Leptirica
If fear has its name, then it is LEPTIRICA!
A gothic vampire tale woven around a young man's desperate quest to prove himself worthy of marriage, blending folk horror with romantic yearning in a cursed mill.
A young man wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a landowner who refuses to allow the marriage. To prove his worth, the young man becomes a miller in a vampire-infested local mill.
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