Carpathian winds scrape a broken battlement as a blood‑red eclipse climbs the sky. Keanu Reeves is Vlad before the legend—warlord, widower, a man cornered by history. Jennifer Lawrence is Elara, an inquisitor‑scholar whose mercy could end him—or make him. Teaser flashes: siege by moonlight, a rosary of iron nails, bats collapsing into a cloak, and a river turning to ink upstream.

Mirrors refuse him; the floor of a ruined chapel tilts to reveal a throat of stairs. A whispered rite unthreads his name; teeth bloom like knives; the choir sings backwards as dawn refuses to rise. He learns hunger, then control—one heartbeat at a time. Final sting: a candle snuffs, his eyes open… and the cross cracks.