House of Frankenstein (1944) Movie Script
Now. Will you
give me my chalk?
Try that again and I'll put you on
solitary confinement.
You would-be
Frankenstein.
Don't profane his name
with your dirty lips.
He was a genius in whose footsteps
I will follow when I get out of here.
When you get out.
If I have anything to say about it.
You'll never get out.
But I will.
Now. Friend Daniel.
Shall we go on with our work?
Now. This brain...
is taken from the man and transplanted
into the skull of the dog.
But given the mind
of a human being.
Now. Frankenstein would have
severed the spinal cord...
here. But I'm not certain
that he was right.
Could Frankenstein have
made me like other men?
He gave life to a body that he made
from parts of other bodies that had died.
Yes, Daniel, he could have
made you like other men.
Dr. Niemann. Did you know
Frankenstein?
No. But my brother, who assisted him,
learned his secrets.
And before he died,
he passed them on to me.
Then... you could
give me a new body.
If I had Frankenstein's
records to guide me.
I could give you
a perfect body.
Hyah! Hyah!
Try it again. Herman!
Now, all together!
We could help you.
My arms are strong.
Well. Thank you. Take the front wheel.
We'll take this.
Try it again!
We have help!
Push!
Hyah! Hyah!
May I offer you the warmth of
my living wagon? Thank you.
So you're a merchant that's been held for
ransom by mountain bandits.
For the better part of three months.
And that's your servant?
- Do you doubt me?
- It's a doubting world. Kind sir.
As I. Professor Bruno Lampini.
Have reason to know.
I have a collection of the
world's most astounding horrors.
When I exhibit them,
what do I get?
Doubts, jeers,
cries of'Fake! Fake!"
You expect your patrons to believe
that the skeleton you show them...
is really that
of Count Dracula?
I. Lampini. Took it...
pardon me... borrowed it
from the cellar of Dracula's castle...
in the Carpathian Mountains.
With my own two hands
I spread upon the floor of its coffin...
a layer of soil
taken from its birthplace.
So that by proxy.
Shall we say.
The skeleton of his
earthbound spirit might...
might lie at peace
within his grave.
Until the withdrawal of the wooden stake
from its heart...
set Dracula free again...
to satisfy his unholy
appetite for blood.
At night. The giant bat
would seek its victims.
But before sunrise.
Return to the safety of his coffin.
Aye, a single ray of sunlight falling upon
a vampire would make him helpless.
Do you ever exhibit
your show in Visaria?
Visaria...No. That's a town
that doesn't care for horrors.
They had one of their own
some 15 years ago...
when a Dr. Niemann tried
to give a dog the mind of a human being.
They threw him
in prison...
because he.
Like Frankenstein.
Used bodies of the newly-dead
to carry on his work.
- Is old Hussman still alive?
- He's now the mayor of Reigelberg.
Are you going there. By any chance?
Later on in the season.
It's a small place. Too far away to make
a trip profitable.
Nevertheless.
That is where you are going.
I am not going
to Reigelberg.
Then Daniel and I
will go alone.
No. No!
Now the driver.
Well. You seem worried.
Friend Daniel.
If they search the ruins of the prison.
Our bodies will not be found.
We should hide. And so we shall.
But in the open.
All the protection
of a traveling show.
I. As Lampini.
You as my assistant.
Free to move on
toward those...
for whom I have
unloving memories.
The... The ones
who sent you to prison?
Strauss. Ullman...
and old Hussman.
The burgomaster.
Yes. Friend Daniel.
We will travel
to the village of Reigelberg...
and pay our respects
to the burgomaster.
Your move. Inspector.
That's a neat trap you've got me into.
Checkmate. Put it in the book.
Inspector.
Grandfather?
He's here. Carl. Yes.
As a man, I admire you.
As burgomaster, I respect you.
But as a chess player.
Herr Hussman. I hate you.
Did you lose again.
Inspector?
It serves you right.
I told you not to play with him.
He always wins.
Don't you. You old darling?
I hope we're not breaking up
your game, but Carl and I have decided...
She means she has decided.
To take in the midnight show of the horror
exhibit down at the crossroads.
Spooks. Ghouls. Vampires.
Get his hat and coat. Carl.
You're going with us.
To stare at a lot of idiotic humbugs?
Not I. My dear.
I put my weary bones where they belong...
in bed.
Your hat and coat.
I'm not going!
You'd better give in. Grandad.
These American girls can
talk you into anything.
That's all they do... talk.
What? What did you say?
Aaah!
Now. Now. Darling.
Remember your blood pressure.
That's the man I married.
Talk. Talk. Talk. Talk!
I can never
get a word in edgewise.
Here. Put this on.
And no arguments. Uhh. No.
Come along. Inspector.
You're coming too. Oh, no.
And I don't want any arguments from you
either. Come along. Come on.
Persuasive little minx.
Isn't she? Uh. Uh. Uh...
Brrrr! I'm all over
goose pimples.
And properly so.
You little goose.
Don't be grouchy.
This is fun.
Master. Police inspector.
It's all right. Daniel.
We have our permit.
Oh.
Now. There is something
I could really use.
I wonder
where I could get one.
What for? Just the thing to keep
your wife under control.
This way. Ladies
and gentlemen.
Step this way
to gaze upon an exhibit...
absolutely unparalleled
in the realms of showmanship.
No doubt there are
some among you...
who will doubt the truth
about what I am about to say...
or doubt the reality
of what you are about to see.
But believe me.
My friends.
This is no fake.
Before your very eyes
is all that remains of a vampire.
One of the world's undead.
Dare I but remove this stake
from where his heart once beat.
And he would rise from the grave
within which he lies...
and turn into a bat,
a vampire bat...
who'd feed hideously
upon the living,
whose veins pulsate
with warm and vibrant blood.
Ladies and gentlemen.
The actual skeleton...
of Count Dracula.
The vampire!
Rubbish. Sheer rubbish.
I don't know. Herr Hussman.
There are many people hereabouts who still
believe in the old legend.
- Aye. Sir. It is true.
- I'm surprised at you people.
You seem to doubt what I say.
Herr Burgomaster.
Bats. Vampires.
A stake driven through
a skeleton's heart.
Gibberish.
Every word of it.
Furthermore. My friends.
One single ray of sunlight...
falling upon a vampire
will destroy him.
Say. Who are you?
My name is Lampini.
You're not the "Lampini"
I ran out of this area three years ago?
That was my brother.
Recently deceased.
You remind me of someone.
Someone I can't quite recall.
Perhaps you will remember later.
Herr Burgomaster.
Yes. Perhaps.
Drop the stick
from your hand.
- Drop it.
- But if you move.
I'll send
your soul back...
to the limbo
of eternal waiting.
Do as I ask.
And I will serve you.
I will protect the earth
upon which you lie...
so that before sunrise.
Your coffin will
always be ready for you.
For that. I will do
whatever you wish.
I hope I haven't spoiled your evening
for you. Inspector.
As a matter of fact
I found it most interesting.
But I say good night here.
Good night. Carl.
Good night. Inspector.
Good night.
See you in the morning. Sir.
Good night. Hans.
Don't get lost in the fog.
Brrr! Well. You certainly picked
a night for it. My pet.
It's like being wrapped in the arms
of a gigantic ghost.
Ghosts. Vampires!
Can't you talk about anything else?
Listen.
If you're going toward the inn, may I offer
you the accommodation of my coach?
You don't have
to say that twice.
Oh. Pardon me. I'm Carl Hussman
and this is Mrs. Hussman.
- We are here on our honeymoon.
- My congratulations.
And this is my grandfather.
How do you do?
Herr Hussman.
Permit me
to introduce myself.
I am Baron Latos
from Transylvania.
Well.
Glad to know you. Baron.
May I suggest that you join me for a bottle
of wine at the inn?
In the nature of. Shall we say.
A celebration. Mrs. Hussman?
Well. That's a wonderful idea
if Grandad doesn't mind.
Oh. Yes. A glass of wine
will warm my blood.
But you will accept
our hospitality. Baron.
The wine of the country
from my cellar.
Thank you. Herr Hussman.
Driver. Stop at the Hussman home.
Whoa.
Oh. Driver. Go around
to the kitchen.
Ask the cook to make you some coffee.
Thank you. Herr Burgomaster.
I drink to love.
A union to last
throughout eternity.
A love free from
all material needs.
I'll drink to that lack
of material needs myself. Baron.
But not till I raid the
wine cellar. I won't.
Excuse me. Darling.
Be right back. Baron.
You admire my ring?
When I look at it.
I see glimpses
of a strange world.
A world of people
who are dead...
and yet alive.
It is the place from
which I've just returned.
It frightens me.
Wear it.
It will drive away
your fears.
It's too large.
It will become smaller.
No.
I'm afraid.
Take it back.
It is the bond that
links us together.
I see your world
more clearly now.
I'm no longer afraid.
I will come for you...
before the dawn.
Now as I was saying...
I haven't the remotest idea
what I was saying.
I've been asleep.
I must apologize. Baron.
It must have been the wine.
It's quite all right.
Herr Hussman. Well. Here we are.
I hadn't realized
we talked so long.
I must be leaving.
Well. It's been a swell party. Baron.
We'll save this
for next time.
Good night. Baron. Thank you for your
hospitality. Herr Hussman.
Not at all. Good night.
Good night.
Why. Rita. Aren't you
going to bid me good night?
Good night. Grandfather.
Good night. My dear.
Lampini.
Lampini.
Good night. Baron.
Good night. Sir.
Lampini.
Niemann.
Of course.
Dr. Niemann.
It turned out to be fun after all.
Didn't it. Darling?
It's a wonderful night.
The darkness
beckons to me.
Another world.
The world I see
is far away.
Yet very near.
A strange and beautiful world...
in which one
may be dead...
and yet alive.
Rita, what is it?
What's happened to you?
I'm going away.
Dracula crest.
Like the one on the coffin.
Where did you get it?
From Baron Latos.
Baron Latos?
We've got to get it off.
I want to go there. Carl.
Grandfather!
Grandfather!
Connect me with
Inspector Arnz. Hurry!
Hello?
Hello. Inspector.
This is Carl Hussman.
My grandfather
has been killed.
Herr Hussman?
Wounds on the neck?
Want kind of wounds?
Two small punctures
like teeth marks.
I'll be right over.
Rita!
Rita!
Rita!
Arnz!
Arnz!
Arnz!
Arnz!
My wife...
in that carriage.
Master! The police.
They're after us.
Look. Master.
I think they're
after Dracula.
There's one way
to stop them.
Yes.
Aaah!
Fejos. The police!
Ah. Herr Inspector.
You missed Ilonka's dance.
She's pretty too.
I will have her dance
again especially for you.
Not in the village of
Frankenstein. You won't.
We've had nothing but
stealing since you came here.
The burgomaster says
you're to move on.
But. Herr Inspector...
No arguments. Break camp and get out.
All right.
The show's over.
Go back to your homes.
Oh. Daniel?
Now drive on.
We'll camp beyond those trees.
What've you got here?
A chamber of horrors.
The burgomaster won't grant you a permit.
So pack up and be on your way.
But why? There's nothing
in my exhibit to offend anyone.
We've had enough horrors around here.
Do you see those ruins?
Our village has been quiet and
peaceful since the damn broke...
and swept the Wolf Man and
the Frankenstein monster...
to their destruction
several years ago.
No one ever mentions that place.
Nor does anyone ever go near it.
That's why you
can't exhibit here.
We want nothing to remind us of something
we've been trying to forget.
But we've come a long way
and the horses are tired.
It's very late. Could we at
least rest here until tomorrow?
No. You've got to move on.
All right. Daniel.
We'll move on.
Hand over the money
the villagers gave you.
Only your share.
All of it.
When I joined you. It was agreed
that I kept half. Give me the money.
If you try to rob me.
I'll tell the police that it's you...
who's been doing
the stealing!
I'll thrash you within
an inch of your life.
Let me go.
You smelly pig!
No. Fejos!
No! No! No!
No, I say!
Fejos!
Daniel! Daniel!
Do you want to bring
the police on us?
Get him out of here
before he kills him.
Master. She's hurt.
May I take her with us?
No. We only have tonight to search for
the Frankenstein records.
Please. Master.
She's hurt.
All right. If it will keep you
in your right senses.
Are you awake?
You've nothing
to be afraid of.
Now I remember.
Who are you?
I'm Daniel.
I'm with
Professor Lampini's show.
Here. I...
I brought you some tea.
It will make you feel better.
That was nice of you.
Are you the one
that helped me?
It made me mad
when he whipped you.
But he can't hurt you anymore.
They've gone.
Leaving me a hundred miles
from nowhere.
No. But we're going to Visaria.
You can travel with us.
You can sleep here and...
talk to me when I drive.
I get so lonesome when
I have no one to talk to.
You don't know me very well.
I might talk you to death.
Your name's Ilonka.
Isn't it?
You know all about me.
Don't you. Daniel?
I watched you dance.
Did you?
Did you like me?
You're pretty.
You're afraid of me.
Aren't you?
Afraid of you?
If you weren't.
You'd come up here where
I could see you better.
But you will talk
to me sometimes?
Won't you?
Of course I will.
You've been
kind to me...
and I like you.
Daniel. Daniel!
Yes. Master.
Come with me. I've found
a way into the ruins.
Master. If we find the
Frankenstein records.
Will you make me
like other men?
To please
your little gypsy girl.
Friend Daniel.
I'll make you an Adonis.
Here's a book.
Master!
Does it...
Help me, Master!
- Daniel. Are you hurt?
- No. Master.
Evidently the force
of the flood...
burst through
that wall and...
washed everything
into the cave beyond.
We'd better look for
the records in there.
A glacial ice cavern.
The Wolf Man.
Master.
Over there!
The undying monster.
The triumphant climax
of Frankenstein's genius...
And the Wolf Man.
They may know where the
records are. Friend Daniel.
We'll set them free
and they will help us.
Master! Master!
Who are you?
Why have you freed me from the ice
that imprisoned the beast within me?
Why? Perhaps to help you.
Mr. Talbot.
No earthly power can help those that are
arked by the sign of the pentagram.
You came here to ask
Frankenstein for help. Didn't you?
Yes. But I was too late.
He was dead.
I wanted to die too.
Nevertheless. When Dr. Mannering
trailed you here from England.
You asked him for help.
I did. But he became more interested
in the monster than he was in me.
When the villagers learned that
he had brought the monster back to life,
they blew up the dam.
These frozen waters...
have held you here
all these years.
And now you've brought me
back to a life of misery.
With each full moon.
I turn into a werewolf.
I kill.
I want to die. Only death
can bring me release.
You don't have to die.
My boy. You're wrong.
I can help you.
How? How can
you help me?
I too am a doctor.
A scientist...
like Frankenstein.
Do you know where
he kept his records?
I think so.
Show me those records and I'll build
a new brain for you.
I'll lift this curse
from you forever.
He wanted life
and strength.
I wanted only death.
Here we are.
The answer to both
your problems lies here.
But in my laboratory
in Visaria.
I have the equipment
to restore his strength.
Then I must wait until we reach Visaria.
You must be patient.
The horses are
harnessed. Master.
- Can you drive?
- Why. Yes.
Then take the road
to Visaria.
Master. Is he going
to drive all the time?
Yes.
I need you here.
We must apply
hot compresses.
The ice has seriously
damaged his tissues.
What's the matter.
Daniel. You got bugs?
You're not Daniel.
No. Daniel's back
with the doctor.
Who are you?
Just the driver.
- Are you going to Visaria with us?
- Yes.
I promised Daniel I'd keep
him company while he drove.
But I'll talk to you
if you want me to.
My name's Ilonka.
What's yours?
Lawrence.
Lawrence?
Do they call you
Larry?
They used to.
Larry! Larry!
I have something for you.
Look.
Pretty.
What's the matter
with you?
We've been together three days.
And you haven't smiled once.
I think I'd like you
better if you smiled.
Now don't start
barking at me.
There's a nice
big smile for you.
Now give me one.
You see how
easy it is.
Then why are you
always so sad?
I wish you'd tell me.
Why?
Because I like you.
Tell me.
Maybe I can help.
No one could help me.
Daniel.
Hurry up with
that water.
You going to
stand there all day?
Get started.
We've lost too
much time already.
Master. Why can't I
drive part of the time?
Talbot bothers me with
his everlasting impatience.
We must get the
monster to Visaria...
before further changes make
restoration more difficult.
The desiccation of the tissues
has gone further than I thought.
It's not as
bad as I feared.
Our equipment
is still usable.
We must go to work and get it in shape
as quickly as possible.
Turn on the steam.
Steam will soften
the tissues so that...
the high-frequency current
will go through them.
- How long will it take?
- A day. Perhaps longer.
Why must you
do that now?
You have everything
you need here.
Operate on me.
I've yet to find a way of combining
Frankenstein's technique with my own.
The moon will be full tonight.
You know what that means.
I can't stand to go through that torture
again. I tell you. I can't!
An operation now
would be a failure.
It would leave you exactly
as you are. You must wait.
Wait!
All right. Daniel.
Master. Talbot is big and strong.
Will you give me...
Forget Talbot.
We have work to do.
But. Master. You promised...
All in due time. Daniel.
Tonight we call
on my old friends.
Ullman and Strauss.
Herr Strauss. Yes.
What do you want?
Remember me?
I'm Dr. Niemann.
- Dr. Niemann? - Yes. Frederick.
- Come with me.
Aaah!
Aaah!
Pardon me.
Herr Ullman.
Do you know
Herr Strauss?
The garrulous gentleman
who testified...
that he saw me take
a body from its grave.
We don't forget.
Herr Strauss. Do we?
Oh. I'm sorry.
Is that more
comfortable?
Niemann. I've saved
15.000 marks...
Since you testified for the state to save
your miserable hide?
Let me go. Niemann. Let me
go and the money is yours.
Every bit of it.
15.000 marks.
A thousand for
every year...
that I spent in
the stinking. Slimy dungeon.
You bargain poorly.
Herr Ullman.
Don't kill me.
Don't kill me.
Kill my trusted
old assistant?
Why. No.
I'm going to repay you
for betraying me.
I'm going to give that
brain of yours a new home...
in the skull of the
Frankenstein monster.
As for you. Strauss.
I'm going to give you
the brain of the Wolf Man...
so that all your waking hours will be
spent in untold agony.
Awaiting the
full of the moon,
which will change you
into a werewolf.
The plasma must flow
at exactly that rate.
No more. No less.
If there's any change,
call me.
- Master.
- Yes?
Now that I've helped you
with Strauss and Ullman.
- Will you give Talbot's body to me?
- What?
He's big.
He's strong.
Talbot's body is the perfect home
for the monster's brain.
Which I will add to and subtract
from in my experiments.
- Master. You made me a promise.
- No!
You think I'd wreck
the work of a lifetime...
because you're in love
with a... a gypsy girl?
I've killed
four men for you.
Do as I say or
I'll never help you.
Larry!
Larry!
Daniel. You frightened me.
Have you seen Larry?
What's the matter?
Don't you like Larry?
You used to smile at me sometimes.
Before he joined us.
Why. Daniel.
I believe you're jealous.
You love him.
Don't you?
He's in some kind
of trouble. I think.
I want to help him.
You do love him.
But he
doesn't know it.
It wouldn't make any difference
to him if he did.
Why not? Why wouldn't it
make any difference to him?
Do you see that?
It's a star.
A five-pointed star.
The pentagram.
The pentagram!
The sign
of the beast.
"Even a man who's
pure in heart...
and says his
prayers by night..."
"will become
a werewolf...
"when the
wolfbane blooms...
and the moon is
full and bright."
He's a werewolf.
Oh. No!
Not him.
Not Larry!
You're lying!
You're lying to me! No.
No. I'm trying to protect you.
Stay away from him.
When the moon is
full again. He'll turn.
And he'll kill.
He'll kill.
I don't believe you.
You're making it all up
because you're jealous.
I hate you.
You're mean
and you're ugly!
I hate you!
I hate you!
I hate you!
She hates me because
I'm an ugly hunchback.
If it wasn't for you.
I'd have Talbot's body.
Yes. Mrs. Strauss.
Yes. Yes. Mrs. Strauss.
What about our beers.
Hoffman? At once. Herr Burgomaster.
I must go now.
Mrs. Strauss. Good day.
I don't know.
I don't know.
The housewives ask me
where their husbands are all the time.
What are you muttering
about. Hoffman?
Strauss hasn't been home since yesterday.
His wife's very worried.
Sleeping off a drunk probably.
I don't think so.
Why not? Ullman hasn't been home
since last night either.
Neither has Braun.
The storekeeper. That's odd.
When one man doesn't come home.
You think nothing of it.
When three men disappear
overnight.
Particularly in
a small town like Visaria.
You begin to wonder.
Inspector!
I found Herr Braun...
out in the woods.
- He's dead.
- Dead?
What do you make of it, Doctor?
The juggler vein
is severed.
Not cut.
But torn apart...
as though by powerful teeth.
A werewolf!
We'll all
be murdered.
Heaven help us.
I must warn my wife and children.
Schwartz. Meier.
Come back here.
I forbid that you
spread such talk.
What do you want to do? Drive folks
from Visaria and ruin our village forever.
I'm ashamed of you.
All of you. Believing in
such idiotic superstitions.
Then how do you explain that?
And how about Strauss?
And Ullman.
What happened to them?
If there's a werewolf,
our people should know about it.
I think so too.
Our children aren't safe.
- If there's a werewolf. Let's find him.
- Search for the werewolf!
All right!
All right!
Organize your
searching parties.
The inspector will
head one group.
Schwartz another and Meier. A third.
Find your werewolf.
"Even a man who
is pure at heart...
and says his
prayers by night..."
Then you know?
Daniel told me.
Oh. Larry.
Last night. I killed a man.
You didn't know what you were doing.
But I did.
I wanted to kill and
I knew that I wanted to.
Tonight the moon
will rise again...
and I'll become that beast.
I'll kill again.
Can't Dr. Niemann
do anything for you?
- Ask him. Larry. Ask him.
- Oh. He says...
that he can. But he
keeps putting me off.
I don't trust him.
I can't go on waiting
and killing and waiting.
I...
I want forgetfulness. Peace.
I want to help you.
I'll do anything.
When that spell
comes over me,
I'd kill anyone.
I won't let you.
I won't let you out of my sight.
I might even kill you.
I couldn't
help myself.
I'm not afraid.
It's no use.
Ilonka.
Only death can
bring us peace of mind.
And a werewolf
doesn't just die.
He must be killed.
Killed by
a silver bullet.
Fired by
the hand of one...
who loves him
enough...
to understand.
He must be killed,
killed by a silver bullet.
Fired by the hand of someone...
who loves him enough...
to understand.
Turbines.
Now the generator.
Check the mega-voltage.
Twenty-five thousand.
Increase to 50.
The electronic bombardment
will penetrate...
Listen to me.
Niemann.
You promised that
if I found the Frankenstein records.
You'd cure me
of this curse.
I found them.
Gave them to you.
Now it's time for you to keep your part
of the bargain.
My boy. You must have patience.
I've waited long enough.
Last night I suffered
the tortures of the damned.
I killed a man.
Tonight the moon
will be full again.
Now you stop whatever you're
doing and operate on me...
or I swear I'll...
Would you destroy your
only hope of release?
Well. Any sign of
your werewolf yet?
We're early for him.
I guess. Oh.
So he appears on schedule
like a train. Is that it?
Increase your mega-voltage
to a hundred thousand.
Danger. Master!
Danger. Master!
- Danger!
- Decrease!
Hello, Schwartz!
Come here quick!
What's the matter?
What is it?
Lights at Dr. Niemann's.
Weird lights. Flashing
all over the old place.
At Dr. Niemann's?
Yeah, we saw them from the road.
His place has been
closed for 15 years.
We better investigate.
Larry.
Go away.
No. Larry.
Let me in!
Go away.
I tell you.
Tell Talbot
I'm ready for him.
Aaah!
Aaah!
Master.
Master.
The Wolf Man.
The only thing
I ever loved.
It wouldn't have happened if
you had kept faith with me.
I served you well.
Master.
Remember Lampini?
Strauss?
Ullman? Now you're
going to join them.
Aaah!
Search the castle
and grounds.
The Frankenstein monster!
The Frankenstein monster!
Can't stand fire.
Aaah!
Set fire to the marsh grass.
Drive him back
into the bog.
Don't go this way.
Quicksands! Quicksands!
Not this way.
Quicksands!
Not that way.
Quicksands! Quicksands!
give me my chalk?
Try that again and I'll put you on
solitary confinement.
You would-be
Frankenstein.
Don't profane his name
with your dirty lips.
He was a genius in whose footsteps
I will follow when I get out of here.
When you get out.
If I have anything to say about it.
You'll never get out.
But I will.
Now. Friend Daniel.
Shall we go on with our work?
Now. This brain...
is taken from the man and transplanted
into the skull of the dog.
But given the mind
of a human being.
Now. Frankenstein would have
severed the spinal cord...
here. But I'm not certain
that he was right.
Could Frankenstein have
made me like other men?
He gave life to a body that he made
from parts of other bodies that had died.
Yes, Daniel, he could have
made you like other men.
Dr. Niemann. Did you know
Frankenstein?
No. But my brother, who assisted him,
learned his secrets.
And before he died,
he passed them on to me.
Then... you could
give me a new body.
If I had Frankenstein's
records to guide me.
I could give you
a perfect body.
Hyah! Hyah!
Try it again. Herman!
Now, all together!
We could help you.
My arms are strong.
Well. Thank you. Take the front wheel.
We'll take this.
Try it again!
We have help!
Push!
Hyah! Hyah!
May I offer you the warmth of
my living wagon? Thank you.
So you're a merchant that's been held for
ransom by mountain bandits.
For the better part of three months.
And that's your servant?
- Do you doubt me?
- It's a doubting world. Kind sir.
As I. Professor Bruno Lampini.
Have reason to know.
I have a collection of the
world's most astounding horrors.
When I exhibit them,
what do I get?
Doubts, jeers,
cries of'Fake! Fake!"
You expect your patrons to believe
that the skeleton you show them...
is really that
of Count Dracula?
I. Lampini. Took it...
pardon me... borrowed it
from the cellar of Dracula's castle...
in the Carpathian Mountains.
With my own two hands
I spread upon the floor of its coffin...
a layer of soil
taken from its birthplace.
So that by proxy.
Shall we say.
The skeleton of his
earthbound spirit might...
might lie at peace
within his grave.
Until the withdrawal of the wooden stake
from its heart...
set Dracula free again...
to satisfy his unholy
appetite for blood.
At night. The giant bat
would seek its victims.
But before sunrise.
Return to the safety of his coffin.
Aye, a single ray of sunlight falling upon
a vampire would make him helpless.
Do you ever exhibit
your show in Visaria?
Visaria...No. That's a town
that doesn't care for horrors.
They had one of their own
some 15 years ago...
when a Dr. Niemann tried
to give a dog the mind of a human being.
They threw him
in prison...
because he.
Like Frankenstein.
Used bodies of the newly-dead
to carry on his work.
- Is old Hussman still alive?
- He's now the mayor of Reigelberg.
Are you going there. By any chance?
Later on in the season.
It's a small place. Too far away to make
a trip profitable.
Nevertheless.
That is where you are going.
I am not going
to Reigelberg.
Then Daniel and I
will go alone.
No. No!
Now the driver.
Well. You seem worried.
Friend Daniel.
If they search the ruins of the prison.
Our bodies will not be found.
We should hide. And so we shall.
But in the open.
All the protection
of a traveling show.
I. As Lampini.
You as my assistant.
Free to move on
toward those...
for whom I have
unloving memories.
The... The ones
who sent you to prison?
Strauss. Ullman...
and old Hussman.
The burgomaster.
Yes. Friend Daniel.
We will travel
to the village of Reigelberg...
and pay our respects
to the burgomaster.
Your move. Inspector.
That's a neat trap you've got me into.
Checkmate. Put it in the book.
Inspector.
Grandfather?
He's here. Carl. Yes.
As a man, I admire you.
As burgomaster, I respect you.
But as a chess player.
Herr Hussman. I hate you.
Did you lose again.
Inspector?
It serves you right.
I told you not to play with him.
He always wins.
Don't you. You old darling?
I hope we're not breaking up
your game, but Carl and I have decided...
She means she has decided.
To take in the midnight show of the horror
exhibit down at the crossroads.
Spooks. Ghouls. Vampires.
Get his hat and coat. Carl.
You're going with us.
To stare at a lot of idiotic humbugs?
Not I. My dear.
I put my weary bones where they belong...
in bed.
Your hat and coat.
I'm not going!
You'd better give in. Grandad.
These American girls can
talk you into anything.
That's all they do... talk.
What? What did you say?
Aaah!
Now. Now. Darling.
Remember your blood pressure.
That's the man I married.
Talk. Talk. Talk. Talk!
I can never
get a word in edgewise.
Here. Put this on.
And no arguments. Uhh. No.
Come along. Inspector.
You're coming too. Oh, no.
And I don't want any arguments from you
either. Come along. Come on.
Persuasive little minx.
Isn't she? Uh. Uh. Uh...
Brrrr! I'm all over
goose pimples.
And properly so.
You little goose.
Don't be grouchy.
This is fun.
Master. Police inspector.
It's all right. Daniel.
We have our permit.
Oh.
Now. There is something
I could really use.
I wonder
where I could get one.
What for? Just the thing to keep
your wife under control.
This way. Ladies
and gentlemen.
Step this way
to gaze upon an exhibit...
absolutely unparalleled
in the realms of showmanship.
No doubt there are
some among you...
who will doubt the truth
about what I am about to say...
or doubt the reality
of what you are about to see.
But believe me.
My friends.
This is no fake.
Before your very eyes
is all that remains of a vampire.
One of the world's undead.
Dare I but remove this stake
from where his heart once beat.
And he would rise from the grave
within which he lies...
and turn into a bat,
a vampire bat...
who'd feed hideously
upon the living,
whose veins pulsate
with warm and vibrant blood.
Ladies and gentlemen.
The actual skeleton...
of Count Dracula.
The vampire!
Rubbish. Sheer rubbish.
I don't know. Herr Hussman.
There are many people hereabouts who still
believe in the old legend.
- Aye. Sir. It is true.
- I'm surprised at you people.
You seem to doubt what I say.
Herr Burgomaster.
Bats. Vampires.
A stake driven through
a skeleton's heart.
Gibberish.
Every word of it.
Furthermore. My friends.
One single ray of sunlight...
falling upon a vampire
will destroy him.
Say. Who are you?
My name is Lampini.
You're not the "Lampini"
I ran out of this area three years ago?
That was my brother.
Recently deceased.
You remind me of someone.
Someone I can't quite recall.
Perhaps you will remember later.
Herr Burgomaster.
Yes. Perhaps.
Drop the stick
from your hand.
- Drop it.
- But if you move.
I'll send
your soul back...
to the limbo
of eternal waiting.
Do as I ask.
And I will serve you.
I will protect the earth
upon which you lie...
so that before sunrise.
Your coffin will
always be ready for you.
For that. I will do
whatever you wish.
I hope I haven't spoiled your evening
for you. Inspector.
As a matter of fact
I found it most interesting.
But I say good night here.
Good night. Carl.
Good night. Inspector.
Good night.
See you in the morning. Sir.
Good night. Hans.
Don't get lost in the fog.
Brrr! Well. You certainly picked
a night for it. My pet.
It's like being wrapped in the arms
of a gigantic ghost.
Ghosts. Vampires!
Can't you talk about anything else?
Listen.
If you're going toward the inn, may I offer
you the accommodation of my coach?
You don't have
to say that twice.
Oh. Pardon me. I'm Carl Hussman
and this is Mrs. Hussman.
- We are here on our honeymoon.
- My congratulations.
And this is my grandfather.
How do you do?
Herr Hussman.
Permit me
to introduce myself.
I am Baron Latos
from Transylvania.
Well.
Glad to know you. Baron.
May I suggest that you join me for a bottle
of wine at the inn?
In the nature of. Shall we say.
A celebration. Mrs. Hussman?
Well. That's a wonderful idea
if Grandad doesn't mind.
Oh. Yes. A glass of wine
will warm my blood.
But you will accept
our hospitality. Baron.
The wine of the country
from my cellar.
Thank you. Herr Hussman.
Driver. Stop at the Hussman home.
Whoa.
Oh. Driver. Go around
to the kitchen.
Ask the cook to make you some coffee.
Thank you. Herr Burgomaster.
I drink to love.
A union to last
throughout eternity.
A love free from
all material needs.
I'll drink to that lack
of material needs myself. Baron.
But not till I raid the
wine cellar. I won't.
Excuse me. Darling.
Be right back. Baron.
You admire my ring?
When I look at it.
I see glimpses
of a strange world.
A world of people
who are dead...
and yet alive.
It is the place from
which I've just returned.
It frightens me.
Wear it.
It will drive away
your fears.
It's too large.
It will become smaller.
No.
I'm afraid.
Take it back.
It is the bond that
links us together.
I see your world
more clearly now.
I'm no longer afraid.
I will come for you...
before the dawn.
Now as I was saying...
I haven't the remotest idea
what I was saying.
I've been asleep.
I must apologize. Baron.
It must have been the wine.
It's quite all right.
Herr Hussman. Well. Here we are.
I hadn't realized
we talked so long.
I must be leaving.
Well. It's been a swell party. Baron.
We'll save this
for next time.
Good night. Baron. Thank you for your
hospitality. Herr Hussman.
Not at all. Good night.
Good night.
Why. Rita. Aren't you
going to bid me good night?
Good night. Grandfather.
Good night. My dear.
Lampini.
Lampini.
Good night. Baron.
Good night. Sir.
Lampini.
Niemann.
Of course.
Dr. Niemann.
It turned out to be fun after all.
Didn't it. Darling?
It's a wonderful night.
The darkness
beckons to me.
Another world.
The world I see
is far away.
Yet very near.
A strange and beautiful world...
in which one
may be dead...
and yet alive.
Rita, what is it?
What's happened to you?
I'm going away.
Dracula crest.
Like the one on the coffin.
Where did you get it?
From Baron Latos.
Baron Latos?
We've got to get it off.
I want to go there. Carl.
Grandfather!
Grandfather!
Connect me with
Inspector Arnz. Hurry!
Hello?
Hello. Inspector.
This is Carl Hussman.
My grandfather
has been killed.
Herr Hussman?
Wounds on the neck?
Want kind of wounds?
Two small punctures
like teeth marks.
I'll be right over.
Rita!
Rita!
Rita!
Arnz!
Arnz!
Arnz!
Arnz!
My wife...
in that carriage.
Master! The police.
They're after us.
Look. Master.
I think they're
after Dracula.
There's one way
to stop them.
Yes.
Aaah!
Fejos. The police!
Ah. Herr Inspector.
You missed Ilonka's dance.
She's pretty too.
I will have her dance
again especially for you.
Not in the village of
Frankenstein. You won't.
We've had nothing but
stealing since you came here.
The burgomaster says
you're to move on.
But. Herr Inspector...
No arguments. Break camp and get out.
All right.
The show's over.
Go back to your homes.
Oh. Daniel?
Now drive on.
We'll camp beyond those trees.
What've you got here?
A chamber of horrors.
The burgomaster won't grant you a permit.
So pack up and be on your way.
But why? There's nothing
in my exhibit to offend anyone.
We've had enough horrors around here.
Do you see those ruins?
Our village has been quiet and
peaceful since the damn broke...
and swept the Wolf Man and
the Frankenstein monster...
to their destruction
several years ago.
No one ever mentions that place.
Nor does anyone ever go near it.
That's why you
can't exhibit here.
We want nothing to remind us of something
we've been trying to forget.
But we've come a long way
and the horses are tired.
It's very late. Could we at
least rest here until tomorrow?
No. You've got to move on.
All right. Daniel.
We'll move on.
Hand over the money
the villagers gave you.
Only your share.
All of it.
When I joined you. It was agreed
that I kept half. Give me the money.
If you try to rob me.
I'll tell the police that it's you...
who's been doing
the stealing!
I'll thrash you within
an inch of your life.
Let me go.
You smelly pig!
No. Fejos!
No! No! No!
No, I say!
Fejos!
Daniel! Daniel!
Do you want to bring
the police on us?
Get him out of here
before he kills him.
Master. She's hurt.
May I take her with us?
No. We only have tonight to search for
the Frankenstein records.
Please. Master.
She's hurt.
All right. If it will keep you
in your right senses.
Are you awake?
You've nothing
to be afraid of.
Now I remember.
Who are you?
I'm Daniel.
I'm with
Professor Lampini's show.
Here. I...
I brought you some tea.
It will make you feel better.
That was nice of you.
Are you the one
that helped me?
It made me mad
when he whipped you.
But he can't hurt you anymore.
They've gone.
Leaving me a hundred miles
from nowhere.
No. But we're going to Visaria.
You can travel with us.
You can sleep here and...
talk to me when I drive.
I get so lonesome when
I have no one to talk to.
You don't know me very well.
I might talk you to death.
Your name's Ilonka.
Isn't it?
You know all about me.
Don't you. Daniel?
I watched you dance.
Did you?
Did you like me?
You're pretty.
You're afraid of me.
Aren't you?
Afraid of you?
If you weren't.
You'd come up here where
I could see you better.
But you will talk
to me sometimes?
Won't you?
Of course I will.
You've been
kind to me...
and I like you.
Daniel. Daniel!
Yes. Master.
Come with me. I've found
a way into the ruins.
Master. If we find the
Frankenstein records.
Will you make me
like other men?
To please
your little gypsy girl.
Friend Daniel.
I'll make you an Adonis.
Here's a book.
Master!
Does it...
Help me, Master!
- Daniel. Are you hurt?
- No. Master.
Evidently the force
of the flood...
burst through
that wall and...
washed everything
into the cave beyond.
We'd better look for
the records in there.
A glacial ice cavern.
The Wolf Man.
Master.
Over there!
The undying monster.
The triumphant climax
of Frankenstein's genius...
And the Wolf Man.
They may know where the
records are. Friend Daniel.
We'll set them free
and they will help us.
Master! Master!
Who are you?
Why have you freed me from the ice
that imprisoned the beast within me?
Why? Perhaps to help you.
Mr. Talbot.
No earthly power can help those that are
arked by the sign of the pentagram.
You came here to ask
Frankenstein for help. Didn't you?
Yes. But I was too late.
He was dead.
I wanted to die too.
Nevertheless. When Dr. Mannering
trailed you here from England.
You asked him for help.
I did. But he became more interested
in the monster than he was in me.
When the villagers learned that
he had brought the monster back to life,
they blew up the dam.
These frozen waters...
have held you here
all these years.
And now you've brought me
back to a life of misery.
With each full moon.
I turn into a werewolf.
I kill.
I want to die. Only death
can bring me release.
You don't have to die.
My boy. You're wrong.
I can help you.
How? How can
you help me?
I too am a doctor.
A scientist...
like Frankenstein.
Do you know where
he kept his records?
I think so.
Show me those records and I'll build
a new brain for you.
I'll lift this curse
from you forever.
He wanted life
and strength.
I wanted only death.
Here we are.
The answer to both
your problems lies here.
But in my laboratory
in Visaria.
I have the equipment
to restore his strength.
Then I must wait until we reach Visaria.
You must be patient.
The horses are
harnessed. Master.
- Can you drive?
- Why. Yes.
Then take the road
to Visaria.
Master. Is he going
to drive all the time?
Yes.
I need you here.
We must apply
hot compresses.
The ice has seriously
damaged his tissues.
What's the matter.
Daniel. You got bugs?
You're not Daniel.
No. Daniel's back
with the doctor.
Who are you?
Just the driver.
- Are you going to Visaria with us?
- Yes.
I promised Daniel I'd keep
him company while he drove.
But I'll talk to you
if you want me to.
My name's Ilonka.
What's yours?
Lawrence.
Lawrence?
Do they call you
Larry?
They used to.
Larry! Larry!
I have something for you.
Look.
Pretty.
What's the matter
with you?
We've been together three days.
And you haven't smiled once.
I think I'd like you
better if you smiled.
Now don't start
barking at me.
There's a nice
big smile for you.
Now give me one.
You see how
easy it is.
Then why are you
always so sad?
I wish you'd tell me.
Why?
Because I like you.
Tell me.
Maybe I can help.
No one could help me.
Daniel.
Hurry up with
that water.
You going to
stand there all day?
Get started.
We've lost too
much time already.
Master. Why can't I
drive part of the time?
Talbot bothers me with
his everlasting impatience.
We must get the
monster to Visaria...
before further changes make
restoration more difficult.
The desiccation of the tissues
has gone further than I thought.
It's not as
bad as I feared.
Our equipment
is still usable.
We must go to work and get it in shape
as quickly as possible.
Turn on the steam.
Steam will soften
the tissues so that...
the high-frequency current
will go through them.
- How long will it take?
- A day. Perhaps longer.
Why must you
do that now?
You have everything
you need here.
Operate on me.
I've yet to find a way of combining
Frankenstein's technique with my own.
The moon will be full tonight.
You know what that means.
I can't stand to go through that torture
again. I tell you. I can't!
An operation now
would be a failure.
It would leave you exactly
as you are. You must wait.
Wait!
All right. Daniel.
Master. Talbot is big and strong.
Will you give me...
Forget Talbot.
We have work to do.
But. Master. You promised...
All in due time. Daniel.
Tonight we call
on my old friends.
Ullman and Strauss.
Herr Strauss. Yes.
What do you want?
Remember me?
I'm Dr. Niemann.
- Dr. Niemann? - Yes. Frederick.
- Come with me.
Aaah!
Aaah!
Pardon me.
Herr Ullman.
Do you know
Herr Strauss?
The garrulous gentleman
who testified...
that he saw me take
a body from its grave.
We don't forget.
Herr Strauss. Do we?
Oh. I'm sorry.
Is that more
comfortable?
Niemann. I've saved
15.000 marks...
Since you testified for the state to save
your miserable hide?
Let me go. Niemann. Let me
go and the money is yours.
Every bit of it.
15.000 marks.
A thousand for
every year...
that I spent in
the stinking. Slimy dungeon.
You bargain poorly.
Herr Ullman.
Don't kill me.
Don't kill me.
Kill my trusted
old assistant?
Why. No.
I'm going to repay you
for betraying me.
I'm going to give that
brain of yours a new home...
in the skull of the
Frankenstein monster.
As for you. Strauss.
I'm going to give you
the brain of the Wolf Man...
so that all your waking hours will be
spent in untold agony.
Awaiting the
full of the moon,
which will change you
into a werewolf.
The plasma must flow
at exactly that rate.
No more. No less.
If there's any change,
call me.
- Master.
- Yes?
Now that I've helped you
with Strauss and Ullman.
- Will you give Talbot's body to me?
- What?
He's big.
He's strong.
Talbot's body is the perfect home
for the monster's brain.
Which I will add to and subtract
from in my experiments.
- Master. You made me a promise.
- No!
You think I'd wreck
the work of a lifetime...
because you're in love
with a... a gypsy girl?
I've killed
four men for you.
Do as I say or
I'll never help you.
Larry!
Larry!
Daniel. You frightened me.
Have you seen Larry?
What's the matter?
Don't you like Larry?
You used to smile at me sometimes.
Before he joined us.
Why. Daniel.
I believe you're jealous.
You love him.
Don't you?
He's in some kind
of trouble. I think.
I want to help him.
You do love him.
But he
doesn't know it.
It wouldn't make any difference
to him if he did.
Why not? Why wouldn't it
make any difference to him?
Do you see that?
It's a star.
A five-pointed star.
The pentagram.
The pentagram!
The sign
of the beast.
"Even a man who's
pure in heart...
and says his
prayers by night..."
"will become
a werewolf...
"when the
wolfbane blooms...
and the moon is
full and bright."
He's a werewolf.
Oh. No!
Not him.
Not Larry!
You're lying!
You're lying to me! No.
No. I'm trying to protect you.
Stay away from him.
When the moon is
full again. He'll turn.
And he'll kill.
He'll kill.
I don't believe you.
You're making it all up
because you're jealous.
I hate you.
You're mean
and you're ugly!
I hate you!
I hate you!
I hate you!
She hates me because
I'm an ugly hunchback.
If it wasn't for you.
I'd have Talbot's body.
Yes. Mrs. Strauss.
Yes. Yes. Mrs. Strauss.
What about our beers.
Hoffman? At once. Herr Burgomaster.
I must go now.
Mrs. Strauss. Good day.
I don't know.
I don't know.
The housewives ask me
where their husbands are all the time.
What are you muttering
about. Hoffman?
Strauss hasn't been home since yesterday.
His wife's very worried.
Sleeping off a drunk probably.
I don't think so.
Why not? Ullman hasn't been home
since last night either.
Neither has Braun.
The storekeeper. That's odd.
When one man doesn't come home.
You think nothing of it.
When three men disappear
overnight.
Particularly in
a small town like Visaria.
You begin to wonder.
Inspector!
I found Herr Braun...
out in the woods.
- He's dead.
- Dead?
What do you make of it, Doctor?
The juggler vein
is severed.
Not cut.
But torn apart...
as though by powerful teeth.
A werewolf!
We'll all
be murdered.
Heaven help us.
I must warn my wife and children.
Schwartz. Meier.
Come back here.
I forbid that you
spread such talk.
What do you want to do? Drive folks
from Visaria and ruin our village forever.
I'm ashamed of you.
All of you. Believing in
such idiotic superstitions.
Then how do you explain that?
And how about Strauss?
And Ullman.
What happened to them?
If there's a werewolf,
our people should know about it.
I think so too.
Our children aren't safe.
- If there's a werewolf. Let's find him.
- Search for the werewolf!
All right!
All right!
Organize your
searching parties.
The inspector will
head one group.
Schwartz another and Meier. A third.
Find your werewolf.
"Even a man who
is pure at heart...
and says his
prayers by night..."
Then you know?
Daniel told me.
Oh. Larry.
Last night. I killed a man.
You didn't know what you were doing.
But I did.
I wanted to kill and
I knew that I wanted to.
Tonight the moon
will rise again...
and I'll become that beast.
I'll kill again.
Can't Dr. Niemann
do anything for you?
- Ask him. Larry. Ask him.
- Oh. He says...
that he can. But he
keeps putting me off.
I don't trust him.
I can't go on waiting
and killing and waiting.
I...
I want forgetfulness. Peace.
I want to help you.
I'll do anything.
When that spell
comes over me,
I'd kill anyone.
I won't let you.
I won't let you out of my sight.
I might even kill you.
I couldn't
help myself.
I'm not afraid.
It's no use.
Ilonka.
Only death can
bring us peace of mind.
And a werewolf
doesn't just die.
He must be killed.
Killed by
a silver bullet.
Fired by
the hand of one...
who loves him
enough...
to understand.
He must be killed,
killed by a silver bullet.
Fired by the hand of someone...
who loves him enough...
to understand.
Turbines.
Now the generator.
Check the mega-voltage.
Twenty-five thousand.
Increase to 50.
The electronic bombardment
will penetrate...
Listen to me.
Niemann.
You promised that
if I found the Frankenstein records.
You'd cure me
of this curse.
I found them.
Gave them to you.
Now it's time for you to keep your part
of the bargain.
My boy. You must have patience.
I've waited long enough.
Last night I suffered
the tortures of the damned.
I killed a man.
Tonight the moon
will be full again.
Now you stop whatever you're
doing and operate on me...
or I swear I'll...
Would you destroy your
only hope of release?
Well. Any sign of
your werewolf yet?
We're early for him.
I guess. Oh.
So he appears on schedule
like a train. Is that it?
Increase your mega-voltage
to a hundred thousand.
Danger. Master!
Danger. Master!
- Danger!
- Decrease!
Hello, Schwartz!
Come here quick!
What's the matter?
What is it?
Lights at Dr. Niemann's.
Weird lights. Flashing
all over the old place.
At Dr. Niemann's?
Yeah, we saw them from the road.
His place has been
closed for 15 years.
We better investigate.
Larry.
Go away.
No. Larry.
Let me in!
Go away.
I tell you.
Tell Talbot
I'm ready for him.
Aaah!
Aaah!
Master.
Master.
The Wolf Man.
The only thing
I ever loved.
It wouldn't have happened if
you had kept faith with me.
I served you well.
Master.
Remember Lampini?
Strauss?
Ullman? Now you're
going to join them.
Aaah!
Search the castle
and grounds.
The Frankenstein monster!
The Frankenstein monster!
Can't stand fire.
Aaah!
Set fire to the marsh grass.
Drive him back
into the bog.
Don't go this way.
Quicksands! Quicksands!
Not this way.
Quicksands!
Not that way.
Quicksands! Quicksands!