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  • 6/1/2025
The Vampire Bat is a 1933 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and Dwight Frye.
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00:00The End
00:30The End
01:00The End
01:30The End
01:59But how else can we explain
02:21these terrible deaths
02:22Von Els last night
02:25five others before him
02:27that's six within as many weeks
02:29inspector
02:29our friends
02:31neighbors that we've known for years
02:33drained of their life's blood
02:34found dead in bed
02:36lifeless skeletons of skin and bone
02:39vampires are at large
02:41I tell you
02:41vampires
02:42malignant demons
02:45who issue forth from their graves
02:47in the dead of night
02:48to attack their victims
02:49and drink the blood
02:50from their veins
02:51gotten him a breast
02:53night I don't jest
02:54that blood-sucking legend
02:57belongs in the same category
02:58with werewolves
02:59and all other peasant superstitions
03:01but the bats man
03:02the bats
03:03god yes
03:04big ones
03:06so
03:06oh now we're switching to bats again
03:08there was an epidemic of giant bats
03:11in Trangschloss
03:12in 1643
03:13and at the same time
03:15there was an outbreak of vampirism
03:18rot
03:18why this record from the town archive
03:21prove it
03:22says it
03:23not prose it
03:23well I'll show you
03:26I'll show you
03:27now
03:29here it is
03:30and on this day
03:32was von Hausmann
03:34hanged from a gibbet
03:35in the public square
03:36after being convicted
03:37on a proven charge
03:39of vampirism
03:39and on this same day
03:41there did occur
03:43the departure of the bats
03:44thousands of horrible
03:46flying creatures
03:46which infested the town
03:48for weeks
03:49and on the night
03:50of this same day
03:51February 13
03:52in the year of our lord
03:531643
03:54was there a stake
03:56driven through
03:57von Hausmann's heart
03:58and his head cut off
04:00with a grave digger's shovel
04:01there
04:03well all the wreckers
04:04in the world
04:04can't make me believe
04:05in vampires
04:06there are blood-sucking bats
04:09yes
04:09in South America
04:10thousands of miles
04:11from here
04:12but not in Kleinschloss
04:13but bats fly
04:15they could fly here
04:17you saw the bodies
04:18all of them
04:19two wounds on the neck
04:21right at the jugular vein
04:23two wounds on the neck
04:24pierced and spread apart
04:25just as if two fang-like teeth
04:27had bitten through the flesh
04:29and right into the veins
04:31and in every case
04:33a blood clot
04:35eight inches from the victim's neck
04:38the mark of the feast
04:39the devil's signature
04:41does that appear
04:43the mark of a human being
04:45or demons
04:46God save us
04:48the devils
04:49you ought to make
04:52a pretty fair meal
04:53for a vampire
04:53but let's be consistent
04:56are these human vampires
04:58or
04:59or bats
05:00vampires can take the shape
05:02of a human or a bat
05:04just as they choose
05:05oh
05:05they're magicians
05:07well it doesn't make sense
05:10to me
05:11the whole village
05:12is in terror
05:13we live in closed houses
05:15behind locked doors
05:17and bolted shutters
05:18not daring to close our eyes
05:20fearful lest this unseen
05:22silent death
05:23may find us in our sleep
05:25for it is then
05:26that it strikes
05:27swiftly
05:28silently
05:29ghastly
05:30my room is tightly closed
05:32the windows are barred
05:34nailed down
05:35nothing can get in
05:37nothing
05:38but they tell me
05:40vampires can go through
05:41stone walls
05:42like that
05:43God save me
05:45so they can
05:46we've got to do something
05:48I tell you
05:48Gleinsloss will become
05:50a deserted village
05:51well
05:52you might catch all the bats
05:54and drown them in the river
05:55Carl
05:56Carl
05:56while you're hunting for vampires
05:58and chasing bats
05:59I'm looking for a human being
06:00a murderer
06:01a fiend
06:01well then don't just about it
06:03do something
06:03I'm trying to
06:04every hour
06:06every day
06:06every night
06:07since this thing started
06:08do you hear it?
06:18hear it?
06:19yes
06:20night after night
06:22lying awake until dawn
06:24waiting
06:25for what?
06:28I don't know
06:29that's what I thought
06:32good night gentlemen
06:36don't let the vampires
06:39get you
06:39get you
06:41I don't know
06:43I don't know
06:49I don't know
07:00you
07:01Are your kisses dynamite?
07:16Don't you like my kisses?
07:24Well, how's my mastermind this evening?
07:27Well, if you want the truth, not so good.
07:30The Burgermeister and his Grand Council still stick to the vampire theory.
07:34Stick to it?
07:36They're quoting history to prove it.
07:39I think you and Dr. von Neemann are the only sane people left in the village.
07:42And you? What about you?
07:44Hmm, me.
07:45Well, I'm beginning to think I'm seven different kinds of a fool.
07:49Murders are being done under my very nose.
07:53I must be as blind as the bats themselves.
07:56I can't find a single clue.
07:58Oh, but you will, Carl.
07:59Well, you will.
08:00Well, I haven't.
08:01Oh, Ruth!
08:07And here comes dear Aunt Gussie to spread good cheer and hope.
08:12Just what I thought.
08:13Slaving your life away in this awful place.
08:16It hasn't got that nice, clean, wholesome smell of a hospital.
08:20How are you, Carl?
08:21Oh, quite well, thank you.
08:22Well, I'm not.
08:23This clammy old place is bound to give me pericarditis, endocarditis, neuritis, or this is...
08:30Well, anyway, rheumatism.
08:32You have some coffee?
08:32No, no thank you, Frau Schnottmann.
08:34No, it's just as well.
08:35There's only two cups.
08:36Yeah, yeah.
08:38That'll take the chill out of your bones.
08:40Speaking of chills, Frau Schnottmann, did you know the village is supposed to be infested
08:44with ghouls and vampires?
08:46Oh, Carl.
08:47Vampires.
08:49Pariahs among fiends.
08:51Demoniacal creatures with huge canine teeth who bite deeply into the necks of their victims
08:57to quaff and gorge on blood.
09:00Warm human blood.
09:02There's no such thing as a vampire called Brett Snyder.
09:05I don't believe in it.
09:06You're just saying that to frighten me, and I just won't be frightened.
09:10I'm entirely too sensible to believe in such rubbish.
09:13I beg for him.
09:15Oh, so was you.
09:16I'm sorry if I frightened you.
09:18Who said you frightened me?
09:20I'm not afraid of anything.
09:22Could you tell me where Dr. von Nieman is?
09:24We drove to the village to see Martha, the old apple woman.
09:32Is this what Dr. Haupt described?
09:58Yes, sir.
09:59She takes it in water.
10:02Well, continue giving it to her.
10:07Yes, sir.
10:32It's stifling in here.
10:40Open these windows.
10:42Herman, open windows.
10:43Me do.
10:44Me do.
10:44Me do.
10:44Well, she'll sleep well now, poor soul.
10:57It won't be necessary for you to stay here.
10:59A good night's sleep will work wonders for her.
11:02It was kind of you to come, doctor.
11:04Oh.
11:06Martha has sold me apples for many years.
11:09Always a good, ripe, juicy one.
11:11Martha, give me apples.
11:13I like.
11:17Oh, to me.
11:19Oh, my goodness.
11:21She wants a cross.
11:23Herman, get.
11:24Herman, get.
11:25Here.
11:25Here.
11:26Now.
11:26For Martha.
11:28Here.
11:30Oh.
11:30She won't let it out of her sight.
11:36A terrible experience.
11:38To be attacked by a giant bad is enough to shatter anyone's nerves.
11:42She talks about it all the time.
11:44How it flew in her face and tried to sink its teeth in her throat.
11:48No, no, no, no, no.
11:49That's no do.
11:51They soft.
11:54Like cat.
11:55They not bite Herman.
11:58Be quiet, Herman.
11:59See what you've done.
12:00There, there, there, Martha.
12:02There.
12:08She'll be all right.
12:10If she isn't, let me know.
12:12Thank you for coming, doctor.
12:14That's all right.
12:15Good night.
12:16Good night.
12:16Good night.
12:18Run along, Herman.
12:21You can see Martha tomorrow.
12:23Oh.
12:41Ah, Dr. Von Neiman.
12:43Ah, Krington, how are you?
12:45Much better thank you, kindly sir, since you prescribed for me.
12:48That's right.
12:51Go to bed, Herman.
12:52Go to bed.
12:53You shouldn't be following around the streets.
12:55Dangerous.
12:55Oh.
12:58I'm afraid.
13:00Afraid?
13:01Afraid of what, Krington?
13:02The bats, sir.
13:03Big giant bats with wingings like an eagle's.
13:07You saw this bat, you say?
13:09I saw it swooping down the street.
13:11It came directly from my throat, sir.
13:13When was it, Krington?
13:15Last night when they came to take Von Els.
13:18It was a big monstrous thing.
13:19I saw it leap across the alley and into a window.
13:22I ran just as fast as my legs could carry me.
13:26You said nothing about this?
13:27There's enough fear in the village already.
13:31Maybe I should.
13:33Maybe I should.
13:34I will.
13:36I'll tell the burgermeister.
13:37Yes, Krington.
13:38That's the thing to do.
13:39No, bats, bats good.
13:44They not hurt Herman.
13:47He plays with them.
13:48You, you don't tell.
13:50No.
13:51No, no, no, no, no.
13:52Go to bed, Herman.
13:54Go on.
13:55Go on, go to bed.
13:59You say he plays with bats?
14:02His garret is filled with them.
14:04He makes pets of them.
14:07That's odd.
14:09Very odd.
14:10Maybe.
14:15Maybe he's it.
14:17Herman prowls around the streets all hours of the night.
14:20Just like an animal.
14:22Maybe he's the vampire.
14:23Don't start any gossip with that, Krington.
14:25Heaven only knows where it might end.
14:29Good night.
14:30Good night, sir.
14:33All right.
14:39There.
14:49Now.
14:51So.
14:53Nice.
14:54There.
14:56See?
14:57What did I tell you?
14:58Perhaps there's something in what Kringen says.
15:00Seems strange that a human being should want to play with bats.
15:20He isn't human, I tell you.
15:21He's in league with the devil.
15:27Put it on, put it on.
15:34There.
15:35Thanks.
15:36Now go to sleep.
15:37You'll be all right in a few days.
15:38The doctor says so.
15:40Close the window.
15:41Close the window.
15:42I'm afraid.
15:44The vampire.
15:46He said leave them open.
15:48But I'd have them closed.
15:57Do you want the light?
16:05Leave the light.
16:06I'm afraid.
16:07Well, I can't blame you for that either.
16:10I'll turn it down a little.
16:12Good night.
16:14If you want me, just pound on the floor.
16:17I'll hear you.
16:18All right.
16:19Good night.
16:20Good night, Martha.
16:22Oh.
16:23Oh, oh, oh.
16:34Oh.
16:35Oh.
16:36Here, Brett Schneider is here to see you, sir.
16:37He's in the laboratory with Miss Berton.
16:39Oh, thank you.
16:45Oh, here you are.
16:47Good evening, Doctor.
16:48Good evening, Ruth.
16:50How are you, Carl?
16:52Well, I'd feel a lot better if I could find a solution to these murders.
16:55You don't believe in this vampire theory, then?
16:57Of course not, do you?
17:00There are many strange happenings, my boy.
17:03Many mysteries beyond the power of the human mind to comprehend.
17:07Have you a theory which might explain these deaths?
17:10Well, I'll be pleased to discuss it with you, but not now, not now.
17:15I have some very important work to do.
17:16Tomorrow, then?
17:17Tomorrow?
17:18Yes, yes, perhaps.
17:19We'll see.
17:22Oh, this isn't so important, Miss Bertin, that you can't let it go till tomorrow.
17:25All right, thank you, Doctor.
17:28Oh, how about Martha?
17:30Huh?
17:30Oh, nothing serious.
17:32Just a case of nerves, that's all.
17:34Good night.
17:35Good night, Doctor.
17:36Good night, Carl.
17:49Good night.
17:50Good night.
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18:17I don't know cause of death like all the rest a vampire yes yes that's true when I said I was
18:44going to tell you his eyes go up like coals of fire his hand reached out towards me as if you're
18:50going to sink it into my throat and weigh this well he never works and never begs and yet he
18:57appears well fed always that's so he does what does he live on then I'll wager his Kringen says
19:06and my woman was in Martha's room tonight when Herman put a flower in her hand strange business
19:13if you ask me mighty strange I hate to be in your shoes Kringen yes after what happened tonight
19:20I've locked myself in my room and prayed God to protect me from the devil
19:26good evening
19:33good evening
19:42good evening
19:55good evening
19:58Dr. Bonneman
19:59Dr. Bonneman
20:00Dr. Bonneman
20:02Dr. Bonneman
20:04Dr. Bonneman
20:20Bitch, bitch, I don't know.
20:23You're a man.
20:25You're a man.
20:26You're a man.
20:27You're a man.
20:27You're a man.
20:28You're a man.
20:29You're a man.
20:29You're a man.
20:48Well, what do you make of it, Doctor?
20:50Are these two wounds similar to those found on the other bodies?
20:55Doctor Haupt can answer that for you, sir.
20:59Yes, they were the same in every case.
21:03This is a strange condition, Carl.
21:06So strange that I doubt the evidence of my eyes.
21:10What was your conclusion, Haupt?
21:12I diagnosed the wounds as having been made by needle-sharp teeth.
21:18Tunches are clean-cut, penetrating into, but not beyond, the jugular vein.
21:26Do you mean to say that you also believe they could have been made by teeth?
21:29Frankly, I do.
21:30Aha!
21:31You see, Brett Schneider?
21:33What kind of teeth, Doctor?
21:34An animal of some sort.
21:37It's hard to say.
21:39The fangs of a wolf, perhaps.
21:41A werewolf?
21:42Could they have been made by, well, a bat, for instance?
21:47A certain species, yes.
21:50There are vampire bats.
21:53Doctor William Jamison, who explored many of the tributaries of the upper Amazon, states that blood-sucking bats do exist.
21:59He further asserts that the victims often become blood-drinkers themselves.
22:04Citing a case in which he saw a native, tortured to death on an animal by his tribe brothers.
22:10They swore he had become a human bat.
22:13And, states Jamison, he confessed it.
22:17Do you mean to say that such a thing as a human vampire is possible?
22:22Who can say?
22:24Historic records would have us believe that an evil soul, assuming there is such, can take any shape it pleases.
22:31So why not then to that of a human being?
22:34Eh, Carl?
22:35Why not?
22:37Have you any literature on the subject, Doctor?
22:39Yes, I have many interesting volumes on my shelf that might prove very enlightening.
22:45Glad to show them to you.
22:46I don't mind admitting that I'm up a tree.
22:50Stumped.
22:51Well, we'll see what can be done, my boy.
22:53No, no, no, Herman.
22:55This is no place for you.
22:56Go away, my boy.
22:57Go away.
22:57Good night, John.
22:58Good night, Doctor.
22:59Good night, Hal.
23:00Good night, Doctor.
23:01Good morning, Carl.
23:02Thank you, Doctor.
23:03I'm sorry to have dragged you out.
23:04It's an ungodly hour.
23:05Oh, that's all right.
23:06That's all right.
23:07A child fleeing in the horror from the sight of death.
23:23There goes the vampire.
23:24Arrest him.
23:25Lock him up.
23:25Kill him.
23:26Has the entire village gone mad?
23:29Herman wouldn't harm a baby, and you know it.
23:31I've walked the streets of this village for over 40 years, but tonight's the end.
23:35He knows that I've totally plagued with bats.
23:38He knows that I saw him sneak into Martha's house just before midnight.
23:41Perhaps he was taking her another flower, Cringham.
23:44The boy brought her up on the ceiling while I was there.
23:46He killed her just like he did all the rest.
23:48And now he's going to kill me.
23:50Unless he's killed an instinctive into his heart, I'm a doomed man.
23:55He'll kill me.
23:56He'll kill me.
23:57I'm doomed.
23:58He'll kill me.
23:59He'll kill me.
24:00I'm a doomed man.
24:02He'll kill me.
24:04He'll kill him.
24:53Good morning, Mr. Bretschneider.
24:55What brings you to Kleinschloss so early?
24:57You.
24:58Fibber, I heard the doctor tell Georgiana he expected you.
25:02I knew there was something else.
25:04You're a delightful prevaricator, Carl, but not a very convincing one.
25:22Oh, you don't mind me using your stethoscope, do you, doctor?
25:27Not at all, Frau Schnappen.
25:29Well, what seems to be the ailment this morning?
25:30What say?
25:33Oh.
25:34What seems to be the ailment this morning?
25:37Well, doctor, I am positive that I have valvular degleage of the aorta.
25:42Or maybe it's the, um, the right ventricle.
25:46There is something wrong with my heart.
25:48I can hear a beat, thump, thump, thump, thump, just like the book says.
25:52Well, if you didn't hear a beating thump, thump, thump, just as the book says,
25:56I would say there is something wrong.
25:58What?
25:59Without a moon?
26:01You have a heart of stone.
26:03All right, then.
26:04Close your eyes.
26:05No.
26:13Oh, so, young lady.
26:15It's too early in the morning, Carl, much too early.
26:17Oh, is it?
26:19Oh, there's that Gussie.
26:24She would show up just at a time like this.
26:27Well, Aunt Gussie, what's the matter now?
26:36I have palpitation of the auricular, ventricular, and microvalves.
26:43There's a cordial tendency.
26:44You mean your heart's beating?
26:46Of course it's beating.
26:48Dr. Von Neelen tried to assure me, but I know, I know it's serious.
26:53I'm liable to go just like that.
26:55Did he prescribe for you, dear?
26:57Yes, monacidester, salicylic acid.
27:00You mean salicylic acid, don't you?
27:01Well, salicylic or salicylic.
27:04Help me.
27:04My heart is much quieter.
27:07Hello, Carl.
27:08Hello.
27:09Oh, Carl, you'll be good to her when I'm gone, won't you?
27:13Yes, of course I will, Frosch, not mine.
27:15Well, I'm not gone yet.
27:16You can't marry her unless I say so.
27:19Don't forget that.
27:20Oh, my heart.
27:22There, Auntie, you'll be all right.
27:23Just left a while.
27:25What you need is...
27:26What?
27:27Rest, dear.
27:28Quiet.
27:28Quiet.
27:41And Gussie has a heart like a steam engine.
27:45Come on.
27:45Come on.
27:46Come on.
27:46Come on.
27:46Come on.
27:46Come on.
27:46Come on.
27:47Come on.
27:47Come on.
27:48Come on.
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27:58Come on.
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27:59Come on.
27:59Come on.
28:00Come on.
28:00Come on.
28:01Come on.
28:01Come on.
28:02Come on.
28:02Come on.
28:03Meow, meow, meow.
28:14Wow!
28:16Meow!
28:18Meow!
28:20Here's your kitty bool!
28:22Come on kitty bool!
28:24Come on kitty bool!
28:26Kitty bool! Come on kitty bool!
28:28That'd be a good day!
28:30Come on kitty kitty kitty bool!
28:34Oh, you're better, baby!
28:36Come on kitty bool!
28:38Have you?
28:40You're a tinkle man!
28:42Please don't let me, you nasty little beast.
28:56Don't you know it's wrong to steal?
28:59You've cut yourself.
29:00See?
29:01Blood.
29:03Yes.
29:03Stop it, stop it.
29:05No hurt me.
29:06No hurt.
29:07Oh, you poor thing.
29:08Now you wait right here.
29:10And I'll run in the house and get something for that finger.
29:12A subcutaneous wound like that might easily result in a tetanus infection.
29:17Tetan, tetan.
29:18Tetanus.
29:19What, jaw?
29:21Not that you need be afraid.
29:23And the way you talk, I think you've got it already.
29:26Look, here's a nice juicy apple for you.
29:40Ah, this is it.
29:46Trades sur les appréciants des esprits et sur les vampires, by Augustin Dorme Calame, in 1746.
29:54Let us suppose that these corpses do not actually stir from their tombs, that only the ghosts
30:02or spirits appear to the living.
30:05Wherefore do these phantoms present themselves, and what is it that energizes them?
30:10Is it actually the soul of the dead man, which has not yet departed to its final destination?
30:14Tetanus.
30:15Now, how could a corpse buried under four or five feet of birdies get out to do any such foolishness?
30:22I don't believe it.
30:23It's a fair question, Doctor.
30:25How could it?
30:27Well, according to accepted theory, the vampire dematerializes its body and reintegrates it outside the grain.
30:34It's a good explanation, if you can believe it.
30:37And while I'm standing here listening to all this rubbish, there's a poor man in the garden in danger of a tetanus infection.
30:43Now, what should I do for him, Doctor?
30:44Shall I apply a mercurochrome or a 2% solution to bichloride?
30:48Well, either will do.
30:49Get some gauze and some mercurochrome.
30:52Thank you, Doctor.
30:52I'll wait here.
30:54Difficult to believe, isn't it?
30:56It's impossible to believe.
30:59And yet, it would explain these deaths, wouldn't it?
31:07Ah, Brett Schneider.
31:10Pardon their intrusion, Dr. von Neiman.
31:11But after what you saw last night, you'll be interested in this as well.
31:16Well, what's happened?
31:17Gringen was found dead an hour ago, with the two punctures in his neck and not a drop of blood in his body.
31:24And what's more, Herman Glyde has disappeared.
31:31What?
31:32Now you're convinced that we were right and you were wrong?
31:34That'd be proof enough for anybody.
31:37Gringen said Herman would get him, and he did.
31:39Well, Brett Schneider?
31:40I appoint you, my deputy.
31:43Organize a searching party and comb this countryside from one end to the other.
31:47Find Herman Glyde and bring him in, but don't harm him.
31:49You understand?
31:50What good will that do?
31:52He's a vampire.
31:54There's only one thing for us to do when we find him.
31:57Kill him and drive a stake through his ark.
31:58Herman Glyde will be tried by a court of law.
32:02The charge against him is proven true.
32:04The law will decide what to do with him, not you.
32:06Now get your men together and do as I tell you.
32:08That's the way to talk.
32:12I'm going into town for a while, Doctor.
32:13Would you care to come along?
32:14Oh, I hardly believe so.
32:16Because it'll be done until they find the boy.
32:18If you need me then, I'll...
32:20All right, thanks.
32:20I'll let you know.
32:29I see the world's going to think.
32:31There, Auntie.
32:31There's nothing here to be afraid of.
32:33Here comes Aime over with your Mercurochromid bandages.
32:36Run along now and take care of that patient of yours.
32:39Oh, heavens, I forgot all about him.
32:41Oh.
32:42Oh, my heart.
32:44Oh.
32:46Poor Auntie.
32:47She's had every ailment in the book.
32:49Well, a lot aren't, I'm afraid.
32:51Particularly a palpitation of the auriculoventricular tricuspid and mitral valve, Doctor.
32:58Well, I had to tell her something to satisfy her.
33:00Come on, men.
33:22Come on.
33:24Come on, men.
33:24Come on.
33:25Come on, Andy.
33:26We've got him.
33:27We can't get away from here now.
33:29Some of you's around that way.
33:31Come on.
33:32Go ahead.
33:32And if we try to get past you, you know what to do.
33:35Come on.
33:36Come on, men.
33:37We can't get over here.
33:51Come on, men.
33:52Come on.
33:52There it is, Smith!
33:54Here, boys!
33:56Herman, you're going back to the village with us.
34:00Come on.
34:02We won't hurt you.
34:04No.
34:06No, we won't go.
34:08No, we won't go.
34:10No, we won't go.
34:12Come on.
34:14Come on.
34:16We won't hurt you.
34:18No, we won't go.
34:20No, we won't go.
34:22I'm afraid.
34:24Come on.
34:26You're going with us, Herman.
34:28No.
34:29You're going with us.
34:31No.
34:32Come on, Herman.
34:34Come on, Herman.
34:38Come on, Herman. We won't hurt you.
34:40Come on.
34:42No.
34:44No.
34:50Oh!
34:51Oh!
34:52Oh!
35:01Come on, let's settle for him.
35:03Yes.
35:04Let's go.
35:05We can't answer them.
35:06No.
35:09Oh!
35:10Oh!
35:13You've got to make certain.
35:15I won't go down there.
35:17Nobody asked you to.
35:20I'll go myself.
35:22Can you see him?
35:25He's on a ledge about 50 feet down.
35:29I'll get a rope.
35:32We've got to make certain, I tell you.
35:45You must be careful, Emil.
35:50Very careful.
36:15No.
36:22It must be, it must be.
36:25She's no better than the rest.
36:29I've got to go on.
36:45I can't see him.
37:05I don't know.
38:40Oh, it's you, Doctor.
39:00I'm sorry to have to disturb you, Doctor, but we simply couldn't make Georgiana hear the bell.
39:04That's quite all right, my dear. Georgiana's becoming careless. Very careless.
39:08Yes, I've noticed that, too. In my opinion, she has Nagana.
39:12That's sleeping sickness. You know the symptoms, Doctor.
39:15At first I thought it was creeping paralysis, so I stuck a pin in her leg to see, and there was a splendid reaction of the reflex motor nerve.
39:22Why, Auntie, you're shocked. So was she.
39:26Won't you join me in some coffee?
39:28Yes, thanks, Doctor. We will. There are a few questions I'd like to ask you, Paula.
39:31About blood and murders and vampires, I suppose.
39:34Yes, I'm afraid so.
39:35So am I. Well, good night. If such a thing is possible, I'm going to bed.
39:40Won't you join us to, Frau Schnappmann?
39:42Coffee at this hour of the night?
39:43No, thank you. I'm going to stick to my Mona Asbestos and the Salic Salad.
39:48Acid, Doctor. Acid.
39:50Good night.
39:55What's the news in the village, Carl?
39:58Have they located Hermann yet?
40:00No, not a trace of him.
40:02I hate to think of that poor misfit being hunted down like a dog.
40:07Do you know, I simply can't bring myself to believe in that vampire theory.
40:11Will you pause?
40:12Certainly.
40:14I know, Carl.
40:16Our sena, calmer judgment tells us that such things can't be.
40:20And yet, here, for instance, in this ponderous tome,
40:24are cited a thousand and one phobias and complexes
40:27that human beings are heir to.
40:29Some of them are strange,
40:31more untenable even than werewolves and vampires.
40:36Could I have some more of these?
40:38You drink entirely too much coffee.
40:40That was my one weakness.
40:41And also my excuse for tolerating Georgiana's laxity and other things.
40:46She does know how to make good coffee.
40:50She brings it to me every night at exactly ten o'clock.
40:53And when I've drunk it all,
40:55then I know it's time to quit.
40:57Yes, and eat breakfast so you can have more coffee.
41:00Oh.
41:11Georgiana, you mustn't fly like that.
41:13Well, get yourself a turn of coolers.
41:19No, sit next.
41:21Just, just now.
41:24Ah!
41:24Ah!
41:26Ah!
41:28That was auntie.
41:39Auntie!
41:40Auntie!
41:40Auntie!
41:41Auntie!
41:41Auntie!
41:42Auntie!
41:42Auntie!
41:43Auntie!
41:43Auntie!
41:44Auntie!
41:45Auntie!
41:45Auntie!
41:46I'm all right.
41:47I'm all right now.
41:48Oh, I'm so sorry.
41:49Ava, help the flowers snap into her room.
41:51That's silly imagination.
41:52I imagine that.
41:53I imagine that.
41:54Oh, Joseph.
41:55That's it.
41:56Ah!
41:57Ah!
41:58Ah!
41:59Ah!
42:00Ah!
42:01Ah!
42:02Ah!
42:03Ah!
42:04Ah!
42:05Ah!
42:06Ah!
42:07Ah!
42:08Ah!
42:08Ah!
42:09Ah!
42:09Ah!
42:10Ah!
42:10Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:12Ah!
42:12Ah!
42:13Ah!
42:13Ah!
42:14Ah!
42:14Ah!
42:15Ah!
42:15Ah!
42:16Ah!
42:16Ah!
42:17Ah!
42:17Ah!
42:18Ah!
42:18Ah!
42:19Ah!
42:19Ah!
42:20Ah!
42:20Ah!
42:21Ah!
42:21Ah!
42:22Ah!
42:22Ah!
42:23Ah!
42:23Ah!
42:24Ah!
42:25Ah!
42:26Ah!
42:27Ah!
42:28Ah!
42:29Ah!
42:30Ah!
42:31Ah!
42:32It passes all belief
42:37Ruth's aunt saw Herman Gleib in the garden this morning could it be that he
42:53You were the first one here what happened I was in my room reading my door was open I
43:00Must have dozed off for a minute or so because I awoke to hear for a schnapp and scream you say your door was open
43:06Yes, my room is very poorly ventilated and you saw nothing heard nothing unusual
43:12nothing
43:16Carl what is it this crucifix belong to mother?
43:24See you
43:26I
43:28Can you positively identify this is belonging to Martha without a doubt I saw it in her room the night she died
43:35How in the world did it get here Herman Gleib was in her room?
43:39He had that crucifix in his hands and Herman was here today
43:47Maybe here now for all we know
43:49Who is it?
44:00Oh
44:01Oh
44:02How is she she's had a real shock this time, but she'll be all right. I'm putting you to bed
44:10Leave her there. Don't let her out of this room and don't you leave it either. What do you mean?
44:15It looks as if Herman Gleib is the killer after all. It's possible. He may be hiding here in the castle
44:21What makes you think so I'll tell you later stay in your room and keep your door locked. Don't worry about that
44:27I
44:29I
44:31Heard every word he said and I don't think there's any use of them searching for Herman
44:38They should look for a dog a human-faced dog
44:41And if the doors and windows are all locked there's nothing to be afraid of now
44:44Well, who said I was afraid? I'm not a bit afraid. No, of course you're not afraid, but you must get some rest rest in this awful place
44:51The dog-faced Herman's and human-faced bats and blood and murders and vampires
45:09Find anything, Carl?
45:11There's an unbroken cobweb in that window
45:14If Herman did it he came through the door. He must have
45:17And yet I don't understand how he could find his way up here without us hearing him
45:22Yet Emil was asleep and I was in the library
45:26Yes, he could have done it
45:28The facts all point to it
45:31What was it Emil? The Burgermeister
45:34He has news for her Brett Schneider about Herman
45:39Oh
45:47Pardon the intrusion doctor, pardon the intrusion. I knew Carl was here and I thought you wouldn't mind if I ran in to tell him the news
45:57About Herman?
45:58Yes
45:59He fell into the devil's well in the cave
46:03He's dead?
46:04Dead does a doornail
46:06This ends our troubles Carl
46:08The vampire's dead I can feel it in my bones
46:13Well, your bones may be wrong
46:14What time did this happen?
46:17Quite early about nine o'clock
46:19The cave is nearly two hours from here. That's why we didn't hear it sooner
46:24Well, it may interest you to know that there's been another death after your vampire died
46:31Dr. von Niemann's housekeeper
46:33Right here in her own room
46:34Mother of mercy
46:36What are we going to do?
46:37Well, a natural death wouldn't kill a vampire, Carl
46:40You know the accepted theory
46:42A stake driven through the heart
46:43Oh, yes, that's the theory all right
46:46But, but, but
46:47But what?
46:48But they did
46:50They drove a stake through his heart
46:52Good God, are we living in the Middle Ages?
46:54It wasn't through my sanction, Carl
46:56Masauer did it
46:58He told me so himself
47:02Well, that ends the vampire theory as far as I'm concerned
47:05Herman Gleib died in the accepted fashion for killing a vampire
47:09Oh, no, there's some human agency at work here, Doctor
47:12A madman who kills to satisfy some violent sadistic urge
47:17Yes, you're right, Carl
47:19I've been a fool, a superstitious fool
47:23Did they leave his body in the cave?
47:24Yes
47:25Yes, yes, they did
47:27Well, in view of what's happened, don't you think you owe him a decent burial?
47:31Well, you're right
47:32In view of what has happened
47:34We do owe him that, Carl
47:36I'll see to it at once this very instant
47:39And I'll make arrangements for Georgiana's removal to the morgue
47:42Good night, Doctor
47:44Pardon the intrusion
47:45Good night, Gustav
47:46Pardon the intrusion
47:50Well
47:52Here I am, just where I started weeks ago
47:56There isn't a single theory that doesn't lead straight into a stone wall
48:01I've jested about this vampire business because my better judgment told me it was a lot of nonsense
48:06Then I reached the point where I was willing to accept even that
48:10Because it seemed to satisfy the equation
48:13All of it would be superstitious
48:16I don't know which way to turn
48:18Where to look, what to look for
48:21Why should anyone want human blood?
48:24Why, why?
48:25Calm yourself, Carl
48:27Calm myself
48:29Calm myself
48:30With all these dumb solved murders staring me in the face
48:32And no solution in sight
48:39How much blood is there in the human body, Doctor?
48:42About six liters approximately
48:45Can you think of any purpose for which that amount of blood might be used?
48:50No
48:52Not even in transfusions
48:53That's the point which stops me
48:56There isn't any other use for human blood
49:01Murderers leave clues
49:03And these atrocities are murders, Doctor
49:05Those simple fools in the village can believe what they like
49:08But you and I are sane thinking people
49:10And you now and I know, Doctor, that these are murders
49:14The last one was done here
49:17In this very house right under this roof
49:21All right, I'll start here
49:23I'm going over every foot of this place both inside and out
49:26Nobody sane or insane is clever enough to get away with murder without leaving a clue of some sort
49:31And I'm going to find that clue
49:32Oh, come, Carl
49:33You mustn't let your nerves run away with you
49:35Here
49:35Here
49:37These
49:41These will help to give you a good night's sleep
49:46If there are any clues
49:48They'll be here in the morning when your nerves are calm and your
49:50Your mind is clear
49:54Take my advice and go home
49:56And rest
49:56I imagine the thousand demons were after me as I came down those stairs
50:00Ruth, didn't I tell you to stay in your room?
50:02Yes, but I wanted the doctor to come up in quiet alley
50:05You know, it isn't her imagination this time
50:06Of course, Ruth, I'll come right away
50:08Take my advice, young man
50:10Go home and go to bed
50:13Good night, Carl
50:15Good night, Ruth
50:20Good night, Carl
50:25Good night, doctor
50:50Good night, Sonny
50:55Good night, Father
50:59I took a movie
51:02And I took a movie
51:04And I took a movie
51:08This is a...
51:15If his lights are on,
51:45you must wait, Emil.
51:48Wait until he has gone to bed.
52:15Wait until he has gone to bed.
52:43Wait until he has gone to bed.
53:11Hold him as you did the others, Emil.
53:13Handle him as you did the others, Emil.
53:20You are strong, very strong.
53:27I am waiting for you, waiting for you to bring him to the laboratory.
53:34I am waiting for you, waiting for you to bring him to the laboratory.
53:49I am waiting for you to bring him to the laboratory.
54:19You.
54:26You are the one.
54:28What mad thing are you doing?
54:30Mad?
54:31Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?
54:37Life.
54:38Created in the laboratory.
54:39No mere crystalline growth, but tissue.
54:40Living, growing tissue.
54:41Life that moves, pulsates, and demands food for its continued growth.
54:44Huh.
54:45You shudder in horror.
54:46So did I the first time.
54:47But what are a few lies that we weighed in the balance against the achievement of biological
54:51science?
54:52Think of it.
54:53Think of it.
54:54I have lifted the veil.
54:55I have created life.
54:57Rested the secret of life from life.
54:58Now do you understand?
54:59For the lives of those who have gone before, I have created life.
55:02But what are a few lies to be weighed in the balance against the achievement of biological science. Think of it.
55:08I have lifted the veil.
55:10I have created life.
55:12Rested the secret of life from life. Now do you understand? For the lives of those who have gone before, I have created life.
55:21I'll tell Carl.
55:24You may.
55:26For tonight, Carl's name will be added to yours.
55:29And all of those who miss achievement will immortalize.
55:59Now, I will admit that you will not be believed in yourself.
56:02Let's go.
56:04Uh, let's go.
56:06I know that you won't be able to live.
56:08And you will be able to live.
56:10Let's see.
56:11I have to do this.
56:12I am so grateful to you.
56:13Please.
56:14Please, let me see you.
56:15I am so grateful to you.
56:18Oh, dear.
56:19Please, let me see you.
56:20I am so grateful to you.
56:21So, well, if you can, let me see you.
56:54I didn't take your sleeping tablets, Doctor.
57:24Hey, you brought them here.
57:36He's the one who murdered them.
57:50Stay where you are.
57:51You'll have a chance to tell everything, Doctor.
57:55I'll take care of our Neiman.
58:07Get her out of here.
58:09You stay here.
58:33For Neiman and Emil.
58:52Doctor.
58:53Doctor Vaughn.
58:54Oh, she mustn't see them.
58:59Where is Doctor Vaughn?
59:00I must see him immediately.
59:01I'm guessing you can't.
59:02He can't be disturbed.
59:03Oh, but I must see him.
59:04I simply must.
59:05That hydrosmagnetium sulfate he gave me is affecting me most peculiarly.
59:09You'll pardon me.
59:22Hydrosmagnetium sulfate.
59:24Well, that's Epsom salts.
59:41You see, I'll keep my heart.
59:42Go.
59:43Go.
59:44Go.
59:45Go.
59:46Go.
59:47Go.
59:48Go.
59:49Go.
59:50Go.
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