the time comes,
when we meet the creatures

360
00:45:19,583 --> 00:45:23,496
face to face, you will
know what to do, professor.

361
00:46:57,375 --> 00:46:59,616
We are not dealing with mortal beings.

362
00:46:59,625 --> 00:47:03,914
What you must understand is
that they are already dead.

363
00:47:03,917 --> 00:47:06,499
They are cursed creatures forever craving

364
00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:09,162
human blood for their very existence.

365
00:47:09,167 --> 00:47:11,829
They are immensely strong and possess

366
00:47:11,833 --> 00:47:14,415
black powers that are far-reaching.

367
00:47:14,417 --> 00:47:17,249
Now, fall before them and you too

368
00:47:17,250 --> 00:47:18,706
will be eternally damned.

369
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,332
Yet they can be destroyed?

370
00:47:22,333 --> 00:47:23,333
Oh yes, they can.

371
00:47:25,500 --> 00:47:29,322
They abhor anything that
has a holy significance.

372
00:47:29,333 --> 00:47:31,574
They fear the word of the lord.

373
00:47:31,583 --> 00:47:36,202
In Europe, the vampire walks
in dread of the crucifix.

374
00:47:36,208 --> 00:47:40,372
But here it will be the
image of the lord Buddha.

375
00:47:40,375 --> 00:47:42,115
These are our protection.

376
00:47:43,083 --> 00:47:45,495
But how to destroy them?

377
00:47:46,958 --> 00:47:49,950
A wooden stake driven
deep into the heart.

378
00:47:52,125 --> 00:47:54,992
Or better still, a silver shaft.

379
00:47:58,167 --> 00:47:59,657
Fire.

380
00:47:59,667 --> 00:48:01,203
What of fire?

381
00:48:01,208 --> 00:48:02,163
Not in Europe.

382
00:48:02,167 --> 00:48:03,577
In the east, perhaps, I don't know.

383
00:48:03,583 --> 00:48:05,824
There are many things I don't know yet.

384
00:48:07,292 --> 00:48:09,032
But one thing I do know.

385
00:48:12,792 --> 00:48:14,783
Now, this golden medallion

386
00:48:15,750 --> 00:48:18,366
is the symbol of their undead life force.

387
00:48:19,958 --> 00:48:21,448
The remaining six vampires will

388
00:48:21,458 --> 00:48:24,074
do anything they can to retrieve it.

389
00:48:24,083 --> 00:48:26,415
Once it's in their hands again

390
00:48:26,417 --> 00:48:29,033
they can reincarnate the seventh vampire.

391
00:48:37,708 --> 00:48:39,664
They know we are coming.

392
00:49:27,542 --> 00:49:28,782
She's very beautiful.

393
00:49:30,625 --> 00:49:31,625
What?

394
00:49:33,458 --> 00:49:34,573
Oh, mai kwei.

395
00:49:37,750 --> 00:49:40,617
"Who," he says, as she
gives him such a smile.

396
00:49:42,125 --> 00:49:43,581
Back in my country, that is an

397
00:49:43,583 --> 00:49:45,949
open invitation to help with the dishes.

398
00:50:30,833 --> 00:50:33,370
It's a strange night, isn't it?

399
00:50:45,792 --> 00:50:47,783
Do you think they could
be falling in love,

400
00:50:47,792 --> 00:50:50,408
out here in this desolate place?

401
00:50:52,042 --> 00:50:54,328
I think it is most likely.

402
00:50:56,667 --> 00:50:57,667
How nice.

403
00:50:59,083 --> 00:51:00,083
They're lucky.

404
00:51:02,833 --> 00:51:05,950
They'll always remember this
moment, whatever happens.

405
00:51:07,167 --> 00:51:08,327
Are you afraid?

406
00:51:10,375 --> 00:51:11,375
Yes.

407
00:51:14,208 --> 00:51:16,790
And yet I'm glad I'm here.

408
00:51:16,792 --> 00:51:18,328
Isn't that strange?

409
00:53:05,458 --> 00:53:06,664
= it will be dark soon.

410
00:53:07,833 --> 00:53:10,074
We must find shelter
before the sun goes down.

411
00:53:11,667 --> 00:53:14,454
The nights are very cold here.

412
00:53:14,458 --> 00:53:17,245
I'll never take another
country walk as long as I live.

413
00:53:18,708 --> 00:53:21,040
There are some caves up ahead.

414
00:53:21,042 --> 00:53:22,157
We can rest there.

415
00:54:33,708 --> 00:54:35,619
I'll take that, professor.

416
00:54:35,625 --> 00:54:36,625
Thank you.

417
00:54:45,167 --> 00:54:49,490
I haven't seen a living
creature for over three hours.

418
00:54:49,500 --> 00:54:53,118
No birds, no insects, not even a lizard.

419
00:54:53,125 --> 00:54:55,286
Oh, it's a godforsaken place.

420
00:54:59,417 --> 00:55:02,614
That's a very apt description.

421
00:55:02,625 --> 00:55:03,705
Godforsaken.

422
00:55:03,708 --> 00:55:07,576
I'd like a bath, lots of
warm water, perfumed soap.

423
00:55:07,583 --> 00:55:09,244
Oh, my poor feet!

424
00:55:10,292 --> 00:55:12,248
I could do with some sleep.

425
00:55:13,125 --> 00:55:14,285
About 10 days' worth.

426
00:55:18,083 --> 00:55:20,039
T don't like it.

427
00:55:20,042 --> 00:55:21,373
I hate it, professor.

428
00:55:22,375 --> 00:55:23,990
Oh, no.

429
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:25,035
I mean the atmosphere.

430
00:55:25,042 --> 00:55:27,749
There's something malignant here.

431
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:32,955
I don't think we're going to

432
00:55:32,958 --> 00:55:35,119
find a village in this wilderness.

433
00:55:35,125 --> 00:55:37,161
Maybe they've forgotten their way back.

434
00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:39,749
We could be miles from where we should be.

435
00:55:39,750 --> 00:55:41,615
Leyland, you are a great comfort to me.

436
00:55:41,625 --> 00:55:42,990
I'm sorry, but I...

437
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:43,830
No.

438
00:55:43,833 --> 00:55:44,663
We're on the right track

439
00:55:44,667 --> 00:55:46,874
and heading in the right direction.

440
00:55:46,875 --> 00:55:47,910
I'm sure of that.

441
00:55:47,917 --> 00:55:49,202
How do you know, father?

442
00:55:50,125 --> 00:55:51,706
Instinct, perhaps.

443
00:55:51,708 --> 00:55:54,370
That I've been here before feeling.

444
00:55:54,375 --> 00:55:55,740
You've never seen the place,

445
00:55:56,625 --> 00:55:58,240
vet every detail is crystal clear.

446
00:55:59,167 --> 00:56:02,785
It's strange, unaccountable,
but it happens occasionally.

447
00:56:02,792 --> 00:56:05,454
You know just what's around that corner

448
00:56:05,458 --> 00:56:06,743
the moment before you turn.

449
00:56:08,125 --> 00:56:10,036
Do you know what is around this corner?

450
00:56:11,708 --> 00:56:13,869
We are approaching
the village of ping kwei

451
00:56:14,833 --> 00:56:17,199
and the lair of the vampires.

452
00:56:18,292 --> 00:56:20,749
Well, as long as they
don't come out to meet us.

453
00:56:36,833 --> 00:56:38,243
= there will be food soon.

454
00:56:39,458 --> 00:56:42,245
Well, I never thought I'd
be happy to sleep in a cave.

455
00:56:43,208 --> 00:56:44,618
We shall be safe here.

456
00:56:44,625 --> 00:56:47,742
Wild animals will not
venture into the cave

457
00:56:47,750 --> 00:56:50,707
and my brothers will keep
watch throughout the night.

458
00:56:50,708 --> 00:56:52,448
Wild animals?

459
00:56:52,458 --> 00:56:54,289
We haven't seen a thing that moves

460
00:56:54,292 --> 00:56:56,578
or breathes for the last 20 miles.

461
00:56:57,667 --> 00:57:02,411
Sometimes it is the
darkness that brings them out.

462
01:00:36,417 --> 01:00:38,453
Strike at their hearts!

463
01:03:53,333 --> 01:03:55,540
You're like a beautiful
porcelain kitten,

464
01:03:55,542 --> 01:03:58,329
then suddenly you're a fighting tigress.

465
01:03:58,333 --> 01:03:59,368
It's incredible.

466
01:04:00,375 --> 01:04:02,240
It displeased you?

467
01:04:02,250 --> 01:04:03,365
No, it amazed me.

468
01:04:14,417 --> 01:04:15,406
= there's three of them.

469
01:04:15,417 --> 01:04:17,282
There are three vampires here.

470
01:04:20,167 --> 01:04:22,203
Those creatures?

471
01:04:22,208 --> 01:04:23,288
They are their victims.

472
01:04:23,292 --> 01:04:26,250
The undead, their slaves
throughout the ages.

473
01:04:31,292 --> 01:04:34,534
My brothers cannot survive
another attack, professor.

474
01:04:34,542 --> 01:04:37,033
We've destroyed half their number.

475
01:04:37,042 --> 01:04:38,748
Three still remain.

476
01:04:38,750 --> 01:04:41,913
Just three demons terrorizing ping kwei,

477
01:04:41,917 --> 01:04:43,828
your ancestral village.

478
01:04:43,833 --> 01:04:46,040
Now, what would you have us do, turn back?

479
01:04:46,042 --> 01:04:48,408
We know these creatures can die!

480
01:04:48,417 --> 01:04:49,827
They're not omnipotent.

481
01:04:49,833 --> 01:04:52,575
We'll make preparations and
next time be ready for them.

482
01:04:53,708 --> 01:04:56,120
Ching, remember why you came

483
01:04:56,125 --> 01:04:58,366
to see me in my lodgings in chungking.

484
01:04:58,375 --> 01:04:59,535
Don't give up now.

485
01:05:41,083 --> 01:05:42,948
Over here, professor.

486
01:06:23,042 --> 01:06:24,452
The legend is true.

487
01:06:34,250 --> 01:06:35,250
Every detail.

488
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:47,573
Over the next hill is the home
of my ancestors, ping kwei.

489
01:07:03,958 --> 01:07:04,958
This way.

490
01:07:53,542 --> 01:07:56,579
Ching, we must make sure they can't

491
01:07:56,583 --> 01:07:58,790
sweep down the far end of this trench.

492
01:07:58,792 --> 01:08:00,578
We will extend it as far as we can

493
01:08:02,125 --> 01:08:03,160
in the time left to us.

494
01:08:03,167 --> 01:08:04,167
Good.

495
01:08:12,958 --> 01:08:14,698
Ah, thank you.

496
01:08:29,875 --> 01:08:30,864
Do you think the trench and the stakes

497
01:08:30,875 --> 01:08:31,990
will stop them, father?

498
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:33,661
For a while, with any luck.

499
01:08:34,583 --> 01:08:36,574
It's a dismal place.

500
01:08:36,583 --> 01:08:40,371
= I think Mrs. buren
quite likes it, you know.

501
01:08:40,375 --> 01:08:41,535
No, thank you.

502
01:08:41,542 --> 01:08:43,783
Romance flourishes in
the strangest places.

503
01:08:45,375 --> 01:08:46,410
Doesn't it?

504
01:09:38,208 --> 01:09:41,700
Hear ye, great demons of hell.

505
01:09:41,708 --> 01:09:44,495
Watch over these, thy disciples.

506
01:10:17,750 --> 01:10:20,742
Thus do we dedicate ourselves

507
01:10:20,750 --> 01:10:23,708
to your service and your commands.

508
01:14:34,417 --> 01:14:35,417
Light it!

509
01:18:33,375 --> 01:18:35,832
Ching, you must destroy her!

510
01:21:29,292 --> 01:21:30,327
The temple.

511
01:23:55,625 --> 01:23:56,625
= come on.

512
01:24:23,083 --> 01:24:26,075
Van Helsing, across the globe

513
01:24:26,083 --> 01:24:29,701
even to this very place, you plague Mel!

514
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:33,035
= Dracula.

515
01:24:34,875 --> 01:24:35,875
Count Dracula.

516
01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:39,039
I knew it.

517
01:24:39,042 --> 01:24:40,907
I knew you had to be here.

518
01:24:40,917 --> 01:24:43,659
A curse on you and your house!

519
01:24:43,667 --> 01:24:44,667
Show yourself.

520
01:24:45,708 --> 01:24:48,120
Or must you hide behind
the image of another man?

521
01:24:49,042 --> 01:24:50,657
Is the mighty Dracula too frightened

522
01:24:50,667 --> 01:24:53,909
to reveal his face to me?

523
01:24:53,917 --> 01:24:56,203
I am Dracula, lord of darkness,

524
01:24:56,208 --> 01:25:00,156
master of the vampires,
prince of the undead,

525
01:25:00,167 --> 01:25:02,374
ruler of the damned!

526
01:25:02,375 --> 01:25:03,581
Prove it.

527
01:25:03,583 --> 01:25:04,948
Right.

528
01:25:04,958 --> 01:25:08,496
Van Helsing, you will
once more see my face

529
01:25:10,167 --> 01:25:11,373
before you die.

530
01:25:39,750 --> 01:25:41,365
Behold, Van Helsing.

531
01:25:42,583 --> 01:25:43,583
Look on me now.