Douglas is a young boy who takes an immediate dislike to the mysterious Mr Koberman from Hungary. He has rented a room at his grandmother's house by the River Seine.
Is it Douglas who is insane? He is convinced that Koberman is a vampire. He sleeps during the day. Eats from wooden utensils, does not like silver. His arrival coincides with young women going missing including Miss Treadwell a student who lived with them.
Douglas takes it upon himself to rid Paris of this monster. Can his suspicions be correct?
A darkly macabre episode, that opens with animal parts. Douglas and his grandmother like gourmet cooking, slicing and dicing the delicatessen.
Maybe the story could had been more darkly humorous. You get the feeling that both Douglas and Koberman are effectively creepy.