Van Helsing (2004)
Richard Roxburgh: Count Vladislaus Dracula
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[the Werewolf arrives back at Castle Frankenstein and lands next to Dracula, growling menacingly. Dracula ignores him]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Werewolves are such a nuisance during their first full moon, so hard to control.
[just as the Werwolf is about to lunge at him, he stops and transforms back to Velkan, writhing in pain. Dracula strides majestically past him]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I send you on a simple errand, to find out who our new friend is, and you have to stop for a little visit with your sister.
Velkan : Leave her out of this, Count! She doesn't know your secret, and I am soon to take it to my grave.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Don't wish for death so quickly. I intend for you to be quite useful.
Velkan : I would rather die than help you.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Oh, don't be boring, everybody who says that dies.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : You're too late, my friend! My children live!
Van Helsing : Then the only way to kill them is to kill you.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Correct.
Van Helsing : So be it.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : Igor... Do unto others...
Igor : Before they do it unto me!
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : [Dracula's bride cower in fear] No, no, no. Do not fear me, everybody else fears me. Not my brides.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : [to the other vampires] Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you... Van Helsing!
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[Dracula sees Igor poking the werewolf with a cattle prod]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Igor!
Igor : Yes, Master?
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Why do you torment that thing so?
Igor : It's what I do.
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Dr. Victor Frankenstein : Good God... I would kill myself before helping in such a task.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Feel free. I don't actually need you anymore, Victor. I just need him... he is the key.
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Igor : I am sorry, Master. We try and we try, but I fear we are not so smart as Doctor Frankenstein.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Truly. It would appear that the good Doctor took the key to life to his grave.
[the Werewolf climbs up onto the parapet. Dracula waves him away, dismissive]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Hunt them down. Kill them both.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : Give me LIFE!
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Dr. Victor Frankenstein : I'll take him away, far away, where no-one will ever find him.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Oh, no, Victor. The time has come for me to take command of him.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein : What are you saying?
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Why do you think I brought you here, gave you this castle, equipped your laboratory?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein : You said... you said you believed in my work.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : And I do. But now that it is, as you yourself have said, "A triumph of science over God", it must now serve my purpose.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : You can't kill me, Victor.
[Dracula pushes himself onto the sword Dr. Frankenstein is wielding]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I'm already dead.
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Anna Valerious : You make my skin crawl.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : This is not all I can do with your skin.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : [kisses/mouths Anna's neck]
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : I can tell the character of a man by the sound of his heartbeat.
[claps his hand in a rhythm of a heartbeat]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Usually when I approach...
[claps faster]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I can almost dance to the beat.
[claps slower]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Strange that yours is so steady.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : Don't we make a lovely couple?
[Anna looks at the mirror. Dracula is not in the reflection]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I'm looking for a new bride, Anna, someone strong and beautiful. All it takes is one bite from me.
Anna Valerious : [Dracula hugs her tighter] You have no heartbeat.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Perhaps it just needs to be rekindled.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : All I wanted was life, Gabriel. The continuation of my kind.
[Dracula holds up his left hand, his ring finger has long ago been cut off]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : And perhaps also, the return of my ring.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : There, there, my lovelies. Do not worry, I shall find another bride.
[Dracula's brides are appalled]
Verona : What?
Verona : Have you no heart?
Count Vladislaus Dracula : No! I have no heart, I feel no love. Nor fear, nor joy, nor sorrow. I am hollow... and I will live forever.
Aleera : Oh, my lord...
Verona : It is not so bad.
[Dracula's mood changes on a dime, and he begins to laugh]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I'm at war with the world! And every living soul in it! But soon... the final battle will begin.
Aleera : Do we mean so little to you?
[said before Verona asks if Dracula has no heart]
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : Hello, Gabriel.
[grinning to himself]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : You don't remember me? Allow me to refresh your memory I am Count Vladilaus Dracula, we have some history you and I.
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Van Helsing : How do you know me?
Count Vladislaus Dracula : So, would you like me to refresh your memory? A few details from you sordid past?
Count Vladislaus Dracula : [Van Helsing thrusts a crucifix at Dracula. Dracula shrieks and angrily swats it away, then calms down, smiling beatifically, as if nothing happened] Perhaps that is a conversation for another time. But before you go, let me reintroduce myself.
[bows majestically]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I am Count Vladislaus Dragulia. Born 1422. Murdered 1462.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : [attacked by Van Helsing, as a werewolf] Don't you understand? We could be friends! Partners! Brothers-in-arms!
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[Van Helsing transforms into a werewolf, the one thing that can kill Dracula]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : We are both part of the same great game, Gabriel! But we need not find ourselves on opposing sides of the board...
[the Werewolf roars. Dracula transforms into a giant bat, and attacks him]
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : Success!
Dr. Victor Frankenstein : Oh Count, it's just you.
[sighs in relief]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I was beginning to lose faith, Victor.
[looks down at the angry mob]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : A pity your moment of triumph is being spoiled over a little thing like grave robbery.
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[the Dwergi rip a blackened corpse out of the machine's pod and throw it down in front of Velkan]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : Look familiar?
[Velkan recognizes the crucifix around the corpse's neck]
Velkan : Father? No!
[charges at Dracula]
Count Vladislaus Dracula : [stops him easily with a finger] He proved useless. But I'm hoping with Werewolf venom running through your veins, you will be of greater benefit.
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Dr. Victor Frankenstein : I could never allow him to be used for such evil.
Count Vladislaus Dracula : I could. In fact, my brides are insisting on it.
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : How does it feel to be a puppet on my string?
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : [after feeling Marishka die] if it's not the Christians, it's the Moors! Why can't they just leave us alone. We never kill more than our fill. And less than our share. Can they say the same?
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Count Vladislaus Dracula : Welcome to my summer place.