Pre-credit opening sequence consists of Countess Erzabeth Bathory, making a pact with the devil in exchange for eternal youth & beauty from sacrificing young, nubile virgin women. After credits flashes to modern times, as a reality show TV crew visits Castle Daninsky, in search of hidden treasure hidden with the castle dungeons. Instead, they discover THE TOMB OF THE WEREWOLF, unleashing the cursed servant of the Countess, centuries later for all those in cable television land to see!—Humberto Amador
Prologue: In order to maintain her youth and beauty, Elizabeth Bathory made a pactmany years ago with Satan that requires her to sacrifice young women and bathein their blood. Among her many atrocities, Elizabeth is also reputed to havetricked Count Waldemar Daninsky into trading his mortal soul to save the lifeof his wife Eleanor, who was dying of the plague, only to slay her himself whenthe curse of the werewolf came upon him.
2004 Boston: Melanie Charles, [Kennedy Johnston] TV reporter for KOSL's "Current Mysteries," has been sentto Europe to meet with Richard Daninsky [Jay Richardson], the sole surviving heir in theDaninsky line, in order to film a documentary regarding a treasure reputed tobe hidden somewhere in the Daninsky castle. When Melanie and herboyfriend/producer Tony Jones [Leland Jay] arrive at the castle, the other members of theKOSL crew -- Christie, Leslie, and Steve -- are already there along withDaninsky and his housekeeper Elizabeth [Michelle Bauer]. The last person toarrive is Amanda Collins [Stephanie Bentley], a psychic investigator, who has been brought in tohelp locate the treasure.
After everyone has eaten dinner, drunk a lot of wine, and retired for thenight, Elizabeth the housekeeper [who is, in fact, Elizabeth Bathory] leads Richard to the family crypt in order to show himsomething "extremely valuable" -- the tomb of Waldemar Daninsky. Upon openingthe tomb, Richard is ecstatic to find the pure silver cross/dagger that wasburied in Waldemar so many years ago. Elizabeth orders Richard to remove thecross, but Richard wants to wait until tomorrow when the filming crew is awake,until Elizabeth hypnotizes him with the black necklace she wears around herneck. Richard obeys, removes the cross from Waldemar's skeleton, and Waldemar [Paul Naschy]returns to the flesh and tears Richard apart.
The next morning at breakfast, Elizabeth notices that her hands arebeginning to age. After covering her arm with a long black glove, she luresChristie [Jacy Andrews] down to the crypt and, after hypnotizing Christie with her necklace,Elizabeth chains her to a wall and slits her neck, catching the blood in a cup.Later, after the KOSL crew notices Christie's absence and hear the howls of awolf on the prowl, they go looking for her.
Meanwhile, Amanda has been receiving psychic impressions about Waldemar.Amanda confronts Elizabeth, who recognizes Amanda as the ghost of EleanorDaninsky. Amanda wants to lay Waldemar to rest, but Elizabeth is intent onletting him go on killing. If Waldemar delivers six souls to Satan, Elizabethexplains, she can "move on to bigger and better things." Elizabeth then turnsthe silver cross/dagger on Amanda. In the fight that ensues, Elizabeth appearsto be winning until Amanda pulls off Elizabeth's necklace and Elizabethexplodes.
Just then, Waldemar enters the castle and goes after Leslie [Beverly Lynne]. Amandaconfronts Waldemar with their love, which will ever "span through the ages oftime," but she tells him that this must end now. When Waldemar advances on her,Amanda stabs him with the silver cross/dagger. Waldemar returns to human formand dies. Amanda lies down next to him, and they both disintegrate into flames.
Melanie, Tony, and Steve return to the castle, unsuccessful in theirattempts to locate Christie, only to find Leslie waiting, alone and with gasheson her cheek. When Tony asks Leslie what happened, she replies, "Somethingthat's going to change me for the rest of my life," and leaps for his neck, herfangs bared.
Original Synopsis by bj_kuehl.
