Scripts.com Dark Shadows By Seth Grahame-Smith Page 1/37 Liverpool 1760 It is said that blood is thicker than water It is what defined us, bind us curses us Come on, Barnabas For some learn the mean the life over wealth and privilege for others a life of solitude Angelique, how many times do I tell you not to stare at him Remember your place When I was but a boy My father took us to the new world To expand the Collins family empire We brought English industry to the wild maine and build a fishing business the like of which America had never seen One year later A man should take pride in what he builds But remember, Barnabas Family is the only real wealth As our business grew The town of Collins Port grew with it and we decided to put down permanent roots We spent the next 15 years building our beloved home Collins Wood But not everyone share in our family success love Let me hear you say I love you, Angelique and I want you Angelique, I am sorry my dear, but.. you would be hearing a lie make the high and mighty Arrogant creatures down you go The links to my parents were no accident I became obsessed with dark magic and ancient curses behold upon the gates of hell If I saw the characters alone Page 2/37 Blessed upon the satan true name Myvestvuolas But even then in my depth of my grief not all was darkness, I have found my one true love promise me we'd be together forever God is my witness Josette. I swear it Of all the servants I could have sperm all the hearts that I could have broken I got the one secret I got the Witch if he dug another true love to relent his heart And I and Magic shall dis-might his youth so all he loves will die Caught in Angelique spells My beloved Josette wanders helplessly to those hill where many of the despondent soul have leap to their death Josette Josette Josette Help me Josette What have you done? Angelique had curse me to be a vampire so that my suffering would never ends There is the monster Result that I would never belong to her Angelique turn the towns people against me And condemned me to suffer my anguish alone in the dark for all time Let me out I say Release me GOVERNESS WANTED Hello, My name is Maggie Yves Hello, my name is Victoria Winters Please call me Vicky Page 3/37 So where are you from you, Veronica? New York, and it's Victoria and it's Victoria, I love this chick man - New York's a trip huh? - I guess What about you?, What bring New York girl up to the states? An old friend Take it easy, Veronica - Hello, I'm Victoria Winters - Congratulations I'm here to see about the governess position Well I'm been expecting you Come on Sorry I didn't pick you up at the station damn wagon been acting up Elizabeth most spend getting the place fix It's beautiful Full with dust is all it has Place was designed for staff of a hundred And now the only staff is me Me and Mrs Johnson She but as useful as a bucket without a bottom Still not every family has a house like this or a whole town name of them - Come again? - Collins, Collins Port I forgot that Who's that? Barnaby maybe, Some part of Barn Must be the important one from way back Back they were rich-rich people Barnabas His name was Barnabas Collins and he's the finest man this family had ever knew Page 4/37 Welcome to collins Wood you have to imagine us on a better day The house has some to save on heating We don't even go in the old wing anymore Sit There are only 7 of us after all My daughter, Caroline and I My brother Roger and his son, David Willy who you met Mrs. Johnson and Dr. Hoffman Who I suspect is sleeping off on her legendary hangovers And where is David's mother? If you don't mind my asking Laura was lost at sea When David was 5 He had a rather difficult time accepting her passing I brought the Doctor Hoffman here to work with him for a month That was 3 years ago I have just a few questions if you don't mind - That were not on the application - Of course How do you feel about the president? Never met him - The war? - I don't watch Television Do you think the sexes should be equal? Heavens no Men would become unmanageable I I we'll get along just fine Miss Winters Vicky, please. Call me Vicky Caroline Caroline, this is Miss Winters - Miss New York? Page 5/37 - I am What Manhattan like? I'm going to live there when I'm 16 Caroline has a fantasy that I going allow this and mother has a fantasy that I wouldn't run away if she doesn't So you're here to babysit the lunny? What have I told you about using that word - I'm here to teach David - Good luck Most of the others last only a week - Miss Winters - Please, call me Vicky KEEP OU: Chop chop Jullianne, I'm starving God help me if it another Bone Dry Pop Roasta Who's this? Miss Winters, this is my brother, Roger Roger Miss Winters is to be David new governess Please, call me Vicky - Nice to meet you - Yeah, yeah Nice to meet you You're a liar I can tell you know just by a person's face Yours says I might look sweet and innocent, but I hide secrets Secrets that make my hairs stand up Leave her be Julia You're the doctor Yeah and you're the nanny, because she's a catch How do you ever expect to live with us if you keep introducing each other with labels Page 6/37 So Vicky Caroline, would you please turn that noise down David this is Vicky, she's going to be your new governess You ruin it, I was going to scare her Damn it David, what did I told you about putting holes into the sheet? Those were Egyptian cotton I was going to scare her, Are you scared? Terrified beyond belief You don't have to be nice because he's nuts you know Caroline Caroline touches herself and make noises like a kitten - David - He's lying, shit Caroline, enough. Both of you If I may, what is the family business? Seafood. Miss Winters We have a large cannery in town We still own a few fishing boats and David's mother at the bottom of one of them Caroline, go to your room Everybody in this house take his side and never care what I feel She didn't die - She can't - Enough David Yes, David really believe his mother some kind of of being immortality, fascinating really I feel her She talk to me, all the time Well I think ghost are just people who moved to a slightly different dimension than ours and I think some people have antenna Page 7/37 strong enough to pick them up There's actually scientific evidence to support... Thank you Miss Winters David you startled me Getting ready for Halloween? He's coming He's coming We hit something, lets dig it out - What the hell is this? - You think its a gas main? Not suppose to be any out here You got to be shitting me. Grab me some bolt cutters Jesus Run I am terribly sorry You can't even imagine how thirsty I am Myvestvuolas Show yourself, Satan Mock me not with your strange luminescent Curiously strange What is this? Some specter approaches Is it the eyes of the devil himself to drag me to my judgment? Approached me, Lucifer My soul is prepared Assholes My beloved collins Wood What have they done to you? Not drink whiskey and I'm not a dog I will keep on drinking Hi pumpkin Fear me not drunker You shall not be harm as long as you tell me all that I need to know That's all you need to know See me Look into my eyes and deliver me your inner most thought Page 8/37 Awaken Well done Now tell me the Collin's family - Do they endure - They are, four of them Thanks heaven - What month is it? - October - Thats why there is pumpkin - What is the year? Yeah, 1972 Hear me future dweller you shall be my loyal servant until such time as I release you - So, what first master? - You must cleanse me then you will take me to these living collins whom you speak of Okay Have you ever seen such majesty? How is it a person manage European allegiance and American Enterprise nine of the finest craftsmen in the world will ever know and life the closes of carving glorious masterpiece And they all contribute blood sacrifice arts for you the complexity of this magnificent chandelier can only be found in the palace of nobility The fireplace Sculptured entirely of most exquisite of marbles from city, Florence, Italy and joined creating more power Are you stoned or something? They try stoning me my dear, and did not worked When did they start allowing woman on the night on this day, servant? Page 9/37 Caroline - Look - Ah yes Uncanny is it not? Worth every hour I spent posing Forgive me, my name is Barnabas Collins I'm David Collins - Are we? - Relatived?, distantly you might say It was a pleasure to make your acquaintance master David Children Get away from that man He says his name was Barnabas Collins and I'm pretty sure he called me a hooker That will do Caroline A word, please If this is some kind of a joke, considered it played If its money you're after, I'm afraid you been misinformed But who ever you are, you are to not look at those children again Am I clear? Your diversion to family is admirable madam and your suspicions understandable A stranger arrive, claiming to be a distance relation question of motive is to be expected As a Collins surely you are aware of the darkness that have long played in our family You mean our curse? Which is ghosts and vampires Myths and like so many before you I suppose you are to get rid of them for a price of course I can prove as I am different Firstly, I do not come seeking money rather to provide it Page 10/37 Secondly, I know the of this mansion as well as my own Every nook, every corner Every secret There's where I keep my things A disgraceful misuse Impressive but there are plenty of old houses with hidden doors I hope you have a Thirdly Indeed, tell