501 - May 27, 1968

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR: Peaceful now, the great house of Collinwood

does not know the strange drama being enacted

on another part of the great estate.

A drama which will spill over into their lives

with horrifying results.

For a monster is loose.

A monster who has already tried to k*ll one man,

and now in this old house,

he is determined to end the life of the one person

he has loved in his short life.

- [GROANING] - Let... Let go of him, Adam.

Stop it. You'll... You'll k*ll him.

Adam! Adam!

Adam, you love him, you love him.

Don't you realize that, Adam?

Yes. He created you.

Without him, you'd be... You'd be dead.

You do feel that, don't you, Adam?

[ADAM SOBBING SOFTLY]

Barnabas!

[GASPING AND SOBBING]

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[ERRIE THEME MUSIC PLAYING] ♪♪

Barnabas!

Oh, Julia...

Here wait, l-let me help you.

He nearly k*lled you.

- I've got to go after him. - No. No, let him go.

He's... He's some kind of monster.

That-that temper, I don't think he can learn to control it.

- He's so violent. - We must get him.

No, he-he'll be k*lled out there.

He doesn't know anything about-about cars

or anything like that.

He'll be k*lled and that will be the end of it.

Oh Barnabas, I know that sounds callous but...

Barnabas, aren't you-aren't you listening to me?

He attacked me less than an hour after he came alive.

Then Willy and now you.

The three people he's known,

and he's tried to k*ll each of us.

And each time for a reason.

You gave him that injection.

That was his first experience with pain.

I shouldn't have hit him.

I should have thought of another way to-to save Willy.

- I could've. - Barnabas...

Barnabas, perhaps something else went wrong

when we did the experiment.

And perhaps that magnificent brain

that Doctor Lang boasted of, perhaps it was injured.

Barnabas, why-why do you have to find him?

Because he's my responsibility!

I know you too well. I distrust statements like that.

The condition that he is in,

he may attack the first person he sees.

He may be captured.

That's what you're afraid of really, isn't it?

Don't be afraid of that, Barnabas.

He can't talk.

He can say my name.

Well, how much does that incriminate you?

Enough!

Barnabas, you've lied yourself

out of worse situations than that.

Barnabas, don't go.

If he sees you hunting him, he'll-he'll k*ll you.

You stay here, Julia.

Barnabas... Barnabas, please don't go.

Barnabas!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] ♪♪

[CONTINUES SOBBING]

No, Barnabas, no!

[TWIG SNAPPING]

Barnabas?

- You shouldn't be here. - I couldn't stay there.

You won't stop me, Julia.

Barnabas... Barnabas, you're not thinking.

No, you're right. I'm not for a change.

You've got to begin to.

Barnabas, why do you have to find him?

When you get him back,

will you make the chains stronger?

Will you get somebody to help Willy to take care of him?

Oh Barnabas, let him disappear!

Barnabas!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC] ♪♪

JULIA: I lost you for a moment, Barnabas.

BARNABAS: He must be near, he couldn't have got very far.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Barnabas, y-you don't know he came in this direction,

he-he could have gone off toward the gate.

No, there were footprints in the lawn,

leading to the woods.

- Barnabas... - Julia, you'll have to stop talking

or go back to the house.

He'll hear us and I'll never find him.

If you just tell me what you're going to do with him

after you find him.

The only thing I can do.

You mean, k*ll him?

I must.

I suppose I've known this all along,

but I just couldn't face it.

He's too dangerous even for me to handle.

Julia, if anything happens to me,

what will become of him?

When I was cured, I...

I vowed I would never k*ll again.

And now, I must.

Barnabas.

[CONTINUES SOBBING]

BARNABAS: I must k*ll Adam.

k*ll.

k*ll.

k*ll.

k*ll. k*ll.

k*ll.

[WOOD SNAPPING]

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k*ll. k*ll!

k*ll.

Hello, Tony.

Fine, thank you, and you?

If he wants me, I'm not here.

Caroline.

I mean it, Mother.

I'm sorry, what did you say?

Oh yes, we were planning to go,

but then Caroline and I decided not to.

Now he knows I'm here.

Well, I didn't like the idea of driving through the storm.

Just a minute.

He wants you, of course.

He might want someone else.

Oh, Caroline, don't be childish.

What will I tell him?

That I'm busy,

so I won't make you lie, I will be busy.

ELIZABETH: I'm afraid she's busy right now.

When will she be free?

Oh I'd say, in about an hour.

Yes, Count, yes she'll still be up.

All right, goodbye.

Always have to be so polite to everyone.

I think it's some deep inner compulsion.

ELIZABETH: I suppose it is, but I see nothing wrong with it.

CAROLINE: You could simply have told him

I didn't want to talk with him.

ELIZABETH: I think that is something

for you to say to him yourself.

When you're not busy, of course.

[CLANKING]

Caroline, what's wrong? You've always liked Tony.

"Liked" is the right tense.

I'm not asking you to confide in me.

Good. Because I can't.

Really?

It would bring up too many skeletons in too many closets.

I must have been missing a lot of melodrama.

Mother, how much have you missed?

You usually notice things.

Your perceptions about people are usually right.

What do you think of my new Aunt Cassandra?

What has she got to do with this?

I'm just asking you how much you know about her.

Very little, as you know.

Are she and Uncle Roger happy?

I assume so.

Oh, don't be so naive, Mother.

Caroline...

I don't like to be talked to in that tone.

Now, if you know something that's going on in this house,

I want to know about it.

She has made Tony fall in love with her.

Cassandra?

Well, if not in love, i-infatuated.

Under a spell.

Whatever you call those... Those ridiculous things.

I'm sure you're imagining it.

My dear Mother, it is based on fact.

I saw them together in the garden.

And misinterpreted what you saw, obviously.

Mother, you're taking her side against me.

- I'm not taking any side. - You are!

Don't believe what you saw, Caroline.

All right, I won't believe it.

May I believe what he told me?

Tony admitted it?

What is she doing?

Why does she want him?

Isn't it enough that she has Uncle Roger?

ELIZABETH: I don't know, Caroline.

I don't know.

CAROLINE: Because I do like him.

And he's so unhappy about her.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Who was that?

The storm must have blown the door open.

Oh. I'll get it.

[SCREAMING]

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You're the man in the woods!

Mother?

Stay away from us!

Operator!

- No! - Mother!

Who are you?

What do you want here?

My brother will be coming in a minute.

Or one of the servants.

We're not alone here, you'll be caught.

Yes, you will.

S-someone is coming for me.

You better leave.

Before there's trouble, all I have to do is scream.

[GRUNTING]

CAROLINE: He doesn't understand. He'll k*ll you, Mother.

What do you want? Tell us.

Music.

Music?

The radio, Carolyn.

[CHAINS CLANKING]

[GRUNTING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING] ♪♪

Music.

No!

Not music!

Come here. He must be insane.

- What are we going to do? - I don't know.

If...

both...

live.

If...

both... live.

Try to get out of here.

- No. - You must.

No, but you.

He doesn't understand anything.

I'll talk to him to distract him.

He at least listens to me. Try to get out the window.

If...

both... live.

Young man...

are you hungry?

Come with me, I'll get you some food.

Food.

Food.

[GRUNTING]

[CAROLINE SCREAMING]

Mother! Mother!

No!

[CAROLINE SCREAMING]

Barnabas! Hurry!

[CONTINUES SCREAMING]

- BARNABAS: Let her go! - Don't sh**t!

BARNABAS: Take your hands off her!

Put her down, do you understand?

Let her down!

If you don't, I'll k*ll you!

Barnabas, no, you'll hit her!

[CAROLINE SCREAMING]

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- Oh, Mrs. Stoddard, you can't do anything. - Yes, I can, I can.

Barnabas will catch them.

- I'll call the police. - No, no wait.

He's got Caroline, anything can happen to her.

Anything, he's a maniac.

I'll call the police.

[PHONE DIALING]

- Maybe he has a car. - No.

How do you know?

Hello? Hello, police?

This is... This is Julia Hoffman at Collinwood.

Uh... Som-some stranger just...

A prowler was, was...

Broke in into the house and has taken

Caroline Stoddard as-as a hostage.

Well, just now.

Barnabas Collins is out, is out hunting them.

They can't be far.

Yes.

Well, yes, yes. Several men I would think.

[SIGHS] Yes, thank you.

They'll be right here.

Why I know how worried you are, Mrs. Stoddard,

but, but they'll be all right.

Barnabas will find them.

That man is so strong.

Don't forget that Barnabas has a g*n.

Why has Barnabas a g*n?

You were hunting him, weren't you?

No.

You know who he is, don't you?

No.

Then, why has Barnabas got a g*n?

You haven't answered that question, Dr. Hoffman.

We, uh...

we were at the old house and we heard a noise,

and I heard something from the window

and Barnabas went to the door.

And whoever it was, ran into the shrubbery.

But then he came back out again

and made a noise and Barnabas got his g*n.

You... You don't believe me, Mrs. Stoddard.

I don't know what to believe.

I can't think. Oh, Carol!

[CAROLINE SCREAMS] Let me go!

Put me down!

[SCREAMING] Help!

Someone, help!

What are you gonna do with me?

What?

[SCREAMING]

[GROANING]

No! No!

[CONTINUES SOBBING]

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