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LATE EVENING
An Inn in Bistritz
Enter Jonathan Harker
HARKER: My name is Harker. Jonathan Harker. I believe you
have a room for me?
INNKEEPER'S WIFE: Harker?
HARKER: Yes, Jonathan Harker.
INNKEEPER'S WIFE: Da. Jakov! Jakov!
JAKOV: Da?
INNKEEPER'S WIFE: (speaks in Hungarian)
JAKOV: (hands Harker a letter)
HARKER: This letter is for me?
JAKOV: Da, da, da, you.
Harker opens letter
"My friend. Welcome to the Carpathians. Sleep well
tonight. At ten tomorrow morning, the diligence will start for
Bukovina. A place on it has been kept for you. At the Borgo
Pass, my caleche will await you and will bring you to me. I
Dracula-playscript
trust that your journey from England has been a happy one and
that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land. Your
friend, Dracula.
THE NEXT MORNING
Harker boards the diligence to Bukovina
THAT EVENING
Borgo Pass
The diligence stops
The driver speaks to Harker in Hungarian
HARKER: I'm sorry, I do not understand you.
PASSENGER: You are stopping here?
HARKER: Oh, yes. What did he say?
PASSENGER: He said you must either wait here by yourself or
continue on with us to Bukovina.
HARKER: I cannot do that. I'm being met here to be taken to my
destination.
PASSENGER: May I ask you, sir, what is your destination?
HARKER: Castle Dracula.
A carriage approaches
Harker dismounts and the diligence quickly departs
HARKER: Are you to take me to Castle Dracula? Are you to take
me to Castle Dracula?
Harker mounts the carriage, lays back and sleeps
LATER
Harker is jostled awake by the hurrying carriage
HARKER: Driver, slow down!
Harker peers out the window to see wolves following
AFTER MIDNIGHT
Castle Dracula
Harker dismounts from the carriage
HARKER: Driver?
A door to the castle opens
HARKER: Oh, good evening. I'm Jonathan Harker. I'm sorry if
I've kept you waiting.
Enter Dracula
DRACULA: Welcome to my house. Enter freely and of your own
will. I am Dracula. I bid you welcome, Mr. Harker.
HARKER: Thank you. For a moment, I thought perhaps that nobody
was...
Dracula leads Harker into the parlour
HARKER: Mr. Hawkins bad me give you this on my arrival.
DRACULA: Thank you, Mr. Harker. I pray you will be seated and
eat. Excuse me that I do not join you but I have dined already.
Your employer speaks well of you.
HARKER: He is very kind.
DRACULA: So, what properties do you have that would interest me?
HARKER: Actually, quite a few. I have some photographs in my
luggage.
DRACULA: I must see them.
HARKER: As soon as I've unpacked, I'll...
DRACULA: Now.
HARKER: Yes, of course.
Harker fetches photos
DRACULA: Excellent. These are quite suitable.
Dracula notes a personal photo in Harker's luggage.
DRACULA: Who is this young lady?
HARKER: The one on the right is my fiance, Miss...
DRACULA: No, Mr. Harker. This one.
HARKER: Oh, Miss Lucy Westenra. She's my fiancee's dearest
friend.
DRACULA: And the young man.
HARKER: Mr. Arthur Holmwood. They also are engaged. As a
matter of fact, Miss Westenra lives quite near Carfax, one of
the properties I want you to consider. Sir? Sir?
DRACULA: Your fiancee is lovely. You are very fortunate.
HARKER: Thank you.
DRACULA: I would like to know more about this Carfax.
HARKER: To be honest, Count, Carfax is not the best of the lot.
You could do much better. The house is old and dilapidated and
much in need of repair.
DRACULA: On the contrary, my young friend, I am glad it is old.
I myself am of an old family, and to live in a new house would
distress me.
HARKER: Interestingly enough, Carfax was the only house on the
list we submitted to you that I personally suggested to Mr.
Hawkins.
DRACULA: How fortuitous for me. Then it is settled. Carfax
will be my new home.
TOWARD MORNING
Dracula refills Karker's wineglass
DRACULA: ...and the Magyar, the Lombard, the Turk, brought his
thousands across our frontier. We always drove them back. No
matter how many times we were beaten and forced to retreat, we
would always regroup our forces and attack again. When the
and his legions swept across our Hungarian fatherland...
A clock strikes 5 AM
DRACULA: Ah, it is morning again. How remiss of me to keep you
up so long, though it has been a pleasurable and most
informative night. Do write to your Mr. Hawkins and say that
you will stay with me for a month.
HARKER: A month? Count...
Exit Dracula, locking the door behind him
HARKER: Count Dracula? Count Dracula? A month?
SEVERAL EVENINGS LATER
Harker's Bedchamber
Harker awakens
HARKER: Oh, Cor, I've slept through the whole day. Oh, this
schedule is ridiculous.
LATER
Harker shaves
Enter Dracula
DRACULA: I trust you slept well, Mr. Harker.
Harker is surprised and cuts his neck with the razor
HARKER: Oh, Count. Overslept is more the word, I fear. These
all night conversations are a bit...what is it?
DRACULA: You will write those letters for me...now!
Exit Dracula, locking door behind him
HARKER: One moment, sir. Count Dracula! Count Dracula!
Harker searches the room for exit
He finds a hidden door which leads into a library
Poking around, Harker opens a scrapbook to find
the photo of Lucy and Mina noted earlier by Dracula
Harker then sees a portrait of Vlad Tepes
and a woman who greatly resembles Lucy
Enter three women
HARKER: I never heard you come in. Who are you?
The women rush Harker
Enter Dracula
DRACULA: How dare you touch him until I finish with him!
Dracula returns Harker to his room
DRACULA: Now, you will write that letter to your Mr. Hawkins.
Also to your fiancee.
HARKER: No, I will not.
DRACULA: You will tell them that you plan to spend some time in
Europe before coming home. Also that you hope to make various
contacts on the continent so that you may soon inaugurate your
own business.
Harker writes the letters
Dracula daydreams of the woman who resembles Lucy in the
portrait
HARKER: Now what?
DRACULA: Now what, Mr. Harker? Now, I go to England, and
you...!
Dracula throws Harker across the room
Harker passes out
THE NEXT DAY
Harker awakens, runs to window and sees a wagon
loaded with crates
HARKER: Hello, down there! Can you hear me? Hello!
Harker climbs out the window and crawls to another window
which enters into the castle crypt
Harker opens coffin to find Dracula inside
He attempts to cut off Dracula's head with a shovel
but misses
Gypsy workers attack Harker and knock him out
SUNDOWN
The Crypt
Harker awakens
Enter the three vampiresses
HARKER: No! No!
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E N G L A N D
FIVE WEEKS LATER
The beach at Whitby
Dracula stands on beach looking at a wrecked schooner
THREE WEEKS LATER
Whitby Train Station
A train arrives
CONDUCTOR: Whitby Station!
Mina dismounts and is greeted by Mrs. Westenra
MRS. WESTENRA: Mina, my dear. So pleased to see you again.
Lucy will be delighted you're here. How was your journey?
MINA: It was very good. How lovely to see you again.
MRS. WESTENRA: Any kind of word from Jonathan?
MINA: I'm afraid not.
MRS. WESTENRA: He did write he planned to spend some time on
the continent before returning. I'm sure you'll hear from him
quite soon.
MOMENTS LATER
Mina and Mrs. Westenra leave the station
MINA: Is it some specific illness?
MRS. WESTENRA: Well, no, that's the problem. The doctor
doesn't seem to know what's the matter with her.
MINA: There must be something.
MRS. WESTENRA: There is, but he doesn't seem to think it's
important.
MINA: What is it?
MRS. WESTENRA: Lucy has been walking in her sleep.
MINA: What do you plan to do about it?
MRS. WESTENRA: I've discussed it with Arthur, and we're
bringing in another doctor...Dr. Van Helsing...a dear friend of
Arthur's family.
MINA: Good.
MRS. WESTENRA: As a matter of fact, they should be there when
we arrive. My dear, have you heard about our local penny
dreadful mystery?
MINA: No. What happened?
MRS. WESTENRA: Well, a Russian vessel called the Demeter
beached itself here several weeks ago with only one man on
board, a dead seaman who had apparently lashed himself to the
wheel. No one yet has any notion what occurred. It couldn't
have been piracy because the vessel was entirely in ballast with
the exception of a few wooden boxes partially filled with earth.
Mina and Mrs. Westenra arrive at Hillingham
They are greeted by the maid and manservant Burgess
MRS. WESTENRA: You remember Miss Mina.
LATER
Lucy's Bedroom at Hillingham
Van Helsing examines Lucy
Arthur, Mina and Mrs. Westenra look on
HELSING: Yes, I see. You'll be fine, my dear. You'll be fine.
Now, I think we shall let the young lady get some rest.
A SHORT WHILE LATER
The Parlour
Van Helsing stands in thought
Enter Arthur
ARTHUR: Well, sir, what do you think?
HELSING: This wound on her throat, how long has she had it?
ARTHUR: About three weeks, I believe. I've had her blood
checked at Whitby Hospital. There's no sign of venom.
HELSING: It isn't a matter of venom, Arthur.
ARTHUR: What then?
HELSING: I'd rather not discuss it until I'm certain. I should
like to remain here for several days. I presume I can be put up.
ARTHUR: Well, sure you can, but can't you at least tell me
something?
HELSING: This much. If the cause of your fiancee's affliction
is what I think it is, then beside it the most venomous serpent
in the world would seem a plaything for children.
THAT EVENING
Lucy's Bedroom
Arthur sits with Lucy
LUCY: Oh, I'm so frightened. I've never walked in my sleep
before. And I feel so weak, and I keep having these terrible
nightmares of something dark all around, something sweet and yet
so bitter. It's draining me, Arthur. I don't know what to do.
I just don't know what to do.
MEANWHILE
Carfax Estate
Dracula awakens
THAT NIGHT
Lucy's Bedroom
Arthur stands over Lucy while she sleeps fitfully
HELSING: Staring at her isn't going to help her sleep.
ARTHUR: It's that damn wreath of garlic flowers. Can't we take
them off her?
HELSING: No, Arthur. And please stop asking. I realize that
it must seem absurd to you but you must take my word it is
necessary.
ARTHUR: I'm sorry. I know you're doing what you think is
right. I just wish you'd tell me why.
HELSING: Soon enough. For now, it is enough to know that we
must not let her sleepwalk again.
LATER
The Garden
Dracula stands outside Lucy's window
Lucy's Bedroom
Van Helsing wakes Arthur
HELSING: Arthur.
ARTHUR: What?
HELSING: It's all right. Nothing's wrong. Would you take over
for a time? It won't be long before dawn. I'm afraid I might
fall asleep.
ARTHUR: Yes, of course.
Van Helsing sleeps while Arthur sits reads
Dracula stands outside Lucy's window
Arthur falls asleep
Lucy awakens and walks to the garden
Lucy and Dracula embrace passionately
Dracula drinks of Lucy's blood
THE NEXT MORNING
Lucy's Bedroom
Van Helsing awakens Arthur
HELSING: Arthur, she's gone!
Van Helsing and Arthur run into the garden
ARTHUR: Doctor, she's over there!
Lucy sits listlessly in a garden seat
LATER THAT MORNING
Lucy's Bedroom
Van Helsing gives Lucy a transfusion of the maid's blood
MRS. WESTENRA: Will it work, Doctor?
HELSING: It is already working.
LATER
The Parlour
Van Helsing pores drinks for himself and Arthur
ARTHUR: What is happening to her?
HELSING: Drink?
ARTHUR: Yes, please.
HELSING: Have you ever heard of nosferatu?
ARTHUR: No, what is it?
HELSING: It means 'the undead'.
ARTHUR: What are you saying?
HELSING: That your fiancee may be the unknowing victim of a
vampire, a preternatural being, a reanimated corpse that drinks
the blood of the living by night. Thus, the throat wounds.
ARTHUR: That is the most ridiculous...
HELSING: Hear me out, Arthur. I happen to believe that there
exists, in the vicinity of Hillingham, a vampire. That is why I
placed the wreath of garlic flowers around Lucy's neck and
crosses over the doors and windows of her room. That is the
only way that the vampire can be kept away from its victim.
ARTHUR: How can you, a man of science, believe such things?
HELSING: Because I've lived long enough to accept what is,
whether science agrees with it or not. We shall continue as
before but this time I shall make sure that we stay awake.
THREE DAYS LATER
Lucy's Bedroom
Lucy sits at the window, reading
Enter Mina and Mrs. Westenra
LUCY: Mina!
MINA: Lucy. How lovely to see you looking so well again.
LUCY: I'm so glad you're here. I'm feeling much better.
A Stream
Arthur rows Lucy in a boat
The Patio
Lucy, Mrs. Westenra and Mina are served lunch
MRS. WESTENRA: Set them down there.
Enter Van Helsing and Arthur
HELSING: What a pity to have to leave this charming company.
LUCY: Dear Dr. Van Helsing, how can I ever thank you?
HELSING: Your returning health is my reward, my dear. Now, I
really must go. I'll see you at your wedding.
LUCY: Oh, you shall have a special place at the church, won't
he, Arthur? And, of course, at our table afterwards.
HELSING: Mrs. Westenra.
MRS. WESTENRA: I can't tell you how grateful I am.
HELSING: I'm happy I could help. Will you walk me to my
carriage, my boy?
Arthur and Van Helsing walk toward a carriage
HELSING: Now, Arthur, whether you believe what I've said or
not, do not alter by a single detail the procedure we have
followed during the last three nights. Now, here is more than
enough stimulant with which to stay awake. Then, there should
be no problem.
ARTHUR: And you're still certain we shouldn't call in the
authorities?
HELSING: Dear Arthur, if I haven't yet succeeded in convincing
you, how shall I convince the authorities? No, we must do this
by ourselves. You will continue every safeguard?
ARTHUR: (nods)
HELSING: Good. When I return, we will start our search. All
right, Thomas.
Exit Van Helsing and driver in carriage
THAT NIGHT
The Scarborough Zoo
A zookeeper sees someone near the wolf cage
ZOOKEEPER: Here. Here. Nobody's allowed in the grounds after
dark. Hey, what's the matter with you? Can't you read the
bloomin' signs? What are you doing? Here, what are you up to
there?
Dracula sets loose the wolf
LATER
Lucy's Bedroom
Lucy sleeps while Arthur and Mrs. Westenra keep watch
MRS. WESTENRA: You must tell me what Dr. Van Helsing said.
ARTHUR: Mrs. Westenra, the important thing is that Lucy is