:35:03
Why did you not heed
my brother"s advice?
:35:07
I could say that I"m too tired
to continue my journey...
:35:11
or that the conversation
piqued my curiosity.
:35:14
But that wouldn"t be the truth.
:35:17
You"re the reason I stayed.
:35:25
You"re very kind, sir...
:35:27
but if my father should return
after midnight...
:35:31
there is little you could do for me...
:35:34
and you yourself would be in danger.
:35:36
You must leave.
:35:38
Calm yourself, Sdenka. I"m sure
there"s no cause for such alarm.
:35:43
I"m sure your father
isn"t a monster.
:35:45
Don"t make jokes about this!
:35:48
- I didn"t mean to offend you.
- I know. You don"t understand.
:35:52
Tell me what this is all about.
:35:55
Please. I may be able to help you.
Trust me, Sdenka.
:36:05
Before my father left, he said...
:36:07
""I"ll be back within five days.
:36:09
But if I should come back
after five days have passed...
:36:12
do not let me in...
:36:14
but drive a dagger
through my heart...
:36:17
because it will mean I too
have become a wurdulak.""
:36:22
Your brother used this word too,
but I don"t know what it means.
:36:27
If you had been born
in these parts...
:36:30
you would be afraid
even to say the word.
:36:33
I"ll tell you what it means.
:36:35
The wurdulak
are bloodthirsty corpses.
:36:38
They yearn for the blood of those
they loved most when they were alive.
:36:41
Sdenka, you can"t really believe
that old legend.
:36:47
You say that,
but the legend is true.
:36:49
The more they"ve loved someone,
the more they long to kill them...
:36:52
to suck their blood.
:36:54
Those killed in this way
also become wurdulak...
:36:57
until someone manages
to stab them in the heart.