In Christmas 1908, Messina, a wealthy Mediterranean city, is the setting for a young boy's terrifying ordeal. Peter, a 13-year-old son of a wealthy English family, is notorious for his cruel treatment of children, animals, and servants. After being ambushed and buried alive in a coffin in the city's Gothic cemetery, Peter's whereabouts are forgotten until a century later, when an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city.

Cruel Peter
A powerful and feared figure is laid to rest in a coffin deep within the city's historic Gothic cemetery, a haunting consequence of a devastating earthquake that shook the city to its core.