WEBVTT 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.710 VAMPYR 00:02:30.630 --> 00:02:35.170 This is the tale of the strange adventures of young Allan Gray, who immersed himself in the study 00:02:35.270 --> 00:02:39.670 of devil worship and vampires. Preoccupied with superstitions of centuries past, he became a dreamer 00:02:39.770 --> 00:02:49.780 for whom the line between the real and the supernatural became blurred. 00:02:50.010 --> 00:03:08.130 His aimless wanderings led him late one evening to a secluded inn by the river in a village called Courtempierre. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:46.170 Who's there? 00:03:48.740 --> 00:03:50.170 Go around. 00:05:06.010 --> 00:05:07.010 Good night. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:56.960 It was an eerie moonlit night. Light and shadow, voices and faces seemed to take on hidden meaning. 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:00.760 Allan Gray felt a sinister force descend upon him. In vain he fought 00:07:00.860 --> 00:07:10.030 the terror that seized him, and fear of things he could not name haunted his restless sleep. 00:08:14.690 --> 00:08:15.430 Who are you? 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:45.450 Quiet! 00:09:05.620 --> 00:09:08.250 She mustn't die! You understand? 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:54.040 TO BE OPENED... UPON MY DEATH 00:10:46.670 --> 00:10:50.200 What was going on? What terrifying secret was unfolding? 00:10:50.200 --> 00:11:01.190 Allan Gray felt certain of one thing: A soul in mortal distress was crying out for help, and a voice within urged him to heed that call. 00:13:35.070 --> 00:13:35.780 Justin, come here! 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.960 Silence! 00:15:30.260 --> 00:15:31.060 Did you hear that? 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:51.460 Yes. The child. 00:17:52.050 --> 00:17:53.050 The child? 00:17:57.950 --> 00:18:01.290 Yes, the child! 00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:09.390 There's no child here. 00:18:28.190 --> 00:18:28.990 But the dogs! 00:18:33.910 --> 00:18:36.880 There are no children or dogs here! 00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:43.870 - No? - No. Good night. 00:18:47.110 --> 00:18:48.110 Good night. 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:47.370 He followed the fleeting shadows and came to a large estate where a forlorn manor rose up among ancient trees. 00:20:47.370 --> 00:20:57.540 Here, in seclusion, with only his two daughters and a few servants for company, lived the man who had appeared to Allan Gray earlier at the inn. 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:54.080 The wounds have almost healed. 00:22:08.230 --> 00:22:11.110 The blood! The blood! 00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:25.690 Don't go to bed until the doctor arrives. 00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:18.880 Open up! Hurry! 00:23:28.190 --> 00:23:30.590 For heavers sake, hurry! 00:23:33.990 --> 00:23:35.020 What's wrong? 00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.910 What is it? 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:05.560 Quick! They're trying to kill him! 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:10.080 The other door. 00:27:47.590 --> 00:27:50.560 Jeanne, light the lamps in the library. 00:29:03.710 --> 00:29:05.310 And you stay with Gisčle, you hear? 00:29:06.010 --> 00:29:07.010 Is he dead? 00:29:32.910 --> 00:29:35.040 Yes. 00:29:53.030 --> 00:29:59.200 Wort you please stay here with us? 00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:16.900 Where is he going? 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:29.110 To the police. 00:30:29.110 --> 00:30:35.320 TO BE OPENED UPON MY DEATH 00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:43.990 THE STRANGE HISTORY OF VAMPIRES 00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:48.780 Accounts from many ages and lands tell of terrible demons called vampires. 00:31:48.780 --> 00:31:57.130 These are the bodies and souls of the dead 00:31:57.130 --> 00:32:03.330 whose terrible deeds in life deny them repose in the grave. 00:32:08.570 --> 00:32:13.930 Under the bright light of the full moon, 00:32:14.650 --> 00:32:17.180 they rise from their graves 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.640 to suck the blood of children and young adults 00:35:29.520 --> 00:35:33.320 and thus prolong their shadowy existence. 00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:37.720 The Prince of Darkness is their ally 00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:44.990 and lends them supernatural power among the living and the dead. 00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:51.680 At night these creatures from the abyss 00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:48.790 haunt the abodes of the living, 00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.300 where they sow death and decay. 00:36:52.690 --> 00:36:55.390 A vampire's victim is doomed to perish without hope. 00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:45.830 A wound on the throat, as from the bite of a cat or rat, 00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:02.520 is the mark of damnation. 00:39:33.430 --> 00:39:35.510 Neither medical science... 00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:14.120 Léone! 00:41:09.020 --> 00:41:12.320 Where? 00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:22.320 There, outside! 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:38.660 Hurry! 00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:02.420 Léone! 00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:09.040 Quick! 00:42:09.040 --> 00:42:12.370 Like a plague, the vampire's lust infects the victim, 00:42:12.370 --> 00:42:13.700 who is torn between a thirst for blood 00:42:16.540 --> 00:42:19.870 and a desperate repulsion toward this craving. 00:42:41.230 --> 00:42:46.680 The innocent young person itself becomes a vampire 00:42:53.600 --> 00:42:55.940 and seeks to prey on its nearest and dearest. 00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:18.290 Entire families, even entire villages, are thus brought under the curse. 00:43:18.930 --> 00:43:24.770 If I could only die! 00:44:24.610 --> 00:44:25.680 No, Léone. 00:44:30.970 --> 00:44:31.640 I know. 00:44:34.830 --> 00:44:38.170 I'm lost. 00:44:54.970 --> 00:44:56.310 I'm damned. 00:44:59.810 --> 00:45:02.130 I think she's dying. 00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.640 Didrt you hear a scream? 00:45:24.150 --> 00:45:27.490 Come! The carriage is back! 00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:45.300 She's asleep. 00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:30.850 Good God! 00:46:30.850 --> 00:46:46.300 What is that? 00:47:00.770 --> 00:47:05.070 See that? 00:47:13.430 --> 00:47:16.760 Blood. 00:47:20.200 --> 00:47:22.170 The ghosts of executed criminals are in their service, 00:47:43.640 --> 00:47:49.230 but the living too may fall under their dreadful sway. 00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:19.030 An account from Hungary tells of a village doctor 00:48:23.940 --> 00:48:25.780 who, having sold his soul to the Evil One, 00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:29.210 became a vampire's henchman 00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:39.880 and thus an accessory to a series of horrid crimes in that region. 00:48:39.890 --> 00:48:45.050 Good evening, Doctor. 00:48:45.150 --> 00:48:59.930 Good evening. How is she doing? 00:49:00.090 --> 00:49:05.740 - Not well at all. - Oh? Why is that? 00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:10.840 We found her out on the grounds. 00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:21.780 Well, let's go see. 00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:37.780 She has another of those marks on her neck. 00:49:38.790 --> 00:49:46.500 We'll have a look. 00:49:46.540 --> 00:49:49.350 Good evening. 00:49:55.900 --> 00:50:01.380 Good evening. Come along. 00:50:01.380 --> 00:50:05.800 You stay down here. 00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:11.080 She's doing very poorly. 00:50:11.080 --> 00:50:15.170 - Pulse? - Weak. 00:50:15.170 --> 00:50:27.080 Can't she be saved? 00:50:27.080 --> 00:50:39.020 Perhaps. 00:52:05.210 --> 00:52:09.260 But she needs blood. 00:52:11.710 --> 00:52:12.680 It must be human blood. 00:53:54.790 --> 00:53:57.120 Are you willing to give her your own? 00:54:00.260 --> 00:54:01.370 Come, young man. 00:54:02.090 --> 00:54:05.430 I'll draw your blood. 00:54:40.450 --> 00:54:43.020 Why does the doctor always come at night? 00:54:43.020 --> 00:54:47.550 Once the vampire has gained complete control over its victim, 00:56:12.940 --> 00:56:15.640 it seeks to drive the victim to suicide, 01:00:52.900 --> 01:00:56.900 thus delivering that soul to the Evil One. 01:05:37.590 --> 01:05:41.750 For he who takes his own life is lost for all eternity. 01:06:30.160 --> 01:06:33.490 To him the Golden Gates of Heaven are closed. 01:10:06.810 --> 01:10:08.610 For him all hope is lost. 01:10:10.660 --> 01:10:13.990 Sister. 01:11:20.040 --> 01:11:23.370 Come here a moment. 01:11:37.740 --> 01:11:39.410 You may go to bed now. 01:11:53.390 --> 01:11:54.090 Did you hear me? 01:12:07.300 --> 01:12:08.440 Who can solve the riddle of life and death 01:13:40.590 --> 01:13:43.930 or fathom the dark secrets hidden from the light of day? 01:13:43.930 --> 01:13:43.990 For just as strange as a vampire's existence 01:13:43.990 --> 01:13:44.060 is the manner of its demise. 01:13:44.060 --> 01:13:44.130 These dead who cannot find peace must be murdered 01:13:44.130 --> 01:13:44.190 to deliver a tormented humanity from their grip. 01:13:44.190 --> 01:13:45.530 Many monasteries and libraries possess in their secret archives... 01:13:45.530 --> 01:13:49.000 Doctor! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What's wrong? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm losing blood. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nonsense! Your blood is right here! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...accounts of how vampires have been rendered harmless in many places. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 In the village of Kisilova, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 haunted a generation ago by a vampire in the form of an old woman, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the following procedure was used: 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 At dawn the grave was opened, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the old woman was found lying as if asleep. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 An iron stake was driven through her heart, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 nailing her horrid soul to the earth. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She then died a true death, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the curse that had lain upon herself and her victims was broken. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Come... follow me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We shall become one soul, one blood. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Follow me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Death is waiting... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...deliverance by the grace of our heavenly Lord. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Even in these parts, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 tradition tells how certain areas were haunted by vampires. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Just 25 years ago, a murderous epidemic 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 claimed 11 victims in the village of Courtempierre. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Doctors assigned the plague a medical name, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but a persistent rumor circulated among the people 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that a vampire was the cause of the scourge. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Many firmly believed that vampire to be 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 none other than Marguerite Chopin, who lay buried in the village cemetery. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 All her life, Marguerite Chopin had been a monster in human form. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She died an unrepentant soul, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the Church denied her the Last Sacraments. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Come quickly! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Something terrible is happening! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Come quickly! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Sister. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm afraid of dying. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I am damned! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My God! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Sister. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She mustrt die. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She must live until sunrise, you understand? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 FROM DUST THOU ART 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 UNTO DUST THOU SHALT RETURN 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now go! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Quickly! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I feel strong. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My soul is free. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ah, you're here. Open this. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You hear me? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Listen to me! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Listen to me! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Please! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Curse you, you bastard! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Open up! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let me out of here! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Open this gate! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Over here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This way.