Invasion of the Vampires, The (1963)

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Macasio,

but it's Paolino?
Of course Crescencio. It was his turn.

It doesn't look like. He's more pale
than a cadaver.

As the others.

More pale than a cadaver.

- Where did it happen?
- As usual. At the death lagoon.

Let's go.

You see, Sir? I told you so.

Why his Lordship wouldn't
stay at the village tonight?

Full moons always brings misfortune
on The Villa of Spirits.

- Superstitions nonsense.
- No Sir.

Each full moon a young man from
the village dies. It never misses.

Mere coincidence. What does the
full moon have to do with all this?

It wakes up the soul of Mr Count in hell!

Stupidity!

Maybe it's as you say but
why don't we come back?

Go back if you want. I've got to
go to the Villa of the Spirits.

Well, I prefer. You will bring back
the carriage to the town house tomorrow.

I will bring it back later tonight.

I have a letter of recommendation for
the Marquis Gonzalo Guzman de la Serba.

- At this hour?
- I couldn't come earlier.

It's been a long trip from Mexico.

Here it looks like the end of the world.

Give it to me.

Follow me.

Welcome to my home Dr Ulysses Alvorandi.

Thank you Mr Marquis.

My master was right when he told me
I would be welcomed in your home.

Your master and I, more than friends,
were like brothers.

And despite the passing of time we
continue to deeply appreciate each other.

But take a seat please.

- And how is that dear Alejandro?
- Younger than ever.

It looks like time has stopped for him.

Yes he always bragged about discovering
the elixir of youth and life...

Nothing is impossible to the man
who made so many wonderful discoveries.

My trip here is precisely about
one of these discoveries

that will revolutionize
our knowledge on life.

And it's only here that we can attempt the
experiment that will prove this discovery.

- Here?
- Yes, Mr Marquis.

My master thinks this area is
sheltering the thing he needs the most.

Must we expect then the
coming of Count Cagliostro?

No Mr Marquis. It's impossible
for him to come now.

That's why he sent me in his place, I, his
most hardened disciple in the matter.

I don't want to be nosy but could
you tell me what all is this about?

Vampires.

- And how did your master learn that here...
- I don't know.

I guess he knows about everything

as already knew his illustrious
ancestor, Joseph Balsamo...

It seems a magic thing or he
has a sixth sense that us mortals don't.

Like a thousand eyes seeing everything.

Well. How can I help you?

I'd like to stay in this house for a while.

Agreed.

You can stay as long as you wish.

He can't stay. By no means!

- Who says so?
- Me.

Whoever comes in this house on
behalf of Count Cagliostro

will find the door widely open.

But your excellency
knows that it's impossible.

That's enough, Frau Hildegarda!

Doctor Alvaran will stay.

Beware, Mr Marquis,

it's very dangerous!

But it's worth taking the risk, right?

- I'm sorry, it's my fault if...
- Don't worry.

Frau Hildegarda is a very kind person,

faithful as a dog, but it's also necessary
to remind her that she's only a maid.

It's here.

What's going on?

Father Victor is busy tearing from hell

the soul of the unfortunate
man you saw this afternoon.

What?

The father says these dead people
are the devil's work.

And he says that his prayers
will help to put an end to this.

- Explain it.
- It's not clear enough, Sir?

I understand nothing. Explain it.

What dead people are you talking about?
And what the devil has to do with them?

To tell you the truth Sir, I missed
some parts of this story too.

Why don't you ask Mr Maxim?

- Who is he?
- The mayor.

The dead guy's father.
He's not been in charge for a long time.

- Can I talk to the Mayor?
- Of course Sir.

Mr Mayor.

Follow me your Lordship.

Mr Mayor is coming immediately.

Excuse me.

How can I help you?

I'm sorry to bother you in this
time of grief, Mr Mayor.

I wanted to offer my sympathy
for the death of your son.

Thank you.

Allow me to introduce myself.

Dr Ulysses Alvaran. At your service.

I don't want to have anything to
do with this cursed Villa of Spirits.

Maybe I can be more useful than you think.

What help could you give me?

Now my son is dead.

There's worse than death.

No, there's nothing worse than
not seeing again the people you love.

I don't agree.

Seeing him coming back from the grave,
looking alive, but dead inside,

to spread the most dreadful
desolation on earth is worse.

If you want to trample my heart,
to mock a grieving father,

I will show you how I
treat a quack like you!

I'm not a charlatan.

I already told you I'm a Doctor.

I only came here to
conduct some experiments

which in all probability
have a lot in common with

what provokes so much death
and grief in this village.

But I can't work alone.

I need your help and other people's help.

If only I knew how it all started.

It was a full moon when the Count
went out for a walk with his wife.

Horses and carriage returned
empty to the Villa of Spirits.

Next day the corpse of he Countess was
found near the "death lagoon".

We never heard of the Count after that.

As if he was devoured by the earth.

What Count are you speaking of, Mr Mayor?

Count Frankenhausen.

Frankenhausen.

The Villa of Spirits which
was a blessing to everyone

became our curse.

During full moons the soul
of the Countess comes back

and makes the same walk again from
the Villa to the "death lagoon"...

where she drowns herself in the water.

Young people in the
country lost their mind

and one of them decided to follow her
to the place where she disappeared.

Next day he was found exactly at the
same place where she died a long time ago.

With that hideous palor that no one
ever saw on a dead man's face.

Like my son now.

The words you just said
contain very important details

that maybe can help us to
solve those mysterious deaths.

Those deaths are not mysterious at all.

I used to mock Father Victor
when he said it was the devil's work.

But now I'm telling' you,

it's Satan himself taking
these young people's souls

to plunge their parents in despair

and part us from our holy ways.

These dead people are Satan's work.

Death is the work of the
deceased themselves.

Hell has nothing to do with this case.

The gentleman will think we're
backwards people in this village.

My reputation is at stake
Don Effren, don't you think?

And mine, Don Maximo,

mine too. I'm the Doctor in
this village and I won't

tolerate someone having doubts
on my scientific knowledge.

May I introduce myself, Sir?

Effren Lopez, doctor

or physician as call me

the small-minded minds
living in this place.

A forgotten hole

that civilization

hasn't visited yet

and never will as long as it
belongs to the same family.

Dr Ulysses Alvaran from Mexico.

Very nice then, we're colleagues.

I'm afraid not Sir.

I'm a Doctor in alchemy and occult
forces. I'm not a physician.

Don Effren neither.
He's just a bone setter.

I'm a Doctor

even if I didn't went to school.

I have many years of practice that make
me much more worthy than many graduates.

What's your opinion?

Alright...

you will understand
everything when I explain it.

You will explain it to him
another day, Don Effren.

Let him speak his mind.

I've heard it a hundred times already.

One time he even succeeded
in convincing me.

Excuse me.

Mr Mayor will lose his mind

if he gives free rein to his emotions.

- Want to taste?
- I don't drink. Thank you.

You don't know what you're missing.

I'm listening to you, Don Effren.

You see, Doctor.

They're all crazy people in this village.

That's the explanation for all the
strange things happening here.

You see, it's much more simple

than Don Victor's religious explanation.

Alright.

I'd like to believe you but
what's the relation then

with all these deaths happening
on each full moon.

There's a strange series
of cardiac failures

going on since the death of the Count

caused by a sort of collective hysteria.

Concentrating on a single individual.

A madness that stretches to the point

of fleshing out the ghost of the countess

to cover up something that doesn't exist.

Until the frenzy

and the physical exhaustion

provokes the heart failure.

It's a very personnel opinion.

I'm not in the know of all
the events but some other time.

I would be very pleased to have
further explanations from you.

Thank you very much for offering
your theories.

Not at all Sir, I'm honored
that you did listen to me.

It's daylight soon. You can go now.

Our guest is sleeping.
I put a narcotic in his meal.

We're attesting that Count Siegfried Von
Frankenhausen is legally marrying Eugenia G.

De la Serva, heiress of the
title of marchioness.

No, that's not what I'm looking for.

Look.

Look at the birth certificate
of the little Brunhilde.

The little Brunhilde born by her
father's will, the Count Frankenhausen...

No nothing there.

This list.

Here is the list

of the people who died
from this strange disease.

I keep a separate register.

The bodies are also at hand
near the cemetery.

In a kind of holy place.

You did not bury them yet?

Of course not!

We'll bury them when we're certain

that the devil has nothing
to do with their deaths.

It's possible they'll stay there forever.

There are 23 bodies.

Including Mrs Countess who was the first.

So Father you really don't know
who the Count Frankenhausen was?

Neither me nor anyone else.

The Marquis gave his daughter

to someone pretending
to be the Count Frankenhausen?

That's it.

He paid dearly for his foolishness.

Since the disappearance of the
Count and the death of his daughter

he never went out of the hacienda.

Nobody visited him, not even I.

Well, excepting you.

And Mrs Brunhilde?

Nobody seen her since then.

Some people say she accompanied the
father she loved so much

to the abysmal depths of hell.

Or Satan took her as he
had brought her on Earth.

I suppose you don't believe a word of this.

Why not?

Mr. Marquis who believed in him
now forswears God.

Coming from Count Frankenhausen I find
nothing astonishing since he was an heretic.

Did you already see Count
Frankenhausen's coat of arms?

Never.

Even when I had the run of the
place at the hacienda

I never saw it either on
his clothes nor on his carriage

where the nobility usually stamp it.

To tell the truth... I've
always find this very odd.

If my suspicions get confirmed
there's nothing odd in this.

It is very clear concerning a man
who tries to hide his origin.

Count Von Frankenhausen's
coat of arms is very recognizable.

Anyone seeing it once never forgets it.

On a black background
which represents night,

a German shield with a silver skull stamped
with a red gothic "F" on the forehead.

It symbolizes the death of
the first-born of each generation.

A Count crown

with the spread wings above,
also black as the night,

of a vampire.

A vampire!

I was looking for something to read.
I can't sleep.

Doctor, it is forbidden
to enter this room.

You do not make tribute to
the hospitality of Mr Marquis

disturbing his habits.

I didn't know. I will apologize
to your master tomorrow.

But tell me, where did the young lady
who fainted there a moment ago, go to?

I don't know what you're talking about.
There's no young girl around here.

What do you mean? I just
saw her with my own eyes.

I tell you again there's
no young girl around here.

Are you kidding me?

I've just seen her there, there!

This place, Doctor,

does not agree with you.

You should go back to Mexico.

Before you regret coming here.

Do you think I'm crazy?

I don't think anything. Let me go!

Now get out of here

and never come into this room again.

Mr Marquis doesn't like people

nosing in his business without asking him.

If Father Victor learns
about this violation...

We're doing this for mankind's sake.

Anyway, we've got to be careful.
Nobody must suspect us.

It's amazing!

I had never seen such likeness...

Likeness to whom?

To the young girl I saw
in the Hacienda of Spirits.

She has the same clothes.
It's the Countess soul!

Even if she looks like a ghost
I don't think it's the Countess.

It's part of the mystery
that I want to solve.

That's it!

Look at the marks!

It confirms my suspicions.

Count Frankenhausen...

is a vampire!

Vampire?

- A vampire you say, Sir?
- That's it.

A living vampire,

a m*rder*r,

master of these dead
people apparently harmless

but in fact as dangerous as him.

Because they're also vampires.

- You mean that my son too...
- Yes, Mr Mayor. He's also a vampire.

I saw the mark.
But he's a dead vampire.

His immobility is temporary.

He's like the others, the victim...

of a kind of catalepsy.

They only wait for the sign
to get out of their coffin

and transform themselves
into a danger worse than death.

Does your Lordship know
when they're getting out?

With certainty.

At the exact moment.

Count Frankenhausen will die, his
heart run through with a stake.

- We're in great peril.
- We should get out!

No harm will come to us as long as
your friend keeps his torch lit.

Fire is the worst enemy
of living vampires.

The vampire!

Bring the fire!

Another victim of the vampire.

- But it's not the full moon yet.
- It doesn't matter.

Count Frankenhausen became wild when
he saw us violating the grave of his wife.

- We must end this once and for all.
- You're right.

We must end this or he might end us!

We made him wild.

I'm leaving now before it happens...

Even if you bury yourself at the other
end of the world he will find you.

It's not only on us, on this village
that this terrible danger will spread

but on all humankind if we
don't put an end to him.

Doctor, you told me that you
were some sort of expert in this case.

We're at your orders.

What shall we do?

Burn the corpses.

I must set an example.

My son first.

Stop there!

Stop in the name of God!

I am the representative of
authority in this village

and no one will prevent me from taking the
appropriate action to stop further victims.

I forbid you!

You would go against the salvation of mankind
from the worst scourge plaguing this earth?

Best way to end this is to
reduce victims to ashes.

If you want to burn another corpse
you will have to burn mine first!

I'll dispose of my son as I please.

Any way you touch him I
will excommunicate you.

Don't do that, Mr Mayor!

It would mean w*r between the
neighbours in the village.

Adding more misfortune to all this misery.

I'll find a way to repel
the vampires invasion.

When will you do that, Dr?
We can't wait any longer.

- Give me some time. I'll succeed.
- You have to succeed Dr because

you're guilty of this abomination
and I could excommunicate you

and drop the anathema on
your head for that.

The Father is the guilty man.

I hold him responsible in front
of the justice of men and

in front of his superiors
if there's another victim!

We'll see that on the next full moon.

Raise!

I command you!

Raise!

You must fulfill the command of our blood.

As every Frankenhausen before we're
working our way out until the end.

Do not scream.

- Who are you?
- A friend come to save you.

Save me from what?
- One day you will learn. Now run back to the village.

And if you want to live do not look back!

Or else the gaze of this woman would plunge
you into the most horrible of all nights.

Go away! Go away, do as I say!

Quick, lead me to the room of the Miss.

What all this noise means?

You're right on time. It seems
that this fool is unable to speak.

He knows how but he can't speak.

His tongue has been cut?

Exactly, Doctor.

He lost it because he was too talkative.

Brunhilde, my dear Brunhilde!

At last I learn her name.

- What happened to my niece, Dr?
- I will explain everything Mr Marquis

but first I must examine her.
I fear for her life.

Come this way.

Whoever knows too much
puts his life in danger.

I do not know what to diagnosis.

All this is so weird.

My God...

don't take her away from me too.

She's all I have left.

Come on, calm down, Mr Marquis.

Your excellency knows I'm not a physician.

That's why I worried so much
seeing the first symptoms on her.

Glassy eyes, pallor mortis,

dilated pupils

and above all no pulse.

All this made me believe it
was a cardiac accident.

Something serious.
But now the danger is removed.

What do you mean, Dr?
Tell me the truth.

I'd like to, Mr Marquis

but I'm missing the link to
make the chain complete.

I don't understand.

Have faith in me, Mr Marquis.

That's all I can tell you for now.

But take it easy, your excellency.

If the symptoms I described
to you were cardiac

your niece would already be dead by now.

But look at her.

It looks like she's sleeping.

Exactly, she's sleeping

but her sleep is not normal.

She seems to be in hypnotic state.

You mean she's under hypnosis?

We can only be certain when she wakes up.

If she doesn't remember anything at
all there will be no doubt then.

It's the main characteristic
of these psychic conditions.

The patient is acting according to the
hypnotizer's will unknowing of what he's doing.

On this ground I know how to move.

It's mine. Take it easy, your excellency.

Who's the cursed man who did that to her?
Mr Marquis.

You are the most tiresome
person I know! What do you want?

It's time to take your potion.

It is a sedative.

My nerves are on edge.

I'm going to my room.

In case the Miss wakes up
call me as soon as you can.

If she doesn't I will come
back after you've had a rest.

Someone must stay by her side.

I will stay.

Luckily I got here right on time.

If you come in again
without me ordering you

I'll give you a hard time!

I'll do it as many times
as I deem necessary.

Your excellency is so reckless.

And you are totally disrespectful.

It doesn't matter to me.
I must protect you above all.

I will save you even if it means
sacrificing everyone else.

My niece comes first.

If I kept quiet till now it was only to save
her from the terrible fate threatening her.

But my patience has limits.

Mine is limitless and
will be rewarded soon.

Here is my reward.

Speak clearly or I'll k*ll you!
What have you got here?

I will give it only to my master.

It's me your master! Give.

My master is Count Frankenhausen.

I'm sorry, Doctor. I thought
you were already in bed.

Miss is awake?

No, it's only a glass of
wine sent by Mr Marquis

to help you recover
from your exhaustion.

- Thanks a lot. Give it to me.
- No, no, allow me.

What happened in this room?

It's nothing. I was looking for something
and since I couldn't find it...

You see...

I will ask for someone to
come and pick up your clothes.

I will clean up, don't worry.
Thanks a lot. See you tomorrow.

Try to relax.

I forgot, you can sleep easy.

Miss Brunhilde won't
wake up before tomorrow.

How do you know that?
It often happens to her.

She's a sleepwalker.

A sleepwalker?

Doctor, you saw her during
one of her crisis.

You remember in the library?

It's just that Mr Marquis is
a little ashamed of the fact.

It's a bit silly, don't you think?

Yes, it's not his fault.

That's what I think

but Mr marquis doesn't
want people to learn this

and that's why he doesn't
let her out of the hacienda.

He even goes to the point
of denying her existence.

As he would have done so if you
had asked about her...

on that night.

A sleepwalker?

Please, I beg you, do not
speak about it to Mr Marquis.

You remember when I told you I was
missing a link to complete the chain.

Yes.

I found it.

And Frau Hildegarda gave it to me.

How?

I don't understand.

When I was in my room she came
to visit me and tried to convince me

your niece was only suffering
from a sleepwalking crisis.

That's what she told you?

She forbid me to talk about it with
you because you're supposedly ashamed.

Wretched, you'll see!
- It's not the proper way to react, Mr Marquis.

We must fight her with her
own weapons. The secret.

If she knew that we know, we're lost.

I only know that Count Frankenhausen

suffers from a ghastly hereditary disease

and that my niece will escape
only by following the same path

than her father when he dies.

There's no other remedy than human blood.

Who told you this monstruosity?

Hildegarda.

She revealed Count Frankenhausen's
awful secret to me.

He's a vampire

and Brunhilde will become
a vampire like him.

That's why I agreed to be the
accomplice of so much crimes.

Your excellency?

Yes, to save my niece

I would give my own life.

Your excellency doesn't know
that blood is vampire's food

and that each new victim
becomes a threat to society?

Continuing like this neither
your Lordship nor the Miss

nor anyone'll be able to escape.

Then it means I've been misleaded?

It can't be.

Unfortunately it can.

It's horrible

but I can't step back.

You can't come back in time but
you can repair the harm you've done.

And maybe you'll be able to
save Miss Brunhilde if you help me.

If you save her I will give you
everything you want, Doctor.

Everything I have.

I said maybe I can save
her but I'm not certain.

The experiments I had
in mind coming here

revolve around the applications
of a liquid named "goric acid"

which according to my master

is the only way to fight
the vampire disease.

If my good friend Alexandre
said so then it's the truth.

What are you waiting for then?

Here is my niece.
Let's not lose any time.

Come on, calm down, Mr Marquis.

It's not as easy as you
might think. Now more than before.

The instructions for the fabrication
of goric acid has been stolen.

They've been stolen from
you here in my house?

- Who?
- I don't know.

I think it's Frau Hildegarda.

Frau?

Yes it's probably her.

I remember now, she spoke about a reward.
- It doesn't matter now.

I think I will be able to reproduce
the formula from memory.

I'm going back to Mexico
because I need to use a laboratory.

No, don't go back to Mexico.

Count Frankenhausen was a real alchemist.

And you will find here an exceptional
laboratory with full equipment.

- She's waking up.
- Don't raise your voice.

Let her wake up alone.

Before she wakes up, some last advice.

Tell me everything.

Have faith in me, Mr Marquis.
Don't say a word to anyone

and follow blindly my recommendations.

I will do what you ask.

She must not know I'm not a physician.

Don't be afraid my dear.

This young man is one
of my very good friends.

I introduce you to Dr Ulysses Alvaran.

Doctor?

What's going on?

You were seriously ill
but now the danger is past.

- I was ill?
- Yes my darling.

- You don't remember anything?
- About what?

About your illness,

you don't remember anything, any details?

Try to remember Brunhilde.

The Doctor only thinks
about your well-being.

Why? What's the matter with me?

It's what I'm trying to discover Miss.

From your answer I could make a diagnosis.

Tell me. What's the last
thing you remember?

Have faith and answer him.

I don't remember anything.

Just that I fell asleep
and now I'm waking up.

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

I have no reason to lie to you.

The Doctor only wants to
know more about your illness.

It's enough for the moment, Mr Marquis.

You see, your excellency,
everything becomes clearer.

Yes Dr,

you were right.

What do you suggest?

The little Miss should
lead a normal life,

go out and take a ride by foot
or by horse, as she wishes.

- But it could...
- It's an order, Mr Marquis.

And now she must rest
because dawn is coming.

I found the writings, Mr Count.

Method to obtain "acid goric"

by Count Cagliostro.

Here is the answer.

But you won't have my
skin Count Cagliostro.

You don't want to be
cured, your excellency?

Of course not, Hildegarda.

Do you know what it means for me
this terrible disease.

Count Gagliostro is
talking about in here?

If it can't be stopped

the day will come

when mankind will be completely
replaced by vampires.

How horrible, Mr Count!

Do not be silly, Hildegarda.

It will be a glorious day
for the Frankenhausen!

The entire world under
the rule of our family.

Dead vampires

are forever sl*ves of the
living vampire who k*lled them.

I'm this vampire!

As each first-born vampire of my ancestors.

Nobody will stop the Frankenhausen
from ruling the world.

We must do this to gain some time

until I can find in the laboratory
of the hacienda the goric formula.

What's this?

It's a liquid that can be injected into a
vampire and doesn't require burning them.

It will allow us to erase those
blood-sucking demons, living or dead,

and all the evil they bring with them.

I will need a lot of time
to get the liquid...

and the required quantity
to destroy all the vampires around us.

Because this liquid
can only be found in mandrakes.

- Mandrakes?
- Yes.

But not the common ones. It's
in another variety, very hard to find,

with black flowers instead of yellow.

Near the death lagoon mandrakes
with black flowers are growing.

Yes, I know.

How'd you know since you just
arrived here, your Lordship?

I was certain because mandrakes
only grow on vampire lands.

And they must grow in your area since
the coming of Count Frankenhausen.

Absolutely Doctor. The first
flowers appeared at this time.

I came looking for these plants.

And I have the formula to obtain from
their roots, equally black, the goric acid.

So tell me if you're ready to help me.

Without a doubt Doctor.

Not with me in anyway.

Presencio, you can't let us
down when we need your help.

I don't want to have anything to do
with death, corpses and vampires.

You can order me to do anything else but

for such a sacrilege, as father would
say, don't count on me, your Lordships.

You're deserting!

It certainly is as his Highness says
but me I'm getting out of here.

Would you rather be
transformed into such a monster?

No. No, I don't.
Dear lord, hear my pray,

don't let the vampires drink
my blood tonight.

Sit down there and obey the doctor!

The only thing you have to do
is cut and sharpen the stakes.

Did you understand him?
Try to avoid suspicion.

Otherwise Don Victor will ruin
things like the other night.

Then, I don't have to go
to the cemetery with you?

Yes, because we can't do it alone.

No, no! And thousand times no!

You're so silly! Didn't you understand the
things the doctor was telling us?

Of course I understood. He said a vampire
dies when you stick a stake in his heart.

- And he can't leave his tomb.
- Not always.

Sometimes the stakes is all we need.

Sometimes it doesn't work.

Oh, no! That just make things worse.

And, if a corpse catches
us when we try to k*ll it?

They can't move, I guarantee they can't.

They could attack with stake and all.

Then,

something like that would
mean our complete destruction.

For mankind...

it will be... an invasion of vampires.

I'm a sinner, father, I'm a sinner!

Come on, come on, get up now.

My soul is lost, my soul is lost!

Quiet, please, quiet.

You've sinned but not because you're bad,
only because you're an ignorant.

You think a dead man can come
to life when he wants to?

Because you put a stake in his heart...

he can't come back to life on Judgment Day?

- But the doctor said...
- Yes, yes,

I know what the doctor said.

But you mustn't repeat it, because
then I'll really consider you a sinner.

No, God, no!
I don't want to lose my soul.

This are only superstitions.

Only superstitions. And you...
you mustn't do what the doctor orders you.

I won't, father, I won't.

I was so scared that my nervous
system began to fail me.

Watch this!

You mustn't have fear from the dead,

fear the living, because most of them
are evil and ignorant.

Yes, father, yes.

I'll be careful to do that. But I tremble
when I remember sticking the stakes.

Forget all you saw there last night
or you'll tremble more.

Look, the people of this village...

- are more stupid than all the others.
- Thank you, father.

You're welcome. If those idiots find out
the dead can return, anything can happen.

It would be such a mess,
even God wouldn't know the end.

I order you, not to open your mouth.

Just as you said, my mouth is closed.

At the right moment, I'll take care...

to remove that sacrilegious
doctor from village.

- Is the view nice?
- Marvelous!

I never thought that
the Black Lagoon could be so nice.

- In that case, was the trip worthwhile?
- Of course.

I just regret I didn't come before this.

- And your father's forbidding?
- I can't understand it.

But now that I see this
wonderful view here it's more confusing.

- I don't know why?
- Maybe because he adores you.

He's afraid you might get
hurt in an accident.

Like my mother.

Yes, that could be the reason.

Poor mom and poor dad.

- What happened to him?
- Come on, forget these sad thoughts.

Yes...

Brunhilde!

Brunhilde!

- What happened?
- Listen!

Brunhilde!

I hear nothing.

My name...

Someone called my name.

And the voice comes from there,
from the lagoon.

Brunhilde!

You're still weak.

And you experience what we call,
auditory hallucinations.

No, it's not a hallucination, believe me.

Since I arrived here it's all very strange.

But now the lagoon is calling me
in such an irresistible manner.

Brunhilde!

- Stop, where are you going?
- It's calling me.

- I'm sure that's my mother's voice.
- Your mother is dead!

It's her, listen!

It can't be your mother. She's dead.

- It's her, it's her!
- Come to your senses, Brunhilde!

Your mother is buried at the cemetery,
I saw her!

You saw her?

- Dead?
- Well...

I saw her grave.

I didn't see her body.

Me neither.

I didn't see her body after she died.

I wasn't allowed...

I wasn't allowed!

That's all in the past now.

You mustn't look back in life.

You must look forward, and keep living.

That our children can live as well.

Brunhilde, don't cry anymore.
I beg you, don't cry.

Your tears make me very sad.

I don't know if I should tell you.

But I have to.

I don't want your gratitude
for what I've been doing for you.

Because actually
there is a good reason for it.

I don't follow you.

That's all I can say.

Later on I'll find the way to tell you,
I think you'll understand me then.

Meanwhile, I beg you,
have confidence to me,

and accept a present to recall this moment.

A crucifix.

It was my mother's.

- I can't accept it.
- Please, accept it, Brunhilde.

Just wearing it always
will help us in your healing.

- And, if I lose it?
- God's will, don't you think?

In that case, can you help me?

Well...

I think we better go to work now.

Didn't you come to see the lagoon?

No, I came to get mandrake.

- Are you kidding me?
- Not at all.

I'm completely serious.
I need mandrake...

for certain experiments,
and people assure me that I find it here.

I can show you a field
close to the house with plenty of them.

The kind I need grows here only.

It's a very strange species.

This kind has black roots,
the flowers are black as well.

I never imagined that it could exist
Mandrake with this color.

And so close to my house.

Now I need your authorization
to come along when needed.

Laboratory is all yours.
Here is the key, keep it.

It's the only one. The other key
got lost with Count Frankenhausen.

I hope I remember
the process to get Boric Acid.

Anyway, I'm very grateful, Mr. Marquis.

The one who must be grateful is me...

For your interest.

It's very easy to be interested for such
a lovely girl as your grand daughter.

Excuse me I insist that you
remember what I told you about her.

She doesn't know
about his father's way of life...

nor the terrible destiny
that awaits her if you fail.

I repeat, I won't tell anything.
Don't worry.

Today I gave her a gift
that will somehow protect her.

A crucifix.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

What are you doing here so early?

The crucifix you gave me has disappeared.

How?

In the same mysterious way that
my others crucifixes disappeared before.

I went to sleep with it on
and when I woke up it wasn't there.

Someone took it from you
when you were asleep.

I always lock the door when I go to sleep.

It's strange, very strange.

What?

The black roots have disappeared as well.

- Was the door locked?
- Yes, I'm sure of that.

That's the only key.

Someone else must have a key.

I guess that the same person
took your crucifix and my black roots.

I'm sure that someone wants me
to fail with my experiment.

We have to know who the culprit is!

Do you trust me?

Of course.

- I need your help.
- Sure, what must I do?

Grandfather...

Guess where we've been this afternoon.

No, I'm not a good guesser.

At the Death Lagoon.

Again?

Don't you know I dislike seeing you there?

Why, Mr. Marquis?

- What's wrong about it?
- Nothing.

It's just superstition.

I'm concerned that she goes
to such a hideous place.

Hideous, grandfather?
It's the most beautiful place I ever saw.

You haven't seen many places.

Excuse me, Mr. Marquis. It was my fault.

Don't worry.

But I hope it doesn't happen again.

Don't worry, your excellence.

I won't ask her again to help me
collect more black mandrake.

You must see it, grandfather.

We collected a large amount.

I marked on this map
the place where we hide it.

Can you keep it, Miss Brunhilde?

I'd be glad to, doctor.

A map to hide roots!

Yes, grandfather. Same as
pirates made to hide their treasures.

All this will seem very
childish to you, Mr. Marquis.

But this map is more important
than any pirate treasure.

I do suspect who the culprit
in all this might be.

You're the one who narcotize
his victims to rob them,

using the secret passages
of this old building.

I can't believe it, Frau Hildegarda,
supremely loyal,

- attempting against the daughter of his master, the Count Frankenhausen.
- Attempting against the daughter of his master, the Count Frankenhausen.

And I'll keep doing it!

And I'll keep doing it!

- But why? - You just said it!
- But why? - You just said it!

For loyalty to my master.

- I don't understand you.
- Ask your friend, the doctor.

He knows more than you can imagine.

Don't listen to her, she's completely nuts!

Maybe I'm nuts, but I'll be always...

helping my master,
the Count of Frankenhausen.

What are you saying?
You're helping my father?

That's it.

You know where he is!

Don't listen to her,
she's completely insane.

But I tell the truth and
will tell all the truth.

Shut up, or I'm capable of...!

I'm not scared by your threats,

I'll tell her.

Brunhilde will finally know
everything that her father...

Why'd you do it?

It was necessary!
I can't explain it now!

You can't explain it now...
Always the same answer!

- You think I'm a child?
- No, you're not.

But I'm not authorized to speak,
nor permited to speak about it.

But I've the right to know about my father,
who can forbid that?

The Marquis.

Brunhilde! Brunhilde!
Open up, daughter! Open up!

Oh, grandfather!

What happened here?

She wanted to tell Brunhilde
something about her father and...

- I had to silence her.
- I don't get it.

But, if that is true, you acted correctly.

I've the right to know,
I want to know!

You'll know, my daughter, you'll know.

Hildegarda is being too impertinent
and it was necessary to stop her.

For now, we'll lock her up.

You, help the doctor to carry her.

Give me the candles, I'll guide you.

My dear, stay here
and try to get a little rest.

We'll talk tomorrow.

Follow me.

Presencio, there's gonna be thunder.

What? You didn't hear it?

- God, help him!
- There's gonna be thunder.

Come on, Mr. Efren.

They're coming, they're coming!

They came out the tombs!
They came out the tombs!

- Who came out the tombs?
- The vampires!

- Are you drunk?
- No!

They're coming to the village!
We must warn the priest!

I'll do it. They will k*ll us...

Vampires! Vampires!
They're coming!

- Let's go, Mr. Efren!
- What did that idiot say?

Are you deaf? Vampires!

They're coming from the cemetery.

Are you kidding me?

Hurry, if they catch us, we'll look like
a freshly squeezed juice.

- You're an ignorant, a Ret*rded.
- Let's go, I believe him!

- What vampires?
- They're coming to the village!

Ignorant, that's just a tale.

Maybe, but I will warn the mayor.
Vampires!

- Vampires!
- Ignorant,

Ret*rded. Vampires don't exist!

What happened, Lazaro?

Yes, yes, something serious
must be happening...

- if you're here at this time...
- Grandfather!

- Grandfather, what happened?
- Don't know, daughter, don't know.

- They're ringing the bells in the village!
- Yes, I hear it but I don't know why.

- Maybe a fire?
- That's possible.

With this storm,
a flash could easily start a big fire.

But don't be afraid. Go to bed and rest.

I'll send somebody to the village
to get some information.

Nobody must left the house.

- What happened?
- What's wrong, Ulysses?

- Nothing, nothing, nothing at all.
- Why did you say we should stay?

Because I know what's happening.
Those bells aren't calling for help.

They're warning us about an attack.

- Warning?
- Yes, we must defend ourselves.

That's the reason we'll stay here.
We'll be stronger together.

There's not much time left.

Come with me, doctor.

- You guess that...?
- It's not a guess.

I'm very sure.

You told me that could
only happen if he dies...

He's dead.

How is it possible?

We fought and I had to k*ll him
before I got k*lled.

- He's in the laboratory.
- What are you talking about?

For God's sake,
tell me what's happening!

Why must we defend ourselves?
And from who?

Ok, Brunhilde.
We're going to explain it to you.

The time has come,
and you have to know.

Wait! Don't open, it could be them!

I'll take a look.

Open up! Open up! It's us!

They're coming! They're coming!

They left his tombs.

- What happened to you?
- Don't worry, I'll tell you later.

The villagers are hiding in the church.

Everybody but Mr. Efren.
He's still on the street, insulting us.

He says we're ignorant and Ret*rded.

We came to warn everybody
that they're nearing the village.

- We must flee! Come on!
- You must stay here if you want to live!

They are gonna get us!

They won't get us. The bells warned us.

We wanted to prepare
our defense before you came.

You knew it?

The doctor has reasons
to know what's happening.

How will we do it?

Placing at each door and window
black roots from the mandrake.

That will stop them.

But it's too late to go to the
Death Lagoon. They'll be here soon!

No, I have a lot of black roots.

Doesn't need to be now, but somebody
has to tell me what's going on.

Who will leave the graves?
Who's coming?

Vampires!

Doors and windows are secured.
Now we can only wait.

- You told her?
- Everything.

Everything but that you
k*lled the Count of Frankenhausen.

Is she very impressed?

Yes.

She doesn't want to believe it.

I'll tell her in due course.

Come on.

Be calm.

It's horrible, horrible.

Mourning won't help you.

Now you'll understand a lot of things.

And like I always say... trust me.

I'll save you.

Thank you.

Brunhilde!

Brunhilde!

It's my mother's voice!

Don't go!

- It's my mom, it's my mom!
- You can't go outside!

- My dear...
- I want to see my mother!

No, you can't!

- Father!
- Brunhilde!

Paulino...

My son!

Your son is dead.

My son's here, I have to see him.

- You'll die!
- I don't care, I want to hug him.

Anyone who goes out will become a vampire.

He's my son, my son!

Don't listen to the voices.
It's just a trap!

Be brave. They'll come every night.

Think of the terrible
suffering of those bodies.

Damned to do it every night, without rest.

We have to save them.

When will it be over?

- When will this agony be done?
- Not until I get the Boric Acid.

I promise to work hard!

They're calling my dad!

- The Count of Frankenhausen is here.
- Here?

- In this place?
- Yes.

- I want to see him!
- It's not possible now.

- Why?
- Because he's dead.

- Dead?
- Worse than dead.

- He became a Vampire.
- No!

- That's impossible.
- Unfortunately, yes.

- He's at the lab.
- I need to see him.

My dear, you don't need
to see such a horrible thing.

I don't care, he's my father.

- I beg you, I need to see him.
- No, not yet.

Wait till I obtain the product that returns
Frankenhausen to its natural state.

Then you can see him, see his corpse!

Because he's now just a vampire,
a dead vampire!

That's not true! You're lying!

The Count of Frankenhausen isn't dead!
He can't die!

- Calm down, Frau Hildegarda.
- No!

He's not dead. The Count of Frankenhausen
will become the world's master.

When he transforms everybody into vampires.

He'll become the master of us all,
he can't die!

Shut up, Hildegarda. Don't say
such nonsense. The Count is dead!

No! The Marquis lies, he's also lying!

The Count isn't dead!

The Count of Frankenhausen is dead!
I k*lled him!

I had to do it for save my life.

To protect you all!

Unfortunately I understand that you
don't realize the danger we are facing...

if you don't see it with your own eyes.

I wanted to avoid this horrible show,
but I found out it was useless.

I'll show you.

The mayor!

Mr. Efren!

He's dead.

For God's sake!

I knew it would happen,
never saw him so drunk.

Alcohol had nothing to do with his death.

A vampire k*lled him.

For being an infidel!

He chose to stay outside
instead of being safe in God's house.

May God have mercy on your soul.

- Amen.
- Amen.

Priest.

We came to ask your help.

What can I do for you?

I know what can protect
us against vampires.

Please, bring together the
townspeople to explain how.

Excuse me. Excuse me, son,
that... I take precautions.

Because you always offer me
sacrilegious actions.

Tell me what it is.

Priest, look what happened to Mr.
Efren for being sceptical.

It's alright.

I'll do it.

Brunhilde!

We come to get you!

Finally...

Finally I got it!

I got it!

I got it! I got it!
Here you are!

It's Boric Acid.
The vampires' threat is over.

The vampires' threat is over!

It's marvelous. It's marvelous, doctor.
What a joy!

Hildegarda!

We come to get you!

- Dad...
- Don't go!

Dad!

There is no danger.

Frankenhausen is no longer a vampire.

He's just a harmless cadaver,
like any other.

The same will happen to the others
when I put the acid in his veins.

And my granddaughter, will she be cured?

Of course, Mr. Marquis.
When I treat her with Boric Acid,

the curse of Frankenhausen's family
will disappear forever.

Farewell, Count of Frankenhausen,
greetings to Mr. Efren.

Here lies the Frankenhausen's Count...

and Frau Hildegarda,

his loyal servant
who didn't abandon them...

even in the journey to the afterlife.