Istanbul’s dusty and eerie streets tremble under the shadow of Turkish cinema’s most distinctive villain. As Yılmaz Atadeniz moves his camera along the boundaries of the crime and fantasy genres, he ignites the fuse of a dark conspiracy centered on the city. Along the path he takes to seize the secret formula, dungeons reeking of medicine and masked faces await the viewer. Standing before him is that strange threshold where an ordinary man undergoes a transformation through supernatural power. This relentless architect of evil loses his trail with steps that navigate the city like a labyrinth.