- Zachery: A fate of endless nighttime. An endless hunger for innocent blood. I drink in shame only to survive. I cannot bear to face my prey.
- Zachery: I am God's most desolate creature: a vampire with a mortal's heart. A predator cursed to feel pity for his prey. I destroyed the one who spawned me. I swear I will destroy his entire bloodline, the ones who stole me from the warmth of the sun. For me, there is no comfort, no peace.
- Club Door Man: Sorry, sir, it's a private club.
- Zachery: That's quite all right, gentlemen, I'm a private man.
- Ash: Come Cassandra, darkness calls.
- Cassandra: Take me out into the great night, Master! I crave the hunt!
- Ash: There is danger in the hunt. The night is no longer our exclusive domain.
- Cassandra: It seems unnatural to live as we do! Secluded from the pulse of life! I hunger for the chase!
- Ash: [impressed by her bloodlust] We shall hunt, Cassandra. But it is a rare privilege.
- Zachery: You're American.
- Sofia: Yeah! You?
- Zachery: I come from many countries.
- Sofia: Oh really? How's that?
- Zachery: I travel the world.
- Sofia: Doing what?
- Zachery: Sort of... personal quest.
- Sofia: Oh. That's... cool. I love this city. It's so elegantly decayed.
- Zachery: It's one of the so-called Cities of Mysteries.
- Sofia: The Cities of Mysteries? I've never heard of that.
- Zachery: It's a city where the ways of antiquity exist in league with the modern world.
- Ash: You disappoint me, Anton.
- Anton: Why Ash? What have I done?
- Ash: We struck a bargain, you and I. Immortality and sanctuary in exchange for half your worldly goods. How dare you withhold a portion of your wealth from me!
- Anton: Ash, I swear to you!
- Ash: I give you sanctuary, blood to sustain you. We share the sacred mysteries, and you repay me with such uninspired larceny!
- Anton: Please Ash! That money is for my children.
- Ash: You are the child now, Anton, and I am the father. I will rip your children to pieces if you dare to betray me!
- Sofia: Zachary! What are you doing here?
- Zachery: Hoping to see you. You're going somewhere?
- Sofia: Yes, the most amazing thing happened today. This woman stopped me on the street and hired me to play at that place... Club Muse!
- Zachery: Club Muse? This woman, she was out in the daylight?
- Sofia: Yeah, it was daytime. That man who followed me, he's the owner. He's a patron of the arts. They're paying me a thousand dollars for one solo recital!
- Zachery: Sofia, you must come with me and listen carefully to what I have to tell you.
- [Ash's car pulls up for Sofia]
- Sofia: Tell me tomorrow, okay Zachary? I gotta go now.
- Zachery: [tries to stop her] Sofia, please! Don't get in that car!
- Sofia: Zachary! I'm nervous enough as it is, okay? I like you, but you're not my boyfriend or anything, so don't get bossy, okay?
- Sofia: What do you want from me?
- Ash: Absolute devotion and the pleasure of your music. In return, I offer you the secret sought by man since the dawn of time: eternal life.
- Sofia: No! Let me go home now!
- Ash: Embrace me willingly and your passage will be painless. Resist me and you will agonize till the end of time. I shall drink from you slowly until you embrace me as your master.
- Ash: You are a stranger in my city. You have stood between me and my prey. What is your name?
- Zachery: Zachery.
- Ash: You stalk me. What is it you seek?
- Zachery: The girl, Sofia.
- Ash: Sofia is mine.
- Zachery: Release her to me and I shall leave in peace.
- Oracle: You are no hero! The scent of death betrays you! You are the hunter, the scourge of our bloodline!
- [Zachery pulls out his sword]
- Oracle: Fear him not, Ash! It is you who will strike the murder blow.
- [Ash overpowers Zachery with his will and takes the sword from him]
- Ash: Do not humiliate yourself! You are no match for me! Sit!
- [Zachery sits down]
- Ash: This is the Blade of Laertes, a vampire slayer. These symbols endowed with magical powers... it was mine once. It was stolen from me seven hundred years ago.
- Zachery: I offer you the blade for the life of Sofia.
- Ash: I claim the blade and the life of Sofia. And your life, as well.
- Dreamy Girl: Kiss me!
- Zachery: I warn you, child! Stand away from me!
- Dreamy Girl: Drink from me! Take what you desire, but please, spare my life.
- Zachery: Run from me, child! I have no wish to violate your flesh!
- Dreamy Girl: No.
- Zachery: [baring his fangs] Run from me! Now!
- Sofia: Please! Don't hurt me!
- Ash: I have no wish to hurt you. I offer you deliverance from your pain.
- Sofia: My friends know I'm here. They'll come looking for me!
- Ash: I would welcome the diversion. Sofia, to live forever is life's most precious gift. A priceless opportunity to perfect your art through the centuries. Accept me as your master and you will be an avatar of the music world.
- Sofia: No!
- Ash: You are my child, Anton. My life blood courses through your veins. What compels you to defy me?
- Anton: No, no, no! Everything is taken care of, Master. All that remains is the transfer immediately!
- Ash: What reason is there to deceive me when all that I possess, all my comforts and protections are yours to share? Have I not given you all that I vowed?
- Anton: Yes, Ash. You are a man true to your word.
- Ash: And you, Anton, what good is your word to me?
- Anton: I swear to you! There will be no more... irregularities.
- Ash: Kiss my hand, Anton. Declare your devotion.
- Anton: [kneels and kisses Ash's hand] You are my master, Ash.
- [Walter enters]
- Ash: Walter, please join us.
- Walter: Anton has made his intentions clear to me. The transfers will be made tomorrow.
- Anton: Iris can confirm the transaction.
- Ash: I am mortally offended, gentlemen, that you partake my generosity, and yet continue to conspire against me.
- Anton: No Ash! We are eager to cooperate!
- Walter: Anton is being most generous. In my opinion, he has no legal obligation to you.
- Ash: You, dear Anton, disappoint me greatly. And you, Walter, as a practitioner of the legal arts, are beneath my contempt!
- [stabs Walter with the Blade of Laertes]
- Anton: No!
- Ash: Both of you have betrayed my trust!
- [Walter collapses. Anton kneels at his side in sorrow]
- Ash: Feast, Anton.
- Anton: Have mercy, Master, please! He is my only friend!
- Ash: Prove your devotion to me.
- [Anton relents and feeds on Walter]
- Anton: You are my master, Ash.
- Ash: Your cowardice is a danger to us all!
- [beheads Anton with the sword]
- Ash: This is the key to Zachery's lair. Tomorrow, when the sun is at its zenith, take his sleeping body to the courtyard and render him to dust.
- Iris: I am not your vampire slayer, Ash. And from now on, I want you to spare me these intrigues of yours. But this one favor I'll do for you if you give me something in return.
- Ash: Anything... of what you most desire.
- Iris: The girl, Sofia... I want you to kill her!
- Ash: Do not mock me, Iris! Sofia's life is more precious to me than yours.
- Iris: Oh god! You're in love with her! What a poor, pitiful Romeo you are! As she grows stronger, you grow weaker. Destroy her, Ash, or she'll be your ruin!
- Ash: You have spirit, Sofia, and a fierce will to live. They will serve you well in the centuries to come. The hour has arrived to taste the blood of your master.
- Sofia: No! Please don't!
- Ash: I will have you, Sofia. Embrace me willingly, and I vow not to spoil that portion of your soul which is the wellspring of your artistry.
- Sofia: No!
- Ash: I beg of you, Sofia. I have no wish to defile the music in your heart.
- Sofia: Stop it!
- Ash: You will be mine... forever!
- [feeds on Sofia]
- Cassandra: Master was displeased with Anton, as he grows displeased with you.
- Iris: Anton tried to gain his freedom. Your master holds you in eternal slavery.
- [Cassandra feeds from Walter's dead body]
- Iris: Stop it, Cassandra! You're disgusting!
- Cassandra: You are the disgusting one! You are as guilty as we. And yet, we shall live forever, while you grow old and ugly and die!
- Iris: How long have you been Ash's protege?
- Cassandra: Two centuries and a half.
- Iris: Your reign as his favorite one as ended. Sofia has replaced you in his affections.
- Cassandra: Jealousy becomes you, Iris. We joke amongst ourselves how you yearn for our master's kiss!
- [forcibly kisses Iris]