![]() The Count asks him to write three letters, all to Mina telling of his journey leaving the Count's castle. The following day, Harker awakens to find the Count is younger than ever. He is attacked by the Count, but tells Sister Agatha that he must've passed out and remembers nothing more. When he peers inside, he finds the Count lying inside. Furthermore, he finds what appears to be a coffin with the inscription "Dracula" engraved. Harker discusses how he found a chest full of photographs and belongings of people dating back years, he is even more shocked to find zombie-like people trapped in the basement of the castle. Bite marks are apparent on Harker's neck, those correspondent with a vampire bite. Back in the present, Harker and Agatha talk about how each day the Count appears younger, whilst he progressively ages. The Count reveals that nobody lives there, but the servants work during the day, a fact Harker is reluctant to believe given he has not seen anyone other than the driver. Even more startling is that the following day the Count is younger more so.Īt dinner that night, Harker questions if anyone else lives at the castle. When he is awoken by the Count from his sleep, he finds it startling that the Count appears younger than previously. For the remained of the day, Harker searches the castle for anyone that could perhaps be trapped, however he finds it difficult to navigate the castle, finding himself lost in the labyrinth of stairs and rooms of the castle. Sister Agatha finds it convenient that the writing was in English, therefore were not likely written by the Count. The following day, when sunlight streams through the windows of the castle, Harker notices a reflection of the phrase "help us" that had been inscribed into the window of his room. Sister Agatha questions if there could be another prisoner at the castle, and Harker recites the dream he had of his fiancé, Mina during the night - a dream that turned to nightmare. In flash forwards to present day, Harker questions Sister Agatha over how Count could know about Mina, given he never mentioned her at dinner. ![]() Further tensions arise between the two when Harker cuts his finger, causing him to bleed, putting the Count - a vampire - on edge. The Count gives Harker a tour of his castle, warning him that it is not easy to navigate, and he could be easily lost. Over dinner the two talk about the Count's recent purchase of Carfax Abbey, with the Count revealing that he is looking forward to England.The two clash when Harker admits that he will return to England the next day, with the Count revealing that Harker will stay at the castle for the remainder of the month to assist with his English and understanding of English culture. Dracula welcomes Harker, and the two speak over dinner, which seems to make Harker uncomfortable. Harker helps himself to food and wine he finds at the Count’s table, before being interrupted by the Count, an old man with long, grey hair. When he arrives at the Count's castle, he is granted entry after being attacked by a flock of bats, however finds an empty castle before him. Whilst Harker questions why he has been dropped off so far away from the Count's castle, the driver tells him that they shall go no further and the Count will send his driver. In a flashback to the moment his journey began, Harker is dropped off at the foot of a hill, Transylvania. Harker finds it difficult to understand when Agatha tells him that God does not care, he is even more confused when the Sister asks if he had sexual intercourse with the Count. Sister Agatha questions why Harker has stopped running from the “monster” he met during his stay. The year is 1897, Hungary, Jonathan Harker is being assisted by Sister Agatha, who questions Harker over his biography of his recent trip to Transylvania. As the shadows lengthen and Harker's account unfolds it becomes clear that the remorseless vampire may have unfinished business with his erstwhile guest. It soon becomes clear that he and his client are the only things living in the echoing halls of the moulding pile: and that the Count himself isn't living at all! In fact, Dracula is a four hundred year old vampire who has grown weary of his own exhausted country and has set his sights on the new world. Invited to Transylvania to meet the reclusive Count Dracula, Harker finds himself trapped in an ancient, terrifying castle, a maze of mouldering corridors and vaults: a prison without locks. Listening in is the kind and inquisitive Sister Agatha, a nun with a more-than-ordinary-interest in the creatures of the night. It’s 1897 and St Mary's Convent, Budapest plays host to a desiccated husk of a human being, Jonathan Harker an English lawyer with a strange and unsettling story to tell.
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