Osvaldo Monaco

Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—who fled to Latin America in the '70s to escape justice—decides to surrender after hearing about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Determined to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a shady police chief, getting his sentence reduced in exchange for ratting out former comrades. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming a "respectable" citizen, even if the way is paved with larceny, pimping, drug-dealing, rape, heist, and murder...

A police inspector has to help an eccentric stranger who seems to have lost his memory.

A female rock band acquires an infamous composition by Niccolò Paganini that was used in satanic rituals. When the band decides to record the song and film a video in Paganini's old mansion, the spirit of the deceased composer is summoned and the band unlocks a portal to Hell.

A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

ベストセラーとなった新作小説「暗闇の祈り」を携え、米人推理小説作家のピーター・ニール(A・フランシオサ)は宣伝キャンペーンでローマを訪れた。その来訪を待っていたかのように次々と起こる凄惨な連続殺人。猟奇的なその犯行手口は「暗闇の祈り」を模倣したものだった...。