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A grieving widower seeking the help of a necromancer is told the terrible tale of Ernst Haekel, a man obsessed with reanimation.
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03:59Why will you not help persuade my grief?
04:03Why will you not bring back the woman I love to me?
04:13Have you heard the story of Ernst Hickel?
04:19What has he to do with this?
04:21Oh, young sir, he has everything to do with this.
04:25If I tell you my story
04:27and you still wish your beloved Samantha brought back from the dead,
04:31then I will gladly grant you your wish.
04:37Do you mean that?
04:39If your love is so great, then yes.
04:45I will bring your wife back to you.
04:48No love is greater, I swear to you.
04:52We shall see.
04:54We shall see.
04:59Now, sit with you back to the fire and I shall tell you my tale.
05:03It hurts my neck to look up at you.
05:12Rum?
05:13Ernst Hickel was a medical student in Massachusetts.
05:29A cocky young man.
05:31Thought he knew it all.
05:33Do go on.
05:34Now, this was some time ago, 50 years or more.
05:41A more naive age.
05:46Not so filled with answers as today.
05:52Here he is, man laid out in his final inglorious chapter.
05:59Devoid of a soul, all that is left is flesh.
06:03A machine without power.
06:05A mere husk, an empty vessel.
06:08Only God in his wisdom may grant life and take it away.
06:11So you, my young chargers, are the instruments of God's will.
06:16And it is up to you to serve him well.
06:19What has God to do with man?
06:21Ah, our young heathen.
06:23Well, why don't you tell me in the class all about it, Mr. Hagel?
06:26Man and woman fornicate to create life.
06:31Accident, disease, or old age, take it away.
06:35Your God has nothing to do with it.
06:38He is our God, Mr. Hagel, not my own.
06:41And he has everything to do with it.
06:43There is no man without God.
06:45I am a man without God, Dr. Hauser.
06:49Well, you may think so, sir, but you are wrong.
06:51There is no life without God.
06:53I take it you are unfamiliar with the recent experiments in Germany,
06:56which have proven otherwise.
06:58I am well aware of the tales of Victor Frankenstein, Mr. Hagel,
07:02and they are fairy tales, wishful thinking.
07:05Scripture tells us that the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.
07:10God gives us life, and once he takes it away, it is gone for good.
07:15And you believe that there is no life after death?
07:18Oh, I believe in an afterlife, sir, but not in the reanimation of a human corpse.
07:24Then what on earth do you celebrate every Easter Sunday?
07:29That is an entirely different matter, young man.
07:32God may resurrect, man may not.
07:35And I believe that you are wrong, sir.
07:37What you believe is entirely of no consequence to me, my young freethinker.
07:41Why don't you tell it to our poor Mr. Willoughby here?
07:43I can prove it, Professor.
07:47Oh, I am sure that you can inseminate Mr. Hagel, much as that might distress me.
07:51But it is God, and God alone, who grants us the spark of life.
07:55No, Professor.
07:57I mean that I can give life to the dead.
08:03Well, I should very much like to see that.
08:06I imagine that you should.
08:17This unfortunate young woman died of consumption just over a week ago.
08:21How did you acquire her body?
08:24Does it really matter?
08:25It matters a great deal, young man.
08:27And how does the university acquire its cadavers?
08:30From accredited legal sources.
08:32Your father is a pious and wise man, Mr. Hagel.
08:38Surely he does not approve of this blasphemy.
08:41You know nothing of my father.
08:43My father approves of the truth.
08:49I have been following the notes of the German scientists quite specifically,
08:53and I have been able to harness the electrical power of the lightning.
08:56My challenge has been to channel that power through these copper ropes and into the body,
09:04and thereby ignite the spark of life.
09:10This girl shall live again.
09:14Now.
09:21Watch me!
09:26Watch me!
09:27Watch me!
09:28Watch me!
09:29Watch me!
09:30Watch me!
09:52Well, it appears divinity is still a long ways off for you, is it not, Mr. Hagel?
09:58Quiet!
10:04May God forgive you, sir.
10:20I am so sorry.
10:22Oh, hello, Chester.
10:27Good evening, sir.
10:29How fares your father, the older Dr. Hagel?
10:31I am hoping his condition is better.
10:34It is not well, Chester.
10:36Not well at all.
10:38Well, please give him my best wishes and salutations for me, will you, sir?
10:44Oh, my.
10:46Is that...
10:48Still dead, eh, Mr. Ernst?
10:49Mr. Ernst?
11:01You're lucky I'm here.
11:03Got some good beef with me tonight.
11:04Pneumonia.
11:12Just last night.
11:14Any real bargain at ten dollars?
11:16Not tonight, Chester.
11:18Money's tight as him, Mr. Ernst?
11:20Always.
11:21A thousand, a hundred, even ten dollars.
11:24I've failed.
11:26The key to life after death is still beyond my reach.
11:29Well, chin up, sir.
11:30You're a young man.
11:32You'll surely figure out the mysteries of life and death before you shuffle off this mortal coil, right?
11:37I'm in no mood for sarcasm, Chester.
11:39Sarcastic?
11:41Me?
11:42Yes, sir.
11:43You.
11:44Well, if it's life after death you seek, should you not speak with the necromancer?
11:48I place no faith in magic and the supernatural.
11:51I believe in science, not fairy stories.
11:53Well, Mr. Hickle, I am a simple, uneducated man.
11:58Science and magic seem one of a kind to me.
12:02I saw Montesquino the necromancer down to the park of a weekend, and his magic seemed pretty scientifical to me, young sir.
12:10He made the dead rise.
12:12But as I said, I'm not so sophisticated as you.
12:17But I think that we should be careful when we talk about necromancers.
12:21Why should we be careful talking about a little English prick who preys upon our women?
12:26Good lord, he practically steals from their purses, claiming he can raise the dead.
12:30And how do you know he cannot?
12:32Why you, not he?
12:34Science, Chester.
12:36Not balderdash.
12:38I believe the evidence of my eyes, young master.
12:42And I saw what I take to be proof that such crafts as this Montesquino professes are real.
12:49I should not dismiss it out of hand.
12:52Mayhaps you should see for yourself.
12:54What is the line between life and death?
13:08Between darkness and light?
13:11Between existence and infinity?
13:13I am here to tell you that the dead can live again.
13:21I possess that mystical secret held until now only by the sacred shaman of Zanzibar.
13:29It came to me at great cost, and it is a power that I do not use lightly.
13:38With power comes responsibility.
13:42For each life I grant takes a year off my own.
13:48But because of the sacred trust I hold, it is well worth it.
14:01I sense disbelief among you.
14:06Young man.
14:07I gather an educated man such as yourself would require proof of such a proclamation.
14:20I would indeed, sir.
14:22And what would convince you of my powers?
14:24Not this side show, Professor Montesquino.
14:27I ask you again, sir.
14:30What proof would you require that I tell the truth?
14:35Nothing less than to see the dead revived before my own eyes.
14:39And you shall have it, young man.
14:41Young man.
14:52Behold!
14:55Death!
14:59This miserable cur is dead, is he not?
15:05Quite dead, sir.
15:11This was my God.
15:14I give you a chance of that.
15:16To me, dear God, I will speak to you.
15:18You are my God.
15:20What is this?
15:21What is this?
15:23You don't need to be your life.
15:27You are my son.
15:28You are all."
15:29You are my son.
15:31You are your son.
15:34You have to be the one.
15:36You are my son.
15:37I say you.
15:39You are my son.
15:40Behold, life after death.
16:10You do believe your own eyes, don't you, young man?
16:21To resurrect a simple beast is not merely so taxing as bringing back a human being, a man with a soul.
16:29Compared to that, this is merely a parlor trick. Man is far more complex.
16:36Are you saying a dog doesn't have a soul?
16:38I am, young sir.
16:43Professor Montesquino?
16:46Yes, my good man.
16:49My wife and I, we lost our little girl to diphtheria in the summer.
16:54She was about three years old. We wondered if you could...
16:58Do you have $100?
17:00Oh, no, sir. Nowhere near.
17:03Well, how much do you think a year of my life is worth?
17:07We wouldn't know, sir. I should say it's worth more than $100.
17:14Could you get $100?
17:17We were hoping that as a good Christian you might find it in the goodness of your...
17:22I'm sorry. Find a hundred dollars and I'll bring your little girl back to you.
17:29I regret I'm not at you. That's it.
17:32And now, who would like to have their late bereaved loved ones back in their arms again?
17:40Ah!
17:43What about you, young man?
17:57Montesquino!
17:58Montesquino!
17:59The young doubting Thomas.
18:02A good evening to you, sir.
18:04And to you.
18:05I was delighted as I am to see you.
18:07I'm having my supper.
18:09Perhaps you could return in the morning.
18:12my name is Ernst Haeckel
18:26I'm a medical student at the university
18:29and I wish to inquire of your ways
18:31ah
18:32a man of science
18:35well
18:37perhaps a boy of science
18:39I'm absolutely thrilled
18:41to meet you Mr. Haeckel
18:43but I'm not here to instruct you
18:45my knowledge came
18:47after many years of intense
18:49instruction with great
18:51risk to my life and limb
18:53I'm willing to take risks
18:54are you indeed
18:56the costs are greater
19:03than a bottle of whiskey
19:04I know you do not believe
19:07in my ways that you think
19:09that necromancy is twaddle
19:11a sideshow for the gullible
19:13is it not
19:14the dog
19:15an excellent trick
19:16you threw your voice
19:18did you not
19:19and the movement of the dead dog
19:21some sort of puppetry
19:23I'd wager
19:24you would would you
19:25well
19:25surely necromancy
19:27cannot be real
19:28well
19:28if you say it cannot
19:30then it cannot
19:32who am I
19:34to question the likes
19:36of such a brilliant
19:38educated young man
19:40like yourself
19:41so you do not even argue with me
19:44no sir
19:44I do not
19:45I'm tired
19:46I need sleep
19:47sweet dreams young man
19:50thanks for the bottle
19:52Mr. Hakel
20:16what is it
20:19I am told it concerns
20:21your father
20:22thank you
20:26my dearest master Hakel
20:34your father's illness
20:35has taken a turn
20:36for the worse
20:37his malaise has turned
20:39much more serious
20:39and the prognosis
20:41is not optimistic
20:42he may only have
20:44a matter of days
20:45remaining
20:45he wishes to see you
20:47before he passes
20:48sincerely
20:50Dr. Alfred Hartwell
21:12he wishes to be
21:42Let's go.
22:12Let's go.
22:42Let's go.
23:12Let's go.
23:42Let's go.
23:52Life.
23:54And death.
24:03And one day, I shall make you live again.
24:07Let's go.
24:29My deepest apologies, young sir, I did not mean to cause you fright.
24:33You startled me.
24:34It would not be good for you to sleep here tonight.
24:37This is an open road.
24:38I have every right to stay here if I wish to.
24:40Of course you do.
24:41I did not say the right was not yours.
24:43I simply said it would not be wise.
24:45My apologies.
24:46My apologies.
24:47I'm cold and tired and hungry and I meant no insult.
24:53None taken.
24:54I am Walter Wolfram.
24:56Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
24:57My name is Ernst Haeckel.
25:01I'm traveling to Windsor.
25:02My father, it seems, is very ill.
25:06I live nearby.
25:07I can offer you a warm, dry bed, a proper fire, some hot potato soup.
25:12An offer I shall not decline.
25:14Many thanks to you, sir.
25:25Why do you think it unwise for me to stay in this place?
25:30You are a young man and no doubt you do not fear the workings of this world.
25:35But believe me when I tell you there are nights when it is good not to sleep next to a place where the dead are laid.
25:44The dead?
25:46Aye, their home.
25:49The necropolis.
26:03I'm a medical student.
26:05I do not fear the dead.
26:08Then I suppose you are a lucky man.
26:12Come.
26:14It is not much, but it is warm and dry.
26:39Elise?
26:40Elise?
26:40Elise, this is Ernst Haeckel.
26:49He will be staying with us tonight.
26:51Mr. Haeckel, this is my wife, Elise.
26:54It is a great pleasure to meet you.
27:11Elise, get Mr. Haeckel some wine.
27:14He has been down in the cruelty of the elements for several days.
27:17Mr. Haeckel is on his way to Windsor.
27:45His father is ill, maybe dying.
27:48I'm sorry.
27:49I hope not dying.
27:50I apologise.
27:51Of course I have misunderstood.
27:54The young man is a student at the university.
27:57What do you study?
27:59Medicine.
27:59I'm studying to be a physician.
28:01To save your father's life.
28:03Yes.
28:04Yes, I hope so.
28:05Among others.
28:05Mr. Haeckel needs more wine, Elise.
28:15Of course.
28:16Of course.
28:16She's lovely, isn't she?
28:39She is a very charming woman.
28:41Oh, she's much more than that, Mr. Haeckel.
28:44And it would not inflame me for you to say so.
28:49I know what you are thinking.
28:51How can I, an old man with a small farm,
28:55deserve this lovely young lady as a wife?
28:58I thought nothing of the sort.
29:00Liar.
29:01Sir, I beg...
29:03I do not take offence.
29:05Let me just say this.
29:07The ways of love are mysterious.
29:21Are you a married man, Mr. Haeckel?
29:25No, sir.
29:26I am quite unattached.
29:27Are you in love?
29:28Not a present, no.
29:30Have you ever been in love?
29:32I have not had the pleasure.
29:35Or the time.
29:36Elise, the young man has no time for love.
29:42Yes.
29:46Bring us more wine.
29:53And join us.
29:55I believe I've had enough wine.
29:57Nonsense.
29:58It is no substitute for love,
30:00but it will warm you on a cold, wet night.
30:04Right, Elise?
30:09You have never known love.
30:11Only fleetingly, I'm afraid.
30:14Better fleetingly
30:15than not at all.
30:18Eh?
30:18Mr. Haeckel is a fine-looking young man.
30:24Is he not, Elise?
30:27Yes.
30:28A very handsome man.
30:30The most eligible of bachelors.
30:33A shame.
30:35Surely you have experienced physical love.
30:38Have you not, Mr. Haeckel?
30:39I'm sorry, sir,
30:45but your question breaches propriety.
30:47Let us just blame it on the wine,
30:49shall we?
30:55I'm feeling very tired, sir.
30:57I should like to go to bed,
30:59if you don't mind.
31:00Of course not.
31:01Elise,
31:01make up the bed for Mr. Haeckel.
31:03Good night, sir.
31:07Good night, sir.
31:07Good night.
31:08Good night.
31:33I hope you'll be comfortable here.
31:37I'm sure I will be.
31:41Certainly better than
31:42under an old oak tree in the rain.
31:49What are you looking for?
31:54You are such a lovely woman, Elise.
32:03I must go now.
32:33I must go now.
33:03I must go now.
33:33I must go now.
34:03Look up.
34:03It's all there.
34:05Right.
34:10Is she ready?
34:11Yes.
34:12I don't know.
34:42Make sure he has had enough before you put him down.
34:50I don't want him waking and crying for you after you are gone.
35:05Can't you stay?
35:06It's been a full year, and I cannot take it any longer.
35:11Oh, my God.
35:12Oh, my God.
35:13Oh, my God.
35:14Oh, my God.
35:16Oh, my God.
35:17No.
35:18Oh, my God.
35:19Oh, my God.
35:21I don't know.
35:51Mr. Wolfman, what is it that troubles you?
35:58Oh, my friend, I could not begin to tell you.
36:04Would you prefer that I leave you alone to your tears?
36:14No.
36:15I do not want you to go out after her, now.
36:18The man who came to the door, who is he?
36:32His name is Montesquino, Dr. Montesquino.
36:34He is an acquaintance.
36:38And a friend to your wife?
36:42No.
36:43It is not what you surmise.
36:48Elise has no interest in the company of Dr. Montesquino, believe me, nor in any visitor
36:51in this house.
36:52Sir, if you mean...
36:53Do not concern yourself.
36:55I took no offence at the looks you gave my wife.
36:58How could you not?
37:00She is a beautiful woman.
37:02But let me tell you, my friend, you could never satisfy her.
37:09Neither, of course, could I.
37:16When I married her, I was already too old to be a husband to her in the truest sense.
37:20But you have a child.
37:27The boy is not mine.
37:37And where is the father?
37:39I'm afraid he is dead.
37:42Then you are a very noble man.
37:47I am guilty of many things, but I have never been accused of nobility.
37:51She so loved her husband.
37:55Still does to this day.
37:58No other man could ever fulfill her.
38:06I have met this Dr. Montesquino.
38:11He claims to be a necromancer.
38:14The man is a charlatan.
38:15The esteemed Dr. Montesquino deals in a science which I do not profess to understand.
38:22But the man is not a charlatan.
38:27Have you paid this necromancer so that Elise could talk to the dead man who fathered her
38:31child?
38:32And now Montesquino is going to play some miserable trick on the poor Elise to make her believe
38:37that she is talking to a dead spirit.
38:40It is no trick, wouldn't it, it were.
38:42What the man does is real, I'm afraid to say, which is why you should stay here until it's
38:48over and done with.
38:49It is nothing you should ever...
38:53Listen to her.
38:55Better not.
38:57She is in pain.
38:58I'm going after her.
39:04She still loves him.
39:10Heckel.
39:19Listen to me, Heckel.
39:20Elise.
39:21She has a sickness.
39:22She had it when I first met her.
39:23What did I know?
39:24I loved her.
39:25I loved everything I had to try to grant her this.
39:28I want to make her happy.
39:32Well she doesn't sound very happy now.
39:35No, it's not what you think.
39:36And what do I think, old man?
39:37Well it is, and it isn't.
39:39Oh God, please come back to the house.
39:41I said no!
39:42I'll not have her molested by that man.
39:44You don't understand.
39:45Nor do I want to.
39:46We couldn't begin to satisfy her, neither of us.
39:48So you hire Montesquino to service her?
39:50Jesus, man!
39:51No!
39:52Stop!
39:53I'm begging you!
39:55Stay away from the necropolis.
39:56Bastard!
39:57What kind of a husband are you to be?
40:00I beg you cease, Mr. Hickel.
40:15You are stepping into another world you should never enter!
40:17Good lord, I recognize this pitiful cow.
40:34Poor beast.
40:47Oh, my God!
40:48Oh God!
40:51What?
40:54Ah!
40:57But the poor beast out of his misery.
41:02Oh.
41:03Oh.
41:04Oooo
41:07Oh!!!
41:09Oh.
41:11Ow!
41:13Augh!
41:14Augh!
41:16Die, damn you.
41:23It is already dead, Heiko.
41:25You cannot kill it again.
41:26That's impossible.
41:28No.
41:28The filthy beast is dead.
41:32So do you see now?
41:35You have no idea the horrors that await you here.
41:39All the more reason to go to your wife.
41:42All the more reason to stay away.
41:44What kind of a man are you?
41:48You actually paid this Montesquino to bring back your wife's first husband from the dead.
41:54You poor fool.
42:14Give me the musket.
42:31Are you not coming?
42:44I dare not enter the place where Montesquino performs his dark magic.
42:47So be it.
42:48Elise!
43:05Elyse!
43:17Elyse!
43:29Bastard!
43:31Ah, the young doubting Thomas.
43:33Come to save the maiden fair, no doubt.
43:35What have you done to her, damn you?
43:37Not to her, young man.
43:38For her.
43:39Go.
43:40See for yourself.
43:42Go.
44:03Go.
44:04Go.
44:05Go.
44:06Go.
44:07Go.
44:08Go.
44:09Go.
44:10Go.
44:11Go.
44:12Go.
44:13Go.
44:14Go.
44:15Go.
44:16Go.
44:17Go.
44:18I warned you.
44:30I warned you you knew this was happening of course I knew I fear it is the only
44:45way she's satisfied what is she a woman a woman in love with a dead man
44:55no natural woman could endure that stop she is not to blame
45:06Montesquino I am not to blame either sir I merely did as I was paid to do whatever you did to start
45:16this undo it I cannot sir make it stop I command you or I'll shoot you dead
45:25I cannot do it
45:32please please you should come home now please please come home with me please
45:48please
45:50please
45:52help
45:54get out
45:58what does it take to make this stop what are the words no words how do we make it
46:05stop
46:06when the sun comes up
46:12is there no other way no other way tell me you bastard
46:19you bastard
46:20you bastard
46:21you bastard
46:22you bastard
46:23you bastard
46:24you bastard
46:26you bastard
46:27you bastard
46:28you're
46:29you
46:30No other way.
46:32No other way.
46:34Tell me, you bastard!
47:00No other way.
47:30No other way.
48:00No other way.
48:02No other way.
48:04No other way.
48:06No other way.
48:08No other way.
48:10No other way.
48:12No other way.
48:14No other way.
48:16No other way.
48:18No other way.
48:20No other way.
48:22No other way.
48:24No other way.
48:26No other way.
48:28Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring
48:33And if that diamond ring gets broke
48:39Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat
48:43And if that billy goat don't blow
48:47Good morning.
48:51Good morning.
48:54The storm has passed, hasn't it?
48:57It has.
48:58Elise.
49:05Yes.
49:07Last night.
49:09Last night.
49:12At the necropolis.
49:13Yes.
49:15Out in the necropolis.
49:18Walter.
49:19I know.
49:21He's dead.
49:24He was old.
49:25But he was always kind to me.
49:31Old men are the best husbands.
49:37As long as you don't want children.
49:38Oh.
49:40This isn't Walter's boy.
49:43Yeah.
49:43He doesn't look anything like Walter.
49:56But he looks just like his beautiful daddy.
49:59See.
50:00See?
50:04Would you like to hold him?
50:07Please.
50:10Hold him.
50:11Please.
50:12Hold him.
50:12He's dead.
50:13He's dead.
50:14He's dead.
50:14He's dead.
50:14He's dead.
50:15He's dead.
50:15He's dead.
50:16He's dead.
50:16He's dead.
50:17He's dead.
50:17He's dead.
50:18He's dead.
50:18He's dead.
50:18He's dead.
50:18He's dead.
50:19He's dead.
50:19He's dead.
50:19He's dead.
50:20He's dead.
50:20He's dead.
50:20He's dead.
50:21He's dead.
50:21He's dead.
50:21He's dead.
50:22He's dead.
50:22He's dead.
50:22He's dead.
50:23He's dead.
50:23He's dead.
50:24He's dead.
50:24He's dead.
50:25He's dead.
50:25He's dead.
50:26He's dead.
50:26He's dead.
50:27He's dead.
50:27He's dead.
50:42Oh, my God.
51:12Oh, my God.
51:42My handsome friend is how young Ernst Haeckel finally found the love he sought.
51:51That is the most horrible tale ever told.
51:53Is it?
51:54That the woman would have carnal knowledge with the dead?
51:57Your story is impossible.
51:59It is an affront to God.
52:01So say you, Mr. Ralston.
52:05May I assume that you could not be happy to have your wife return under such circumstances?
52:11That you do not love your wife that much?
52:17My wife is the spirit.
52:19Not the body that holds it.
52:21Just so, kind sir.
52:23Just so.
52:24I can return the body, but I hold no guarantee for the spirit.
52:31Good God!
52:31There is no God in this simple home, sir.
52:36No God at all.
52:41What is that sound?
52:45What is that horrible sound?
52:46I hear no horrible sound.
52:54How did you come to know this terrible tale?
53:01Sweetheart!
53:02We were just talking about you.
53:16Montesquino taught me so much, I shall always be deep in his dead.
53:21Oh, give me the little darling.
53:29Come to mommy's sweet.
53:32Time for supper.
53:33Oh, darling.
53:46Gentlemen, we have a very handsome guest
53:49who claims to love his wife
53:52as much as we love one another.
53:57Mr. Ralston.
54:12You boys can just wait.
54:16Until the baby's dead.
54:19Then we can all play together.
54:28Oh, my God.
54:58Oh, my God.
55:28Oh, my God.
55:58Oh, my God.
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