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Anybody else scared by the undead Mina?


Is there anybody else who thinks that the scene with the undead Mina in the mines walking towards Van Helsing with open arms and chanting "Poppa, komme mit mir. Komme, poppa!" was horrifying?
This scene scared the hell out of me and almost gave me nightmares.


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It's not German but Dutch that she speaks:

'Papa, kom met mij. We moeten samen rusten, papa.'
(Daddy, come with me. We need to rest together, daddy.)

Van Helsing was Dutch (I believe he came from Amsterdam in the book).
I'm from the Netherlands, too.


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Jan Francis was a long way away from JUST GOOD FRIENDS.

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Great scene. Decades later I still remember being scared as a kid watching it.

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