Nightmare #17

In a haunted English university, Dean Grieves unveils a chilling plan to hunt down vampires—only to reveal a far more personal motive. When the detained María Sancho recounts her traumatic past as a woman raised among a true vampire clan, the investigation uncovers disturbing evidence of real attacks and exhumations. But as the truth unfolds, Grieves confesses his own secret: he’s not hunting vampires, but seeking to eliminate the human ones—so his own kind can thrive.

Tony Jones recounts his past as a photographer drawn into a dangerous journey with Sonia Greene, a magnetic woman who leads him into the African jungle toward a forbidden city. As they face terrified natives and eerie warnings, Tony begins to suspect Sonia’s true nature—and the horrifying truth behind her power—when they reach a crumbling temple where she is worshipped as a queen by vampire-like beings.

A newlywed couple takes shelter at a remote, unsettling hotel during a storm, where the staff and other guests seem unnervingly odd—especially the manager and a troupe of performers who claim to be circus freaks. As the night unfolds, the bride grows increasingly uneasy, sensing something deeply wrong about her husband’s behavior and the hotel’s strange inhabitants.

Ralph Hising, a nervous Atlanta reporter, becomes obsessed with a series of brutal murders linked to a rumored vampire, driven by guilt after failing to act when he first saw the killer. As he hunts the creature with silver bullets he had forged, he finally confronts the vampire—only to be confronted by a chilling realization about his own unraveling mind. Now faced with a choice that could define his legacy, Ralph must decide whether he’s a hero or something far more dangerous.

In a chilling 1973 Salem, a woman named Ruby Dreyfus is subjected to a bizarre, mock witch trial where her age and identity are violently questioned, leading to a terrifying confrontation with a figure claiming to be the Inquisition. As the proceedings escalate, the line between past and present blurs, and Ruby’s fate hangs in the balance amid a web of deception and psychological torment.

A young woman stumbles upon a hidden chamber filled with eerie, mechanical devices inspired by the twisted tales of Edgar Allan Poe, each one a chilling embodiment of his most infamous stories. As she examines the pendulum, the murderous ape, and other grotesque creations, she begins to feel an unsettling presence, as if the very instruments of terror are watching her. The story lingers on the line between imagination and dread, where the mind’s worst fears take on a life of their own.