马丁
简介: 【马丁】 +Martin (John Amplas),# a y,!oung man who l !oo)$k]$s:# _(%arou?nd 20-(years/-ol=*d[ , * boards a tra[in ,i,]n \(\I,@_ndianapolis, *$`Indiana for New York. At nig;h-_\t, h/]^e _` brea ks into a sleepin=. g .._car and sedate;;s a woman w* ith [-a syr?.inge/ f@!-ull of na?( rcotics. She struggles, bu;t;/ he:)= te *\lls her n^?%ot to stru\,ggle or b?[e\# upse ^t b%(ecause s@he wont feel pain. Afte%) r;/ a*; few minutes, the+ woman falls asleep\!, !and ^Martin h .as-= sex with +[the unc;;onscio*,us w[)oman($. ,After:wards ,%, h;e sl_%$ices h e]/r w![rists with a razor blade so/@) he c`=#an`. drink^ ?her blood. The woman blee(\^ds to de=%;ath in h%_er sle(e\p. ;][/? In t he % [( m_[]+orning,- \ the train stops ?]_in$) Pittsburgh, Pe,nn=]syl]vania w, h]ere Ma rti\+n)) dise`:*mbarks. He is met by /_Tata Cuda (L@ incoln M`aazel) an elderly an! :$d %[hostile old man _wh^o claims to; be his)_ cousin from th;? e Old Wor!-ld. (!%^Toget[her, the@,y%: tra:vel b_;y another train to th_,e to wn of*) Braddoc![%k,+ a dying!; [industrial (^subur:b. They w%;alk to Cu[da? //=]?39s large hous^(e where h[e sh(o#*]ws Martin; his livi%*)!ng quarters. Cuda then accuses ;Mar(t %in of being an 84-year-old va`: m-(pire$ from his old coun`]try.,* He has ta[ken in Martin bec =ause h^@e is family, ^,but tells h(])%im,_ _"First I wi+/ll sa-$]v;e you ^-r soul. The+/n, I sh:all d#_%e$stroy you.&\\.quot Ma=(rtin :den%@ies b eing ]a @(=vampir-[e^`?\ an)d = impl #]ies?]$ that Cuda^? is?^ merel _#y his uncle[ r $athe$$r t *h %an his cous(in. C= @uda then puts[ u/\:,p strings o +f g`-arlic on the d-oors to hi %s and his gra;ndd /augh[^ter('s ro*$-om,*) and th\en holds up a small c,*ro[ss =?when Mar[tin $a]:pproaches hi/^m. Martin- $ t akes awa.y the cross, and [e++ven take; s a ;#bite of the ,gar!?lic mocking the -se att empts by saying =.*bitterly, &qu]otThere's = @no real magic*-... ever".] Cuda^ t/-el$``ls Martin th.^at h; e can come ]and go as %)he pleases. $B]\ut he also (]war\*ns Marti\`n that he )_\w\ill kill=, h)+im i%f he ki ;lls anyone in Braddock. He also tells Martin to stay?@) away ;fr)om hi!=) s grandd?,#aughter Christine $`^?(C$hr#,istine ; Fo rrest), whom a:^:!r_)r(.ives h)(ome fro]+m he+r job+ ,tha @t +/ evening. Cuda introduce(s Christ=ine to Mart;^\:in, $%@but#\ also war]`ns her //t?o(-) sta.y a+way from him. But Christine;[/)) =\instead strikes u+!p,,- a friendship /wi`th M? /artin who! con+^ fides in her about his v*\ampire h eritage. Whe!?n Cuda l=`?at%_er c#onfirms Martin _-9s claims to be a vampire, Christine, not. surprisin\/)g-ly ^^, refuses to believe either one. She \]] t#)hink*s that Cuda and the other members! of-@ her =fami @!ly have driven M artin to/ insanit y by !%]making him think that he is a;` vampire.# It is never r`$;evealed );i\f Ma.%rtin r/.(:eally is a vampire, or just a shy and lo@n=+ ely yo)`uth with @ t#(=roubled issues. Chris+=[*tine is the onl y pe=.r@[\.s)]*];on that $+Mar/= t_in ] get^\#s the cou,:rage t):o tal ! k to. When (, Christine39s ,?boyf[riend Ar--t(h?=$ur (Tom Savini= ) ^arrives at the house f;/,o+#$r dinn!=+er= *=, ^Martin#_]] *sto ^,ps t`%alking and backs )a@w@ay d`!)esp ite A..rthur& ., #39@s attemp;\+/t at a convers!#at\ion. Christi-ne l``/_a?ter confides i#-!n M^a% :r!tin that s*$he h:op ;es to leave Br)addock)! someda++y with $*)Arthur,]`!= even % though @$ M)@@a!rtin points ]out that]^ Arthur treats !her badly/\ a ^nd is both verb(@@ally!,) and p[hysically abu)$si`ve towards her. % When Chri/$st`-ine sees that$ :;M-#[ar@tin won't /talk to anyone \ / e][#lse, she) buys hi*`^?m a phone$ which he( i`ns*(ta-:%lls in his ro_om. Martin begin s to repea ^tingly call a radio ta?\lk show where / he descr$/ ibes =]what it's like to $`(be a vampire$! . He bec+ ^ o ($mes known [)on the radio%# as "t\he^;/ Count" to al;@=+l the li\$\ste) ^ \ners. But the$ patronizi\`*ng host (Michael Gornick) thi$ nks he's just c\+r[)azy. M$a_rtin ge ts a#;: job #a@t Cuda?!&,?%#39s ) gr#ocery store of st\$oc;#king shelves),% hauling@% boxes around, and +e ven #;gets to be a delive# ry boy for some of the custo_%.%mer ^*s. One[# of his customer/)s is a. certain Abby Santi!ni (E%)lyan! ][e Nadea-_u), *who`_ beco\#mes taken= [ in, with Ma^ rti,*-n[[. Sh ``*e-, is %+a v:/_[er#y frie+ ndly% you @ ng woman @@ w^h:)o is depresse])d when she# tells M$\artin that her husband is -,$unf\ai:t`,hf#/ul. B ut Martin stil^l ;;doe)s not have the \nerve to^ talk with he$,$r, so she is happ_@ y to ?\have` so# me_on,#(e to conf#*\ide i,=n w,)ith ,her life problems. Martin, phone?$s the ;//radio show host to de$#scribe h@is ]in[ fatuation with;` t+)_he ho,?usewife and sen^_se!?@s th]@.:at she wants to %/h^%av.e sex wit^h him. When: -the radio sh$ow host asks Ma^,rt[in if it i\` s a sexual problem tha^#)t h=;e?? has involving w%:omen criticizing hi](m `during sex, Ma_=?rtin rep!-lies that he= ha ]\#s never had sex wit?_ h a woma]$=n who wa*+#s awake. On/e day, Martin travels by t]rain to#, out/sid: e Braddock t*(@o .]l#[ook fo?r victims. At a supermarket, he -:fo\*llows )#^ a you%@ ng woman $%(Sarah Ve*:nable) ho)]me to ? :h?`er @ !+p/osh su;burban / h+ ouse =. H_%e sees the ,wom[?.#a]@$n's husband-# (Richard Rubens tei@@n() leave, fo^ r a] `[ long bu_ ]#sines,#s trip, and Mar,/`tin decides ^?th:`_^is would b`e*` the right tim#e for more ]]fe)eding. Marti,n[ retu,rns to the ho[ use after d] ark and %breaks ; i n thr_]\oug(!h the g!`;ar@[age door. [^\But it is Martin who g !$ets t[))he )surpri`@;se+$ when he b_ursts , ,into her !\bedroom to find he@#r [ ;];in`. bed with@# h?[+e?% r =[]adulterous lover ?+.Lewi@-s (^ !Al Lev)^itsky). $@]A:f ]ter a vicious struggle, Mar ]tin ja@ .bs both of th[;em with %_hypr+o dermic ne-e *dle=s with narcotics, and w$(aits[: for t*$,.+h-e *d]rug_s to take affect. %He drag)@%s@- the unconsci[ o[.us bod@+!]y o*f Lewi(+s from-)$+ [the ^hou$=se \, to a clump of_/ trees acro/^s!=\;s,:^ ! the street w[)here he kil*ls] him by;`: shoving ).a broken t.-^ree]/[ branch into his neck and drink s his blood. Mar`tin )*returns+[ to the@\ .=house )_;w\[he()r`$$/e h ,e has sex with the.\ unconscious `wom%an. B*ut out (of c =ompassion and pity,! he de $c$^\?ides \to let h*[]er live. Martin be /g,(ins\ to h[-ave romantic mon+ochrome ,/#v%$isions o* f h i*!s ,@v_ampire past (real or imagin`ed), where he drained bloo%(d from a young. wo@ man and w]=a`s chase\d (through the streets of a *nameless European town by a torc;(h-#_lit?^ mob. @; During #one,[ S%u nday at church, Cuda bri$ ngs ho+(me Father H =,o*%_w)$:ard (^George A. Romero) who a,)sks#^^ him abo!$- ut the [possibility of exorcism and de_ :mon,`\^ possession. Fath=%].er=@ Howard calls upon the elderly Father#\_- Zule:%man@$$s (`#Clifford For$^rest?(,, Jr.) -o ?/ver at ? Cuda's% request. %Together[_`\, Cuda and `//:Zulemans confron t Mar!^(,ti^:n his bedroom=$ and a`](ttempt t+@o p+^erfor!%m an exorcism on hi_@$m. A`\t th@?$is point, Martin re :membe,@r:?s (anothe+:r r$eal @,(or# ima-^%_gina-ry fl a(+shback)=:, in the!*( Old C:!ou @ntr]y of _?=*people trying to p) _?)erform an exo\(?rcis.-+m on him, and .^#he#+ flees the!)-m. Ma=:rtin the]:@n fl$ees ]from %*C [ud=%/a and Z =ue=(lmas a +%%s w.el^:,l.$-# A_ little ] \?later that nig)ht,[? (Mart;in terro\] rizes Cuda in a children's playgro!%_un d when he pu]@ts on \-(#a=,/ Dracula ca`!%p\e% and ` @ !puts ;@fa=lse fangs into his m^ou$t %h to \#pre`, t!end )that h%/e= really is a va+mpir% e. One day, Martin fi/ ^nally musters )*th@]e courage to talk*,+) wi th M r#*;s. Sa=[ (]ntini= \#during a% - routine deliver;$y t* %o her ho`@use where he tells he@r that he_+'s awa.@re )of= her attemp/(_ts @ t^;o sed uce him a_`nd wa@ nts n?ow to h/ave s;,( ex -= with he r. Aft$?er ha(ving s.\ex! [ for the fi%r]^st t?im\e, )]Mrs. San\tini becomes more depressed f -or sh#- )e tells Mar@ tin [!that her _h[\usban%.d just left=! her b*_^ecause she discovered that she cann:^ot=+ bear_ \ ch`$il [%dren=, a%nd: that[ her desire;%*s towar-ds him` are b# ased on sex and: nothing els(%*^e. But Martin want@s [(=to stay _with her and h%=]elp her move /^on) %with her life.^:! Martin tells ,the rad (io show hos/t about hi\(s affair w)ith _the ho?usewife and th:[a^@_t he n)-$o @^longer h(a(s th e u@rge to attack o_@ther women. @^ Mea^ !nwhile, Arthur meets with Cuda and tells h+im t-hat he wants Christine to leave-^ town w*,ith hi`=-m so they can get m*#arr`ied and start a family. Bu`t C[`)h*ristine be*comes a$n g=!ry! a_`@t C!uda !. when he tell#s Arth_ur that% i-nsanity r):^uns i^ n th?!=/eir fami; ly and= he should n't ^%- consider having children wi_t[;h h?er. Sho`rtly aft: _er_wards, Ch;$ristine packs up and ?*=leaves Braddoc k f,or New York with Arthur d_espite Martin t_:elling he :r that/ Arthur is abusive toward)! s +;!her. But her mind is m.a, d]e up. Before l;/e]!aving, Christi@$ne [tel].ls Martin tha$`=;t she really _-h=as no ill feelings towar @ds ?_$hi(_m a nd/); just wants to mak@^ e a fresh;\ start\ with her life. S;;he sa/ys ` -goodbye to him and promises to w rite. Bu!` [t Marti- *n kn#^ows that wi[?th an/ abusive #;and po$sse %#ss!*%i^+ve m-a#n^ in C hr],isti(ne's (_life, she probably won't. D*+e*^pressed over _losing his o !;ne true friend#, Martin phones the radio s)h/+ow host an)d tells him that he's getting *&= *q=u otsh?]*ak@y@=" and :wants to go out l+-oo^king for more victi _ms. That night, Mar.tin trav(%els to a rou[gh crime-%;+r-idd= en area +)of Pitt%=sb) urgh and att ^ac ks* t[%wo derel? !i@ cts !-in a alley, injecting them with narcotics. He kills one of th]? e[;%m by silting the + / \)bum&]#$39s wrist and) \:drinki %ng h ?i/;`s blood!. Martin is abo?]]u` (t to kill the second one w he,n a police#, ! car shows up and gives chas-;-e. -*^Marti=, n na-+r;rowly esc+a -pes ^.d*)uring,] a long cha+\se on foot which leads f #rom t\he garb?age strew streets !. a.[nd )* thr]+$/ough a local store. Martin:%? r( :uns-@ int. .o an )ol/d ^wa`rehouse$% where a dr?(ug de- )^a!l+[: is goi,#@ng down. A.*_ shootout between the tw(\o c%\ops and the th: _ree thugs b]=egins where a=:ll o.f the,m ar!e killed__, leaving!+` Martin as . (the sole survivor who casually walks away fro\m the ca rnage. One da**y, Ma;-rti!$n find s ?Mr.\s. Santini dead in her bathtub, after she*], :)had $ slit he r ) wr[#$its wi`**th a razor$ bl$?;ade. Mar ]ti[n ?anonymousl@y calls- the police (to re:po r(#t th(.e body and leaves. He ph.#.ones the radio show host ]..one final time _ to say that he reall(y doesn't nee;#.#d friends( or people to talk to for he is [ hi!s. `^.own perso,%n. B@ut wh?[en C(_uda learns a^,_+@bout .\ Mrs. San/ -tin( `i&)*#39s suicide., is mist_(akenly+ thinks Ma\rt.]/in killed/-^ her and made it l\=ook like _$-*a *suicide as -,+;@he%'s ;done# before. C*:^uda walks int_/o Martin's room w]%`hi===le he[: is asleep a)=:nd`;! kills him _ by hamm`er\/in\g a woo#_@/den stake! %_-,th-;.=rough +Mar;?tin&
