Blood Bath

In an unnamed town, Daisy storms out after a heated argument with Max and begins a solitary walk through the empty streets. She is drawn to a gallery window where grim paintings loom, hinting at something unsettling beneath the surface. The encounter sets a eerie mood and pulls her toward the artist behind the art.

Daisy notices the unsettling canvases and moments later crosses paths with Antonio Sordi, who is nearby inspecting his own work. They share a cordial, almost cinematic exchange that blurs into a sense of fate. Sordi invites her back to his studio beneath the ancient bell tower to pose for him.

What begins as a creative posing session quickly turns claustrophobic as Sordi reveals a darker identity. His face shifts and the memory of centuries seems to live in his features, turning him into a vampiric figure. Daisy senses a threat as the session darkens into something otherworldly.

In a brutal turn, Sordi hacks Daisy with a cleaver, ending her life in a chilling act of instrumental violence. Her body is disposed of in boiling liquid, a cold, methodical ritual that erases her from the living world. The scene cuts with a feverish inevitability.

The vampiric Sordi continues his methodical killing beyond the studio walls. In the town square, a lone woman is lured into a private moment with him and is taken to a waiting car. The act is wrapped in a false tenderness that masks a terrible deception.

At a party, the terror spills into public life as a guest is chased into a pool and drowns. Revelers drift back indoors, unaware of the surrounding horror. The night’s fear seeps into every corner of the celebration.

The disappearances are reimagined and connected back to Sordi’s studio, where the vanished are transformed into wax-covered figures. The paintings become a grotesque gallery, a quiet indictment of the killer hidden behind artistry. The town remains oblivious to the truth behind the sculptures.

Max, Daisy’s partner, is faced with her missing status and begins a desperate search. He spots a painting at a beatnik cafe that bears Daisy’s likeness, a startling clue that drags him deeper into Sordi’s orbit. The clue redirects his hunt toward a new set of allies and legends.

Max seeks out Daisy’s sister Donna, who reveals a chilling folklore about Erno, a 15th‑century ancestor of Sordi. Burned at the stake for stealing souls through paintings, Erno is said to have become a vampire himself. Donna’s tale adds a ghostly layer of memory to the ongoing mystery.

Donna confronts the reclusive artist at his studio, hoping for confession or clarity. Sordi responds with anger and dismissal, leaving Max with more questions than answers. The confrontation tensions add to the unraveling of the town’s secrets.

That same night, the pursuit culminates as Sordi tracks Daisy’s absence to the streets and to a carousel. Donna attempts to escape him, but Sordi murders her in the open, a stark reminder that the danger roams beyond the studio walls. The violence explodes into a public space.

Meanwhile, Sordi’s divided nature clashes with his humanity as Dorian, an avant‑garde ballerina connected to his past, reveals an attraction to him. She asks him to be intimate on a sun-bleached afternoon, but fear and guilt overwhelm him and he flees. The moment exposes the pull between desire and danger.

Dorian returns and is pursued by the vampiric Sordi through streets and along the shore, with Max and two beatnik friends giving chase. The pursuit tightens the net around Sordi as the town’s memory of beauty and art collides with deadly hunger. The chase builds toward a confrontation back near the bell tower.

In a tense showdown, Sordi’s dual identities collide as he ensnares Dorian in a net and wields a knife toward what he believes to be Meliza’s memory. The living wax figures rise and attack Sordi, turning the studio into a trap for the killer. Max and his friends crash the scene and free Dorian from the terror.

The immediate threat ends, but the night leaves scars on every corner of the town. The paintings and wax figures linger as eerie reminders of the souls damaged by Sordi’s hunger. The community must live with the memory that beauty can conceal a dangerous appetite.