In a German town, a toothpuller's boy named Klaus witnesses his master stealing a diamond from a dead man. This incident draws the attention of Frau Drecht and her murderous son, who desire the diamond for themselves.
Imagine you've just managed to catch your train and you realise it's the wrong one - you'd be annoyed of course, but not scared... yet. Imagine you get off the wrong train at the next station hoping to catch a train going back the way you came, but the station is empty. Again you'd be annoyed, but not scared... yet. Imagine someone comes to the station, someone who starts to tell you stories to help you pass the time, but these aren't any old stories... Scared yet? You will be
Als Zauberlehrling Mathias nach dem Tod seines Meisters eine mysteriöse Papierrolle an sich nimmt, ahnt er nicht, welchen Albtraum er damit heraufbeschwört: Das Blatt ist der Schlüssel zu einem Geheimnis, das der skrupellose Doktor Häller um jeden Preis bewahren will. Er verfolgt Mathias gnadenlos, doch mithilfe der Dienstmagd Katta gelingt Mathias die Flucht. Gemeinsam dringen sie ins Herz der Finsternis vor - dorthin, wo ein magisches Messer Nacht für Nacht schaurige Wunder vollbringt.