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00:00:00It must be terribly sinful.
00:00:16What?
00:00:17Well, vanity is a sin, isn't it, Anne?
00:00:20Well, if that's the only one you'll do.
00:00:23There.
00:00:24Where are you going now?
00:00:26We're going to get some flowers to braid your hair.
00:00:29That was quick, Anne.
00:00:55Did you...
00:00:56Ah!
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00:01:40Anne?
00:01:44Anne?
00:01:57Anne?
00:02:14Anne?
00:02:44Anne?
00:03:04Anne?
00:03:19Anne?
00:03:33Anne?
00:03:51Anne?
00:04:09Anne?
00:04:20Anne?
00:04:32Anne?
00:04:46Anne?
00:04:58Anne?
00:05:08Anne?
00:05:18Anne?
00:05:28Anne?
00:05:38Anne?
00:05:47And what crime have you committed?
00:05:49I danced on a Sunday.
00:05:52Ah!
00:05:53Ah!
00:06:22We're heading east.
00:06:28That'll do.
00:06:29Get on the wagon.
00:06:31Happy birthday.
00:06:32God bless you.
00:06:38God bless you, my child, and this to make it a happier birthday.
00:07:06It belonged to your dear mother. It was her last wish that you should have it.
00:07:13Happy birthday to her, sister.
00:07:15It's wonderful! But I didn't wear it. What if I were to lose it?
00:07:21No fear of that. That locks as tight and cunning as a moneylender.
00:07:26May I go and show it to Petra? May I, Papa?
00:07:29Of course.
00:07:30She'll be so envious.
00:07:32Mind you get back before dark now.
00:09:02What's your name, girl?
00:09:13Carla.
00:09:15I'm Grost. Professor Hieronymus Grost.
00:09:19Professor?
00:09:20I profess to be.
00:09:25What about him? What's the K stand for? Is he a king or something?
00:09:30A king. Yes, in a way, I suppose he is.
00:09:38But the K stands for Kronos. Captain Kronos, late of the Imperial Guard.
00:09:44Well, if he's not a king, why does he leave us to do all the work?
00:09:47He has to conserve his strength. We've ridden far.
00:09:50And tomorrow we will be where we must be. And that's when his work will begin again.
00:09:56Work? What work?
00:09:59I'm turning in, Grost.
00:10:13Where do I sleep?
00:10:15We've only blankets enough for two. Suit yourself.
00:10:26Good night.
00:10:51Isabella?
00:10:54Isabella?
00:11:02Isabella?
00:11:14Isabella?
00:11:45Marcus?
00:11:58Aye, Dr. Marcus lives here.
00:12:03Who wants him?
00:12:05Marcus!
00:12:32Kronos.
00:12:40Marcus, the old leech lover.
00:12:58Who is he?
00:13:00You're a master.
00:13:03His name's Kronos. Captain Kronos. And he's not my master.
00:13:09I'm merely an old army friend passing through.
00:13:12As you wish.
00:13:14Your letter urges to make all speed, but gave no reason.
00:13:20Young girls suddenly become greatly aged. Is that sufficient reason?
00:13:26And these girls, they died with blood upon their lips.
00:13:31Yes, why?
00:13:34Vampires.
00:13:36What? No, it can't be.
00:13:39What, he doesn't know about vampirism? Wooden filler fleas codpiece?
00:13:44Vampires.
00:13:49Dr. Marcus, it is commonly supposed that a vampire attacks in only one way.
00:13:54By biting the neck and draining the victim of blood.
00:13:57But that's true.
00:13:59The girls you spoke of, they were not drained of blood, but of youth.
00:14:04Of life itself.
00:14:06You see, doctor, there are as many species of vampire as there are beasts of prey.
00:14:11Their methods and their motive for attack can vary in a hundred different ways.
00:14:16And the means of their destruction.
00:14:18Aye, traditional stake through the heart does not always hold good, you know.
00:14:25Some can only be destroyed by hanging or decapitation or fire or water.
00:14:31Or by other means.
00:14:33But these girls were invulnerable. Each one wore a crucifix.
00:14:37The cross can only protect those who firmly believe.
00:14:40These were good girls from God-fearing families.
00:14:44Perhaps their minds were not their own at the moment of attack.
00:14:49I suspect mesmerism in this.
00:14:52Mesmerism?
00:14:53Hypnotism. The subjugation of the mind.
00:14:55Oh, you don't believe in that nonsense?
00:14:58Well, it is highly improbable.
00:15:00What could be more improbable than God?
00:15:03But I believe in him.
00:15:06Well, I too, but...
00:15:09Vampires?
00:15:11Come now, Doctor. You had already reached the same conclusion.
00:15:15For a while, sent for us.
00:15:23Vampires.
00:15:27Here in Derwent.
00:15:41THE VAMPIRES
00:16:11THE VAMPIRES
00:16:41THE VAMPIRES
00:17:01I suppose you'll be moving on now?
00:17:04No, I'm staying.
00:17:08If you'll have me.
00:17:10Oh, I'll have you.
00:17:27What is it? What's happening?
00:17:29Time for us to start work. Do you want to come along?
00:17:31What work?
00:17:32Well, didn't I mention it? We're vampire hunters.
00:17:35Professional vampire hunters.
00:17:40VAMPIRE HUNTERS
00:18:10VAMPIRE HUNTERS
00:18:40VAMPIRE HUNTERS
00:18:59Paul?
00:19:00Doctor Marcus.
00:19:04To my shame, I had completely forgotten.
00:19:07Seven years. Is it so long?
00:19:10To the day.
00:19:23Days and years, flit by like a whisper.
00:19:26Taking its toll of all of us.
00:19:29And healing old wounds.
00:19:31For some. But not all.
00:19:34Your mother still bears a grudge?
00:19:36My father died in your hands, remember?
00:19:39Yes. But of a plague of virulence, there was nothing I could do.
00:19:43There was no hope.
00:19:45I understand that, my dear Marcus.
00:19:47But my mother?
00:19:49She's there?
00:19:52You must know me.
00:19:54My lady Derwood.
00:19:56She will not acknowledge you, Doctor.
00:19:59Paul.
00:20:02Her face.
00:20:03She's become so aged.
00:20:05Your mother's sick. She's ill. With grief.
00:20:08If only she would let me examine her.
00:20:10She will see no one. Least of all you, Doctor Marcus.
00:20:13Paul.
00:20:14Good day, Doctor.
00:20:16Paul.
00:20:35Paul.
00:21:06Toad in the hole.
00:21:12Not many more to do.
00:21:15Mark the spot.
00:21:35Come on, let's go.
00:21:37It's an old Chinese herb.
00:22:06I ought to be out scouring the countryside chasing after phantoms.
00:22:12Isn't that what you're thinking? Never rush into a battle unprepared.
00:22:18Remember the war taught us that if nothing else. It's a time to think, time
00:22:24to plan, the time to act. That time will come soon enough, don't worry.
00:22:33My needlework is hell good. I know you've got God's prayers. I've seen them.
00:22:57I play chess. I have a bottle of very good wine tucked away for a rainy day.
00:23:03It's boring.
00:24:03And mate in one. There was blood on the mouth, in the church.
00:24:15Just the mouth. That's how he attacks them.
00:24:26With a kiss.
00:24:33What's wrong? I thought I saw something over there.
00:25:03Ah, you're imagining things. No, there was someone. Probably a forester. No, it was someone old.
00:25:11Someone very old. I think it was a mouse.
00:25:26Oh really, I ought to be going now. I'll take you home. And have my father see you.
00:25:31He'd skin me alive and you too. Well look, you can't go alone. Not with everything that's been
00:25:34happening around here. Now look, there's the edge of the forest and there's my house.
00:25:37Now what could possibly happen in that short a distance? Oh well, just the same. I'll stay
00:25:41here and watch till you're out of the woods. Silly. Silly. See you tomorrow.
00:26:32Daddy!
00:26:33Claire!
00:26:35Another! And this time we have an eyewitness!
00:27:05I stood and watched her. She was never out of sight. Never completely out of sight.
00:27:27But you saw no one else? No one at all? No. Oh Myra thought she saw someone.
00:27:33Who did she see? Just someone very old, she said. Very old.
00:28:03You mystified? Well, you were right to be. Grost ringed the forest with dead toads.
00:28:31If a vampire should be strode close to the grave of a dead toad,
00:28:36then the vampire life shall give and suddenly the toad shall live.
00:28:43It's an old folk rhyme and like most of them there's a grain of truth in it.
00:29:01Then the vampire life shall give and suddenly the toad shall live.
00:29:21A coach or wagon of some kind.
00:29:32Recent too. Four horses. Grost! Well, right over that way, take a look.
00:29:44Look for what? Someone very old? On the contrary. This thing attacks to sustain life.
00:29:51Youth. That's what we'll be seeking. Cheek with a bloom to it. Someone young and fair.
00:29:59Fetch the horses!
00:30:12Dead end. What lies down there? Oh, the village. It's hardly a village, just a few houses and a
00:30:20tavern. We'll try it. It'd make better sense if I stayed and had a look round up here.
00:30:40Whoa!
00:31:03Ah, there's a funny thing. What's a funny thing? That soldier fella. The chap who's
00:31:07sitting with Dr Marcus. And what about it? Going around asking if anybody's seen thought of a coach
00:31:12or a wagon round here in the past few hours. Offering a golden guinea to anybody who can help
00:31:17him. A golden guinea! A man could buy himself a deal of pleasure with that kind of money, eh Molly?
00:31:22Is Carol here? He's around. Where? He's upstairs. With a dogsie. Here he is now.
00:31:53So
00:32:28more. You promised. And so I did.
00:32:58You're not laughing.
00:33:03Laugh. Please, Carol.
00:33:07Laugh, I'm telling you.
00:33:11I'll be damned if I will.
00:33:15Laugh.
00:33:24Laugh.
00:33:28Louder.
00:33:33Louder.
00:33:36Oh, that's much better.
00:33:45So
00:34:00there's a good boy.
00:34:08Bye.
00:34:15When you talk to him, speak soft. I'll do better than that. I'll speak money.
00:34:45So
00:35:16so
00:35:21Dr Marcus, this is an unexpected pleasure. Paul, good day to you. I was just passing. I thought
00:35:31the least I could do is to offer my respects to your mother. And I should be pleased to
00:35:35convey them to her. But I doubt if she will even listen. But a kind thought nonetheless.
00:35:44Paul. A brandy to warm you after your ride. Thank you.
00:35:58You'll be most welcome.
00:36:01How is your mother? No better.
00:36:05But your dear sister Sarah, she's well? Very. I'm delighted to hear it.
00:36:10Your health, doctor. Thank you.
00:36:17Witchcraft and necromancy. The book? Oh, it was my father's. At long last,
00:36:23I'm setting his library to rights. Witchcraft and necromancy. That's the rumor in the village.
00:36:32Yes, a grim business. What's your opinion of it?
00:36:37My brother does not form opinions too readily, Dr Marcus.
00:36:41Oh no, he broods upon a problem a long time.
00:36:49Is that not so, Paul? You know I would not dare to disagree with you, dear sister.
00:36:54My dear Sarah, you look lovelier than ever. And younger. What's your secret?
00:37:00Well, she's not exactly an aged crone, you know. Nor ever will be. Crone is such an ugly word,
00:37:06don't you think? Such an ugly thing to be. No, I don't think I shall ever be one.
00:37:15Am I unwell, doctor? You study me so closely,
00:37:18I thought perhaps you could detect some malady in my face.
00:37:22No, your face is perfect. Magically perfect. Magic?
00:37:29Well, I must be on my way. Sarah, Paul, thank you for the brandy.
00:37:35Good day to you, doctor.
00:37:37Well, I must be on my way. Sarah, Paul, thank you for the brandy.
00:37:44Good day to you both.
00:38:07Mother, do you want to be? Yes. Someone called just now.
00:38:23It was Dr. Marcus. Marcus? What did he want?
00:38:29He said he was just passing by. Called to pay his respects.
00:38:33Passing by? This road doesn't lead anywhere. I know, mother. I know.
00:38:44Red wine. The best you have. Yes, sir.
00:39:07Tell me, have you seen anything of a coach or wagon passing by recently?
00:39:13Nothing passes by here. Only, uh, soldiers. Uh, deserters running away from the war.
00:39:21Filling the air with big talk of the battles they won.
00:39:23Or with the look of lost battles about them.
00:39:27What about you, captain? Tis captain. In fact, he stole a coat.
00:39:35Tell me, did you lose your battles or win them?
00:39:40A little of both.
00:39:43Not enough of either.
00:39:50You haven't answered my question. Coach or wagon?
00:39:53Hey, you. Clock man.
00:40:02Tell me, uh, how do you sleep at night? On your belly or in a hammock?
00:40:08Or do you dig a hole in the ground and put your hump in it?
00:40:11You see, we're interested, clockback.
00:40:18His name is Grost.
00:40:22Clockback will do for me. But not me.
00:40:25Why? Because I don't like it.
00:40:28Oh.
00:40:34He doesn't like it.
00:40:35To make sport of a physical affliction is both impolite and cruel.
00:40:42After all, I wouldn't dream of calling you rat-face.
00:40:49Fatty.
00:40:54Or big mouth.
00:41:36So.
00:41:46You still haven't answered my question.
00:41:49Wagons or coaches, sir? No, we haven't seen nothing like that.
00:41:53We haven't seen anything at all.
00:41:55Pity.
00:42:05So.
00:42:17Stan.
00:42:23Sarah.
00:42:35So.
00:43:06So.
00:43:28They made sport of me, Cronus. They laughed at me.
00:43:35Am I so terribly ugly to provoke such mockery?
00:43:41Am I?
00:43:45Beauty fades eventually, but a kind soul remains forever.
00:43:50My mother taught me that.
00:43:54She was a gifted woman. Very gifted.
00:43:58And you, my friend. My very dear friend.
00:44:02Your body was given to you by God. Just remember that.
00:44:10He also gave me a good friend to protect me.
00:44:15They were paid to laugh at you. Those men. They were paid to provoke a fight and kill us both.
00:44:22But if that's so, if what you say is right, then...
00:44:25It means we are getting close.
00:44:31I'm sorry.
00:44:33I'm sorry.
00:44:35I'm sorry.
00:44:38I'm sorry.
00:44:41I'm sorry.
00:44:45Where did you get to?
00:44:48I rode over to the Derwoods.
00:44:51You saw nothing of a coach?
00:44:54No. No, nothing.
00:44:57What was it then? A physicking or a visiting?
00:45:04I hear that Sarah Derwood is quite a pretty bedful.
00:45:07That was just a social visit.
00:45:13And you?
00:45:15Gained nothing, save a fumed brain from too much wine.
00:45:23Still, nothing like a leech or two, a little bloodletting to cool a man's veins, eh?
00:45:29Better remove our little friends before they turn blue.
00:45:33I'm from very aristocratic stock.
00:45:37We are casting our net further afield tonight, Doctor. Do you want to come along?
00:45:42Yes.
00:45:43Good.
00:45:45I would be looking for something like this.
00:45:51Only a little bigger.
00:48:14She has touched nothing.
00:48:41She just lies there like a thing already dead.
00:48:45I never knew such grief.
00:48:51She must have loved father very much.
00:48:54Sarah, perhaps if you were to go...
00:48:56I can't. I'm sorry, Paul, but I can't bear to look at her anymore.
00:49:03To look at that face that was once so beautiful.
00:49:07Age frightens me.
00:49:11I'm vain, I know, but to look at mother is to look into a mirror of what one day I must become.
00:49:15No.
00:49:23We are Derwoods, remember?
00:49:26Thoroughbreds.
00:49:28The Derwoods have always been renowned for their usefulness.
00:49:32Mother is a Derwood.
00:49:33By marriage, not by birth.
00:49:36What has happened to mother will not happen to us, dear.
00:49:40Sister, I promise you.
00:49:44It will not happen to us.
00:50:10You were rough with me.
00:50:26So much bitterness.
00:50:29So much.
00:50:31Why?
00:50:32Why?
00:50:36I once went off to fight a war.
00:50:38I went off and left my mother and my little sister behind me.
00:50:43The two people I loved most.
00:50:46When I returned, my sweet little sister welcomed me with a kiss.
00:50:52Yes, both of them.
00:50:54Mother and sister, fallen to the scourge of vampirism.
00:50:59I had to destroy them.
00:51:01I had to bare their breasts.
00:51:03Take a sharpened stake and drive it through their hearts.
00:51:07No.
00:51:33Okay.
00:51:34Okay.
00:51:41Kill us!
00:51:44Kill us!
00:51:49Kill us!
00:51:49What is it? What's wrong?
00:51:51My face.
00:51:52Look.
00:51:56Look at my face.
00:52:04Look at my face.
00:52:18Row. Strong row.
00:52:34Row.
00:52:39Well?
00:52:42Hard to say.
00:52:44You see? He's been bitten on the mouth.
00:52:46For God's sake, I survived the vampire's bite.
00:52:48He is not the man you are.
00:52:52Marcus.
00:52:55Marcus.
00:53:00It was me, wasn't it?
00:53:03That girl in the forest.
00:53:05It was I.
00:53:08Oh.
00:53:10Yes, I'm doomed.
00:53:13My soul, a never-ending torment.
00:53:20Kill me!
00:53:21Kill!
00:53:23Kill me!
00:53:26If the situation were reversed, you would implore him to do the same.
00:53:29Acronos, this must be done.
00:53:31We will not be killing him.
00:53:32He is dead already, but his death will bring life.
00:53:34It will give us the knowledge we need to destroy this thing that has infected him.
00:53:38For pity's sake, finish it!
00:53:40Finish it!
00:53:48Kill me!
00:53:53So be it.
00:54:02So be it.
00:54:24Come on!
00:54:32Ah!
00:54:52A vampire only bleeds at the moment of its death.
00:55:03Hmm.
00:55:15Ah!
00:55:32Oh.
00:56:03Ah!
00:56:09Closed.
00:56:20Myself.
00:56:24Again.
00:56:32But how did...
00:56:39The flame didn't touch him.
00:57:00This is what killed him.
00:57:03Simple cross.
00:57:10Made of steel.
00:57:13Then we have our answer.
00:57:17Yes.
00:57:23And Marcus.
00:57:25To Marcus, set peace at last.
00:57:32Dr. Marcus was a good man, and a bad one killed him.
00:57:57Aye.
00:57:59It was that stranger that did it.
00:58:01Him and that hunchback.
00:58:03They killed Dr. Marcus.
00:58:06Murdered him in cold blood.
00:58:13We'll make it a life for a life.
00:58:30Cronus!
01:00:30Ah!
01:01:00Ah!
01:01:31Cronus!
01:01:37A sword fit for a king.
01:01:42For a Cronus.
01:02:01Oh, Barton, you frightened the life out of me.
01:02:14I couldn't sleep.
01:02:16It was a damn storm.
01:02:17Nor I.
01:02:19Thought I'd warm a little milk.
01:02:20We'll both be like death in the morning.
01:02:31I keep thinking of Banda and Isabella.
01:02:40Well, don't.
01:02:42It's best that we don't.
01:02:46I wish father were home.
01:03:00Ah!
01:04:00Ah!
01:05:00Ah!
01:05:15His reputation was formidable.
01:05:20It is said that few saw his blade.
01:05:24But only felt it when it found its mark.
01:05:28He never met his match.
01:05:30Except in God.
01:05:33He was kin to you?
01:05:36He was my father.
01:05:38Oh.
01:05:40Forgive me.
01:05:41I did not know that I stood with my lady Durwood.
01:05:44Cronus.
01:05:46Captain Cronus, my lady.
01:05:48Sarah?
01:05:53My lady?
01:05:57Is it possible, Grost?
01:06:19Marcus said he went up to see the Durwoods.
01:06:23That's such a creature.
01:06:24She is beautiful, young, and fair.
01:06:29Exactly.
01:06:32Well, we'll know one way or another soon enough.
01:06:55Garlic flower.
01:07:04Ah.
01:07:23You're sure you want to go through with this?
01:07:26You'll be the bait, you know.
01:07:28I know.
01:07:29Excuse me.
01:08:05Time to make our move, my friend.
01:08:13Time to kill a vampire.
01:08:16Mother?
01:08:20If only you would drink this.
01:08:22You would feel stronger.
01:08:34Where the devil is Barlow?
01:09:35So
01:09:59Thank you, sir.
01:10:01No.
01:10:02An explanation, I think.
01:10:06What were you doing out there?
01:10:08Getting more frightened every minute.
01:10:11More and more lost.
01:10:12I ran away, sir, from my father.
01:10:14He would force me into marriage when it's another I love.
01:10:18Please, if I could stay here just for tonight, sir, I beg of you.
01:10:22Of course you may stay.
01:10:25I'll prepare a room.
01:10:26No.
01:10:27No, your ladyship.
01:10:27I've already prepared a room.
01:10:29No, your ladyship.
01:10:30I've already presumed too much on your kindness.
01:10:33Nonsense.
01:10:33It'll take but a moment.
01:10:35I can stay here.
01:10:36Before the fire, I'd prefer it.
01:10:39Very well, then.
01:10:41As you wish.
01:10:59Good night to you, then.
01:11:05Good night.
01:11:17Good night, dear sister.
01:11:29Good night.
01:11:39Sleep well.
01:11:59Good night.
01:12:29Good night.
01:12:59Good night.
01:13:29Good night.
01:13:59Good night.
01:14:29Good night.
01:14:59Sarah, what the devil's going on?
01:15:24Her face!
01:15:27Her face!
01:15:29Mother?
01:15:38The bloom of youth.
01:15:42Why should that appall you?
01:15:45Is it wrong to be young and beautiful again?
01:15:50You forget, I'm a Carstein by birth, and the Carsteins are blessed with many dark secrets.
01:15:59It has taken me seven years, seven long years, to bring them into play,
01:16:07to make me what I am now, never to grow old.
01:16:13Isn't that as precious as life itself?
01:16:16It is life itself.
01:16:19And so life begins again.
01:16:22Begins again for me and for your father.
01:16:27Father is dead.
01:16:28No, father is dead.
01:16:31Dead of the plague.
01:16:33No, never dead.
01:16:37Just sleeping.
01:16:41As you shall see for yourself.
01:16:58I awakened him.
01:17:05Brought him back from the dead.
01:17:08My husband.
01:17:10My lover.
01:17:13Back into my arms.
01:17:20But I see you do not understand.
01:17:23Come here, my children.
01:17:28Come here.
01:17:35You will remember nothing of what has passed here.
01:18:01Do you understand?
01:18:05Later you will awaken and remember nothing.
01:18:12Come, my darling.
01:18:29Her life will be yours.
01:18:33Yours.
01:18:35Her youth will pulse through your veins, my darling.
01:18:41Replenishing.
01:18:44Restoring.
01:18:48Take her.
01:18:51Take her.
01:19:05Take her.
01:19:35Let your servants serve you.
01:19:48To the death.
01:19:53So be it.
01:20:05So be it.
01:20:35So be it.
01:20:46Yes, you bleed, my lord.
01:20:53This is God's blade.
01:20:56Forged for your black heart.
01:20:59For God's sake.
01:21:59For God's sake.
01:22:29You can't hurt me, Cronos.
01:22:59No, you can't kill me.
01:23:03Listen.
01:23:05Cronos!
01:23:29Cronos!
01:23:59Cronos!
01:24:29Cronos!
01:24:59Cronos!
01:25:29Marcus.
01:25:35Dear Marcus.
01:25:47You must go now.
01:25:51Go where?
01:25:53Anywhere.
01:25:54Everywhere.
01:25:56Wherever there is evil to be fought.
01:26:00But on lonely nights, I shall think of you.
01:26:16I die here.
01:26:29I die here.
01:26:59I die here.
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