19 Nocturne Boulevard's THE THRICE TOLLED BELL - Reissue
Reissue of one of 19 Nocturne's earliest episodes (from October 2008). Includes notes from Julie about the history and making of 19 Nocturne Boulevard.\xa0 (transcript below cast list)
THE THRICE TOLLED BELL
(TW:\xa0 Insensitive archaic references and representations of people who might be in a "sanitarium".)
An homage to classic Hammer films.
Cast List
Dracula - Bryan Hendrickson
Van Helsing - Rick Lewis
Wallace - Gene Thorkildsen
Dr. Pettigrew - Michael Faigenblum
Miranda Locksley - Rhys Torres-Miller
Dr. Trevalian - Mathias Rebne-Morgan
Mrs. Farge - Molly Tollefson
Gorvi - Joel Harvey
Britt - Julie Hoverson
Nurse - Krystal Baker
MUSIC
All works composed by Harlan Glotzer (\xa9 2008) [BMI] {harglo@gmail.com}
- Concertina - Harlan Glotzer
- Violoncello - Rachael Beaver & Tracy Hagen
- Toy Piano - Dana Wen & Roger Nelson
- Clavichord - Dana Wen
\xa0\xa0\xa0 Toy-Box Trio (http://www.myspace.cpm/toyboxtrio)
toyboxtrio@gmail.com
Voices recorded with the assistance of Ryan Hirst of Neohoodoo Studio
Editing and Sound: \xa0 Julie Hoverson
Assistant Director:\xa0 Reynaud LeBoeuf
19 Nocturne Theme Music:\xa0 Kevin MacLeod \xa0\xa0\xa0 (Incompetech.com)
Cover Photo:\xa0\xa0 Vickie Mathews
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 (courtesy of Stock Xchange.com)
"What kind of a place is it?
Why it's an Edwardian insane asylum, can't you tell?"
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THE THRICE TOLLED BELL intro
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This was one of the first ten episodes of 19 Nocturne Boulevard that I made and put out, back in late 2008.\xa0 I can't recall, specifically, what order I made them in.
I've mentioned previously that Brokensea audio hosted a new spooky episode every day in October for a big spooky month event, and several of my first batch of episodes debuted during that event.
But this episode, in particular, is literally attributable to Bill Hollweg, the master of disaster of Brokensea, he who will ever be missed.\xa0 In the couple of months leading up to the October event, he posted a challenge to all comers, to write him a script with the following parameters:
- It must be in the style of a Hammer Studios Dracula film (the 1960s-70s classics that starred the mesmerizing Christopher Lee);
- It may only include Dracula and Van Helsing (no other Hammer standard characters or monsters); and
- It must include a broken bell, a wooden leg, and use the line "It's never done that before!"
...To the best of my memory, anyway.
So I sat down and wrote The Thrice Tolled Bell, but then didn't want to give the script up to anyone else!\xa0 I don't recall if he had any other entries, but Bill took it all with a roaring laugh and loved what I made.
I loved including the stock types of characters - the lunkheaded servant; the straight-laced housekeeper; and the sexy chick played by (in this case) my best Britt Eckland voice.\xa0 I even snuck in an obviously semi-nude scene, just because I could, and it fit the genre.
This was also my first attempt at commissioning music, since for once I couldn't find *quite* what I wanted among the massive catalog (even back then) of Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com, who I can never thank enough for what he makes available for beginning and not for profit storytellers of all kinds.\xa0 I don't recall much of the process, but I got one piece of music that I used bits of throughout and it was quite effective.
When I was casting this piece, I still had a limited pool to draw from, since I was trying to stay local and work mainly with people I could actually direct in the studio.\xa0 One of my actors, Beverly Poole, was still in high school, and the doctors in this piece were some of her classmates.\xa0 But I needed the right voice for Mrs. Farge, the irascible housekeeper.
I was still seeking when I went to Beverly's school play Twelfth Night (which did a lot of gender cross casting, and Beverly played Malvolio to extreme hilarity), and the voice of Fabian (pretty sure that was the role) struck me and after the play I caught up with Beverly and shouted (well, not shouted, but it was excited and urgent) "Bring me that voice!" and Molly Tollefson was recruited, accent and all.
I've never cared much for auditions.\xa0 Either doing them or holding them.\xa0 It's just me.\xa0 I'd always rather grab an actor I've heard, or recruit someone from a show I like than have to evaluate from a bunch of recorded voices.\xa0 Plus, I hate being "mean" and having to turn everyone else down.
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SCRIPT
THE THRICE TOLLED BELL
(an homage to Hammer Studio horror films)
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TW:\xa0 disrespectful references to sanitarium patients and a "halfwit" character, in keeping with the time the script is set as well as the general character types of the Hammer Films franchise.\xa0
...also nudity.
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Cast (All various British accents except Dracula):
- Dracula (M), immortal vampire
- Van Helsing (M), Vampire Hunter
- Dr. Michael Pettigrew (20s/M), new head of the asylum
- Miranda Locksley(20s/F), Pettigrew's nurse/fianc\xe9e
- Mrs. Farge (30s/F), housekeeper
- Gorvi (30s/M), trustee
- Wallace (40s/M), cheery orderly
- Dr. Trevalien (40s/M), rival
- Britt Mecklin (20s/F), hapless blonde
- Nurse (F any)
OLIVIA \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0What do you mean, what kind of a place is it?\xa0 Why, it's an Edwardian asylum, can't you tell?\xa0
MUSIC
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0HEAVY DOOR CRASHES SHUT
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS - ONE SET LIMPS ODDLY
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Right through here - sir, miss.\xa0 Now this is one of the saddest cases we have, sir, truth be told.\xa0 Once he was the finest psychiatric mind in Europe - perhaps even the world.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Always tragic when a good mind snaps.\xa0 The same fire that feeds genius also devours and leaves madness in its wake.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yessir.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What sort of madness does he suffer from?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Miss?\xa0 I dunno that I should--
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Go ahead, Wallace.\xa0 Miss Locksley is not merely my fianc\xe9e, but a very competent and highly trained psychiatric nurse.\xa0 We will be working in tandem to try and bring my late father's asylum into the 20th century.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sadly] From what I've seen, it will take quite some doing.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [stiff] Sir, I dunno 'bout that, but your father was a very good and brilliant man - though the last ten years or so, since your mother died, begging your pardon, sir, he seemed to lose interest in everything.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Did he - not even treat the patients?
WALLACE \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0He left much of that in the hands of Dr. Trevalian.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why did he not send for me?\xa0 I could have spent my residency here instead of in Budapest.\xa0 I could certainly have learned as much from father as I did from Dr. Bulovic!
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sir, if you don't mind me speaking above me place, I think your father - well, he didn't want you to see him... like that.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 But I might have been able to help him!
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I don't think naught could have helped him - not at the end, there.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [British agony] He should have sent for me.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dearest.\xa0 He did what he thought was best.\xa0 I'm sure your father thought very highly of you - otherwise, why should he have left this institution under your care?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course, you're right.\xa0 [condescending] Always the practical one.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 One of us needs to be, and you must save your energy for the needs of the patients.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well, show us this paragon, Wallace.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sir?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 The doctor you say was so sadly struck down.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, yes sir - sad it is to see great men crumble.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 KNOCK ON HUGE IRON BOUND DOOR
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Herr Doktor?\xa0 Young Doctor Pettigrew wishes to speak with you.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muffled, behind the door] Enter.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ah.\xa0 Here we go, then.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 OPENING LOCKS AND BARS ON DOOR
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dr. Pettigrew, Miss Locksley--\xa0 [ta-da!] Doctor Van Helsing.
MUSIC
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Gorvi done mopping.\xa0 Gorvi eat now?
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Tis not dinner time yet, ye pillock.\xa0 Yer s'posed to muck out the barn t'make room for that motorcar the new head brought wi' 'im.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Mo-to-cah?\xa0 What is mo-to-cah?
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 An engine of Satan.\xa0 If god had wanted us to speed about in great smoking heaps of metal, he wouldn'a made horses.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [wail] Gorvi hungry!
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Off wi' ye!\xa0 I've no time for this today - must have everything ready for inspection by the new head.\xa0 And here's hoping he doesna choose to sack us all.\xa0 Shoo!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 GORVI LEAVES - HEAVY FOOTSTEPS, RICKETY DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
AMBIANCE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off, barely audible, singing]\xa0 When that I was and a little tiny boy--
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [leering chuckle]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS ON GRASS SPEED UP
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Pretty pretty britty.\xa0 Pretty... golden...
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 With a hey-ho, the wind and the rain--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FINGERS SQUEAK ACROSS GLASS, TINY WINDOW SLIDES OPEN - SINGING IS NOW CLEAR, WITH SLOSHING OF WATER, BATHING
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh-ho!
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 A foolish thing was but a toy, for the rain it raineth every day...
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [smothering his delighted chuckles]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DRIPPING AS A LEG IS RAISED OUT THE WATER.\xa0 BRUSH SCRUBS
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hey-ho, the wind and the rain, for the rain it raineth every day...
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Bursts out with a shriek of delight]
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?\xa0 [gasps]\xa0 Oh no!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 HEAVY FOOTSTEPS RUNNING ON GRAVEL
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [breathing heavily]\xa0 No scream, no scream.\xa0 Gorvi not bad.\xa0 No scream, pretty Britty.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHIFT TO INSIDE
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [screams piercingly]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [INSIDE] DOOR OPENS, FEET RUSH IN
NURSE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What is it miss?
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Someone was looking at me!\xa0 A man!
NURSE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [condescending, fading out]\xa0 Of course.\xa0 Don't you worry.\xa0 We'll sort it all out...
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHIFT TO OUTSIDE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 GORVI RUNNING
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [panting with exertion]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 OPENS HUGE OLD DOOR, RUNS IN
MUSIC
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 After Wallace's admonitions, this is hardly what I expected.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I am quite aware of my condition, my dear doctor Pettigrew.\xa0 You're fortunate enough to catch me on a good day.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Perhaps you would indulge me with your own diagnosis?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Simple, really.\xa0 Bouts of severe depression, which, I am ashamed to admit, I... treat... unsuccessfully... with over-use of alcohol.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dipsomania?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I would consider it more a symptom than a core disease, but you understand how difficult it is to be objective.
MICHAEL \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0I appreciate your frankness.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I trust you are comfortable here, doctor - this is hardly a typical cell.\xa0 More like a suite in an expensive hotel.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dr. Pettigrew - the elder - was very kind, and understood that reading... helps me to ...moderate... my humors.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 If only more patients could respond to such simple, constructive therapies.\xa0 [chuckles]
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [slight chuckle, indulgent]
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 The human mind is a fabulous, complex organ.\xa0
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It is amazing.
MUSIC
AMBIANCE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 ECHOEY ROOM - ABANDONED CHURCH
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttering] Pretty pretty.\xa0 Gorvi likes pretty golden Britt.\xa0 [heavy sigh]\xa0 \xa0Britty no like Gorvi.\xa0 Gorvi only look.
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [creepy echoey voice]\xa0 Do you want her?
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Who... is there?\xa0 Please?
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [creepy echoey voice]\xa0 Help me, and I shall help you in return.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Where are you?\xa0 Gorvi is alone?
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [creepy echoey voice]\xa0 Return later and bring a shovel.\xa0 I shall show myself.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You - new doctor?
DRACULA \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0[creepy echoey voice]\xa0 Do you want this pretty Britt you long for?
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, want!\xa0 [licks his lips] \xa0Yes.
MUSIC
AMBIANCE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DINNER NOISES
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 LARGE PLATTER SET DOWN
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [cold] Thank you, Mrs. Farge.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS TAP AWAY
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [anxious]\xa0 Are you certain you want to do this, Michael?\xa0\xa0 I realize your father--
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 They expect it, even look forward to it.\xa0 Besides, they should be given the chance to meet the two of you.\xa0 You needn't worry, it is only the most stable of the inmates.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FEET RETURN
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [announcing] Miss Mecklin.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Miss Locksley, Dr. Pettigrew, may I present Miss Britt Mecklin.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Pleased to meet you, Doctor.\xa0 Miss Locksley.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Charmed.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Lovely.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Will you have a seat?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 CHAIRS SHIFT AS HE SEATS HER, THEN THEY SIT
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It would be somewhat indelicate to discuss cases during dinner.\xa0 There will be time tomorrow to familiarize ourselves--
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I have nothing to hide.\xa0 I have come to realize that it is only in my subconscious that people watch me.\xa0 Understanding it is all in my head does not stop it from frightening me, but makes it more bearable.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reassuring] We shall work on that.
MUSIC
AMBIANCE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 STORMY NIGHT OUTSIDE ECHOEY STONE ROOM
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SQUEAKY DOOR OPENS, GORVI'S FOOTSTEPS
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Gorvi brings shovel!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [creepy echoey voice]\xa0 Have you light?
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Gorvi have a candle.
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do you see the bell?
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bell?\xa0
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 The bell.\xa0 You must move the bell.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No bell.\xa0 Gorvi see no bell.
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It is metal.\xa0 It is large.\xa0 Move it, or I shall unleash the fires of hell upon you!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ahhhhh!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHOVEL CLATTERS TO FLOOR, FEET RUN, SLAM
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 WATER INTO METAL TUB.\xa0 DISHES BEING WASHED
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't you dare--! [surprised] Oh! Lucas!
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Lena.\xa0 I simply couldn't take it any more.\xa0 Having to kow-tow to that ... boy doctor and his miserable cold fianc\xe9e.
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Lucas.\xa0 You shoulda been put in charge!
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I know.\xa0 [snarl] Blood runs thick.\xa0
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dr. Pettigrew shouldna've looked over yuir years o'loyalty - Yuir unstinting devotion!
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 There's no time for that now.\xa0 We must bide and see what they decide to alter --
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BACK DOOR SLAMS OPEN, GORVI RUNS IN
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What the divvil is wrong with ye, y'idiot? Running about in the rain like a madman!
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Calm yourself, Lena.
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Tis easy for ye to be charitable.\xa0 Ye dinna haveta squeeze work outta him like blood from a turnip.\xa0 Turnip!\xa0 That's what y'are!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Gorvi not turnip.\xa0 Gorvi scared.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What frightened you?
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [over her shoulder] Perhaps a slight breeze.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh.\xa0 Gorvi, tell me everything.
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 VAN HELSING'S DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Right on time.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 'Ave I ever missed?\xa0
SOUND\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0DOOR SHUTS, WOODEN LEG FOOTSTEPS
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Were it a good idea, d'yer think, to tell them you was an alcoholic?\xa0
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I needed a reason for my presence here that wouldn't require overmuch explanation.\xa0 Speaking of spirits, have you--?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [chuckling]\xa0 'Course.\xa0 Would I let yer down?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SITS.\xa0 ODD, HEAVY UNSCREWING NOISE
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your thoughts on the new administrators?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well, 'e'll never 'ave an 'appy life, not wit' that one.\xa0 She's cold, and no mistake.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Truer words were never said.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 'Ee seems... well-intentioned... but I don't see 'ow you'll be able to tell 'im much.\xa0 Not wi'out proof.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BOTTLE PULLED OUT OF WOODEN SHELL
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 And there y'are.\xa0 Better use for me wooden leg, I'll never know.\xa0 [hinting] 'Cept the one...
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BOTTLE OPENS
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Care to stay for a game of chess before you strap it back on?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't mind if I do.
MUSIC
AMBIANCE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 STORMY NIGHT
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 There door.\xa0 Gorvi no go in again.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 In the old chapel?\xa0 Dr. Pettigrew always insisted it was on the verge of falling in.\xa0 [sigh, to Gorvi]\xa0 Not safe.\xa0 No go in.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 He say Gorvi move bell.\xa0 He yell at Gorvi.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Poor halfwit.\xa0
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Run along back to the kitchen, Gorvi.\xa0 No need to wait out here in the wet.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Doctor be careful!
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course.\xa0 Go on.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 GORVI RUNS OFF
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SQUEAKY OLD DOOR OPENS TENTATIVELY
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hmm.\xa0 Sounder than I expected.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SHUTS, MUFFLES SOUND OF RAIN
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 TAP ON WALL
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Here's the shovel--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 PICKS UP SHOVEL
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 And that must be the bell...
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLOW FOOTSTEPS
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 That explains a lot - who's ever seen a huge bell sitting on the floor?\xa0 Hardly even recognizable under all those cobwebs.\xa0 Must have fallen...
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [creepy distant whisper, piteous]\xa0 Help me.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hello?
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Help.\xa0 Please.\xa0 The bell.\xa0 It came down and trapped me.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I see.\xa0 Hmm.\xa0 [thinking]\xa0 Wait, the cracks in the flags below it are... covered in dust - that bell fell ages ago!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please.\xa0 Help.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Where could that voice be coming from?
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [closer whisper, becomes command]\xa0 Move the bell.\xa0 Anything you want - it will be yours.
TREVALIAN\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I doubt you could give me what I truly want.
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, yes.\xa0 I can give you such things....\xa0 Come, close to the crack in the bell, and tell me what it is you... crave.
MUSIC
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Darling?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes, Michael?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do you think you can stick it here?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course.\xa0 You know I'm fully prepared to take on anything you need me to do.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I know, but - well, you won't hate it or anything, living in the country like this?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I shall immerse myself in work.\xa0 Just as you will.\xa0 Side by side.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Should I--\xa0 May I-- sit next to you there on the settee, then?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Michael!\xa0 We are to be wed in the spring.\xa0 I just want to make certain - living here without a proper chaperone, and all--\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course, darling.\xa0 I - I think I shall turn in.\xa0 Get an early start in the morning.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 That sounds very wise.
SOUND\xa0\xa0 \xa0\xa0TAP ON DOOR
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS, MRS. FARGE ENTERS, PICKS UP TRAY
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Did ye need anything further tonight?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No, we were---
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 IN THE DISTANCE, A BELL TOLLS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 TRAY CLATTERS TO FLOOR
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp!]
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why Mrs. Farge, whatever is the matter?
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [haunted]\xa0 That be the bell up t'old kirk.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come, now, it's never done that before?
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [ominous] Nay - I've been here nigh on 15 years, and that bell has nivver rung.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS AWAY
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [slightly off] But I wouldna go seeking it - not even if m'very life depended on it.
MUSIC
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [considering]\xa0 Mmm.\xa0 Check.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BELL TOLLS IN THE DISTANCE
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Wazzat?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [worried] The bell - don't you hear it?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nonsense.\xa0 Hmm....\xa0 Go and check it.\xa0 If it is, we might have a problem on our hands.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BELL TOLLS IN THE DISTANCE
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'll get going--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 QUICKLY STRAPPING LEG BACK ON
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Wait!\xa0 Just in case.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BOTTLE SLOSHES
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is it--?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It should help.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Every bit does.\xa0 Leave the door open, shall I?
MUSIC
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [waking]\xa0 Eyes!\xa0 Someone at the window?\xa0 [muttered] I will not go look.\xa0 I will not--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 TAPPING AT THE WINDOW
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [creepy voice]\xa0 Open the window that I may bask in your radiance.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [breathing heavily, bosom heaving] It is not real.\xa0 I must take my solace in the lord.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 OPENS DRAWER, TAKES OUT BIBLE
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 God, please give me strength!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SOMETHING FLAPS AWAY INTO THE NIGHT, ANNOYED
MUSIC
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are you certain you'll be all right?\xa0 I could bring in a cot - there's a couch in my dressing room--?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No, Michael, I will be fine.\xa0 Kiss me quickly and go to bed.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 QUICK KISS
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sleep well.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SHUTS
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sighs] \xa0\xa0Men.\xa0 [chuckles]\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 RAP AT THE WINDOW, BUT SHE DOESN'T NOTICE
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [distant, creepy, heavy breathing]\xa0 Yessss.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 LETS HER HAIR DOWN, BEGINS TO REMOVE CLOTHES
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [humming to herself]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 HEAVY GOWN LAID ON THE BACK OF A CHAIR
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 STEPS APPROACH THE WINDOW
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 TAPPING SOUNDS ON THE GLASS
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [creepy whisper]\xa0 Open the window.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hmm?\xa0
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 How vexing.\xa0 Tree branch?\xa0 We'll see about that--!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 LATCH TURNS
MUSIC
MIRANDA \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0[Off, scream!]
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good god!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FLINGS OFF BEDCLOTHES, FOOTSTEPS
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calling] Miranda!\xa0 Darling!\xa0 I'll be right there!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR FLINGS OPEN, A FEW STEPS.\xa0 DOORKNOB RATTLES, POUNDING ON THE DOOR
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [frantic]\xa0 Miranda!\xa0 Open the door!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 KNOCKING
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'm coming in!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 HEAVY THUMP
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calling from behind the door, spooky sounding]\xa0 Michael?\xa0 Whatever are you doing?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are - are you - all right?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOORKNOB RATTLES
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [close now] Of course, darling.\xa0 I woke from a... strange dream.\xa0 Nothing to fret over.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off] If... you're... quite certain.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 When am I not?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off] Well.\xa0 Sorry.\xa0 I--
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Go back to bed, dear.\xa0 We'll talk tomorrow.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off] MICHAEL'S FOOTSTEPS RECEDE
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [long sigh]\xa0 Well...?
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [husky] Very good, my most delectable one...
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SEXY NECK NIBBLING
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [ecstatic gasp]
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 WOODEN LEG STEPS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BRISK KNOCK ON A DOOR
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Doctor, sir?\xa0 It's morning, it is.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come on in, Wallace.\xa0 I'm up.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS, STEPS APPROACH
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is Miranda-- Miss Locksley up?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Feeling poorly, she says.\xa0 Wooden even 'ave the drapes open.\xa0 Travel don't suit 'er?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hmm.\xa0 I suppose I might breakfast with Dr. Trevalian, then.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I ain't sure where 'e can be found, sir.\xa0 Went out last night and ain't come back.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Does he do that often?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Can't say, sir.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh]\xa0 I hate to breakfast alone.
WALLACE\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Ahem, sir.\xa0 Doctor Van Helsing would be glad of your company.
MUSIC
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Gorvi!\xa0 Gorvi! Where is that bloody idiot?
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0DOOR OPENS
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whimper]
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What the divvil is wrong wit' ye, ye mongrel?\xa0 Get out here!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whimpering]\xa0 Gorvi no like!
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Gorvi like breakfast?
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes.\xa0 Please.
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Gorvi will get up and work, then!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Aye, Mrs. Farge.
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Go fetch some water from the well, ye brute - and while you're out, you might look where you last left Lucas-- Dr. Trevalien, that is - and see wha' he's been up to all night.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0 No go to old door!\xa0 No!
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'll get the whip!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whimper]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SCUTTLES OUT THE DOOR
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 VAN HELSING'S DOOR OPENS
VAN HELSING \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Come in, dear fellow!\xa0 Wallace?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [leans in] Yessir?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttered] The chapel?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttered] Never made it, sir, the inmates was restless last night.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Today then?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Better anyway.\xa0 [significant]\xa0 Better light.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I hope so.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 MICHAEL ENTERS
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sorry?\xa0 Do you mind if I sit down with you?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Never meant to exclude you, dear boy.\xa0 Simply thought I'd heard something last night that couldn't have been.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 The bell?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You heard it as well?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course.\xa0 Why?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Would you do me an enormous favor?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 If I can - I have a busy day ahead of me, and Miranda's - a bit under the weather.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Soon as we finish here, then, go along with Wallace to the old chapel.\xa0 Take a look at the bell. \xa0Would you?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [considers]\xa0 Hmm.\xa0 That's a tale for after you've looked.\xa0 [changing tone, chatty] \xa0Do you, by any chance, play chess?
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 KNOCK ON THE DOOR
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [dead tired] Go away!
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dinna want to start organizing everything?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, blast.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 STUMBLING FEET, DOOR OPENS
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Can you help me?\xa0 I feel weak as a kitten.
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You do look a wee bit pale.\xa0 I'll fetch something hearty to drink.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shudder] I couldn't face anything heavy.
MUSIC
AMBIANCE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 WALLACE AND MICHAEL WALKING OUT TO CHAPEL
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Humoring a delusion is not the right answer - in most cases.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You 'eard the bell, too, sir.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 But why go look at a bloody bell?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR CREAKS OPEN
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come along, then.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS GO IN, SLOW, THEN STOP
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SHUTS
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [quiet but fervent] Oh, my gracious lord.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What is it?\xa0 Oh!\xa0 That must have been--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DASHING FORWARD
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [urgent] Help me move it!
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I fear it's too late for Dr. Trevalian.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Help me!
BOTH\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [grunting and heaving]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BELL ROLLS, BUMPS, AND THUMPS INTO A WALL
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good god!
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sir?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're right.\xa0 He's gone.\xa0 That thing must have fallen and crushed him.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shouldn't there be more blood, sir?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Not necessarily.\xa0 We'll get him back to the infirmary and take a look.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'll go for a stretcher, then, shall I?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just a moment!\xa0 Is this the bell we heard?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes, sir.
MICHAEL\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0[echoey - inside the bell] But there's not even a clapper!
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 'asn't been rung in decades, sir.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What are all these markings on the inside?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Wouldn't know, sir.\xa0 Though I don't doubt Doctor Van Helsing could 'elp you.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [coming out] Really - why would he--?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I think 'e was 'ere when the bell fell, sir.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It must have been sitting here - the clear circle on the ground - but this is odd--
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR BURSTS OPEN, MICHAEL STORMS IN
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I demand an explanation.\xa0 Who, precisely, was trapped under that bell?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calm] What?
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I saw the marks of fingernails!\xa0 Trying to scratch a way out!\xa0 Wallace said you were there, along with my father.\xa0 I want to know what you did.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sit.\xa0 [up] \xa0Wallace?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes, Sir?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please check on the residents, particularly any comely females.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 WALLACE GOES OUT, SHUTS DOOR CAREFULLY
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Now, my boy...
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're not "mad" at all, are you?\xa0 You've lived here all this time--
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh. Shh.\xa0 You need to hear this.\xa0 15 years ago, your father called upon my services to help him with a rather difficult problem - a rash of unusual deaths and nightmares among the female inmates.\xa0 Having had a great deal of experience with such obsessions and delusions, I was able to spot the problem immediately - a vampire.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [incredulous] A vampire?\xa0 One who believes he must steal life from the living?\xa0
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No delusion - a true creature of the night.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Preposterous!
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Humor an old man.\xa0 This was not just any vampire, but Dracula - the lord of all vampires, whom I have sworn to destroy.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 But the bell?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 We trapped him.\xa0 Blessings etched on the inside - some from when it called the faithful, others we added - kept him penned. \xa0Simply putting a stake through his heart, as would do for most vampires, is not sufficient for Dracula.\xa0 Far too simple for those who follow the dark arts to summon him back across the dark divide!
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 But there must be a way--
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What do you think I have been researching all these years?\xa0 I believe I have the answer, but first we must locate him.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why should I believe any of this?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ask your fianc\xe9e.
MUSIC
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Let me fetch the doctor.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes.\xa0 You can't be too careful!
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [trying to be strong] Nonsense.\xa0 I'm just tired.\xa0 I'm... not used to the country.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Someone was looking into my room last night.
MRS. FARGE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nonsense.\xa0 You know that's all in your mind.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No, it was real!\xa0 Eyes.\xa0 At the window.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Red eyes?
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You saw them too?
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [evasive] Don't be silly.\xa0 How could it be?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR BURSTS OPEN, FEET DASH IN, THEN STOP
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp]
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, goodness.\xa0 I'm sorry, but darling, there's something I must ask--
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [coming on, commanding]\xa0 Remove that scarf and show us your neck, if you please.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasps and faints noisily]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BODY DROP
MUSIC
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 --resting normally.\xa0 Despite the slight anemia, she should recover.\xa0 We must watch her very closely, though, my young friend.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 How could this have happened?\xa0 Miranda is the most sensible of women--
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Does it take a fanciful mind to be attacked by a rabid dog?\xa0 No!\xa0 In fact, a more fanciful mind is often better prepared to ward off such evil.\xa0 Witness Miss Mecklin.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Me?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What did he say to you, at your window?
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It was just noises - scratching.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come now, there were words - if not in your ears, then in your mind, were there not?
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sniffling] It's my subconscious.\xa0 Not real.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0 \xa0\xa0This time, I'm afraid, is much different.\xa0 You must help us.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 He just said "open the window".\xa0
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 But it was definitely a "he?"
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It is always men who are watching me.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Did he say where he might hide by day?
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No. \xa0I am so sorry!
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Never mind.\xa0 You did well.\xa0 Keep your bible close tonight.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, yes!
MUSIC
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttering]\xa0 No more for Gorvi.\xa0 He will sleep now.\xa0 No more work.\xa0 Gorvi will--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS, QUICK STRUGGLE
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hissing whisper]\xa0 Silence!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hand over his mouth]\xa0 Mmm!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shut the door.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SHUTS
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You did not release me, but I can overlook that, if you will serve me now.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muffled] Mm-hm! [yes]
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good.\xa0 I still know what you want.\xa0 The oh-so-lovely miss Britt.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muffled] Mm-hm! [eager yes]
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Then this is what you must do...
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOORS BEING LOCKED, WINDOW SHUTTERS SECURED
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I appreciate your humoring me, Michael.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bringing everyone here to my rooms.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I assume you think we may be safe here?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 As safe as anywhere else.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 How can we all sleep?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You may lie on the couch, if you need to. \xa0Michael and I will remain awake.\xa0 On guard.
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I can help guard as well.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Did you bring your bible?
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 I could not find it!
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Never mind, I think we have whatever we may need.\xa0 Wallace?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [grim] Absolutely, sir.
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What if he doesn't come here?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 He must.\xa0 I circled the patient rooms and staff quarters with poppy seeds and salt.\xa0 He will never get across that.\xa0
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 So he will have to come here, or--?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 --or starve.
MUSIC\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 TIME PASSES
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 We can slow him with spells, or stake him through his heart, but to truly banish his soul to the purgatory he so richly deserves, only holy water will suffice - and not a mere sprinkling, a veritable dousing.
MUSIC\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 TIME PASSES
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Vampires are irredeemably evil.\xa0 The only way to save miss Locksley from this hellish fate is to destroy this monster before she loses the last spark of humanity.\xa0 As long as her soul does not depart her body, she can be saved.
MUSIC\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 TIME PASSES
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOST ARE SLEEPING
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 This will be it.\xa0 Are you ready?
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Can't wait to see how it turns out, sir.\xa0
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good man.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 KNOCK AT THE DOOR
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ah...\xa0 It begins.
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muffled] Gorvi is alone?\xa0 Let Gorvi in!
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bloody idiot.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You may be more correct than you know.\xa0 Wait for my signal.\xa0 Michael, wake up, get the ladies into the dressing room, back there.\xa0 Whatever you do, do not open the door until you are certain it is morning - you may have to restrain miss Locksley, if Dracula has enough of a hold over her.\xa0 Can you?
MICHAEL \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Yes, I think so.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0 \xa0Move, then.\xa0 There's a good lad.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Take this--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 RATTLE OF NECKLACE CHAIN
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 It offers some protection.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 CROWD GOES OUT, DOOR SHUTS
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Now.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Right.\xa0 Gorvi?\xa0 Is there anyone with you?
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muffled, but clearly lying] No.\xa0 Who would be with Gorvi?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [laugh] No one alive.\xa0 Throw open the gate.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 A'right.\xa0 Just a moment.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR THUMPS
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hissed] Stay back.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN, HITS WALLACE
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Uhh!
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0BODY DROPS AND SLIDES ACROSS FLOOR
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Wallace!
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 uhh...[out cold]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 HEAVY BOOTS STRIDE CONFIDENTLY INTO ROOM
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dracula!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 You stand between me and destiny, old man.\xa0 Step aside and I shall kill you quickly.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Never.\xa0 Back, foul fiend!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hisses]\xa0 You believe you can tame me?\xa0 I have seared my flesh on your so-clever prison walls so many times, I have scars.
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 And yet, you do not approach.
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Only a fool uses his hands to dig when he has a shovel... Gorvi!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [flying leap] Master!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BODY DROP - CROSS DROPS
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Unh!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [evil laugh]\xa0 And now, my most precious enemy, prepare to meet your well-deserved fate!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 MICHAEL STORMS IN
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dammit, boy!\xa0 You've ruined it!\xa0 Do what you want with me--
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course, herr doktor! \xa0You have always cared more for others than for yourself.\xa0 [commanding, hot] Come to me, my darling!
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [breathless] I must go--!
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0 Get back!
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Miss Miranda, you can't!
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Britt!
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [snarling]\xa0 Let me pass, strumpet!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHORT CATFIGHT
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ugh! [hurling Britt]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 BRITT ENDS UP IN DRAC'S ARMS
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [upset] Britt!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 A gift?\xa0 For me?\xa0 You are too kind.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 My love!\xa0 You don't want her!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 She is merely the aperitif, my dearest darling - [hot] you alone can satisfy me.
MIRANDA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [ecstatic sigh]
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Now, my pale blonde flower..
BRITT\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [struggles for a moment, then goes limp with a sigh, breathing hard]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FANGY NOISE
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0 Gorvi wants Britt!
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Wallace!\xa0 Ready!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Imbecile!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THUMP AS GORVI HITS DRACULA
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 HEAVY THROW, BODY HITS WALL, NECK CRUNCH
GORVI\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [dying noises]
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Miranda, show your devotion - come and hold this delectable morsel for me.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUNNING FEET
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yaaaah!
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Kick him!
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [very slight] Oof.\xa0
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [struggling]
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [chuckles nastily] And now what do you do?\xa0 I have your leg.
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 [triumphant] Yes!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 CLICK, SMALL EXPLOSION
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 MUCH WATER SPLASHES, HISSING BURNING NOISE
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?\xa0 No!\xa0 [shrieking in agony] Ahhh!
MICHAEL\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good God!
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Holy water!.\xa0
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 But how?\xa0 I would have seen a bottle.\xa0 Ahh!
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Wooden leg.\xa0
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 And a small blasting cap.
DRACULA\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ahh! [receding]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 LIQUIDY HORRIBLE PUDDLY NOISE
WALLACE\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Uh, Sir?\xa0 Can I get a hand?
VAN HELSING\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Certainly.\xa0 I'll even give you a leg up.
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