Garçons dans un couloir gothique baigné de sang observant une ampoule dégoulinante

A long, narrow, steam-filled corridor inside an ancient, decaying Gothic house. The walls are painted a deep leaf-green and are covered with hand-painted sunflowers whose dark central orifices resemble unblinking, watchful eyes. The floor is scattered with dense bushes of roses and night-blooming jasmine that sprout from cracks in the ancient wood, their thorny branches reaching into the corridor. Overhead, a row of antique bulbs hangs from the ceiling by thin wires. All the bulbs cast a hellish, pulsating red glow that bathes the corridor in crimson light, making the sunflower eyes seem alive and malevolent. In the centre of the scene, one of the antique bulbs is dripping thick, dark blood. The blood oozes from the bulb's base and falls in slow, heavy drops to the floor below, where a small, glistening pool has begun to form. The blood catches the red light, looking almost black. Below the dripping bulb, a group of five young boys—slender physique, youthful faces and vibrant fitted t-shirts—stands huddled together, their faces pale and upturned, watching the blood with expressions of horror and disbelief. Their shadows stretch long and distorted behind them, merging with the painted sunflowers on the walls. The steam thickens the air, blurring the edges of the scene and making the red light seem to pulse like a living heartbeat. The atmosphere is one of claustrophobic terror, Gothic dread, and the sense that the house itself is bleeding. Style: dark, realistic image with moody, cinematic lighting and deep, saturated reds.