Thursday, June 10, 2010

"The Blood Countess"


My cousins and I were watching a movie called 'Stay Alive' and that's where I actually saw a cartooned version of Elizabeth of Bathory also known as 'The Blood Countess'. When I saw her I was intrigued why was she in a bathtub filled with blood. My cousin gave me the briefest outline of why is Elizabeth in a pool of blood. She was known for killing innocent maidens and bathe in their blood in belief that she will gain immortal beauty. As I research further about her in interest of how did she got that far in killing people I discovered that she was excessively vain and her narcissism drove her to the new depths of perversion. When her husband, Ferencz Nadasdy, was away for a military campaign she began visiting her lesbian aunt, Countess Klara Bathory. Klara was a sort of a nymphomaniac who also enjoys killing in a Roman way. Elizabeth became acquainted with the art of inflicting pain and death. She also became interested in Black Magic. Thorko, a servant in her castle, taught her in the ways of witchcraft and encouraging her sadistic measures. When her husband was home, he also took part in torturing the servants. She tortured the servants in an underground chamber using all the worst instruments of torture. Elizabeth began to age and tried to conceal it with the most expensive cosmetics and clothes. They said that she started bathing in blood when one girl servant accidentally pulled her hair while combing it and the Countess slapped the servant's hand so hard she drew blood, which fell to her own hand. She immediately thought that her skin absorbed the freshness of the young servant. She thought she found the secret of immortal beauty. She began killing maidens all over the neighboring villages and performed the bloodbath. She slaughtered over 6oo maidens that she used for bloodbath and tortured her servants in the most horrid way mankind can think of. Elizabeth would be the most dreadful woman tormentor I've ever known.