"You are all going to Hell!" "Only God Almighty can save you." "Come rise out of your physical refuge!" "Read his holy words before it's too late!" "Satan and his minions are hungry now." "Even as we speak, the Devil's whisper is... diabolical whenever he's in your ears." "Time is running out!" "The end is nigh." "There is evil all around you." "All you have to do is look." "There is temptation in every corner of our lives." "Wickedness, abomination, corruption of the soul!" "No one is safe, especially the unbeliever." "The shadows grow long on the road of pain..." "I had a very difficult procedure with Esther Anquist the other day." "That goddamned van of yokels came roaring by, raising hell." "She had an aneurysm." "It just burst open like a ripe melon." "I'm a good doctor." "I did everything I could." "I cross-clamped the aorta, but we things would be a lot different." "Yes, sir, you know they would." "First to go, them pinhead town fathers." "Now Gus says he's gonna sue." "Doctor Fisher, my client is certainly entitled to compensation... for pain and suffering." "Pain and suffering, Gus?" "The woman is dead." "Nothing but a bunch of old women." "Can't make their minds up about nothing." "If you want to sue someone, why don't you sue the yokels in that van?" "They're just expressing their First Amendment rights to free speech." "I get it." "You represent them, too." "Tell them to express it somewhere else." "Old fools." ""Smite with thine hand and stamp with thy foot."" " Watch it!" " Look out!" "Allburg used to be a quiet town." "Goddamned water-dunking dunce-head!" "Made me spill my wine!" " Matty, are you okay?" "You all right?" " Yeah, I guess so." "Come on, let's drag you up." "Wait a minute." "It's dead, man." " You want some?" " No, thanks." "I'm a soda-pop girl, myself." "I don't want you girls quarreling, now." "Grandma, don't worry." "That's when we were young." "'Bye, Mom." "Hi, Mrs. Barrett." "I can't talk right now." "I want to get to town before the stores close." "Don't let those girls give you too much trouble." "They won't give me any trouble." "When you get back, I'll put supper on, if you like." "For the drive home." "No, I'm going to be back after dark." " Don't you be late, now, Cindy." " Okay, Mom." "Now coming on 6:30 here at our studios... at Briggs hardware building in downtown Allburg... where it's been penny-saver day." "They're open late tonight, till 8:00." "Don't miss out." "I didn't." "And I see outside the window, the mercury is down to a comfortable 86 degrees." "It's been a typical north Maine summer." "We've still got June bugs hanging on... and some pretty fat mosquitoes..." "That's quite a collection of stuff you've got there, Mrs. Barrett." "What's the one with the seven heads and 10 horns?" "Actually, there's quite a story..." "It's getting pretty late." "We should get going before it gets too dark." "Yes, you'd better." "You know me." "I can just sit here and go on and on." "But when you get back, I'll tell you all about it, if you'd like." "I'd really like that, Mrs. Barrett." "Don't get Grandma started on that stuff." "She'll never stop." "We should've grabbed one of those bottles." "She never would have noticed." " Way to go." " Can you blow the smoke outside?" "She'll have a stroke if she catches you smoking in here." "Don't worry about it." " You got a flashlight in there?" " Flashlight, towels, candles... cigarettes, salt, and mints." "Mints?" "I'm not coming home with liquor on my breath." "How's your new school in River Junction?" "Fifty miles south, and the faces look the same." "At least they don't treat me like Little Orphan Annie." "I'm 17." "I'm going away to college." "I'm not scared of old empty buildings." "Come on." "Let's go." "This place makes me feel like a little kid." "All small and frightened." "You never came up here when this place was hopping." "My mom used to come up here all the time... without my dad." "I think something was really bothering her back then." "How's your mom doing?" "She's all right, I guess." "My uncle, the priest, has been hanging around." "It's weird." "I think I like this place just the way it is." "Why are we doing this?" "You know the rules: "Every kid..."" ""Who leaves Allburg has got to swim in the crypt." ""Otherwise you'll never wash the dirt of this town off you."" "That's right." "If you don't, you'll be back." "This place is dirty!" "Stop complaining." "This is creepy." "You know there are dead people in here?" "What do you expect in a crypt?" "Dead squirrels?" "Here, give me the candles." "It's not so bad." "It's warm." "Check this out!" "God, he was only 15." "Guess he never made it out of Allburg." "He was probably lucky." "He croaked a couple of years before all that killing started." "Don't start with that old story now." "The bodies are still down here, buried underwater forever." "Come on, cut it out." "It's bad enough in here." "The night before my mom and I moved to River Junction..." "I came down here with Paul Dugginer." "He's got seven of them on his legs." "What were you doing down here with Paul?" "I can't believe you waited till your last night to seduce my old boyfriend." "Thanks, pal." "Besides, you never did anything with him anyway." "It wasn't the right time." "He wasn't the right guy." " Have you ever met the right guy?" " No, I haven't." "It's no big deal, Luce." "It's not that great." "Shit." " What's the matter?" " I lost my necklace." "Let me look." "Lucy, help me, please!" " There's somebody..." " Swim!" " Swim to the side!" " Oh, my God!" "There's somebody down there!" "Oh, my God!" "Help me, please!" ""When the new-risen sun Looks through the misty air" ""Shorn of his beams, or, from behind the moon" ""In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds fear on half the nations" ""Darkened so" ""Above them all the Archangel" ""Waiting revenge." "Cruel his eye, but cast" ""Signs of remorse and passion, to behold" ""The fellows of his crime, the followers" ""condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain"" "So, who do you think Uncle Milty's talking about?" "The werewolf?" "Satan?" "Yes." "Exactly." "And what is he saying... about Satan?" "That he's really mean and evil and can really hurt people." "But he's a very proud person who has been dumped on a lot." "But he's strong and can do whatever he wants to do... even if it means living in Hell and hurting others." "Very perceptive." "Excellent." "I think we can leave Uncle Milty now and his lost paradise." "And won't that be a relief?" "Mr. Gardner, where do they get these ideas for the monsters in the books?" "I guess they based them on people of the time... who did horrible, evil things." "People who tortured and murdered for the pleasure of it." "Okay, Jesse." "Go get in the car." "I'll be right there." "Very good job, Jesse." "I'm glad I came by early." "Now I know the garbage you've been teaching my daughter." "Mrs. Blake, when you first brought your daughter here... you said she was very slow." "She's not slow." "She's a very smart girl with an extremely short attention span." "Jesse loves ghost and monster stories." "She's becoming an excellent reader." "This type of reading is inappropriate for a young Christian girl to study." "Mrs. Blake, she's reading!" "What difference does it make what?" "This is classic literature, and she's reading." "This is blasphemous literature." "I'd rather Jessica be ignorant than to have her reading... about defiant, perverse, godless souls." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to frighten anyone." " Are you okay?" " How do I look?" "Do I look okay?" "You're the one person I can trust." "I need your help." "Sure, you've always helped me whenever you could." "What is it?" "I've fallen in love with a woman." "And something horrible is happening." "What the hell is..." "Frank, when did you start drinking?" "Last week." "Couldn't even smell this stuff without gagging." "Now it just barely calms me down." " Sure you don't want any?" " No, thanks." "I keep it handy." "Swiss." "The best." "I've got it set to the Navy's laser clock in Bethesda, Maryland." "Accurate to a tenth of a second every 10 years." "Frank, what the hell is going on?" "Remember when you were in the seminary?" "You came and said you had fallen in love... with the most beautiful woman on Earth." "Yes, it's when I realized that I wasn't cut out to be a priest." "I tried to talk you out of leaving the seminary." "It was a good effort." "One of my few, yes." "You remember what I confessed to you then?" "I remember your affair." "Do you know whose house this is?" "This was my brother's house." "You were at his funeral." "I remember you there with that girl, the new one." "Afterwards I consoled the loved ones." "I took care of things." "Then I started to come by the house every day." "Help his widow, Karen." "Take her daughter Cindy to school and just be there if Karen needed someone." "It sounds compassionate, doesn't it?" "That wasn't why I was hanging around." "It wasn't humane or altruistic." "Do you know what it was, Mark?" "I was in love... with my dead brother's wife." "I was obsessed with her!" "I had to be around her all the time!" " Frank, these things happen." " You don't understand!" "I never told you the worst part." "You have to understand." "The woman that I had that affair with 10 years ago?" "That was Karen Thompson, my sister-in-law!" "God damn me to Hell, I slept with my brother's wife!" "And not just once." "Time and time again!" "What in God's name was that?" "What is that up there?" "I have committed a terrible sin... and now it is she who is paying for it." "One minute and nine seconds." "Then, show-and-tell." "Will you please just tell me what's going on?" "That's when this day ends." "Sunset at 7:21 and 16 seconds exactly." "That's the beginning of Karen and Cindy's day." "Karen and Cindy?" "You mean they're in there?" "Look." "Fifty-eight seconds of daylight left." "Oh, my God, Frank." "There's a girl drowning in there!" "No, she's not drowning." "It's how they live now." "When daylight comes, they hide from the light." "Each seeks their own grave..." "Cindy in the tub, Karen in a cocoon-like coffin." "But when night falls, they feed." "They feed and torment." "Six seconds of daylight left." "Five, four, three, two, one." "Watch!" "I know." "I was like you... wondering what happened to reality." " What happened to them?" " What does it look like?" "Hiding from the daylight, biting necks, drinking blood..." " They think they're vampires?" " Think?" "Three days ago I came by to check on things." "Karen had gone to Allburg to pick up Cindy, who was visiting a friend." "It was the morning." "Good timing on my part." "Otherwise they would have killed me." "Here." "Listen to this." "What the fuck is this?" "The phone number Karen left when she went to pick up Cindy." "Cindy's friend is a girl named Lucy Barrett." " She lives with her grandmother, Hillary." " I know Lucy." "This is her number." "I've called the house several times now." "It's always the same." "I don't know what the hell is going on... but those two girls have to go to the hospital right now." "Your brain isn't accepting the facts!" "They're vampires, Mark." "You can't take them to the hospital... cure it with penicillin or group therapy." "They'd have to destroy them." "I can't let that happen to Karen." "She's been cursed for my sins." "Now the mother's sins have been brought down on the daughter." "I went to the library." "I researched this." ""1568." "Romanian priest." ""Known to have tortured and murdered over 200, maybe more." ""Mostly young children." ""He was previously found in a well, under 20 feet of water." ""When removed, found to have a pulse." ""Accordingly, head was severed from body and set on fire."" "Come on, Frank." "It says they caught the guy." "They cut off his head." "Do you think there's just one?" "Besides, he could have tricked them." "Vampires can change into animals or wisps of smoke." "Or the townspeople lied." "They didn't want to start a panic." "I don't know what this has to do with anything." "Those girls up there need help!" "We can't take them to the hospital, the police or anybody." "They'd kill them!" "It's that simple." "The only way to help them is to find the source of the vampirism." "I must stay here and take care of Karen and Cindy." "I need your help, Mark." "I need you to go to Allburg." "Yes, go to Allburg." "Go to Grandma Barrett's house." "Find out what's going on." "Karen and Cindy were at that house." "Whatever happened to them may have happened to the Barretts." "You heard the phone." "I tutored Lucy Barrett." "Then help her." "Please." "Go find out what's going on." "Please." "It had better be important, young man!" "Waking up an old gal like me at this hour!" "I'm very sorry." "My name's Mark Gardner." " I'm a good friend of Frank Aldin's." " Father Aldin." "Karen and Cindy's friend." "Of course." "Come on in, young man." "Let me get you something to eat." "Eat as much as you like." "I have plenty more." "A strong young man like you needs to eat as much as he can." "You can understand how concerned I am about this." "Of course." "It sounds like Karen and Cindy need attention right away." "But if you ask me, those girls just need a lot of good food." "When I feel a cold or the flu coming on..." "I just make myself a big, juicy hamburger with... all the fixings." "Would it be possible for me to talk to Lucy?" "Well, to tell the truth, she's locked herself in her room." "She won't come out." "Not even for dinner." " Why?" " I don't know why." "Maybe she's upset about something." "You know how teenage girls can be." "Do you think it's possible that she knows that..." "That what?" "That Karen and Cindy are vampires?" "Don't be silly, young man." "I'd really feel a lot better if I could talk to her myself." "If you're going to be insistent upon it, all right." "But I think that she's really barricaded herself in pretty good." "What the..." "Get off me!" "Break the door!" "Kick it in!" "I'm sorry." "I killed her." "She's crazy." "She's not crazy, she's a vampire!" "You're a rough young whippersnapper, aren't you?" "Do you want to go two out of three?" " You killed your grandmother!" " Yeah, I thought you killed her." "Besides, I thought you were a teacher." "Right there." "Want some more?" "It's here, son." "Sir, I guess so." "Where are you from, soldier?" "Cedar Rapids, Iowa, sr." "Mother, stop it!" "What the fuck is going on up there?" "What the fuck is going on?" "Why don't you come up here and find out for yourself?" "Stop!" "Leave her alone!" "Shut up, Frank!" " Think we'll ever get home, sir?" " Don't worry, son." "I have some projects..." "Come on, men." "Put on your radiation suits." "We're going over." "This has gotta be some kind of joke." "A gag." "Oh, God." "All right, stay calm." "Don't panic." "I'm sorry." "I guess I didn't realize how fast I was going." "License and registration." "Yours, too, young lady." "You were going at least 30 miles an hour... over the speed limit." "That's felony speeding." "What's the hurry?" "It's just that I have my girlfriend out really late." "Her father's very strict." "He's gonna be pretty pissed at me." " Don't bullshit me, pal." " No, sir." "Ma'am." "I have a runaway report on you from a Hillary Barrett." " My grandmother?" " You're gonna have to come with me." " Where?" " Where do you think?" "Back to Grandma's." "Come on." "I mean, she's with me." "She can do whatever she wants..." "I suggest you just keep driving to River Junction under the speed limit... and start dating girls your own age." "'Cause if I ever catch you in my town again, driving around late at night... with a minor in your car, I will haul your butt in." "It's not like that." "Come on." "You're going back to your grandma's... so the poor old lady can have her peace of mind back." "Yeah, they love Gran." "Please move your vehicle along." "Go home." "Go to bed." "Let's go!" "I don't have all night." "This is the police department." "This is the police department." "We have another family massacre out at Doug Inn." "All available units..." "All these backwater people." "They're born, raised and eventually die in the same square two miles... of their dismal little hometowns." "And they love it." "In their minds, there isn't anything worth doing or seeing... or reading, that involves getting off their big old white butts... for longer than it takes to go to the fridge and get a beer." "Unless it's blasting small animals with a.30-06." "I have had it with these country bumpkins!" "They're intolerant and they don't think for themselves!" "They're like sheep!" "Why don't you go back to New York or wherever?" "Because I fell in love and married one of these cow-tipping dimwits!" "He's been gone three weeks on a hunting trip... probably drunk on beer, shooting at anything that moves!" "Bastard!" "So, how about you?" "Why would you want to go and scare your poor old grandma to death?" "I've been having some problems with her." "I think she's senile or something." "She thinks I'm trying to hurt her." "She gets really violent." "She even tried to bite me once." "It sounds like she really might need some help." "I'm gonna regret this." "It's all right." "You don't have to talk to her tonight." "She might be confused or upset if you wake her up." "I'm sure she's up, worrying and waiting up for you." "Come on." "Let's go." "You really don't know her." "Strangers really bother her." "She gets very disoriented, especially when she's asleep." "Oh, my!" "I've been so worried." "I was worried that something horrible had happened to you." "Come in, dear." "She was just down on Main Street, eating a pizza." " She lost track of the time." " A pizza." "That's fine." "I was worried when you missed dinner." "A young girl has got to eat to stay healthy." "But never mind about that." "Come in, Lucy." "I was just about to have a late snack." "Officer, would you like some late dinner?" "Thanks, I'd love to, but I'm on duty." "I gotta make my rounds." "You can't leave me!" "No, you don't understand!" "She's a vampire!" "Please don't leave me!" "Look under her hat!" "She has a golf club stuck in her head!" "Hey, what are you guys..." "Come on." "It's party time!" "Come on." "Damn it, Frank, answer the phone." "What happened to the music?" "Give me something I can move to!" "I think he's coming." "And he sounds mad!" "Are you gonna save me, Frankie?" " Shut up, damn you!" " What's the matter, Frank?" "Are we bothering you?" "Are we making too much noise?" "Are we having too much fun?" "Shut up." "Damn you!" "What's the matter, Father Aldin?" "You can't hack the graveyard shift?" "This isn't a convenience store!" " Please." "I'm trying to help you." " Help me?" "By chaining me to the bed?" "You know I can't let you go." "They'll destroy you." "But I'm hungry." "Cin doesn't look so good anymore... and she's getting pretty sick of eating leeches!" "You're not dealing with any devils!" "You're not Karen." "You've been inhabited by something else." "Another spirit is using your body." "Oh, come on, Frank." "It's you who wants to use my body." "Now open the door and let's get on with it!" "Stop it!" "That indiscretion has manifested itself... into this putrid corruption of the soul!" "Feeling regretful, Frank?" "I guess that's pretty standard in your line of work." "I'll never apologize for the way I am." "I like it." "If I want someone's blood, I'll take it!" "I'll suck it through my teeth and let it coat my throat." "Thrill my stomach." "And I'm not ashamed of what I am... what I want, and how I want it." "And I want you." "My soul... my flesh craves you." "Did you see her yet?" "She'll be getting ready for bed about now." "She's a fox." "I've seen all the girls in town... and this one's got the nicest, roundest, firm pair of..." "Who the hell are you?" " You wanna get a good look at her?" " Sure." "I know how to see into all the houses around here." "Come on." "It might be Mr. Bubble night." ""..." "lie down in green pastures:" "He leads me beside still waters." ""He restores my soul:" ""He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake." " "Even though I walk through..."" " What are you doing that for?" ""...fear no evil:" "For thou art with me..." " "thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."" " It's just a waste of time." ""Thou preparest the table before me in the presence..."" "What has prayer ever done for you, Frank?" "What painful secret... torments and compels you... to kneel at my door?" ""Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death..." " "I fear no evil:" "For thou art..."" " Listen to me." ""Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."" "I love you." "Yes, it's true." "And you love me." "Check her living room window." "Check her living room window." "Sometimes when her grandma's gone, she dances to music in her underwear." "What's that old lady doing in there?" "Get out of here." "Get lost." "Beat it!" "Get out of here!" "Do it!" "Goddamn it!" "You're a vampire!" " I guess we got her that time." " Untie me!" "I'm a teacher." "I have a degree." "It's on my wall in River Junction." " I'll show it to you." " Look out!" "All right." "We'll find another road." "I mean, there's gotta be other roads." "How did he get here?" "Go home!" "Get the hell out of here, kid!" " Jeez, what happened?" " Nothing." "Now just go home!" "But they got the lady cop." " I saw them dragging her into the lodge." " Who?" "I don't know." "They looked like some people from town." "Oh, my God!" "Officer Gates?" "We have to help her!" " What are you, crazy?" " We just can't leave her there." "Why not?" "She left you for vampire meat." "She didn't know what was going on." "She was nice to me." "Someone got the word out before to stop us from leaving town." "Who says it won't happen again?" "We need the police on our side." "All right." "Get in." "But I'm telling you right now I think this is a really bad idea." " There, that's the place." " They took her in the hunting lodge?" "This isn't good." "Billy, do you know any way we can get closer without being seen... so we can see if she's in there?" "I only checked out the ladies' room." "There's a great peek through the air vent... but there's a window, or skylight, or something up there." "That ought to work." "What is it that you want?" "What do you need most of all?" "What is it that your soul needs to live?" "Oh, my God!" "It's Vampire City down there." "Another fun-filled night in Allburg." "What the hell is that all about?" "The master's appetite is considerable tonight." "But, of course, this is comeback night." "He's looking forward to seeing you again, Lucy." "You want to go inside and get to know some of the locals?" "I've seen them all naked." "Take me, Frank." "Make me yours." "Please, God, forgive me." "You little bastard bloodsucker!" "What are you, some kind of vampire gofer boy?" "I am the direct manifestation of my master's desires." "I am known as a familiar... one who can go amongst the unknowing mortals... without causing suspicion or arousing alarm." " What master?" "Who are you talking about?" " He whom I serve." "He who gives me ethereal life and saves me from the animal curse." "He is Czakyr." " Goddamn it, leave me alone!" " You'll rot in Hell for this, you little punk!" " They smell." "They know." " What?" "That Lucy's been a good girl, remained pure and unspoiled." "A virgin's blood enlivens vampires." "The flavor is intoxicating to a night-feeder." "It sends them reeling in ecstasy." "You're a little shit, you little pervert!" "Yes, we do." "Let me go, you sick old bastards!" "Let me go, you sick old bastards!" "I'm a cop, for Christ's sake!" "That hurts." "You are pissing me off big time." "And it is not a pretty sight." "Ask my husband." "Oh, my God." "Let go!" "That's right." "Come and get it, you ugly bastards." "Mayor Horton, Gus Willman, Doc Fisher?" "Look at yourselves!" "Oh, my God, I should've known... you backwater assholes would follow a dead priest... slinking around at night, drinking people's blood." "You have never had any respect for the law." "Come on, froggy." "Jump!" "Lucy, come on!" "Let's go!" "Master, the prize!" "We lost the prize!" "Over here!" "Master, I've got them!" "You keep going!" "I'll catch up!" "Master, I have them." "I told you I'm not a vampire." "Son of a bitch." "Lucy, where are you?" "There is good news, people!" "Jesus is your friend." "If you have..." "If you feel detested... unwanted and unable to feel the goodness all around you..." "Jesus understands." "If your cup is empty... he will fill it to overflow it." "Enter his world..." "Come on!" "...with him and he will love you." "Let's go." "Come on, get in!" "You're waiting for the old bat boy to come back and bite you?" "Hallelujah, dear friends." "Jesus Christ is your savior... and his father is the one and only true God." "He is awesome and infinite, holy and just..." "Ioving and compassionate, ruling the universe with truth... and power." "I don't know who hates this preaching more... them skunking neck-biters out there or me!" " Where the hell did you come from?" " Originally, Detroit." "My mom and dad moved there during the Depression." " Fled north from..." " Matty's a regular around Allburg." "Official town drunk, to be more precise." "That's not half bad." "I used to think nothing could beat a pint of Fleischmann's... but I don't know." "There's something to be said for smoothness." "And you can't beat the price." "The shop owners around here spend their days in a sack of water." "I'll get you out of town before first light... and then get myself back in before noon for a good day's sleep." " You're gonna come back here?" " Of course I'm coming back." "I grew up here." "And besides, I kind of like being... the only upstanding citizen in Allburg." "This leads up to the old lumber mill." "This is Mill Road." " What's up there?" " Nobody, I hope." " Won't they look for us up there?" " I don't know." "But I got to admit, since they been hanging around the old bat boy... they've gotten clever." "Maybe he's beaming his brainwaves at them or something." "I don't think they take a fancy to me." "Probably too old and liquored up." "And besides, I am a bit of a night person myself." "That's when I come alive." "My head is clear, and it don't get too fogged up... till near morning." "But the night's for me." "That's when I do my best thinking, during the night." "And that's when them rascals are out shopping for a meal." "I'm curious about something." "How did you come to save us just at the perfect time?" "That's all right." "If I was you or your boyfriend, I wouldn't trust me, either." "Boyfriend?" "I heard a racket down by the lodge... and I figured they had finally gotten Officer Gates." "I always liked Gates." "She thought Allburg was a town of thick-headed hillbillies." "I guess she didn't even notice a change over these people." "I drove down here to help her out." "Then I saw her patrol car parked at the lodge." "I guess they got her." "Do you know anything about the old church on Cherry Street?" "What about it?" "I went down there, in the crypt." "I saw something come out of the water." "It grabbed my friend Cindy... and I thought it killed her." "But when I went home to get help, she was there with her mother... and my grandmother." "They weren't the same." "This ain't exactly my favorite story to tell." "If you know something, we'd sure appreciate it if you'd tell it." "I was a couple of years out of school, and working at the mill... when this Father Vlado fella come in from Europe." "A grown man playing funny games with the Sunday school kids." "And a priest at that." "Bad business." "No one wanted it talked about." "The local people decided they'd take care of it themselves." "But Father Vlado thought he'd beat them to it." "So he went down to the crypt and killed himself... and took some of the kids with him." "An awful sight." "No one wanted to go near him." "They figured they'd flood the crypt and leave the bodies." "And then nobody went near that damn place again." "I was in charge of the water chute at the mill, then." "And I was to see to the flooding of the crypt." "It wasn't hard." "I just knocked a hole in the lower part of the wall... near a natural spring." "Had 40 or 50 gallons... a minute, flowing." "I'll never forget some of the things." "Like the pieces of rope... knotted tight around the necks of those poor little children." "And the way the steam rose from their bodies... when the water hit them." "It was not a particularly easy day's work." " Do you think that was an animal?" " Yeah, a big one with fangs." "Be careful." "It's over here." "That little sucker is running pretty fast." "Where is it?" "Check the windows." "There's nothing over here." "Where the hell did the damn thing go?" "Stick him!" "Quick!" "Damn!" "You do that real well." "God, I'm getting good at this." "I should have known." "Lawyers." "Always the slipperiest." "Even when they're the walking dead." "Are you okay?" " Let's get that thing out of here." " I wouldn't do that if I were you." "Too much blood set around here as it is." "I guess you're right." "You know, they said something about being able to smell..." " Lucy." " Smell Lucy?" "Why her?" "Apparently, she's been..." " a good girl." " A virgin, all right?" "Virgin or not, it's all right with me." "I don't place too much importance on such matters." "Unfortunately that thing does." "It's crazy for her blood." "I'm sorry." "I think we should all try to get some sleep." "You go first." "Matty and I'll keep watch." "How long has it been since you've had some sleep?" "Go on, relax." "Matty and I'll keep watch." "Thanks." "Go to sleep." "How are we doing with that illegal Regal?" "She's a tough little flower, ain't she?" "And pretty, too." "She's not my girlfriend." "Well, young fella, I'd get on the job if I were you." "Gus Willman never had a woman... that was better-Iooking than a dead toad." "And now, he's dead." "What do you think of that?" "You can't find many good-Iooking women around these parts, you know." "You know, Matty..." "I was studying to be a priest." "Say what?" "I always seemed to lose the calling, though." "Only time I ever heard singing of angels... is when I gaze into a face like that." "God bless you, young fella." "I'm sorry, Mother." "Is that you?" "Is your mother okay?" "Lucy, it's me." "Don't wake them up." "Are you all right?" "This vampire thing's a snap." "All I have to do is lay in a tub of water all day, and eat live leeches." "I'm sorry I asked." "I'm living in the shadows, Luce." "Everything is in a dull, gray fog." "Nothing is the same." "Nothing is real." "I can't smell things the way I used to." "I can't feel or even see things the way I used to." "I tried smoking a cigarette." "My lungs don't even inhale." "Nothing is fun anymore." "Everything's about eating." "Killing and eating." "And this eternal-life thing's a real joke." "How'd you like to live forever with a bunch of boring, depressing people... who might as well be dead?" "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry I left you in the crypt." "I just got so scared." "I didn't know what to do." "It's all right." "You couldn't have helped me then." "But you can help me now." "Yes, we'll all help." "Czakyr thirsts for you more than for them." "We'll be drawing him and the others away from here." "Then your friends will be safe." "It won't do any good bringing them along." "We're going kamikaze, Luce." "We either do this or we wander the Earth forever... searching for bugs and night crawlers... and little animals to stuff our tummies." "I hate him for what he did to me." "Don't you want to end this?" "What do we have to do?" "We go back to the church." "We free those children." "We destroy his hiding place and we kill that asshole." "Then the people of Allburg will have a chance to return to normal... so to speak." " Damn it!" "You let me fall asleep!" " I let you?" "Shit, she's gone!" "They must've got her!" " What the fuck are we gonna do?" " Get a grip." "She left on her own." "What are you talking about, you dumb drunk?" "She's gone!" "Can't you figure that out, you dumb fucking wino?" "If those fangers had gotten her... we'd have wound up with two inches of pointed diggers in our necks." "I'm sorry." "I'm just really scared." "It's all right, son." "I've been called a lot worse in my day." "What do you think happened to her?" "Where could she go?" "The church." "Don't you remember the story she told us... about losing her best friend in that crypt?" " She wouldn't go there alone." " Where else would she go?" "There's nowhere else to go, and nothing left to do... except to go and be a hero and stick that sucker." "Come on." "Matty and the townspeople of 50 years ago... only knew part of the story." "Father Vlado Czakyr was no priest." "He escaped from Europe when his kind were being killed off." " He's a vampire." " No shit." "And the children are not dead." "They were, and are, still alive." " So where are the children now?" " They're still here." "Trapped in Czakyr's water grave, so he could feed off them... like my mother was feeding off me." "If he needs to, he'll hide again." "This time he wants to take you with him." "No, I don't want to be down there with them." "Let's start fucking up his plans." "Burn, baby." "Burn." "Just wait till old fang-face gets a load of this." "Let's go." "Come on." "We gotta stay on our toes." "We're getting really close." "I'm right there with you, kid." "I'm just trying to loosen up for vampire combat." " Keep an eye on the back for bogies." " Bogies." " Oh, no." " What?" "Don't those ugly things got anything better to do at night?" "Not really." "We got some on our tail?" "Just a few." "Step on it, Matty!" "Watch out!" "Bogies to the port side. 10 o'clock." "Let's give them a taste of Sir Lancelot." "Eat wood, you bucktoothed son of a bat." "I missed him." "Do you think..." "Kill it!" "For God's sake, a milkman!" "This town is a real embarrassment." "Fuse and arm the warheads!" "Holy shit!" "There must be half a dozen cars back there!" "Fuse and arm the warheads!" "I'm doing it!" "Help me!" "Pilot to bombardier!" "Target!" " Target approaching!" " Damn, we're too late!" "Looks like they got the same idea we did." "Help me!" "Get out of here!" "Go!" " Hold them off as long as you can!" " Piece of cake!" "Round them up!" "Move them out!" "Howdy, dear friends." "Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins." "Now, it's your turn." "He killed Cindy!" "We're in deep shit!" "Come on." "Get up!" "Get along there, little bat boys!" "Trust me, I'm a doctor." "I'll hit the vein!" "And don't come back, you stupid hyenas." "Ugly, flightless vultures!" "What the hell!" "Bingo!" "Let her go!" "You big, dumb... ugly fuck!" "Bingo!" " Beggars can't be choosers." " Get off me, you bloody quack!" "I think my drinking days... have just come to an abrupt conclusion." "Take it easy." "Look, it's the children." "They're free now." "They're finally free." "What a nightmare!" "What's all that blood?" "This isn't my operating room." "Nurse, bring me a cigarette, stat!" "Jesus H. Christ, Ed!" "It's a catastrophe." "I got half the town lined up over at my clinic." "Been pulling splinters out of their chests all day long." "Everyone looks a bit peaked, too." "Ain't been feeling too well myself, either." "You know, it could be meningitis." "That's an epidemic, Ed." "What are you gonna do about it?" "We got to talk business here, man." "I see a lot of changes for this old town." "We gotta start attracting new blood to Allburg." "People with disposable income." "Allburg used to be a quiet town."