A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.

In the 1950's, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.

During a chess tournament, grand master Peter is suspected of murdering Debi after sex. He helps the police as the murders continue.

A Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.