Son of Dracula (1943)

Frank Craven: Doctor Harry Brewster

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• Prof. Harry Brewster : I called to find out if you know anything about a titled Hungarian family named Alucard... A-L-U-C-A-R-D.

  Prof. Laszlo : Alucard? No. I'm sure there is no such family. The name is not Hungarian.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Well, can you tell me, is it possible there's a Count Dracula still living?

  Prof. Laszlo : Dracula? I'm sure there is not. History says the last Count Dracula died in the Middle Ages. Why do you ask?

  Prof. Harry Brewster : A certain Count Alucard is visiting a friend of mine. I happened to notice that the name spelled backward is Dracula.

  [Chuckling] 

  Prof. Harry Brewster : It made me curious.

  Prof. Laszlo : That is strange. According to the legends of my people, the last Count Dracula became one of the undead... a vampire... and was finally destroyed in the nineteenth century.

  [Chuckles] 

  Prof. Laszlo : I am considered somewhat of an authority on the subject.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : I know, Professor. That's why I called you. If this man is an impostor, why should he assume that name over all others?

  Prof. Laszlo : Oh, he wouldn't... not if he were sane. In Transylvania, the name is associated only with evil. I advise you to be very careful of that man.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : From your tone, I gather you don't entirely disbelieve the legends of the former Dracula.

  Prof. Laszlo : In my research, I have uncovered data which I cannot entirely disprove. I do not say I believe, but, in honesty, I cannot say I disbelieve. I repeat, be very, very careful of that man.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : I will, Professor. Thank you very much.

• [first lines] 

  Harry [townsman bit] : How are ya, doctor?

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Hi, Harry.

  Frank Stanley : Hey, Charlie!

  Charlie, station agent : Hello Dr. Brewster, Mr. Stanley.

  Frank Stanley : How are ya. Say, uh, those all the passengers you have?

  Charlie, station agent : Just the four.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : You didn't put anyone off at the wrong station, did you? We're here to meet a friend of the Caldwells, a Count Alucard.

  Charlie, station agent : There was no Count on this train. All customers. Say - there was a lot of stuff in the baggage car that might belong to your Count.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Thanks, we'll take a look at it.

  Train Conductor Voice : [offscreen]  All aboard.

  Frank Stanley : [looking at a pushcart piled with trunks and cases]  Well, does this look as though he's come to stay for just a couple of weeks?

  Prof. Harry Brewster : No, it doesn't. I wonder what's become of him?

  Frank Stanley : Probably coming by car. Don't worry, he'll show up.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : [the Doctor moves close to the luggage, studies the name on a crest on a box which has been stacked sideways]  D - R - A - C...

  Frank Stanley : What are you mumbling about?

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Nothing, nothing. Just a silly idea hit me. Well, if there's no Alucard, there's no need of our staying around here. I've got to get back to the office.

  [He leaves scene as Frank now looks at the sideways crest. Fade to black] 

• [last lines] 

  Sheriff Dawes : You mean, that's all that's left of Count Alucard?

  Prof. Laszlo : Look at the ring on his hand. It bears the Alucard seal, just as on his luggage.

  Sheriff Dawes : Well assuming it is Alucard, or Dracula, or whoever he calls himself - where is Frank Stanley? He's still wanted for murder.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : You still think that Frank killed Kay deliberately?

  Sheriff Dawes : Look, Doctor, I'm only the Sheriff. I'm not the Judge. It's my job to bring him in, and the court's to decide his guilt.

  Prof. Laszlo : Of course. But I think our testimony will have some bearing on their decision.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Undoubtedly. But the main thing to do now is to find Frank - and I think I know where he is.

  [Dissolve to final scene, which is played entirely without dialogue] 

• Prof. Laszlo : Then, you didn't tell him what we believe?

  Prof. Harry Brewster : The chances of convincing a hardheaded sheriff... that we were dealing with a vampire seemed slim.

  Prof. Laszlo : Very. Yet I am satisfied that such is the case. Alucard is undoubtedly a vampire... probably a descendant of Count Dracula.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Are you sure we're not allowing our imagination to run away with our common sense?

  Prof. Laszlo : Can you suggest any other explanation for the events of the past few days?

  Prof. Harry Brewster : No. Neither can I give a lucid explanation of a vampire.

  Prof. Laszlo : Broadly speaking, a vampire is an earthbound spirit... whose body comes to life at night and scours the countryside, satisfying a ravenous appetite for the blood of the living. This it does by drawing it from the throat of its victim.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : That's a nauseating thought! They're supposed to be immortals, no doubt?

  Prof. Laszlo : Practically. So long as they return to their graves before sunrise. Between then and sunset, they remain in a sort of, uh, cataleptic state, during which they can be destroyed by two different means. At night, however, they are invulnerable.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : You mean you believe Frank shot through Alucard without hurting him?

  Prof. Laszlo : [Chuckling]  Bullets would have had no effect on him.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : It's strange to hear a man of science like yourself... calmly admit that he believes in a superstition so fantastic.

  Prof. Laszlo : I could spend days citing proof that it is not mere superstition. My own homeland in the Carpathian Hills where Count Dracula lived... is sad testimony to its truth. What was once a happy, productive region is today barren waste... villages depopulated, the land abandoned.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Maybe that's why he left there and came here to a younger country, stronger and more virile.

  Prof. Laszlo : Of course... and he will fasten on it and drain it dry, just as he did his homeland. Unless... we can find his grave and destroy him in it.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : His grave? He was buried in Hungary, wasn't he?

  Prof. Laszlo : Yes, but you will find that one of the chests he brought... contains a layer of soil from his birthplace. That constitutes a grave.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Are you serious?

  Prof. Laszlo : Rest assured he has it hidden in some safe place... and returns to it just before sunrise every morning.

  Prof. Harry Brewster : Our job seems to be to find that chest with him in it and destroy him.

  Prof. Laszlo : That won't be as simple as it sounds. The vampire can assume very many different forms at will. Sometimes it appears as a bat, sometimes as a werewolf... and sometimes as a small cloud of swirling vapor. In this way it can move unseen among its enemies, learn their plans and be in a position to outwit them.

  Count Dracula : [materializing from a mist]  You are very brilliant, aren't you, Professor Lazlo? Perhaps too brilliant for your own good... and that of Dr. Brewster. You're right. I am here because this is a young and virile race, not dry and decadent like ours. They have what I want, what I need, what I must have. Do you suppose that I would allow any mortal to stand in my way?