Christopher Lee in COUNT DRACULA (1970)

Welcome to my house. Count Dracula. I am Dracula. Enter freely, and of your own will. It is late, and my servants have gone to bed. I will see to your comfort myself. You will need to refresh yourself after your journey. I trust that you will find everything you require. I shall await your pleasure. You do not dine, sir? I have already dined. I hope you will find everything in order. The purchase document, duly received. The title deeds of the house. The plans. The house is in poor condition, but it stands back well away from the main road to London. Completely isolated, just as you require. It is strongly built, but it has remained empty for quite a long time. Yes. Yes, an empty house. It is exactly what I require. Have you lived here for many years? All my life. Your wife? No, I'm not married yet, but the lady on the left is my fiancée. And the other? Miss Lucy Westoner, her closest friend. Charming. Thank you. Forgive me for asking, sir, but why do you plan to live in England? I am not young, and yet I am restless. And what about this great castle? It is, I presume, the family home. True. The shadows of my past remain here. We are the second Magyars. We have a right to be proud. For in us flows the blood of many brave races. The blood of Attila is in these veins. To us was entrusted for centuries the guardian of our land. The Lombard. The Bulgar. The Turk poured their thousands against our frontiers. We drove them back. The Draculas have ever been the heart's blood, the brains, the sword of our people. One of my race crossed the Danube and destroyed the Turkish host. Though sometimes beaten back, he came again and again against the enemy. Till at the end he came alone from the bloody field, for he alone could triumph. This was a Dracula indeed. But now the wind blows coldly through the broken battlements. Although this is my home, I must move on. I don't regret my journey, but surely the post might have served you much easier and far cheaper. If I am to begin a new life in a new land, I must learn something of its people from such as yourself. You are my honored guest. Listen to them, the children of the night, what music they make.