Directed by Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov • 1967 • Soviet Union
Starring Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Vadim Zakharchenko

In nineteenth-century Russia, a seminary student (Leonid Kuravlyov) is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch (Natalya Varley). But when she rises from the dead to seduce him, it will summon a nightmare of fear, desire, and demonic mayhem. Bursting with startling imagery and stunning practical effects, this sinister fairytale—adapted from a novella by Nikolai Gogol—was one of the few horror films produced in the Soviet Union, and it remains an experience unlike any other.