Ellen confesses to her husband Thomas that she has been spiritually and physically haunted by the vampire Count Orlok, revealing a dark connection that threatens their marriage. As Orlok's influence takes hold of her, Ellen descends into a demonic frenzy of rage and seduction, forcing Thomas to confront the terrifying reality of the evil that has followed him home.
ELLEN: He is my shame! He is my melancholy! He took me as his lover then, and now he has come back. He has discovered our marriage and has come back!
THOMAS: Impossible.
ELLEN: He stalks me in my dreams, all my sleeping thoughts are of him, every night–
THOMAS: Ellen –
ELLEN: Don’t touch me. I am no
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