This is very rare but quite good psycho-horror. I have not seen any other films like this among Russian movies of 70-90s. The story is very simple but really well-done. The film includes some strong gore and fantastic score from Artemiy Artemeyev (The son of Edward) and Dmitri Kutergin (the violin player from legendary Moscow based industrial new wave band Night Prospect). A beloved couple decides to spend some romantic time somewhere in Russian country-side. When they come to a village an old lady refuses to let them live in her house and says that she does not need money as there are no shops there. The grand lady recommends tatar lake to go. The beloved couple goes directly there. They come to a really scary place on the shore of a small lake where they find a dirty and destroying house to spend a night. But in the morning that house turns out to be a real euro-hotel paradise with fruits, wine etc.. The girl loves such miracles and makes the guy stay there. But the guy does not like everything, his souls asks him to leave that place. Soon the owner- a bald crazy scientist come to tell them the story of that scary place. The ending is really unpredictable and scary. There is a lot of nudity, perfect scientific slasher elements, wise dialogues and unusual ending. Great minimalistic horror film During the production 'Dmitrii Pevtsov' and Olga Drozdova, who play a couple in the film, fell in love, and then later married.
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