564 - August 22, 1968

[bunniefuu]

♪ [eerie music playing]

- In a house on a remote section of the great state Collinwood,

a vampire's coffin holds a secret

that only two people know.

One is a master, the other a sl*ve who knows not

what he does or why.

And on this day, he sits in a hospital waiting

room, stunned at the strange turn his life has taken.

[footsteps]

- Joe.

- [inaudible], Dr. Hoffman.

- [STUTTERING] Have visiting hours started yet?

I had hoped to see Dr. Peters before he started his morning

rounds.

Tell me-- tell me, how's your cousin?

Tom Jennings, did he regain consciousness?

- Yes, he did. - I'm glad.

Have the police spoken to him?

- No.

- Did he tell you what happened?

- Yes, he told me.

- It was an animal that attacked him?

Joe, I'm sorry, but we're all concerned about him.

If-- if it isn't an animal, then the police should be involved.

- As it should be, but they won't be ever.

- Why not?

- Because he's dead.

♪ [theme music]

- Joe, I'm sorry.

Poor Tom.

I telephoned the hospital last night

and they said he was better.

- He was last night.

- Well, what happened? - He died!

That's what happened.

He just died!

- Joe.

Joe, Joe, what's wrong with you?

- Nothing.

- Joe.

- Don't touch me.

- Joe, let me call your doctor for you.

- No, don't do that.

- But you aren't well.

- I'm upset, that's all.

- Well, there is medication for that too, you know.

- If you were as guilty as I am, it wouldn't help.

- Joe, it's-- it's not your fault. You couldn't help it.

- That's right.

- Let me call Maggie. - No.

- Why not?

- Because she doesn't know yet.

- You've got to tell her.

- Yeah, I know I do.

But I just keep--

I just keep putting it off.

She, uh, she-- she once went with Tom

before she went with me.

You didn't know that, did you?

It was nothing serious, but they always liked each other a lot.

- But-- but she'll find out, Joe,

and she'll be upset if she doesn't hear it from you.

- I guess she will.

I guess I don't really believe it myself in a way.

I should, I came in this morning to settle up the account.

I came to visit him last night, he was talking and--

he's not going to talk anymore.

- Tell me, is your car outside?

Then let me drive you home.

- No, there are things I have to do here.

- Well, they can wait.

- Not these things.

- Joe, you don't-- you don't seem to realize how much

of a strain you've been under.

You really haven't recovered completely

from your own accident.

You're very upset by all this.

I think you should rest today.

- There's a funeral.

- What?

Today?

Isn't that rather quick?

- That's the way he wanted it and that's

the way it's going to be.

He told me that just before he died.

- You were with him when he died?

- No, just a couple of hours before.

He said to me, Joe, if anything happens to me--

I'm his only relative, so it's up to me.

It's going to be today and that's

going to be the end of it.

- You're-- you're so upset, Joe.

I'm worried about you.

- Don't be!

It's my life, I don't--

I don't want to interfere in it.

You understand?

- No.

No, I-- I don't.

I'm-- I'm not at all sure I understand what's happened

to you at all.

- Well, Willie?

- [gasp] Barnabas.

- What is it?

- Well, you shouldn't have walked in like that.

- Here in my own house?

- You frightened me.

- Really?

- Yeah, especially after bringing that here.

- So I see you were successful last night.

- I was never so scared in my life.

You should never ask anybody to do that, Barnabas.

- But you've done it, Willie.

- [inaudible].

All that had to see me is one person, just one person.

I'm never going to do it again, Barnabas.

- Willie, you'll do as you're told.

- You know, every time I touched it, I felt sick.

When I got back, I couldn't even go to sleep.

I put it down here and I went to my room

and I just laid there, Barnabas.

- Well, next time Julia will give you a sedative.

- [nervous laugh]

No, sir.

There ain't going to be no next time for Willie Loomis.

See, Barnabas, you don't listen to people.

You don't-- and you don't know how it makes a fellow feel when

nobody listens to him, do you?

That's because people listen to you.

You say, no, people know you're not going to do something.

But me, oh, Willie, you'll come around, all right.

But no more! You hear me?

No more, Barnabas!

- Willie, don't you think I am revolted by what

this room has been turned into?

- You know, Barnabas, sometimes I just don't understand.

- Do you think that Julia and I want

to create this mate for Adam?

- You know, the day you brought Adam here--

- Can 't you imagine how we feel?

- I told you to k*ll him.

- Well, I didn't.

- If you found him now--

- Well, we can't.

We tried.

- You wouldn't k*ll him, though.

You'd think of something.

Well, I don't know why you wouldn't k*ll him.

I just don't understand it.

- You know very well why I'm doing this.

- Yeah, to keep Vicky alive, I suppose.

Yes, you'd do anything for her.

- Yes, I would.

And may I remind you that she isn't the only one.

Adam is threatening to k*ll every member of my family.

I have no choice.

- Yeah, but, Barnabas, you don't realize how dangerous this is.

Now you just listen to Willie Loomis

but once, because Willie Loomis is

going to be telling you that someday soon you're

going to have a lot of trouble.

- What are you talking about?

- Well, you don't think this equipment is going

to go unnoticed here, do you?

- No one has found it yet.

This room has had other secrets.

- Yeah, well, all that's got to happen

is David comes playing around or something happened

and the police, they'll be here again!

- Nothing is going to happen.

- Yeah, but-- but suppose it does.

Don't you know what trouble you can get into?

- I know very well.

I am very well aware of the risks, even more than you.

- What?

Even if-- even if you bring this person to life, well,

who-- who's going to be the life force for it

like you was for Adam?

Now, you tell me that.

Who's that going to be?

- I don't know.

- Well, I'm telling you, Barnabas,

I don't want anything to do with it, anything at all.

- Willie, you're already involved.

It's too late to cry about it now.

[door closes] - Huh?

What? Who's that?

Somebody just came in upstairs.

- Well, go see who it is.

Go see who it is.

Willie, you're getting nervous again.

You must learn to control it.

Remember the last time.

- I just want you to know one thing, Barnabas.

If that's Adam up there or if I ever go up there and I find

Adam, I'll k*ll him, even if you won't.

- Willie!

[footsteps]

- Oh, it's you, Julia.

We're going to have to do something about Willie.

- Other things we have to do today, Barnabas.

- He's going to give us away without knowing it.

He brought us this last night, but I don't think

we can use him alone again.

At least you can start your work now.

You're not listening to me, Julia.

- Barnabas, Tom Jennings died last night.

- No.

- Yes, I've just come from the hospital.

I talked to the doctor and I saw the official reports.

- And what was the cause of death?

- Animal bites, loss of blood due to animal bites.

There were two fang marks on his neck.

The doctor was mystified, of course,

but it hasn't occurred to anyone that they could

be the bites of a vampire.

Why would anyone--

- No, no one would.

- No.

I didn't see his body, it had already

been taken to the mortuary.

But there will be no further investigation.

- Until the next time.

- Yes, until then.

- Barnabas, coming out here, I felt very strongly

that we should go to the police.

- The police?

- Yes--

- Are you mad?

- Barnabas, we can't find out who attacked Tom Jennings.

We have too much to do, too much that's new and frightening.

- And what would we tell the police?

All that we know about vampires?

- Yes, I know we can't.

But we must do something, Barnabas.

- Yes, he will rise from his coffin.

- Tonight.

He's being buried this afternoon.

Who decided that? - Joe Haskell.

- Are you sure?

- Yes, he told me so himself.

- Then Haskell knows, he must.

Why would Jennings be buried so quickly

unless Haskell knew and didn't want to take any chances?

- Oh, no, Barnabas.

You're reading into it what you would do.

No, Joe Haskell, you know Joe Haskell.

He wouldn't be a party to anything like that.

He'd go to the police first.

- But he-- he didn't do that when he found Willie

in the cemetery.

- But he came here, he heard your explanations.

Joe Haskell, tortured as he is, would not keep this secret.

- Oh, perhaps you're right.

- He said that Jennings asked to be buried immediately.

- Then Jennings knew.

- Yes, I assume so.

- At dusk, the blood lust will overpower him.

We are the only two who know how to stop Jennings, Julia.

- Barnabas, could you?

- Yes.

Willie!

Surely you remember, Julia, those moments

just before dawn when I would have

to go crawling into my coffin hoping that someone

would find me and stopped me before another dusk

released me.

I know the agony of those nights only

too well to let anyone else go through them.

- Did you call me, Barnabas?

- Yes, Willie.

There is something we must do tonight.

Don't shake your head at me, Willie.

You don't know what it is yet.

- I do-- I don't care.

- Didn't you hear?

I said it was something that we must do, all of us together.

We're all to take an equal chance.

But first, you will make a wooden stake

with a point as sharp as a dagger.

- Barnabas, what kind of crazy joke is this?

- This is not a joke.

Now, start!

Now!

- [VOICEOVER] Should I go to the police, Tom?

What good would it do now?

What would I say?

That I let Angelique into your hospital room last night?

Was it only last night?

[barking]

[howling]

[barking]

[howling]

- Those dogs-- no, I won't go to her.

Not tonight.

I won't go to her.

How could I, Tom, knowing that she put you there?

- Someone's at the grave. - Nonsense.

- You should take a look.

Who is it?

Barnabas, let's get out of here, please.

Let's come back later, huh?

- Come back later, he'll be gone.

- It's Joe Haskell.

- Yes, I think it is.

- I'll get rid of him.

- How?

[barking]

- [VOICEOVER] No, I'm not going.

I'm not!

[howling]

- Joe, Joe, I've been looking for you.

- Why? What's happened?

Something else happened?

- No.

No, nothing's happened.

I was worried about you.

- Don't worry about me.

- Well, I've been worried ever since this morning.

- Look, Dr. Hoffman, I can take care of myself.

- Yes, I--

I know you can, but I've been worried.

I went to your house and to Maggie's.

- Why'd you do that?

- Well, I-- I know how depressed you are.

[howling]

- If I am, I'm the only one that can do anything about it.

- That's not true.

You won't help yourself being in this graveyard,

the storm coming up.

I-- I-- I wish you would come to Collinwood with me.

- No, thanks.

- I bet you haven't eaten at all today.

Um, Mrs. Johnson has saved dinner for me

and there's enough for you.

And I'm sure Carolyn and Vicky would be delighted to see you.

I'm sorry, I don't understand why you don't

want to be with Maggie, but--

- I guess nobody knows that.

- But don't punish yourself any more than you have.

It's-- it's dangerous to be out here.

- Dangerous? How?

- Well, I told you.

You're not in any condition--

please accept the help of a friendly doctor.

- He's not going to leave, Barnabas.

This is crazy. - He has to.

- Well, what's she--

what's she telling him?

She's not telling what you told me, is she?

- Of course not.

- Hey, wait, they're moving.

- You should think of something.

No, please, let them get out of sight at least.

We're not robbing a grave, Willie.

We're dealing with an enemy, an enemy I know only too well.

Come.

- Barnabas, what if somebody comes?

- Stop.

Now, start, Willie, now.

Start!

[barking]

[howling]

[barking]

[howling]

- I hate the sound of the dogs.

Come, Joe, we're almost there.

- I'm not-- I'm not going to Collinwood, doctor.

- But it's all settled.

- I can't go, not tonight.

- Joe, Joe, you're not going back to the grave?

- No.

- Well, then where are you going?

Oh, I have no right to asking you that.

I'm sorry. - No, you don't.

I'm going somewhere I have to go.

- You're-- you're going back to the-- to the cemetery.

- No.

- Joe, you can't go back--

- I'm not going there, I swear!

Now, leave me alone!

Just leave me alone.

[barking]

[howling]

- Joe, Joe!

- Before you open it, give me the mallet.

Now, open the coffin.

- Barnabas!

- He's gone.

We're too late.

He's gone!

♪ [suspenseful music]

♪ [theme music]