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The Vampire Bat (1933) is a chilling pre-Code horror classic produced by Majestic Pictures and directed by Frank R. Strayer. Starring horror icons Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and Dwight Frye, the film blends superstition, science, and suspense in a tale that rivals Universal’s monster hits of the same era.
The story unfolds in the small German village of Kleinschloss, where residents are mysteriously dying from blood loss. Whispers of vampirism spread fear through the community, and suspicion soon falls on the eccentric Herman Glieb (Dwight Frye), who has an unusual fondness for bats. But police inspector Karl Breettschneider (Melvyn Douglas) doubts the supernatural explanation and investigates further. Behind the scenes, the brilliant yet sinister Dr. Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill) is conducting strange experiments, with his assistant Ruth Bertin (Fay Wray) caught in the middle of the mystery.
Shot on the same sets used for Frankenstein (1931) and The Old Dark House (1932), this atmospheric thriller proves that even Poverty Row studios could deliver films that looked like major Hollywood productions. The Vampire Bat remains a fascinating and eerie entry in early 1930s horror cinema.
Film Details:
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Production: Majestic Pictures Inc.
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Dwight Frye, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone
Release Year: 1933
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Public Domain
Runtime: ~63 minutes
Why Watch?
Features Fay Wray, just months before King Kong (1933) made her a household name.
Lionel Atwill delivers one of his best mad scientist performances.
Dwight Frye (Renfield in Dracula, Fritz in Frankenstein) returns in another memorable creepy role.
A hidden gem of Poverty Row horror with surprisingly high production value.
The story unfolds in the small German village of Kleinschloss, where residents are mysteriously dying from blood loss. Whispers of vampirism spread fear through the community, and suspicion soon falls on the eccentric Herman Glieb (Dwight Frye), who has an unusual fondness for bats. But police inspector Karl Breettschneider (Melvyn Douglas) doubts the supernatural explanation and investigates further. Behind the scenes, the brilliant yet sinister Dr. Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill) is conducting strange experiments, with his assistant Ruth Bertin (Fay Wray) caught in the middle of the mystery.
Shot on the same sets used for Frankenstein (1931) and The Old Dark House (1932), this atmospheric thriller proves that even Poverty Row studios could deliver films that looked like major Hollywood productions. The Vampire Bat remains a fascinating and eerie entry in early 1930s horror cinema.
Film Details:
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Production: Majestic Pictures Inc.
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Dwight Frye, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone
Release Year: 1933
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Public Domain
Runtime: ~63 minutes
Why Watch?
Features Fay Wray, just months before King Kong (1933) made her a household name.
Lionel Atwill delivers one of his best mad scientist performances.
Dwight Frye (Renfield in Dracula, Fritz in Frankenstein) returns in another memorable creepy role.
A hidden gem of Poverty Row horror with surprisingly high production value.
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03:36AFTER BEING CONVICTED
03:37ON A PROVEN
03:38CHARGE OF VAMPIRISM
03:40AND ON THIS SAME DAY
03:41THERE DID OCCUR
03:42THE DEPARTURE
03:43OF THE BATS
03:44THOUSANDS OF HORRIBLE
03:45FLYING CREATURES
03:46WHICH INFESTED
03:47THE TOWN FOR WEEKS
03:48AND ON THE NIGHT
03:49OF THIS SAME DAY
03:50FEBRUARY 13
03:51IN THE YEAR
03:52OF OUR LORD
03:531643
03:54WAS THERE A STAKE
03:56DRIVEN THROUGH
03:57VON HOUSMAN'S HEART
03:58AND HIS HEAD
03:59CUT OFF
04:00WITH A GRAVE DIGGER SHOVEL
04:01THERE
04:02WELL ALL THE WRECKERS
04:03IN THE WORLD
04:04CAN'T MAKE ME BELIEVE
04:05IN VAMPIRES
04:06THERE ARE BLOOD SUCKING BATS
04:08YES
04:09IN SOUTH AMERICA
04:10THOUSANDS OF MILES
04:11FROM HERE
04:12BUT NOT IN KLEIN SCHLOSS
04:13BUT BATS FLY
04:14THEN THEY COULD FLY HERE
04:16YOU SAW THE BODIES
04:17ALL OF THEM
04:19TWO WOUNDS ON THE NECK
04:20RIGHT AT THE JUVILAR VEIN
04:22TWO WOUNDS ON THE NECK
04:23PIERCED
04:24AND SPREAD APART
04:25JUST TO TWO FANG-LIKE TEETH
04:26HAVE BITTEN THROUGH THE FLESH
04:28AND RIGHT INTO THE VEINS
04:30AND IN EVERY CASE
04:33A BLOOD CLOT
04:34EIGHT INCHES FROM THE
04:36VICTIM'S NECK
04:37THE MARK OF THE FEAST
04:39THE DEVIL'S SIGNATURE
04:41DOES THAT APPEAR THE MARK
04:42OF A HUMAN BEING
04:44OR A DEMONS?
04:46GOD SAVE US
04:47THE DEVILS
04:48YOU OUGHT TO MAKE A PRETTY
04:51FAIR MEAL FOR A VAMPIRE
04:53BUT LET'S BE CONSISTENT
04:55ARE THESE HUMAN VAMPIRES
04:57OR
04:58OR BATS?
04:59VAMPIRES CAN TAKE THE SHAPE
05:01OF A HUMAN OR A BAT
05:03JUST AS THEY CHOOSE
05:04OH
05:05THEY'RE MAGICIANS
05:08WELL IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
05:09TO ME
05:10THE WHOLE VILLAGE IS IN TERROR
05:12WE LIVE IN CLOSED HOUSES
05:14BEHIND LOCKED DOORS
05:15AND BULTED SHUTTERS
05:17NOT DARING TO CLOSE OUR EYES
05:19FEARFUL LESS THIS UNSEEN
05:21SILENT DEATH
05:22MAY FIND US IN OUR SLEEP
05:24FOR IT IS THEN THAT IT STRIKES
05:26SWIFTLY
05:27SILENTLY
05:28GHASTLY
05:29MY ROOM IS TIGHTLY CLOSED
05:31THE WINDOWS ARE BARRED
05:33NAIL DOWN
05:34NOTHING CAN GET IN
05:36NOTHING
05:37NOTHING
05:38BUT THEY TELL ME VAMPIRES
05:40CAN GO THROUGH STONE WALLS
05:41LIKE THAT
05:42GOD SAVE ME
05:44SO THEY CAN
05:45WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
05:47I TELL YOU
05:48GRIEIN SLOSS WILL BECOME
05:49A DESERTED VILLAGE
05:50WELL
05:51YOU MIGHT CATCH ALL THE BATS
05:53AND DROWN THEM IN THE RIVER
05:54CALLED
05:55CALLED
05:56WHILE YOU'RE HUNTING FOR VAMPIRES
05:57AND CHASING BATS
05:58I'M LOOKING FOR A HUMAN BEING
05:59A MURDERER
06:00A FIED
06:01WELL THEN DO JUST ABOUT IT
06:02DO SOMETHING
06:03I'M TRYING TO
06:04EVERY HOUR
06:05EVERY DAY
06:06EVERY NIGHT
06:07DO YOU HEAR IT
06:17HEAR IT
06:18YES
06:19NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
06:21LYING AWAKE UNTIL DAWN
06:23WAITING
06:24FOR WHAT
06:26I DON'T KNOW
06:28THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT
06:31GOOD NIGHT GENTLEMENT
06:36DON'T LET THE VAMPIRES GET YOU
06:38DON'T LET THE VAMPIRES GET YOU
07:06THEN
07:07YEAH
07:12ARE YOUR KISSES DYNAMITE
07:15DON'T YOU LIKE MY KISSES
07:16Don't you like my kisses?
07:23Well, how's my mastermind this evening?
07:26Well, if you want the truth, not so good.
07:29The burgermeister and his grand counsel still stick to the vampire theory.
07:33Stick to it?
07:35They're quoting history to prove it.
07:38I think you and Dr. von Neemann are the only sane people left in the village.
07:41And you? What about you?
07:43Me?
07:43Well, I'm beginning to think I'm seven different kinds of a fool.
07:48Murders are being done under my very nose.
07:52I must be as blind as the bats themselves.
07:55I can't find a single clue.
07:57Oh, but you will, Carl. You will.
07:59Well, I haven't.
08:00Oh, Ruth!
08:06And here comes dear Aunt Gussie to spread good cheer and hope.
08:11Just what I thought.
08:12Slaving your life away in this awful place.
08:15It hasn't got that nice, clean, wholesome smell of a hospital.
08:19How are you, Carl?
08:20Oh, quite well, thank you.
08:21Well, I'm not.
08:22This clammy old place is bound to give me pericarditis,
08:26endocarditis, neuritis,
08:28well, anyway, rheumatism.
08:30You have some coffee?
08:31No, no, thank you, Frau Schnappmann.
08:33No, it's just as well.
08:34There's only two cups.
08:35Yeah, yeah.
08:37That'll take the chill out of your bones.
08:39Speaking of chills, Frau Schnappmann,
08:41did you know the village is supposed to be infested with ghouls and vampires?
08:45Oh, Carl.
08:46Vampires.
08:48Pariahs among fiends.
08:50Demoniacal creatures with huge canine teeth
08:53who bite deeply into the necks of their victims
08:56to quaff and gorge on blood,
08:59warm human blood.
09:02There's no such thing as a vampire, Carl Brett Snyder.
09:04I don't believe in it.
09:05You're just saying that to frighten me.
09:07And I just won't be frightened.
09:09I'm entirely too sensible to believe in such rubbish.
09:12I beg to frighten.
09:14Oh, so would you.
09:15I'm sorry if I frightened you.
09:17Who said you frightened me?
09:19I'm not afraid of anything.
09:21Could you tell me where Dr. von Niemann is?
09:23We drove to the village to see Martha,
09:24the old apple woman.
09:38Is this what Dr. Holt described?
09:57Yes, sir.
09:59She takes it in water.
10:03Well, continue giving it to her.
10:06Yes, sir.
10:08It's stifling in here.
10:39Open these windows.
10:41Herman, open windows.
10:42Me do.
10:43Me do.
10:53Well, she'll sleep well now, poor soul.
10:56It won't be necessary of you to stay here.
10:58A good night's sleep will work wonders for her.
11:00It was kind of you to come, doctor.
11:03Oh.
11:05Martha has sold me apples for many years.
11:08Always a good, ripe, juicy one.
11:10Martha, give me apples.
11:12I like.
11:16Oh, to me.
11:18Oh, my God.
11:20She wants her cross.
11:22Herman, get.
11:23Herman, get.
11:23Here.
11:24Here.
11:25Now, for Martha.
11:29No.
11:32She won't let it out of her sight.
11:35A terrible experience.
11:37To be attacked by a giant bat is enough to shatter anyone's nerves.
11:41She talks about it all the time.
11:43How it flew in her face and tried to sink its teeth in her throat.
11:47No, no, no, no.
11:48That's no do.
11:50They soft.
11:53Like cat.
11:54They not fight Herman.
11:57Be quiet, Herman.
11:58See what you've done.
11:59There, there, there, Martha.
12:01There.
12:07She'll be all right.
12:08If she isn't, let me know.
12:11Thank you for coming, doctor.
12:13That's all right.
12:14Good night.
12:15Good night.
12:18Run along, Herman.
12:20You can see Martha tomorrow.
12:22Oh.
12:24Ah, Dr. von Neemann.
12:42Ah, Krington, how are you?
12:44Much better, thank you, kindly sir, since you prescribed for me.
12:47That's right.
12:50Go to bed, Herman.
12:51Go to bed.
12:52You shouldn't be following around the streets.
12:54It's dangerous.
12:54Oh.
12:57I'm afraid.
12:59Afraid?
13:00Afraid of what, Krington?
13:01The bats, sir.
13:03Big giant bats with wingings like an eagle's.
13:06You saw this bat, you say?
13:08I saw it swooping down the street.
13:11It came directly from my throat, sir.
13:13When was this, Krington?
13:15Last night, when they came to take Van Nels, it was a big monstrous thing.
13:19I saw it leap across the alley and into a window.
13:22I ran just as fast as my legs could carry me.
13:25You said nothing about this?
13:26There's enough fear in the village already.
13:30Maybe I should.
13:32Maybe I should.
13:33I will.
13:35I'll tell the burgermeister.
13:36Yes, Krington.
13:37That's the thing to do.
13:38No.
13:40Bats.
13:41Bats good.
13:43They not hurt Herman.
13:46He plays with them.
13:47You, you no tell.
13:49No.
13:50No, no, no, no, no.
13:51Go to bed, Herman.
13:53Go on.
13:54Go on.
13:54Go to bed.
13:54Go to bed.
13:58You say he plays with bats?
14:00His garret is filled with them.
14:03He makes pets of them.
14:06That's odd.
14:07Very odd.
14:09Maybe.
14:14Maybe he's it.
14:16Herman prowls around the streets all hours of the night.
14:19Just like an animal.
14:21Maybe he's the vampire.
14:22Don't start any gossip with that, Krington.
14:24Heaven only knows where it might end.
14:28Well, not.
14:28Well, good night, sir.
14:46There.
14:48Now.
14:49So.
14:51Nice.
14:53There.
14:55See?
14:56What did I tell you?
14:57Perhaps there's something in what Krington says.
15:00Seems strange that a human being should want to play with bats.
15:19He isn't human, I tell you.
15:21He's in league with the devil.
15:22Yes.
15:22Put it on, put it on.
15:33There.
15:34Thanks.
15:35Now go to sleep.
15:36You'll be all right in a few days, but doctor says so.
15:39Close the window.
15:41Close the window.
15:42I'm afraid.
15:43The vampire.
15:45Well, he said leave them open.
15:47But I'd have them closed.
15:48Do you want the light?
16:04Leave the light.
16:05I'm afraid.
16:07Well, I can't blame you for that either.
16:09I'll turn it down a little.
16:12Good night.
16:13If you want me, just pound on the floor.
16:16I'll hear you.
16:17All right.
16:18Good night.
16:20Good night, Martha.
16:33Herr Brett Schneider is here to see you, sir.
16:36He's in the laboratory with Miss Berton.
16:38Oh, thank you.
16:44Oh, here you are.
16:46Good evening, doctor.
16:48Good evening, Ruth.
16:49How are you, Carl?
16:50Well, I'd feel a lot better if I could find a solution to these murders.
16:54You don't believe in this vampire theory, then?
16:56Of course not.
16:57Do you?
16:59There are many strange happenings, my boy.
17:02Many mysteries beyond the power of the human mind to comprehend.
17:06Have you a theory which might explain these deaths?
17:09Well, I'll be pleased to discuss it with you, but not now, not now.
17:14I have some very important work to do.
17:15Tomorrow, then?
17:16Tomorrow?
17:17Yes, yes, perhaps.
17:18We'll see.
17:20Oh, this isn't so important, Miss Berton, that you can't let it go till tomorrow.
17:24All right.
17:24Thank you, doctor.
17:27Oh, how about Martha?
17:29Huh?
17:29Oh, nothing serious.
17:31Just a case of nerves, that's all.
17:33Good night.
17:33Good night, doctor.
17:35Good night, Carl.
17:35Good night, Carl.
17:38Good night.
18:08Good night.
18:09Good night.
18:09Good night.
18:22Good night.
18:22I don't know cause of death like all the rest the vampire yes yes that's true when I said I
18:43was going to tell you his eyes blowed up by coals of fire his hand reached out towards me as if
18:49you're going to sink it into my throat and weigh this well he never works and never begs and yet
18:55he appears well fed always that's so he does what does he live on then I'll wagers his Kringen says
19:05and my wound was in Martha's room tonight when Herman put a flower in her hand strange business
19:12if you ask me mighty strange I hate to be in your shoes Kringen yes after what happened tonight
19:19I've locked myself in my room and prayed God to protect me from the devil
19:25my friends
19:30my husband
19:32my husband
19:38my husband
19:42Mr. Fritz, who is he?
19:44Oh, whooping.
19:45He's cooking.
19:46He's cooking.
19:53Good evening.
19:54Good evening.
19:57Dr. Van Niemen.
19:58Dr. Van Niemen.
20:1250-idge luggage to the camera around the concerne.
20:22Oh, no, no, no!
20:26Yo, no, no!
20:27Amen.
20:31Ahasjeje, I think you've been a little bit insecure.
20:32Bye!
20:39I'm sorry.
20:40Larry, hey.
20:42Well, what do you make of it, Doctor?
20:49Are these two wounds similar to those found on the other bodies?
20:53Dr. Haupt can answer that for you, sir.
20:56Yes, they were the same in every case.
21:00This is a strange condition, Carl.
21:03So strange that I doubt the evidence in my eyes.
21:07What was your conclusion, Haupt?
21:10I diagnose the wounds as having been made by needle-sharp teeth.
21:16Puntures are clean cut, penetrating into but not beyond the jugular vein.
21:23Do you mean to say that you also believe they could have been made by teeth?
21:27Frankly, I do.
21:28Aha! You see, Bret Schneider?
21:31What kind of teeth, Doctor?
21:33An animal of some sort.
21:35It's hard to say.
21:37The fangs of a wolf, perhaps.
21:39A werewolf?
21:41Could they have been made by, well, a bat, for instance?
21:45A certain species, yes.
21:48There are vampire bats.
21:50Dr. William Jamison, who explored many of the tributaries of the upper Amazon,
21:55states that blood-sucking bats do exist.
21:58He further asserts that the victims often become blood-drinkers themselves.
22:02Citing a case in which he saw a native, tortured to death on an animal by his tribe brothers.
22:08They swore he had become a human bat.
22:11And, states Jamison, he confessed it.
22:15Do you mean to say that such a thing as a human vampire is possible?
22:19Who can say?
22:21Historic records would have us believe that an evil soul, assuming there is such, can take any shape it pleases.
22:28So why not then to that of a human being?
22:31Eh, Carl?
22:32Why not?
22:34Have you any literature on the subject, Doctor?
22:37Yes, I have many interesting volumes in my cells and my fruit very enlightened.
22:42I'm glad to show them to you.
22:44I don't mind admitting that I'm up a tree.
22:47Stomped.
22:48Well, we'll see what can be done, my boy.
22:51Eh, no, no, no, Herman.
22:53This is no place for you.
22:54Go in, my boy.
22:55Go in.
22:56Good night, John.
22:57Good night, Doctor.
22:58Good night, Hal.
22:59Good night, Doctor.
23:00It's a morning, Carl.
23:01Thank you, Doctor.
23:02I'm sorry to have dragged you out.
23:03It's an ungodly hour.
23:04Oh, that's all right.
23:05That's all right.
23:06A child fleeing in the hollow from the sight of death.
23:21There goes the vampire.
23:22Arrest him.
23:23Lock him up.
23:24Kill him.
23:25Has the entire village gone mad?
23:27Herman wouldn't harm a baby, and you know it.
23:30I've walked the streets of this village for over 40 years, but tonight's the end.
23:34He knows that I've totally played with bats.
23:36He knows that I saw him sneak into Martha's house just before midnight.
23:39Perhaps he was taking her another flower, Cringham.
23:42The boy brought her one this evening while I was there.
23:44He killed her just like he did all the rest.
23:46And now he's gonna kill me.
23:48Unless he's killing a stick driven to his heart, I'm a doomed man.
23:53He'll kill me.
23:54He'll kill me.
23:55I'm doomed.
23:56He'll kill me.
23:57He'll kill me.
23:58I'm a doomed man.
24:00He'll kill me.
24:02He can't kill me.
24:03He'll kill me.
24:04Yes, sir.
24:05No, it sucks.
24:07You did it, Michael.
24:09Heavenly Father.
24:10Oh, this.
24:12I'm here.
24:13I'm here.
24:25Thank you very much, sir.
24:28Please, sir.
24:30Good morning, Mr. Bretschneider.
24:53What brings you to Kleinschloss so well, eh?
24:56You.
24:56Fibber, I heard the doctor tell Georgiana he expected you.
25:01I knew there was something else.
25:02You're a delightful prevaricator, Carl, but not a very convincing one.
25:22Oh, you don't mind me using your stethoscope, do you, Doctor?
25:25Not at all, Frau Schnappen.
25:27Well, what seems to be the ailment this morning?
25:29What say?
25:32Oh.
25:33What seems to be the ailment this morning?
25:35Well, Doctor, I am positive that I have valvular degleage of the iota.
25:40Or maybe it's the, um, the right ventricle.
25:44Hmm.
25:45There is something wrong with my heart.
25:47I can hear it beat, thump, thump, thump, thump, just like the book says.
25:51Well, if you didn't hear it beating thump, thump, thump, just as the book says,
25:54I would say there is something wrong.
25:57What?
25:58Without a moon?
25:59You have a heart of stone.
26:01All right, then.
26:02Close your eyes.
26:04No.
26:05Oh, so, young lady.
26:06It's too early in the morning, Carl.
26:07Much too early.
26:08Oh, is it?
26:09Oh, there's Aunt Gussie.
26:10Hmm.
26:11She would show up just at a time like this.
26:12Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
26:15Oh.
26:16Uh-oh.
26:17Uh.
26:18Oh, there's Aunt Gussie.
26:19Hmm.
26:21She would show up just at a time like this.
26:25Oh.
26:26Oh, oh.
26:27Oh.
26:28Oh.
26:29Oh.
26:30Oh.
26:31Oh.
26:32Oh.
26:33Oh.
26:33Remove her aura.
26:34Let me, what's the matter now?
26:36TheCr spoiler Duty.
26:37Oh.
26:38Oh!
26:39Oh.
26:40Oh.
26:41Oh, Hope.
26:42tendency? You mean your heart's beating? Of course it's beating. Dr. Von Neelan, he tried to assure me, but I know, I know it's serious. I'm liable to go just like that. Did he prescribe for you, dear? Yes. Monacid, that's their salicylic acid. You mean salicylic acid, don't you? Well, salicylic or salicylic, it helped me. My heart is much quieter. Hello, Carl. Hello. Oh, Carl, you'll be good to her when I'm gone, won't you? Yes, of
27:12course I will, Frosch, not mine. Well, I'm not gone yet. You can't marry her unless I say so. Don't forget that. Oh, my heart. There, Auntie, you'll be all right. Just rest a while. What you need is what? Rest, dear. Quiet.
27:27That Gussie has a heart like a steam engine. Come on.
27:57Meow.
28:15Meow.
28:17Meow.
28:18Oh.
28:43You nasty little beast.
28:45Don't you know it's wrong to steal?
28:58You've cut yourself.
28:59The blood.
29:02Yes.
29:02Stop it, stop it.
29:04No hurt me.
29:05No hurt.
29:06No, you poor thing.
29:08Now you wait right here and I'll run in the house and get something for that finger.
29:10A subcutaneous wound like that might easily result in a tetanus infection.
29:16Tetan, tetan...
29:17Tetanus.
29:18Lockjaw.
29:20Now, but you need be afraid.
29:22And the way you talk, I think you've got it already.
29:25Look, here's a nice juicy apple for you.
29:42Ah, this is it.
29:45Threates sur les appréciants des esprits et sur les vampires, by Augustin Dorme Calame, in 1746.
29:56Let us suppose that these corpses do not actually stir from their tombs, that only the ghosts or spirits appear to the living.
30:04Wherefore do these phantoms present themselves and what is it that energizes them?
30:08Is it actually the soul of the dead man, which has not yet departed to its final destination?
30:14Threates sur les appréciants.
30:16Now, how could a corpse buried under four or five feet of buried get out to do any such foolishness?
30:21I don't believe it.
30:22It's a fair question, Doctor.
30:24How could it?
30:26Well, according to accepted theory, the vampire dematerializes its body and reintegrates it outside the grave.
30:33It's a good explanation, if you can believe it.
30:36And while I'm standing here listening to all this rubbish, there's a poor man in the garden in danger of a tetanus infection.
30:42Now, what should I do for him, Doctor?
30:43Shall I apply a microchrome or a 2% solution of bichloride?
30:47Well, either will do.
30:48Get some gauze and some microchrome.
30:51Thank you, Doctor.
30:51I'll wait here.
30:53Difficult to believe, isn't it?
30:55It's impossible to believe.
30:56And yet, it would explain these deaths, wouldn't it?
31:06Ah, Breitschneider.
31:09Pardon their intrusion, Doctor von Niemann.
31:11But after what you saw last night, you'll be interested in this as well.
31:15Well, what's happened?
31:16Kringen was found dead an hour ago.
31:19With the two punctures in his neck and not a drop of blood in his body.
31:23And what's more, Herman Glyde has disappeared.
31:30What?
31:31Now you're convinced that we were right and you were wrong?
31:33That'd be proof enough for anybody.
31:36Kringen said Herman would get him, and he did.
31:38Well, Breitschneider?
31:40I appoint you my deputy.
31:42Organize a searching party and comb this countryside from one end to the other.
31:46Find Herman Glyde and bring him in, but don't harm him.
31:48Do you understand?
31:49What good will that do?
31:51He is a vampire.
31:52There's only one thing for us to do when we find him.
31:56Kill him and drive a stake through his ark.
31:57Herman Glyde will be tried by a court of law.
32:01If the charge against him is proven true, the law will decide what to do with him, not you.
32:05Now get your men together and do as I tell you.
32:07That's the way to talk.
32:10I'm going into town for a little while, Doctor.
32:12Would you care to come along?
32:13Oh, I hardly believe so.
32:15Because it'll be done until they find the boy.
32:17If you need me then, I'll...
32:19All right, thanks.
32:19I'll let you know.
32:20I see the world's going to change.
32:29Oh, there, Auntie.
32:30There's nothing here to be afraid of.
32:32Here comes Amos with your mature achromid bandages.
32:35Run along now and take care of that patient of yours.
32:37Oh, heavens.
32:38I forgot all about him.
32:39Oh, my heart.
32:45Poor Auntie.
32:46She's had every ailment in the book.
32:48A long aunt, I'm afraid.
32:50Particularly a palpitation of the auriculo-ventricular tricuspid and mitral valve, Doctor.
32:57Well, I had to tell her something to satisfy her.
32:59Come on, men.
33:24Come on.
33:25We've got him.
33:26We can't get away from him now.
33:28Some of you go around that way.
33:30Quiet.
33:31And if we try to get past you, you know what to do.
33:46Come on, men.
33:47We can't get out of here.
33:50Help, help, help, help.
34:03There they are, Edwin.
34:05Here, boys.
34:09Herman, you're going back to the village with us.
34:14Come on.
34:16We won't hurt you.
34:17No, no, I won't go.
34:21Herman, I'm afraid.
34:23Come on.
34:25You're going with us, Herman.
34:27No, no.
34:28You're going with us.
34:30No.
34:31Come on, Herman.
34:31No!
34:32Come on, Herman.
34:33Come on, get him.
34:36Come on, Herman.
34:38We won't hurt you.
34:39Come on.
34:40No!
34:41No.
34:42No.
34:47Come, that settles him.
35:02Yes, let's go.
35:03We've got to down the road.
35:12You've got to make certain.
35:15I won't go down there.
35:17Nobody asked you to.
35:20I'll go myself.
35:22Can you see him?
35:25He's on a ledge about 50 feet down.
35:29I'll get a rope.
35:32We've got to make certain, I tell you.
35:34You must be careful, Emil.
35:46Very careful.
35:50No.
36:16No.
36:16No.
36:16No, it must be, it must be.
36:26She's no better than the rest.
36:29I've got to go on.
36:46I've got to go on.
37:16I've got to go on.
37:46I've got to go on.
38:16I've got to go on.
38:46Oh, it's you, Doctor.
38:59I'm sorry to have to disturb you, Doctor, but we simply couldn't make Georgiana hear the bell.
39:03That's quite all right, my dear.
39:04Georgiana's becoming careless, very careless.
39:07Yes, I've noticed that too.
39:09In my opinion, she has Nagana.
39:11That's sleeping sickness.
39:12You know the symptoms, Doctor.
39:14At first I thought it was creeping paralysis, so I stuck a pin in her leg to see, and there was a splendid reaction of the reflex motor nerve.
39:21Why, Auntie, you're shocked.
39:23So is she.
39:25Won't you join me in some coffee?
39:27Yes, thanks, Doctor.
39:27We will.
39:28There are a few questions I'd like to ask you, Paula.
39:30About blood and murders and vampires, I suppose.
39:33Yes, I'm afraid so.
39:34So am I.
39:36Well, good night.
39:37If such a thing is possible, I'm going to bed.
39:39Won't you join us too, Frau Schnappmann?
39:41Coffee at this hour of the night?
39:42No, thank you.
39:43I'm going to stick to my monacid esters and salic salad.
39:47Acid, Doctor.
39:48Acid.
39:49Good night.
39:54What's the news in the village, Carl?
39:57Have they located Hermann yet?
39:59No, not a trace of him.
40:01I hate to think of that poor misfit being hunted down like a dog.
40:06You know, I simply can't bring myself to believe in that vampire theory.
40:10Will you pause?
40:12Certainly.
40:12I know, Carl.
40:15Our sena, calmer judgment tells us that such things can't be.
40:19And yet, here, for instance, in this ponderous tome,
40:23are cited the thousand and one phobias and complexes
40:26that human beings are heir to.
40:28Some of them are strange,
40:30more untenable even than werewolves and vampires.
40:35Could I have some more, please?
40:37You drink entirely too much coffee.
40:39That was my one weakness.
40:40And also my excuse for tolerating Georgiana's laxity and other things.
40:45She does know how to make good coffee.
40:49She brings it to me every night at exactly ten o'clock.
40:52And when I've drunk it all,
40:54then I know it's time to quit.
40:56Yes, and eat breakfast so you can have more coffee.
40:59No.
41:10Georgiana, you mustn't lie like that.
41:13Well, get yourself a chart of coolers.
41:18No, sit next.
41:20Just, just yell.
41:23That was Auntie.
41:28Auntie.
41:38Auntie.
41:39Auntie.
41:39Auntie.
41:44Oh, ceilid.
41:44I'm all right.
41:46I'm all right now.
41:48وں.
41:48Even help turn my sword.
41:50Still imagination boy.
41:52I imagine my side in tears.
41:53The same two wounds, doctor.
42:10My last words to her were angry ones.
42:14A petulant reprimand for being late with my coffee.
42:17What time is that?
42:18About two or three minutes after ten.
42:20She's been dead then about 45 minutes.
42:22Bloodless like the rest.
42:31It passes all belief.
42:36Ruth's aunt saw Herman Gleib in the garden this morning.
42:40Could it be that he...
42:52You were the first one here.
42:54What happened?
42:55I was in my room reading.
42:57My door was open.
42:59I must have dozed off for a minute or so
43:01because I awoke to hear Frosch Schnappmann scream.
43:04You say your door was open?
43:05Yes, my room was very poorly ventilated.
43:07And you saw nothing?
43:09Heard nothing unusual?
43:11Nothing.
43:11Carl.
43:16What is it?
43:17This crucifix belonged to Martha.
43:23See who it is, Emil.
43:27Can you positively identify this as belonging to Martha?
43:30Without a doubt.
43:31I saw it in her room the night she died.
43:33How in the world did it get here?
43:36Herman Gleib was in her room.
43:38He had that crucifix in his hands.
43:41And Herman was here today.
43:46Maybe here now for all we know.
43:48No.
43:48Who is it?
43:59Ah.
44:00Oh.
44:04How is she?
44:05She's had a real shock this time, but she'll be all right.
44:08I'm putting her to bed.
44:09Leave her there.
44:10Don't let her out of this room.
44:11And don't you leave it either.
44:13Well, what do you mean?
44:14It looks as if Herman Gleib is the killer after all.
44:17It's possible he may be hiding here in the castle.
44:20Why, what makes you think so?
44:21I'll tell you later.
44:22Stay in your room.
44:24And keep your door locked.
44:25Don't worry about that.
44:32I heard every word he said.
44:34And I don't think there's any use of them searching for Herman.
44:37They should look for a dog.
44:39A human-faced dog.
44:40Andy, the doors and windows are all locked.
44:42There's nothing to be afraid of now.
44:44Why, who said I was afraid?
44:45I'm not a bit afraid.
44:46No, of course you're not afraid.
44:48But you must get some rest.
44:49Rest in this awful place?
44:51With dog-faced Hermans and human-faced bats and blood and murders and vampires.
45:08Find anything, Carl?
45:10There's an unbroken cobweb in that window.
45:12If Herman did it, he came through the door.
45:15He must have.
45:17And yet I don't understand how he could find his way up here without us hearing him.
45:21Yet Emil was asleep.
45:23And I was in the library.
45:25Yes, he could have done it.
45:27The facts all point to it.
45:30What was it, Emil?
45:31The burgermeister.
45:33He has news for her, Brett Schneider, about Herman.
45:35Pardon the intrusion, Doctor.
45:51Pardon the intrusion.
45:52I knew Carl was here.
45:53And I thought you wouldn't mind if I ran in to tell him the news.
45:57About Herman?
45:57Yes.
45:58He fell into the devil's well in the cave.
46:02He's dead?
46:02Dead, dead as a doornail.
46:05This ends our troubles, Carl.
46:07The vampire's dead.
46:09I can feel it in my bones.
46:11Hmm.
46:12Well, your bones may be wrong.
46:14What time did this happen?
46:16Quite early, about nine o'clock.
46:18The cave is nearly two hours from here.
46:20That's why we didn't hear it sooner.
46:23Well, it may interest you to know that there's been another death.
46:26After your vampire died.
46:29Who?
46:30Who?
46:30For Niemann's housekeeper.
46:32Right here in her own room.
46:33Mother of mercy.
46:35What are we going to do?
46:36Well, a natural death wouldn't kill a vampire, Carl.
46:39You know the accepted theory?
46:41A stake driven through the heart?
46:43Oh, yes.
46:44That's the theory, all right.
46:45But, but, but.
46:46But what?
46:47But they did.
46:48They drove a stake through his heart.
46:51Good God.
46:52Are we living in the Middle Ages?
46:53It wasn't through my sanction, Carl.
46:55Basawa did it.
46:57He told me so himself.
46:58Well, that ends the vampire theory as far as I'm concerned.
47:04Herman Gleib died in the accepted fashion for killing a vampire.
47:08Oh, no.
47:09There's some human agency at work here, Doctor.
47:11A madman who kills to satisfy some violent, sadistic urge.
47:16Yes, you're right, Carl.
47:17I've been a fool.
47:19A superstitious fool.
47:20Did they leave his body in the cave?
47:24Yes.
47:25Yes, they did.
47:27Well, in view of what's happened, don't you think you owe him a decent burial?
47:30You're right.
47:32In view of what has happened, we do owe him that, Carl.
47:35I'll see to it at once, this very instant.
47:38And I'll make arrangements for Georgiana's removal to the morgue.
47:42Good night, Doctor.
47:43Pardon the intrusion.
47:44Good night, Gustav.
47:45Pardon the intrusion.
47:49Well, here I am, just where I started weeks ago.
47:55There isn't a single theory that doesn't lead straight into a stone wall.
47:59I've jested about this vampire business because my better judgment told me it was a lot of nonsense.
48:05Then I reached the point where I was willing to accept even that.
48:09Because it seemed to satisfy the equation.
48:12All of it would be superstitious.
48:15I don't know which way to turn.
48:17Where to look, what to look for.
48:20Why should anyone want human blood?
48:23Why?
48:24Why?
48:24Calm yourself, Carl.
48:26Calm myself.
48:28Calm myself.
48:28With all these unsolved murders staring me in the face and no solution in sight?
48:37How much blood is there in the human body, Doctor?
48:40About six liters, approximately.
48:44Can you think of any purpose for which that amount of blood might be used?
48:49No.
48:51Not even in transfusions.
48:52That's the point which stops me.
48:55There isn't any other use for human blood.
48:57Murderers leave clues.
49:02And these atrocities are murders, Doctor.
49:04Those simple fools in the village can believe what they like.
49:07But you and I are sane thinking people.
49:09And you know and I know, Doctor, that these are murders.
49:11The last one was done here.
49:15In this very house, right under this roof.
49:19All right, I'll start here.
49:21I'm going over every foot of this place, both inside and out.
49:25Nobody, sane or insane, is clever enough to get away with murder without leaving a clue of some sort.
49:29And I'm going to find that clue.
49:31Now, come, Carl.
49:32You mustn't let your nerves run away with you.
49:34Here.
49:36These.
49:40These will help to give you a good night's sleep.
49:41If there are any clues, they'll be here in the morning when your nerves are calm and your mind is clear.
49:53Take my advice and go home and rest.
49:55I imagine a thousand demons were after me as I came down those stairs.
49:59Ruth, didn't I tell you to stay in your room?
50:01Yes, but I wanted the doctor to come up and quiet, Auntie.
50:04You know, it isn't her imagination, Miss Tom.
50:05Of course, Ruth.
50:06I'll come right away.
50:07Take my advice, young man.
50:09Go home and go to bed.
50:10Good night, Carl.
50:14Good night, Ruth.
50:22Good night, Carl.
50:24Good night, Arthur.
50:40Good night, Carl.
51:03Good night, Carl.
51:37If his lights are on, you must wait, Emil.
51:47Wait until he has gone to bed.
52:07Wait until he has gone to bed.
52:37Wait until he has gone to bed.
53:07Wait until he has gone to bed.
53:37You are strong.
53:42Very strong.
53:47I am waiting for you.
53:51Waiting for you to bring him to the laboratory.
53:53I am waiting for you to bring him to bed.
54:10You are the one.
54:22You are the one.
54:36What mad thing are you doing?
54:38Mad?
54:38Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?
54:42Life created in the laboratory.
54:46No mere crystalline growth, but tissue.
54:48Living, growing tissue.
54:50Life that moves, pulsates, and demands food for its continued growth.
54:55You shudder in horror.
54:58So did I the first time.
55:01But what are a few lies to be weighed in the balance against the achievement of biological science?
55:05Think of it.
55:06I have lifted the veil.
55:08I have lifted the veil.
55:08I have created life.
55:11Rested the secret of life from life.
55:14Now do you understand?
55:15For the lives of those who have gone before, I have created life.
55:19I'll tell Carl.
55:22You may.
55:25For tonight, Carl's name will be added to yours.
55:29And all of those who miss achievement will immortalize.
55:49And all of those who miss achievement will be added to yours.
56:38I didn't take your sleeping tablets, Doctor.
57:08I didn't take your sleeping tablets, Doctor.
57:15I didn't take my sleeping tablets, Doctor.
57:23I didn't take my sleeping tablets, Doctor.
57:30I didn't take my sleeping tablets, I didn't take my sleeping tablets, I didn't take my sleeping tablets.
57:45Emil brought them here.
57:48He's the one who murdered them.
57:49Stay where you are.
57:50You'll have a chance to tell everything, Doctor.
57:52I'll take care of our Neiman.
58:05Get her out of here.
58:07You stay here.
58:32Von Neiman and Emil.
58:50Doctor.
58:51Doctor Von Neiman.
58:53Oh, she mustn't see them.
59:00Where is Doctor Von Neiman?
59:02I must see him immediately.
59:03I'm guessing you can't.
59:04He can't be disturbed.
59:05Oh, but I must see him.
59:06I simply must.
59:07Well, that hydrous magnesium sulfate he gave me is affecting me most peculiarly.
59:12You'll pardon me?
59:20Hydrous magnesium sulfate.
59:24Well, that's Epsom salts.
59:29My French.
59:44High falou.
59:46You're Fallen.
59:51She was 800.
59:52I'm sure to bring up my skin and my body,
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