that evening, reverend thomas (tom toner) phones jennifer, but it is revealed she lies dead on her bed with a large knife sticking out of her chest. from her window, tommy can be seen walking away from the house. after thomas learns (off camera) of jennifer's death, david is sure he is correct about the count's true nature and manages to convince reverend thomas and investigating police detectives lt. madden (rudy de luca) and sgt. o'connor (craig t. nelson) to join him in a rescue-mission at yorga's mansion. reverend thomas is sent to distract yorga while baldwin, madden and o'connor sneak in to search the manor, armed with sticks they can cross and hold up to ward off the vampires. meanwhile, the pastor falls for yorga's charms and reveals the others' suspicions that he is a vampire, alerting yorga of danger. thomas is tricked into walking into the quicksand pit and promptly sinks to his death. yorga returns to the manor, awakens his brides and unleashes them through the household as he psychically calls cynthia to him.