A horror novelist begins to fear his stories may have a life of their own      　　Bestselling horror novelist Christopher Roth (Joaquim De Almeida) feels in need of a change, the gruesome ideas in his novels are starting to take over his dreams and have him asking the question: How long before I become one of the insane killers I write about? In need of a break, he and his wife Catherine head off to a remote house in Umbria, Italy       Roth starts work on a new romantic novel and all seems to be going well but it s not long before this idyllic world is shattered       A young couple is brutally murdered in the woods near the Roths rented house, and Catherine has disappeared       A letter from the killer is on Christopher s table, accompanied by a horrific photo                   and here begins the Roths worst nightmare       A nightmare whose violence is greater than anything Christopher had ever envisioned