Pisach: Blood in Butwal

Universe: NFU – Nepali Folklore Universe

Setting: 1700s Butwal, during trade route chaos between India and Nepal. Dense forests, rivers, and hill settlements.

Story Overview

A year after the fall of the Khyak in Bhaktapur, rumors spread of another beast in Butwal: a Pisach (पिशाच) — corpse-eating demon of Nepali folklore. Unlike Lakhey or Khyak, Pisach doesn’t just hunt—it possesses humans, turning them into killers.

The MC is Kiran, a blacksmith’s son, forced into battle when his little brother is taken by the Pisach. This film blends folk horror with brutal combat, emotional loss, and survival in jungle terrain.

SCRIPT (Expanded into Acts)

PROLOGUE

Dense forest near Butwal. Traders move at night with torches. One man lags behind. The forest falls silent. A shadow with glowing eyes appears. The man screams, but his voice cuts off. Only dripping blood is heard.

Narrator:

“त्यो समयमा... बुटवलको बाटो रगतले भिजेको थियो। किनकि पिशाच आएको थियो।”

("In those times… Butwal’s roads were soaked in blood. Because the Pisach had come.")

ACT I – RISING FEAR

Scene 1 – Introduction of Kiran

Kiran, early 20s, strong arms from forging iron, practices swinging a heavy hammer outside his घर (ghar = home). His little भाई (bhāi = younger brother) laughs and imitates him.

Mother:

“बाबु, बेलुकी बाहिर नगइ देऊ। यहाँ रातमा सुरक्षित छैन।”

("Son, don’t go out at night. It is not safe here anymore.")

Kiran (smiling but serious):

“आमा, म यहाँ छु। कसैलाई केही हुँदैन।”

("Mother, I’m here. Nothing will happen to anyone.")

Scene 2 – First Tragedy

At night, villagers gather at a small shrine. Suddenly, a possessed villager attacks his own friend, eyes white, mouth frothing. The Pisach’s shadow slips away.

Kiran fights off the attacker with his smith hammer, but in the chaos his younger brother disappears into the forest.

Kiran’s scream echoes:

“भाइ! भाइ कहाँ गयौ?!”

("Brother! Where are you?!")

ACT II – PREPARATION & SADNESS

Scene 3 – The Dhami’s Warning

A local धामी (dhāmī = shaman) tells the people:

“पिशाच तिमीहरूको डर र दुःखमा बल पाउँछ। यो आत्मा होइन—यो रगतको भोक हो।”

("Pisach feeds on your fear and sorrow. It is not just a spirit—it is hunger for blood.")

He hands Kiran a talisman and warns him only fire and sacred weapons can kill it.

Scene 4 – Training / Emotional Core

Kiran practices with a khukuri, turning his blacksmith skills into combat training. He tempers blades in fire, shaping his weapon with sweat and grief.

Montage:

Kiran fights straw dummies at night.

Flashbacks of playing with his younger brother.

Silent tears falling on the glowing forge.

He whispers:

“भाइ, म तिमीलाई फर्काएर ल्याउँछु।”

("Brother, I will bring you back.")

ACT III – FIGHTING SHADOWS

Scene 5 – First Battle

In the jungle, Kiran tracks bloody footprints. Suddenly, three possessed villagers ambush him, snarling like beasts.

Kiran dodges, slashes with khukuri.

He breaks one’s arm with a hammer strike.

Another lunges; he kicks it into a tree.

The last nearly kills him until he drives the khukuri through its chest.

He pants, bloodied, realizing these were his neighbors. The sadness weighs heavy.

Kiran:

“पिशाच, तिमीलाई आज रातै हराउँछु।”

("Pisach, tonight I will destroy you.")

Scene 6 – The Pisach Revealed

Thunderstorm. The Pisach emerges—tall, skeletal, gray-skinned, with hollow eyes and blood-soaked teeth. Its movements are twisted, unnatural.

Pisach (growling):

“मान्छे… तिमी दुःखको स्वाद लिएर बलियो भएको छौ। तर म अझ बलियो छु।”

("Human… you grew strong from sorrow. But I am stronger.")

The fight begins—intense, brutal.

Pisach leaps, claws slashing trees.

Kiran rolls, slashes its leg.

Demon knocks him into mud, choking him.

Kiran spits blood, head-butts it, stabs its neck.

ACT IV – THE SAD TWIST

Scene 7 – The Brother

Behind the Pisach, Kiran sees his younger brother—possessed, white-eyed, snarling. The monster had claimed him.

Kiran freezes, blade trembling. Tears flood his face.

Brother (possessed, growling):

“दाजु… मलाई मार।”

("Brother… kill me.")

Kiran screams in agony. He doesn’t want to strike, but the Pisach uses his brother as a puppet to attack him.

The sad scene peaks: Kiran is forced to stab his brother’s chest while holding him, crying violently.

ACT V – FINAL VICTORY

Scene 8 – Fire and Ash

Enraged and broken, Kiran faces the Pisach one last time. He sets his forge hammer ablaze with oil, turning it into a burning weapon.

Pisach claws at him, but he smashes its face with fire.

Demon screeches, half its body melting.

Kiran roars and drives the burning hammer into its skull, shattering it.

The Pisach collapses into ash, screaming as the storm clears.

EPILOGUE

The village mourns. Kiran kneels at his brother’s funeral pyre, silent.

Narration:

“बुटवलमा रगत रोकिन्छ, तर पिशाचहरूको कथा रोकिन्न। किनकि जहाँ दुःख हुन्छ, त्यहाँ तिनीहरूको भोक पनि हुन्छ।”

("Blood stops in Butwal, but the tale of Pisachs does not. Where sorrow exists, their hunger remains.")

Final shot: deep inside another forest, more shadows awaken.

TEXT ON SCREEN:

“NFU continues…”

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