in the film, a doddering vampire hunter and his bumbling assistant travel to a small mountain village where they find the tell-tale traces of vampirism. the assistant becomes enchanted by the local tavern keeper's daughter, before she is promptly abducted. determined to save the buxom maiden they confront the undead count in his castle. the film has been adapted into a musical, "dance of the vampires" or ""tanz der vampire"" (german for "dance of the vampires").