Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

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I suppose he's been drinking again.

He's coming here.

What did you say?

I said, I think we need
some petrol!

As I was saying,

I think we need some pet...

I'm sorry, it was my fault, darling.

These roads twist so
it's impossible to follow them.

It's not your fault.

I should have dipped
the tanker way back.

Bone dry.

I'll search around to see if I can get
some help, I'm afraid.

- Someone to tow us.
- Shall I come with you?

No, it'll be quicker
if I go alone.

All right.

Now, you stay in the car.
You'll be quite safe.

Gerald?

Try not to be long.

I'll try.

Stop running!

Go back to your car!

- You hear me?
- Yes!

Go back to your car!

Go!

Gerald, I was so frightened!

Oh, don't leave it there.

Someone may want to come in.

- They won't, sir.
- Won't they?

No one ever comes
here now, sir.

Why not?

Why not?

Goodnight, sir.

Well, what do you
think, Gerald?

Well... I...

We'd better get under shelter!

Why can't you leave us alone?

We wondered if you might
have a room!

A room? You want a room?

Yes. For the night.

Wondered...
You're strangers then, huh?

Well, yes.

Please, come in, come in.

Come in, please.

Come in. Oh, you're wet!

Oh, come in and dry
yourselves, please.

Anna! Anna, we have people,
um, guests! Come quickly!

Oh, excuse me.

What a night! What a night!

- Left your horses outside?
- We came by motorcar.

Motorcar?

Oh, you must be
very rich, young man.

It's my father's car.
We borrowed it for our...

- ...journey.
- Oh, so.

Oh, Anna... Anna, look,
we have guests!

Would you show these good people a room
while I get their luggage, hm?

I'll get your luggage.

Oh, please, you'll get soaked!
Wait until the rain stops!

Oh, I have an umbrella.

Will you sign here, please?

What room do you want?

I beg your pardon?

Which room?

They are all vacant.

All ex... except one.

Well, nothing too expensive.

We still have
a long way to travel.

Five marks?

Yes, that'll be fine.

It is the best we have.

This way.

I will bring you fresh linen
and hot water.

Is there anything else
you require?

Some tea, perhaps?

Certainly.

My husband will lay
a fire for you.

Just as soon as he returns
with your luggage.

Well?

Anna! Anna, look!

Look, see! Look!

Well?

Well, Anna, don't you see?
This is rice!

I found it among their luggage!

Anna, don't you see
what this means?

They're just married!
This is their honeymoon!

Oh, Anna, look, we must do
everything we can...

...to make them comfortable, eh?

I am fetching them hot water now.
What more can I do?

Oh, Anna...

Anna, try to forget.

Please. Just for tonight.
For their sakes.

Please.

- Tea, darling!
- Shan't be a moment.

That looks good.

Now, wait.

Hello! We've got company.

What is it?

Someone has just
delivered a letter.

Somebody pretty important too,
by the look of the carriage.

- Oh!
- What?

- Come here.
- What's wrong?

It's your ear.

Stop it, darling.

The tea will get cold, darling.

I know.

Come in!

- A letter for you, sir.
- For me? But that's impossible.

Oh, no, it's addressed to you,

the English gentleman,
the Grand Hotel.

- Eh, that's us.
- But who can it be from?

- Ravna.
- Yes...

...that's the Herr Dr. Ravna.
Oh, very fine gentleman.

He has lived at the chateaux
now for some years.

Is that the one we saw
on the mountain back there?

Yes, Madame.

He wants us to have
dinner with him!

- What?
- Well, that's what it says.

"I should like to
offer you my sympathy...

...and extend an invitation
to dine with me tonight.

You'll find the food at the hotel at..."
Well, I'll skip that bit.

My wife is a good woman,
but a cook?

"My carriage will call at 8:00
which I trust will be convenient."

Well, what do you say?

I... I haven't anything to wear.

Oh, he's forestalled you there...

"Come just as you are.
We shall not be formal."

I think we should go!

Oh, you should go, Madame.

The Herr Doctor is
a very charming gentleman...

...and his table is one of
the best in the country.

It'll be an experience
for you, Madame.

Very well.

Good evening. Dr. Ravna
is expecting us.

- More surprises.
- Pleasant ones, I hope.

You expected the inside
of my house...

...to be as unattractive
as the outside?

- Is that it?
- Well...

If it were,
I could not live here.

I like only to be surrounded
by beautiful...

...things.

And as I am fortunate enough...

...to have the means
to satisfy my wish...

But there I go. Please excuse
my appalling manners.

We have so little company here...

...that I sometimes
forget how to behave.

My name is Ravna.

Gerald Harcourt,
and my wife Marianne.

Welcome to my house.

It was very kind of you
to invite us.

It was indeed.

I still can't quite understand...

...how you found out
about us so quickly!

To tell the truth,
I was spying on your motorcar.

Such things are a rarity
in these parts,

and when I heard the sound,
I used my telescope...

- ...to watch you drive by.
- Oh, we didn't.

- We broke down.
- No, that is true.

And before I could do
anything to assist you,

you had taken the initiative
yourself, Mr. Harcourt.

Now, please... come and meet
the rest of my family.

Oh, that was beautiful!

Thank you, Madame.

And now, may I introduce
my children to you.

- My daughter, Sabena...
- How do you do?

- ...and Carl, my son.
- How do you do?

- Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt.
- How do you do?

Will you play some more for us?

Later, I think, Carl. After dinner.

Why have you not been
to see us, my sweet?

Why have you waited so long?

You must know how much
we've missed you.

You should not be lying
here all alone.

A few years ago I conducted
a series of scientific experiments,

one of which went... wrong.

I was to blame, of course.

I'd made a mistake.
Scientists sometimes do.

Anyway, that is why I can...

...never return
to the city of my birth,

why I live here,

locked in this ornate... coffin.

Oh, but it's beautiful here.

It often happens in life...

...that the most beautiful things
are made from the most...

...unpromising of materials,
don't you find?

That wine we enjoyed at dinner...

- You did enjoy it, I hope?
- It was delicious!

...made from grapes trampled
by the feet of a peasant.

Dirty feet, as like as not.

- Father!
- Well, it's true, isn't it?

That pheasant we ate,
it had been hanging for five...

Father, please!

Perhaps Mrs. Harcourt would like
to hear you play, Carl.

Oh, please!

Something of your own,
perhaps... Carl?

Certainly, Father.

Oh, something
you've composed yourself?

How exciting!

Thank you.

You have a singularly
lovely wife, Mr. Harcourt.

Thank you.

Marianne, are you
feeling all right?

- Please don't stop.
- Father?

No more now, Carl.

I'm sorry.

I thought...

Marianne...

...I thought you were
going to faint!

- Perhaps it's too warm in here.
- Oh, no, it's not that.

It's just that she's had
rather a long day.

I think...

- ...if you'll excuse us...
- Of course.

Sabena, will you ring
for the carriage?

Yes, Father.

You will play for me
again, won't you?

It will be my pleasure, Madame.

- Goodnight, Carl.
- Goodnight.

What are you going to do about
your motorcar, Mr. Harcourt?

Well, we need petrol.

We'd planned to get to
Kronenberg tonight.

I know they keep a supply there.

But that's 30 miles away,
and across the mountains too.

You were off your track.

My wife is not a very good
map reader, I'm afraid.

If you don't mind staying at
the hotel for another day or so,

I'll gladly send over
for your petrol for you.

- Thank you very much, sir.
- Not at all.

I'd invite you to stay here,
only I'm expecting...

- ...a number of guests.
- Oh, no.

The hotel will be fine,
thank you, sir.

The food isn't that bad.

It was a wonderful evening.
I shall never forget it.

- Why did you let her go?
- They can't escape.

Their motor has
broken down. No petrol.

That's right.

They can't leave until I say so.

Who's that?

Must be your other guests.

Oh, yes.

Well, wasn't I right?
You're glad you went, yes?

Very, thank you.

And the food was good, yes?

You were quite right.
It was absolutely excellent.

Ah, yes. And the Herr Dr. Ravna,

charming, no?

Landlord! Brandy!

- Goodnight, sir.
- Goodnight.

- Goodnight, Mrs. Harcourt.
- Goodnight.

Brandy! Landlord!

Brandy!

...two... three...

Another terrible day!

...four... Is it? ...five...

Will you ever
forgive me for losing...

- ...the way?
- ...six!

I might, I'll see. Now...

Thank you.

Please.

Well...

Oh, I'm sorry but
the door was open.

Anna and I wondered
whether you'd care...

...to have breakfast with us.

We'd open the dining room,
of course, but it's a bit damp.

We'd rather eat with you,
wouldn't we?

Much rather.

Oh, in... five or
ten minutes then, hm?

In ten minutes we'll be there.

Or fifteen.

Anna...

...you've laid an extra place again.

Oh, my dear, I've told you
so many times.

- Oh, good morning again! Come in!
- Good morning.

- Good morning.
- Please, come in.

Oh, is our fellow guest
joining us for breakfast?

Uh... Oh, no. No, no.
He never eats.

- How does he live then?
- On brandy and sour cream.

Yes, yes, I agree, but...

This weather won't do
your business much good.

Business is never any good.

Surely, the magnificent views...

...you must get from here
in good weather?

The road is... not much used
by travellers.

I expect your bar is well patronised
in the evenings, though,

by the local people, the farmers.

- It used to be.
- Nobody comes here now.

Oh? Why is that?

Oh, some bread, Madame?

Thank you.

Oh, you frightened
the life out of me!

Here, look at this!

"Tania, aged 14."

She's awfully
like Anna, isn't she?

Why does she hide it away?

Why does she lay a place
for someone who never eats?

That'll be our fellow lodger.

I think I'll have
a word with him.

Good morning!

- Herr Zimmer isn't it?
- Professor Zimmer!

My name's Harcourt.
We're fellow guests.

- When are you leaving?
- In a day or two when we...

Good!

Why do you want us
out of the way?

Look, what's all the mystery?

- What mystery?
- With this hotel!

Why does no one ever come here?

Excuse me, I have work to do.

Please! I'm only asking
for information.

I advise you to ask no questions
of anyone in this region.

Well, that puts me in my place.

Carl! How nice to see you.
Is your sister with you?

Yes, she's in the coach
but we can't stay.

Oh, but you must!

I know Marianne will be delighted
to see you. I'll call her.

We can't stay long.
Look, the weather's changing.

Marianne, come and
look who's here!

Come in, come in!

Now, let me offer you
some refreshment.

- Sabena! This is a lovely surprise!
- I'll call the landlord.

I don't suppose he has
any champagne.

No, please, we haven't time.

I bring news of the petrol
for your motorcar.

My father has confirmed that
there is a supply in Kronenberg.

- Oh, excellent!
- It will take a little time.

We had to send an oxcart for it.
They are not so fast...

- ...as motorcars.
- But more reliable.

It will not be here
till Sunday, I'm afraid.

In the meantime,

my father asks
if you'll do him the honour...

...of attending a party
he is giving on Saturday night.

- Oh, well...
- Please say you'll come.

There'll be music!

- And dancing.
- It'll be a good party.

- Please say yes!
- Won't it be very formal?

I know exactly what she's going to say:
"I haven't got a thing to wear."

And in this case
it applies to me too.

If you'll not consider it
impertinent of me to offer,

I have a dress suit
I could lend you, Gerald.

And I have the most heavenly dress.
It's red chiffon and lace.

And I'll send you my
red velvet cloak to match.

Oh, it'd look wonderful
on you, Marianne!

Oh, please, say yes.

Then... yes.

Oh, I'm so glad!

But I'm coming too.

Tell us some more
about the party.

Well, a chef is coming from Paris
just to prepare the buffet.

- Oh, how wonderful!
- And an orchestra...

...is coming from Vienna.

Good morning.

The weather seems
to be improving.

It's getting a little
brighter, I think.

Please excuse us!

Drive on! Drive like the devil!

- Well, how is it, Bruno?
- Oh, perfect, sir, perfect, but...

...one little touch.

Thank you, Bruno.

Now, who's that handsome man?

- Darling!
- Is that all?

I'm speechless.

- You look terrific!
- Thank you.

Oh, Madame,

may I add my congratulations.

- You look enchanting!
- Thank you, Bruno.

- It fits perfectly.
- But that's thanks to Anna.

She's worked wonders.

Thank you, Anna dear.

Anna! You're crying!

Oh, my child!

Would you care for a drink, sir,
in... in... in the bar?

Oh! Good idea, Bruno.

Anna,

did you once have
a daughter of your own?

Why do you say that?

It isn't true!

Why do you say it?

I'm sorry, I... I only...

That will be the carriage, Madame.

You look marvellous, darling.

Madame!

Madame,

I beg of you, be careful.

What are you talking about?

In God's name, be careful.

What do you think
he meant, Gerald?

Don't worry, darling,
he's been drinking.

Marianne, let me look at you!

Oh, it fits perfectly,
and looks enchanting!

Welcome to you both.

Carl!

I've sent for your masks,

though in your case, Marianne,
it would be a desecration.

But in mine, an improvement.
Is that what you mean?

You know I did not mean that.

Will you... permit me?

I think it is an improvement.

Now, would you care
for some champagne...

- ...or would you like to dance?
- Oh, I'd love to dance.

Oh, champagne for me.

In that case, may I?

- Carl, I really must have a rest.
- More champagne?

I couldn't. I feel quite
dizzy as it is.

I wonder where Gerald is.

You're hungry, I expect.
Let me get you some supper.

- No, I really must find Gerald.
- I'll find him for you.

Would you see that Mrs. Harcourt
gets some supper.

I won't be a moment.

Gerald!

Gerald, where are we going?

Gerald, is this a joke?

What is it?

I don't believe you are Gerald.

Carl!

One for Marianne...

- Where is she, by the way?
- I don't know.

Maybe she's in the bar
with that brother of yours.

Come on!

Where else you think
she could be, Sabena?

Perhaps she's gone to...
powder her nose!

Ah! You women!

"Gone to powder her nose."

Why not have another glass
of champagne, Gerald?

An extraordinary good idea.

Please fetch a special glass
of champagne for my friend.

"A special glass."
That sounds good.

What about a special
glass for you, mm?

Later.

To us all!

Delicious!

Ah! Perhaps Marianne
went outside.

I don't... I don't feel very well.

Perhaps you've had a little...
...too much to drink.

A little?

- Feels like a lot.
- Come upstairs...

...and have a rest.
You'll feel better after.

Look here,

you're not trying to
lead me astray, are you?

I'm a respectable married man.

Is that your room? Very pretty.

After you.

Ladies and gentlemen,

may I introduce a new disciple.

What's happened to the party?

Marianne!

Carl! Thank goodness!

What do you want?

What do I want? What do you mean,
what do I want?

I want Marianne!

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Look... if this is a joke... I'm...

- ...I'm terribly sorry...
- This is no joke.

You come here, get drunk,
have to sleep it off,

and now you say you want
someone called Marianne.

Well, I do want her! She's my...

What do you mean, "someone called
Marianne?" You know who she is.

I do not know.

What?

You came here alone.

And you can leave that way.

- I came here alone?
- Precisely!

And we're beginning to regret
that we ever invited you!

Hans, show this gentleman out...

- ...will you?
- Yes, sir.

You saw me come here
with my wife, didn't you?

The lady with the red dress
and the red cloak!

Well, you opened the door for us!

You came alone, sir.

But...

Carl?

What's all this about?

Hans!

You keep away from here...
or we'll set the dogs on you!

Marianne?

Bruno!

Bruno!

Bruno!

My wife, has she come back?

What... wife, sir?

My wife, you old fool!

Now, you know
what I'm talking about!

Don't, sir!

Who do you think all these
clothes belong to then?

What have you done with them?

What have you done
with her things?

Good God!

I understand you wish me
to issue a warrant, sir.

- Is that correct?
- Yes.

Against Herr Dr. Ravna
and his family,

of the Chateau Ravna?

Yes.

The most important residence
in the district.

No doubt.

You realise, sir,
that Herr Dr. Ravna...

...is the most respected
of gentlemen?

What has that got
to do with it?

It has a great deal to do
with it, young sir.

You arrive here, a stranger,
a foreigner, in fact.

You are here for
less than a week...

...when you start accusing
one of our leading citizens...

...of abducting the lady
you say is your wife.

She is my wife.

The landlord says you came here
alone, sir. I have it here.

Oh, what does his wife say?

She is a strange woman, sir.
She refuses to say anything.

I think she's a little...

Look, I didn't come here alone.

I came here with
Mrs. Harcourt, my wife.

Can you prove that, sir?
I mean, for instance,

where are her personal
belongings, her clothes?

- They've disappeared.
- Disappeared, sir?

Yes, disappeared!
Or stolen, if you like!

So you wish me to make out a warrant
against the thieves, sir.

No, I don't. I only want...

The register!

There's nothing there, sir.

Professor Zimmer,
please help me!

My wife, she's disappeared!

I know, she's being kept
in the chateau.

Thank God!

Thank God you know where she is!

Are you a religious man?

Not very.

Do you believe in God?

- Yes.
- And the devil?

Not the horn-headed, long-tailed devil
in the picture books, I mean...

...the real devil. The force of
fundamental evil.

He exists, you know.

Well, I... I suppose he does. I...
I'd never really thought about it.

The corruption of human beings
by the devil can take many forms.

Some of them so foul as to be
beyond human belief.

But because they are beyond belief
doesn't mean they don't exist.

Do you know what a vampire is?

Yes. I've heard of vampire bats.

Not bats. Vampires.
Human vampires.

Beings who exist on
the blood of other humans.

When the devil attacks
a man or woman,

with this foul disease
of the vampire,

the unfortunate human being
can do one of two things:

Either he can seek God through the church,
and pray for absolution,

or he can persuade himself
that his filthy perversion...

...is some kind of new and
wonderful experience...

...to be shared
by the favoured few.

Then he tries to persuade others
to join his new cult!

I had a daughter.

She was all I had in the world.

I idolised her.

When she was very young,

she ran away from home.

Ran away to the city.

She drifted in with
a so-called smart set,

and finally she was living
with a certain man.

She came home eventually.

What was left of her came home.

She was riddled with disease...

...and she was a vampire.

They even tried to follow her
beyond the grave.

Thank God I was in time.
Her soul now rests in peace.

The name of the man
who corrupted my daughter...

...was Ravna.

My God!

And Marianne is with him!

- I must go there!
- No!

- No! Not now!
- Yes, now! Now!

No, no! Come here!

Look! Look! The sun!

The one thing a vampire
can't tolerate.

Now, your wife is safe
until nightfall!

And then, I shall do
what I have to do.

You, my friend, will remain here.

- What did you...
- I... I... I'll give you a drug.

It'll make you sleep.

Help to bring back your strength.

You will need it before
the night is out.

Zimmer!

Tania...

...please, listen to me.

I need help and I think
you can help me.

Your name is Tania, isn't it?

And your father is
Herr Bruno, isn't he?

Tania, my wife
is here somewhere.

They've taken her too.

Do you know where she is?

Yes.

Will you take me to her, Tania?

I realise this may be
very dangerous for you,

but I promise I will
give up my own life...

...rather than let any
further harm come to you.

Please, Tania!

Please... take me to her!

I understood my son told you...

...not to come here
again, Mr. Harcourt.

- Where is she?
- Your charming wife?

She is here,
quite safe and happy!

What are you going to do
about it, Mr. Harcourt?

You must not expect...

...your Queensbury rules
here, Mr. Harcourt.

Now, about your wife...

- You...
- Please...

...let me say it for you.

"If you have so much as harmed one hair
of her head..." Is that how it goes?

Now, about your...

...lovely young wife, Mr. Harcourt.

I expect that you would
like to see her.

Sabena, would you be
so kind as to go...

...and awaken her
and bring her here?

I will not say that she has not changed
in any way, Mr. Harcourt.

She has, as you might
put it, grown up.

Tasted the more sophisticated,
more exotic fruits of...

...life.

Oh, my God!

God is hardly involved,
Mr. Harcourt.

Furthermore, having glimpsed
these new horizons,

I very much doubt
if she will express any desire...

...to return with you to England.

Marianne!

Marianne, your husband is here.

Don't you want to see him?

No, I only want to see you.

You've hypnotised her!

She's in a trance!

Marianne! Take your eyes
away from him!

Look at me, Marianne!

For God's sake, look at me!

Do you love him, Marianne?

No, I love you.

Don't you want him any more?

No, I want only you.

Prove to me that
you do not love him.

Well done, my dear!

Sit there.

Tania...

...I want you to...

...initiate Mr. Harcourt
into our society.

Do you understand what I mean?

Go on, Tania.

Wipe it off!

We've got to get rid
of the big servant!

The others can't do
anything without him!

Bruno!

Bruno! Come in here!

Did you hear what I said?

Come on! What are you
frightened of?

You, uh, know the priest,
Father Xavier?

- Well?
- Yes.

Take him this!

Now?

Now!

Well? What are you waiting for?

I can't.

What are you frightened of?

- I can't tell you.
- Then I'll tell you!

- It's Ravna, isn't it?
- No! No!

You're afraid of what
he may do to your daughter!

You know,

she's up there in the chateau
with him, don't you?

They told me last night!

Do you want the same thing
to happen to her?

No.

No!

Then take that message!

Why don't I go?

- No!
- It'll be quicker!

The moon will soon be rising.

Tonight is gonna be a full moon.
Come on, we've got work to do.

I've been planning this night...

...ever since I traced Ravna
to the chateau!

From these medieval old books
I've pieced together...

...the details of a ceremony!

A ceremony to be performed
when the moon is full,

and Capricorn in conjunction
with the Saturn, as it is tonight.

What ceremony?

A ceremony known as
Corpus Diabolo Levitum:

The Evocation of the Forces of Evil!

It is a way of forcing evil
to destroy itself!

Now Ravna and all his acolytes
are trapped in the chateau.

Tonight I shall destroy them all.

Won't they have
gone away by now?

No, not now.

I've sealed all the entrances
of the chateau...

...with a distillation of garlic!

No vampire will pass that.

Well? What does he say?

What does the master
say we should do?

- You are to remain calm.
- Remain calm?

How can we remain calm?

We demand to see him!

- Where is he?
- No, you don't!

You're not leaving till you promise
to bring him here to us!

Where is he?

Well?

- We want to know the truth.
- Why are we trapped here?

What's this force
that's preventing us...

Are we in any danger?

Yes, you are. They are trying
to destroy us.

What are we going to do?
You must save us!

You must trust me!

Tell us what you're going to do!

They came here tonight
to take the girl away...

...because they did not want
to risk her life...

...while they were trying
to destroy us.

She was our protection then.

She must come back
and protect us... again.

I start by drawing
a simple circle...

...inside which I shall inscribe
the great Pentagram of Solomon,

like this.

Now...

...I leave a space there
so that I can enter later.

And now...

That will protect us
during the ceremony.

The sword, the ring,
the liquid and the horn.

The ring, the sword,

the liquid and the horn.

Over.

The first incantation.

"I pray thee,

without hurt done to my person
or my companion.

In the name of
thine master and mine...

...by the four words...

...were the great god Alpha
said from his own mouth,

by the nine heavens
in which thou dwellest,

by the strength of
the Sun and the Moon,

and by the power of fire and water."

She's gone!

Quick, come with me!

Girl is coming.

Corpus Diabolo Levitum!

Corpus Diabolo Levitum!

Corpus Diabolo Levitum!

I conjure thee,

in the name of
the great god Alpha!

In the name of
the mighty Beelzebub!

Appear!

It worked!

Look! Look!

Gerald!