Leptirica (1973)

Original title

Лептирица

Directed by

Đorđe Kadijević

Genre

drama film, horror film, vampire film

Country

Yugoslavia

Runtime

1h 03m

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in a rural Serbian village investigates strange deaths blamed on a vampire. The story draws on local folklore and superstition.

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What happens

Leptirica (Serbian Cyrillic: Лептирица, lit. 'The She-Butterfly') is a 1973 Yugoslav folk horror TV-film, directed by Serbian and Yugoslav director Đorđe Kadijević and based on the short story "After Ninety Years" (1880) by Serbian writer Milovan Glišić. Although not the first Yugoslav film with horror elements, Leptirica is often described as "the first real horror film" made in Serbia and Yugoslavia, cited as the pioneering work of the genre in Serbian and Yugoslav cinema and proclaimed one of the top Serbian and Yugoslav horror films by critics and audience alike. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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