The now-human
Dracula arrives in New York City in search of his daughter Lilith with no idea
of how to find her. Hungry, he robs a young couple but only gets one dollar.
Disgusted with himself for stooping to petty theft, he is pursued by bystanders.
He ducks into a church, losing his pursuers but when the priest asks if he
needs help, Dracula is ashamed and walks away. He enters a disco bar and buys a
hamburger, the counterman assuming from the way he is dressed that he has
money. As he chokes down the bloodless meat, he is approached by a woman, Ann
Keats, a divorcee looking to meet men. They leave together, Ann talking
constantly and finally asking Dracula (a/k/a “Drake”) what he‘s doing in town.
He tells her he is looking for his daughter and she, assuming the daughter is a
runaway, takes him to an organization that finds missing children. Realizing
there’s nothing he can tell them about Lilith that they would believe, he
flees, followed by Ann. They are attacked in an alley by a trio of hoods intent
on robbery; Dracula easily clobbers all three of them, shocking Ann into asking
who he really is; he tells her his real name. Approaching police sirens cause
them to leave and we learn that the hoods were hired by Cowboy Brown so that he
could gage Dracula’s powers from a nearby rooftop….
Ann takes Dracula
home where he explains exactly who he is but she doesn’t believe him. He
telephones Domini in Boston to assure her he is all right but offers no
details. Then Cowboy Brown bursts in, guns blazing, wounding the ex-vampire.
Dracula hurls him out of the window but Brown catches on to the fire escape.
Dracula flees to the roof with Brown in pursuit; the hitman tackles his quarry
but Dracula looks into his eyes and Brown loses all will to live and Dracula
easily hurls him from the roof to his death. As the police, called by Ann
arrive, Dracula passes out from his injuries….
The next day, an
account of the incident appears in the newspaper; Lilith reads it, knows her
father is no longer a vampire, and smiles….