Terry Silver and John Kreese, along with their students, Mike Barnes, Snake and Dennis, drive up to an old castle in their black convertible with the rest of their students, Johnny, Bobby, Tommy, Jimmy, Dutch and Freddy following in a red cadillac. As they park, the students jump out of their car. Kreese and Terry step out, closing the doors; look at the castle looming over them.
The castle has an irregular pentagonal plan with circular towers at each corner. Vines climb the outer stone walls. The main entrance is through the surrounding park.
"What a beaut, isn't she boys?" Kreese poses in front of the castle, hands on hips.
"I'll say" Johnny says.
"Are you kidding me? It looks a thousand years old. Who would want to live here?" Bobby says.
Terry smacks Bobby upside the head, "That makes it a hell of a lot older than you so have some respect." then heads toward the door while fishing out a set of keys from his pocket, "This place'll be perfect as our new dojo."
Once inside, everyone starts spreading out. Their shoes clicking on the cement floor. A couple of the boys look out the windows into the internal courtyard, which is L shaped with a well in the middle. There are suits of armor along the walls. Directly in front of the entrance is a stair case that flattens out into a platform, with a bust sitting up top and a giant renaissance painting behind it, and the stair case continues to the right and left.
"It sure is dusty." Bobby says.
"That's what you're here for, to clean the place up." Terry says with a big grin. Kreese and Terry share a laugh.
Freddy nudges Jimmy in the shoulder, "Hey, check it out." pointing at a couple of suits of armor on display then proceeds to, gently, pull one of the swords out.
"Cool." Jimmy takes the other sword and the two start play sword fighting.
"Knock it off you two and put those back!" Kreese yells at the boys.
Meanwhile, deep below the castle, in the dungeon, lurks Dr. Anton Phibes and his assistant Vulnavia. They hear a commotion coming from up inside the castle,
"Vulnavia" Dr. Phibes calls to his assistant, "Would you please see to our visitors?"
Vulnavia nods before heading off.