What on earth were a couple of bobbies (more like boobies from this typical stereotypical representation) prowling around in the middle of the night around Carfax Abbey? Just at the time Dracula is being killed? And why was van Helsing left alone by his fellow vampire-killers?
shareIf you remember Van Helsing wanted Jonathan and Mina to leave, he said so
Van Helsing: Dracula is dead forever, No No No you must go
Mina: But Aren't you coming with us ?
Van Helsing: Not Yet. . . Presently, Come John
Then we see Jonathan and mina going up the stairs
As for the police they must have been nearby and heard Reinfield
Screaming and came running
YelBard1 may be right that the two constables heard Renfield screaming and came in Carfax Abbey. Van Helsing may wanted to be left behind so that he would get rid of Dracula's staked body so that trouble won't be caused.
shareThat does work. The only real inconsistency is that the fact that the sun had come up at the end of Dracula -that was why he'd retreated to his box of earth- but at the start of this film it was night again.
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