Joshua Hoffine, a contemporary horror photographer, captured in this photo a modern representation of Lady Bathory, Hungary's most renowned serial killer. Elizabeth Bathory, often referred to as the "Blood Countess," was a 16th-century Hungarian countess accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young girls and women. She bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth. I think Hoffine's recreation is one of his more powerful images and certainly puts one in the mood for a virgin-bloodbath...or at least a couple slices of cucumber.
