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.

• 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.

• Count Vladislaus Dracula : Igor... Do unto others...

  Igor : Before they do it unto me!

• Count Vladislaus Dracula : [Dracula's bride cower in fear]  No, no, no. Do not fear me, everybody else fears me. Not my brides.

• Count Vladislaus Dracula : [to the other vampires]  Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you... Van Helsing!

• [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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Count Vladislaus Dracula : Give me LIFE!

• 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.

• 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.

• 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] 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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] 

• 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.

• 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.

• Count Vladislaus Dracula : [attacked by Van Helsing, as a werewolf]  Don't you understand? We could be friends! Partners! Brothers-in-arms!

• [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] 

• 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.

• [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.

• 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.

• Count Vladislaus Dracula : How does it feel to be a puppet on my string?

• 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?

• Count Vladislaus Dracula : Welcome to my summer place.