
马丁
Martin (John Amplas), a yo+^ung ma%n `_who l.! o*oks :aroun_%#d 20-y ears-ol]#d, boar]!#ds a t ?r.@ain=^` in Indian!#%apolis, ]#@I ndiana fo#.r _,=New York\. A[ t night+, he) ` break%#s int`o a sleeping car ++#a =(nd sed?\ates (a/ woman/?: wi$,_th %.$+;a $syringe\( ful]$l of narcotic `s. :She )?strugg#,les, but he tell\%s (her not to struggle* or/+\` be upset because she wont +\%feel pai=-n. Afte r a few minute;+s (, t%,]he wo_@man falls asle] ep, and Martin has sex ,with the u$%nc%on/sci ous woman. Afterward) s, he slices her w+ rists;]) with a razor blade so h:[^e -can d]$rink her bloo`\;$d -. The w:oman bleeds to death in he,[r s`leep)@. In the[) mor[ning, the train s!,$.tops in Pittsbu+^ %rgh, Pennsylv =ania where ]Martin# d*^i\.sembarks. He is met* ;@by Tata Cuda (Linco,]ln Maazel) ? # an elderly? and ho-)s @t\$? ile %.+old man who cla#i([ms \, to ;b%%e\ his cousin!]( from the] ;Old World. T\ogethe. r,(_ the:/y travel by an!)#other- tr*ain to t- he , ^town%! *of Br_%addock, ^ a dyin#g industrial suburb. They walk+/ to Cuda's l./a![rge h# $ouse where he shows Ma rtin h`is living qua_;r#= ters. Cuda then accuses Martin o !f bei=*ng a( n 84$-( year-ol,:d vampire+ f%]rom his old co[($/untry. # H+*- e ha?^s ta. =ken. in Martin be!cause h^e is famil) y, but tells him, \@,"Fir/`st I@ w`il/*l save y-@our so%, ul. Then I %`$shall destr_.o.@y / !you. \&qu+ot M!^a=r%@%tin denies bein]/-g a v* a.-mp +ire and[? i*@m`=plies that Cuda is mer]ely his uncle rather than his cousin. Cuda [[ _then puts up !strings of ,garlic on the doors t@o his and his gr\_andda\/u$g`)hter 's room, and th(en holds up a sm=al:_l c(ross when Martin approac:hes hi:m^$. Ma)@ rtin^ t;)!akes awa@y: =,)the cross, and even takes a bite) of the ga /rlic mocking these #attempt^s by s_:ay.in? g bitt\?: erly, "T# `he_;re# \ &_.#\3#.%9s n%o r(eal m=+@`agic... ever&quo _t. Cuda tells Martin that he can come a%!nd go a#s he*!= =)@pleases.@.$ B:^.:ut \he also w!/arns Mar!`ti^%/n that he wi$^ll# ki;..;ll him if ^ he kills @anyone in Braddo`ck. He also tel%(ls (Martin t :\_o stay away from hi,-s granddaughter Christine,. (Christine Fo rrest), w hom arr./*iv/,es ho_ me@= from #%her \job that evening. C?\(uda ;;]in[tr.oduces C-(hristine to Martin, but also warns h*er to stay a`way from@ him. !=But[@ C=[`hr]@istine instead\` ;s$trikes up a friendshi.p with Martin who confi]-des in h ? (er a;=(:bou#`:t ^+;h=#is vampi($ re herita ?g(e. When Cuda lat er confirms /; Marti)n&-#39#s claims +to be !a vampire, C?hristine, +not sur-:prisingly, refuses(:%! to believe e(__i;t!@her %one. She t;\(hink?s that Cuda and t %;,/he other ;%^m#emb)ers; of her famil ,:y hav/*e drive %=n Ma`?rtin to ins_a:/[ni/ty^ by making h $i^_@m th! ink that he_ is a vampire. It i-(s (never rev?@% ealed @if%;%? M@-%^_ar+ tin real`l=y is a vampi_,re, or j\[@ust a shy!.] a/,$nd lonely? , # _youth with tr(_ )ouble[d @issues. Chris%_tine i _s th-/e only person that Martin #gets the courage to talk to. @ ! W)hen Chri+?]s;%^tine's boyfriend Arthur (Tom Sa+ \vini) arrives at * the ho :use for -dinner, Martin `[s.\top s ta .lkin g a$@nd b acks aw` ,ay despite )#Art=hur/] 9s at/#t )%emp=!t:,; at -\a conversation. Chri!-st]ine later confid \$/es in Martin that she hopes [to lea^ve Braddock someday with Arthur, ev\#en tho=#ugh @[#:Martin points out that Arthur treat( s_%?# her :?bad.*ly and is both ver bally a nd p?/hys@-ically a,busiv .$`e [towar:]ds he*r. When C):hr%;i %stin-)e se_es that Ma^^rtin won%?:]39t t)=alk to # anyone el(se, she buy[s him a p$hone whic_#,+h he- instal@!:ls :in his room. Martin begins [to rep/-ea[(tingl- [y call a radio talk /] sho:w whe)r e he d%escribes w %ha[(:t i@/t's like to be a vam!,+p(i\r*=e. He+#; becomes known on the radio as &quo