Come on, Father Sandor was about ten times worse. First off, he ridiculed the townspeople for being superstitious boobs for fearing the long dead Dracula. Of course, as it tuned out, they had every reason to be afraid. Then he tells the husband that Dracula couldn't enter the monastery because he has to be invited in- forgetting, of course, that looney Ludwig had a room with a window and the tools necessary to knock out those flimsy bars. And how many times did Diana need to be attacked in her room before he decided to put someone with her to protect her? And who does he choose as her guard? Why the aforementioned knuckle head Brother Mark. And after Dracula runs off with Diana, he tells the husband to calm down and not to rush after him. But ten minutes later he's telling him to hurry up about five times. And when Dracula is about to kill the husband, the good father tells Diana the rifle is useless against the vampire- which she takes about two seconds to disprove. I mean, Father Sandor might have been a nice guy who gave good sermons and stuff but, as a vampire fighter, he left a lot to be desired.
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TorontoJediMaster
14 years ago
It's sort of a matter of perspective. The townspeople had no reason to fear Dracula at that point since he had been destroyed, and had yet to be revived. He knew none of the locals would go near the Castle and so long as visitors stayed far away, there would be no danger.
I agree with his underestimating Ludwig's ability to break out of his room.
Now, what I can't understand is why -after discovering the wagon outside the gates, he just places rosaries in each coffin. He says that will prevent Dracula and Helen from returning there at daylight. However, the rosaries could easily be removed by Klove. If Sandor had perhaps used holy water and the Host, he might have sanctified the coffins thus preventing a vampire from EVER using them again. Personally, I would have grabbed an axe from the tool shed and smashed each one into kindling. Then, I would have had the horses unhitched and led away, followed by the wagon being taken apart. That definitely would have prevented Dracula from either seeking shelter at daylight or fleeeing.
As for the last part, with Diana and the rifle, she was asking why Sandor didn't just shoot Dracula. Sandor replies that it would do no good because bullets wouldn't harm him. It wasn't until Diana shot a hole through the ice that he realized that the ice covered a stream of running water.
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psdhart
14 years ago
I thought the same too, Sandor really underestimated Ludwig
He says dracula could only be let in by someone inside but then Sandor did not know Klove was outsode the gate, because no one had told him
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