Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, "The Merchant of Venice" is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech.
Wandering through a darkened house at night, we enter a strange room, one which seems empty at first but is most definitely occupied... The scent of perfume leads us there, to confront the past and something hideous therein.
An archaeologist discovers an ancient evil under the sands of the Sahara Desert. Ten years later he tells a terrifying tale of what has befallen him, and of the unspeakable horrors yet to come.